The disabled need the safety net of community rehab centers
However, closing community rehabilitation programs (CRPs) because a percentage of the disabled can be successfully integrated into community-based employment would ignore the needs of far too many lower-functioning Americans. I was blessed to have …
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New Addiction Helpline Provides Information on Rehab Centers for Teens
Admitting to a drug or alcohol addiction is often the first step to recovery. There are many rehab facilities available for adults. But finding a place to get help isn't easy. It's especially difficult for teenagers. There are many different treatment …
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Gateway Rehab Centers Earn Esteemed Joint Commission Accreditation
Gateway Foundation Alcohol & Drug Treatment centers recently were surveyed by The Joint Commission, which renewed its accreditation for the next 3 years. Considered the gold standard in health care accreditation, The Joint Commission evaluation …
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LePage's dangerous portrayal of drug addiction
Unfortunately, many of LePage's initiatives have cut off access to needed treatment and oversimplified the issue; his recent State of the State address didn't call for more prevention or treatment efforts but, rather, an additional 14 Maine Drug …
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Reckitt Benckiser could dispose of drug addiction treatment
Reckitt has started a strategic review of its pharmaceutical business RBP, which is the largest provider of drug addiction treatments in the world but is suffering from declining sales as its Suboxone tablets battle against generic competition. Rakesh …
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'Alarming' rise seen in drug–addicted infants
Dr. Bonny Whalen, newborn nursery medical director at CHaD, who works with Edwards on NAS, has been doing prenatal visits with women at the River Mill Addiction Treatment Program in Lebanon. "We've talked about comfort measures for babies, such as …
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Drug treatment must be funding priority for Kasich: editorial
The posters are part of a public awareness campaign, which also includes radio spots, rolled out last December by the Cuyahoga County Board of Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services. Then on Monday, McGinty launched his “Let's Face It” …
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Will it Work? The Drug Designed to Manage Addiction
11 (Bloomberg) –- Alkermes Chairman & CEO Richard Pops discusses treating drug addiction and the new drugs coming down the company's pipeline with Pimm Fox on Bloomberg Television's “Taking Stock.” (Source: Bloomberg). Please enable JavaScript …
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'Prison party' exposes 'economic apartheid'
“This kind of special treatment for certain offenders who are connected politically, socially, economically or rich… is absolutely nothing new,” CCRM president Golden Miles Bhudu said. Du Preez and Becker were re-arrested on Sunday just days after …
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Residents' joy as bid to extend hours at Durham drug treatment centre dropped
RESIDENTS are delighted after their campaign to prevent a controversial drug and alcohol treatment centre opening late into the evening ended in success. People living in Whinney Hill, Durham City, have been fighting to stop the Centre for Change …
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Pentonville prison's future in doubt after highly critical inspection report
"Nevertheless, it is clear that Pentonville cannot operate as a modern, 21st-century prison without investment in its physical condition, adequate staffing levels to manage its complex population, and effective support from the centre. If these things …
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SCHSC offering drug treatment programs
A drug treatment program sidelined by problems with documentation and record keeping is back in operation at the South Central Human Service Center, according to JoAnne Hoesel, director of the Division of Mental Health and Substance Abuse with North …
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Beckley psychiatrist pens article on opiate drug abuse
He also recommends mandated counseling, detailed logs of medications used, drug treatment programs being accompanied by psychosocial behavioral management and pharmacy restrictions for patients. Hasan said he believes pain clinics need to be …
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No Verdict Reached On Woodland Drug Rehab Center
“This is a pretty small area,” said Turley, in referring to the residential, drug treatment home, located at 115 Trull Road, near the Swiss Chalet restaurant and the Elk Grove town homes. “Because it is a small area, it has more of an impact.” “This is …
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Waco's low-income drug rehab options improved, but still limited
The opening of Cenikor's 56-bed facility filled a gaping hole left by the closure of the Freeman Center a year before. In the first half of 2011, the Freeman Center gradually shut down its 96-bed residential program, the only state-funded drug and …
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Atiyeh settles with Bethlehem over treatment center plans
Developer Abe Atiyeh and Bethlehem officials have reached an agreement that allows him to move forward with plans for a residential drug and alcohol treatment center in a former thread mill on 12th Avenue. Under the settlement, reached in mediation …
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