mental health

Burning Tree Drug Rehab and Comedian Mark Lundholm Team Up for 2013

Burning Tree Drug Rehab and Comedian Mark Lundholm Team Up for 2013

Filed under: drug rehab treatments

Burning Tree continues to be on the cutting edge of drug and alcohol addiction treatment, and has become a leading resource for individuals that despite past experiences, consequences, desire, and attempts to stay sober, and have lost hope it can ever …
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Still no identified site for regional drug rehab center

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Craig Allen Loughrey Killed: Police Say Boy Shot in Pennsylvania Was Buckling

Craig Allen Loughrey Killed: Police Say Boy Shot In Pennsylvania Was Buckling

Filed under: drug abuse treatment association florida

William Lewallen. William Lewallen was arrested after Tulsa police found his 18-month-old daughter locked in a metal dog cage, his naked 4-year old daughter outside on a cold afternoon and him asleep in a drug or alcohol induced stupor. … Cops found …
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Tech guru McAfee's legal appeals win him respite in Guatemala

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York County Briefs

York County briefs

Filed under: drug abuse warning network

Most of the 40,000 people the Iris Network serves live in York and Cumberland counties. "We have planned a … Stickers warning about the penalties for furnishing alcohol to minors are placed on multi-packs of beer, alco-pops, and other alcohol …
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The rise and fall of Lenny Dykstra

Filed under: drug abuse warning network

Court filings lay bare Dykstra's drug use. "Defendant's illegal and prescription substance abuse started in his playing days. Defendant admits that he took Dexedrine, Adderall and Vicodin during his playing career and then transitioned to other …
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Investigation: Vets Fight War at Home

Investigation: Vets fight war at home

Filed under: drug abuse help for veterans

They fought for our country, put their lives on the line but many veterans are returning to a battlefield at home. Suicides are surging and prescription drug abuse has nearly tripled in recent years. Many families blame the Veteran's Administration for …
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MSU is part of first Veterans Treatment Court in Kentucky

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Waiting List for Addiction Treatment in Federal Prisons Is 51000 Inmates Long

Waiting List for Addiction Treatment in Federal Prisons Is 51000 Inmates Long

Filed under: drug addiction treatment facilities

Yet only about a third of those prisoners— most of them low-level drug dealers, users and addicts—are receiving treatment to combat their addictions. “Its really tragic,” one longtime federal prisoner tells The Fix . “The feds lock up all these …
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Addiction treatment center gets new home

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Health People

Health people

Filed under: drug treatment centers in pennsylvania

Furek is director of Garden Walk Recovery and columnist for Counselor, The Magazine for Addiction Professionals. He resides in Luzerne County. Dr. Jeffrey Becker, director of vision therapy at the NeuroSensory Center of Eastern Pennsylvania, Kingston …
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First Ever Nationally Franchised Urgent Care Expands in Philadelphia

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The centers will open in Bound Brook, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Greenville, South Carolina, and Waltham, Saugus and North Andover, Massachusetts. Doctors Express has a total of 58 centers open nationwide with 145 franchise territories …
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