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Feds: Substanceabuse Counselor Took Bribes to Falsify Urine-Test Results

Feds: Substanceabuse counselor took bribes to falsify urine-test results

Filed under: drug abuse treatment

A former substance-abuse counselor took bribes from drug-treatment program participants to dodge their urine tests and provide them with fake certificates of completion, according to a federal grand jury indictment. Lauren Jeannette Diggs, 50, of …
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GSU grant to help families of substance abusers

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Heroin Addiction Growing

Heroin addiction growing

Filed under: drug addiction help

“I see value in the drug court for individuals who are ready to get help. It certainly provides them with the most amount of resources a person can hope to get through the judicial system to beat their addiction and stabilize their life. … (We're …
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Addiction Treatment Pioneer Dr. A.R. Mohammad Issues Warning About

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W.Va. Company Offering Free Drug Tests to Families

W.Va. company offering free drug tests to families

Filed under: drug rehab centers in georgia

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, West Virginia has the nation's second-highest rate of poisoning deaths. Dr. Elizabeth Scharman, head of the West … And a Georgia company that West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw …
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William “Bill” Walker, 80: Found joy in many jobs

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Graduates Celebrate Success in Year-Long Drug Rehab Program

Graduates celebrate success in year-long drug rehab program

Filed under: drug treatment programs

Christal Dempsey's parents and two children crowded around her after she and 43 other adults in black caps and gowns ended a commencement ceremony to celebrate completing an intensive substance abuse treatment program. The program — which …
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Synthetic drugs declining in Tenn.

Filed under: drug treatment programs

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Data from police, drug treatment centers and hospitals shows an apparent decline in synthetic drugs in Tennessee after a law was passed banning most of the substances. Tennessee Poison Center director Dr. John Benitez says …
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4 Ohio Sites Got Shots Tied to Meningitis Outbreak

4 Ohio sites got shots tied to meningitis outbreak

Filed under: drug rehab centers in ohio

The Ortho-Spine Rehab Center in central Ohio's Dublin last injected a patient with the drug on Sept. 12, and most of the 15 patients are outside of the incubation period of two to 28 days, said Beth Shiller, a medical assistant at the clinic. "We were …
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Pain clinics in Dublin, Marion received tainted drug suspected in fungal

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Meth Charge for Lockyer's Wife Imperils Treasurer's Ambitions

Meth Charge for Lockyer's Wife Imperils Treasurer's Ambitions

Filed under: state funded drug rehab

Then in February, headlines about his wife, Nadia Lockyer, 41, an Alameda County supervisor — whose rise in politics he sponsored with more than $ 1 million from his own campaign funds — began to spill out in the state's newspapers. They chronicled an …
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Family of Bel Air Woman Killed in Car Crash by Methadone Patient Sues

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