Substance Abuse : How to Live With a Drug Addict
Substance Abuse : How to Live With a Drug Addict – When living with a drug addict, it’s important to become educated on addiction and codependency. Discover how to keep from enabling a drug addict with help f…
Mergers likely to continue in behavioral care
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As the nation nears the 2014 implementation of health care reform regulations and Massachusetts tries to slow health spending, small organizations that offer mental health and substance abuse treatment to communities are wondering if mergers are coming …
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Payne County Drug Court – Helping Addicts Get Clean
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"Drug Court is a five-phase intensive out-patient substance abuse treatment program," providing counseling, support services, and supervision for criminal defendants, Bagwell said. Participants are subject to random drug testing throughout the program …
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Coalition talks tough about teens, alcohol
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Not always, says Susan Nicholas, executive director of the Garden City Community Coalition for the Prevention of Substance Abuse. “Surveys show that in Garden City, most young people who drink get their alcohol from family and friends,” Nicholas said.
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Treating addiction as an ailment not a crime
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“The concept of drug court and other problem-solving courts is that the issue that brings somebody to the court, such as substance abuse, is not a question so much of right and wrong as it is of treatment,” said Lucinda Brown, Reinventing Justice …
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