New State Regulations Make Heroin Treatment Challenging
New state regulations make heroin treatment challenging
"As written, this could dramatically reduce access to care for patients," Dr. Jacquelyn Starer, president of the Massachusetts Society of Addiction Medicine, said of a proposed bill that seeks to put more oversight on doctors prescribing the heroin …
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ABQ councilor proposes tax hike for mental health, drug services
We can no longer use the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) to house our residents with severe mental health and substance abuse issues. We must invest in prevention/intervention programs as well as accessible inpatient and outpatient mental health …
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Destination Hope Drug Rehab for Women Recognizes Women's History Month …
Destination Hope Drug Rehab for Women Recognizes Women's History Month …
“Addiction and drug abuse can have you staring in a story you don't recognize,” said Destination Hope: The Women's Program founder, Ben Brafman. “A large part of addiction treatment and drug rehab for women is helping clients identify new storylines …
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Rob Kardashian Enters Treatment For Depression and Substance Abuse …
UPDATE: Don't bust out the balloons and hold a pity party for Rob Kardashian just yet — the star's rep denies reports that Rob is drying out in an Arizona rehab facility. A source close to the reality star tells E! Online that, rather than battling …
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State Finances, Drug Abuse, and Consolidation Dominate Town Board Meeting
State Finances, Drug Abuse, and Consolidation Dominate Town Board Meeting
David Gerber, director of counseling at St. Christopher's Inn, the substance-abuse treatment center based at Graymoor, the monastery of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement, and Marianne Taylor-Rhoads, the facility's chief operating officer, told the …
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Proposed substance abuse treatment center would be a first in West Virginia
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – More West Virginians died as a result of substance abuse in 2013 than auto accidents. That doesn't come as a surprise to Jim Wilkerson. He's the development director of the T Center. Once it's built, it will be the first of its kind …
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Officials: OMART Closure Would Leave Hole in Area Rehab Treatment
Officials: OMART closure would leave hole in area rehab treatment
Treatment centers like Omart give justice system officials an option to send offenders for addiction treatment. … Now in Zone 2 of the reconfigured service areas, OMART lost out on grant funding to eventual contract winner Wilbur D. Mills Center in …
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OMART may close doors
State cuts grants, rehab center caught in crunch … Dennis Amaral, assistant executive director at Omart in Gassville, is reflected in computer screens as he talks about the possibility of the drug rehabilitation center having to close its doors …
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Centre for Drug Addiction Treatment
Centre For Drug Addiction Treatment
cfdat Excessive drinking is extremely risky for the health of individuals. For the comfort and restoration of those obsessed individuals, the drug rehab centers are playing amazing role. The addicted patient needs several educative as well as …
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Ho Chi Minh City promotes community-based drug detox
Ho Chi Minh City authorities opened a methadone treatment center on Tuesday and continued to push a trial project to provide community-based drug treatment despite the fact that it has not been as effective as expected. Launched a year ago by the city …
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Bill Touts Criminal Penalties for Prenatal Drug Use
Bill touts criminal penalties for prenatal drug use
"We're drowning in East Tennessee and throughout Tennessee with these children," he said. The proposal, like the Safe Harbor Act, provides that women who stick with addiction treatment cannot be charged. Most drug charges are related to the possession …
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Addicts open up to help others
Commissioner E. Douglas Varney of the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services estimates that 200,000 to 300,000 people in Tennessee are affected by alcohol and drug addiction. He suggested communities become more engaged by …
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