drug and alcohol rehabilitation

OAS: Barbados Agrees to Test Drug Treatment Court

OAS: Barbados agrees to test drug treatment court

Filed under: drug rehabilitation

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AP) — Barbados has signed a pact with a regional group agreeing to launch a pilot drug treatment court that would use alternative sentencing to treat addicted offenders. The Organization of American States says Barbados signed …
Read more on NECN

 

Suits claim Narconon Arrowhead drugs-for-sex trade

Filed under: drug rehabilitation

Narconon Arrowhead is a non-profit drug and alcohol rehabilitation center in Canadian affiliated with the Church of Scientology. The facility has been under investigation following the deaths of three Narconon clients found dead at the facility within …
Read more on 10TV

Georgia Lawmakers Debate Easing Gun Laws for Those Treated for Mental

Georgia Lawmakers Debate Easing Gun Laws For Those Treated For Mental

Filed under: drug rehab centers in ct

ATLANTA — While some states push to tighten gun control laws after the Connecticut school massacre, lawmakers in gun-friendly Georgia want to ease rules preventing some mentally ill people from getting licenses to carry firearms. Legislators in …
Read more on Huffington Post

 

Three Derby Scouts Achieve Highest Honor

Filed under: drug rehab centers in ct

Breast Cancer Drug Extension Considered Following NS Study

Breast cancer drug extension considered following NS study

Filed under: drug treatment centers in nc

Breast cancer drug extension considered following NS study. Saturday, March 16, 2013 11:40 AM. FAYETTEVILLE;NC: A breast cancer patient receives a chemotherapy drip at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center June 17;2003 in Fayetteville;North Carolina. Photo …
Read more on Global BC

 

French patients keep HIV at bay despite stopping drugs

Filed under: drug treatment centers in nc

Local State Rep. Voices Support for Narconon

Local state rep. voices support for Narconon

Filed under: drug rehab centers

Narconon Arrowhead is a non-profit drug and alcohol rehabilitation center in Canadian that has been the subject of an ongoing investigation after three patients were found dead at the facility in less than a year. Last August, a string of deaths and …
Read more on Mcalester News Capital

 

Wellness Briefs – Week of March 14, 2013

Filed under: drug rehab centers

Commissioner's View: Take Action on Methadone, Other Drugs

Commissioner's view: Take action on methadone, other drugs

Filed under: drug abuse treatment

Addiction to prescription drugs and other opiates is a growing crisis, so much so that the Minnesota State Substance Abuse Strategy released last year identified it as a top priority. Ironically, the problem extends to a drug used to treat heroin and …
Read more on Budgeteer

 

Forgery defendant to be screened for substance abuse treatment

Filed under: drug abuse treatment

Morning Briefing: 02/19/2013

Morning Briefing: 02/19/2013

Filed under: drug rehab centers in nc

But Nike stood by golfer Tiger Woods after he admitted to infidelities and went to rehab for sex addiction, and restarted a relationship with football player Michael Vick once he had served time for illegal dog-fighting. Football … The Green Bay …
Read more on Yakima Herald-Republic (press release)

 

Chicago, Hadiya fixtures of Obama address

Filed under: drug rehab centers in nc