Southern California Drug Rehab Offers 30 Day No-Cost Treatment
Considered among addiction treatment professionals as being one of Southern California's more affordable luxury drug rehab programs, The Lake House Recovery Center of Thousand Oaks, CA announced this week the roll-out of their 60/90 program.
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Drug Treatment Courts: 20 Years of Uncounted Deaths
As reported by Christina Jewett in 2012, a Senate panel lead by Senator Steinberg called the lax oversight by the Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs into the deaths in recommended California rehab centers "disturbing." Yet in Georgia, as of summer …
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Island council endorses turning inn into rehab center
A plan to turn The Main Street Inn & Spa, a boutique hotel on Hilton Head Island, into a treatment center for those suffering from drug and alcohol addiction and mental health disorders won overwhelming support from Town Council on Tuesday. Council …
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Relatives seek extended care for brain-dead California girl
SAN FRANCISCO — Relatives of a California girl declared brain dead after complications from a tonsillectomy want her moved to a long-term care facility, but face resistance from the hospital where she is due to be disconnected from a breathing machine …
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Corrections Exemplary Service Medals award recepients

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BC Corrections officers do a lot to keep our communities safe, but some of them really go above and beyond to help rehabilitate inmates by helping them with substance addictions, counseling with mental health issues, or teaching them employable skills. These officers have made a big difference for the inmates they’ve worked with, and in turn, our communities. They are recognized with the Corrections Exemplary Service Medal, or Bar.

Seated row (from left): Debbie Hawboldt, Provincial Director
Tedd Howard, Provincial Director Pete Coulson, Assistant
Deputy Minister Brent Merchant, The Honourable Judith
Guichon, Deputy Solicitor General Lori Wanamaker,
Provincial Director Bill Small, Provincial Director Elenore
Clark, Dave Vallance
Middle row: Melody Shepherd, Ken Fox, Eileen
Johnston, Patrick Monkman, Teri DuTemple, Randy Nelson,
Phil Chafe, Patrick Doherty, Dana Cosgrove, Don Tarling,
Shauna Morgan, Nancy Lewis, Rob Allison, Denean Jones,
Ryan Doern
Back row: Darren Allison, Dave Tuyttens, Gerald
Lapointe, John McKenzie, Greg Fensome, Al Chapple, Scott
Vallance, Mike Albert Page, Al Gillespie, Nedj Macesic,
Miles McGuire, Alfred Chu

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The financial toll of living with a drug addict
There's not much worse for parents than the terror of witnessing a child slip away into a life of drug abuse. San Francisco writer David Sheff felt helpless as his son Nic became addicted to substances like methamphetamine and heroin over the course of …
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Stimulant-addicted patients can quit smoking without hindering treatment
Smokers who are addicted to cocaine or methamphetamine can quit smoking while being treated for their stimulant addiction, without interfering with stimulant addiction treatment. This is according to new research funded by the National Institute on …
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Fifty turn out for World AIDS Day event in Lake Worth
Statewide, Palm Beach County is ranked fifth among counties reporting new cases: Miami-Dade (1,262), Broward (882), Orange (467) and Duval (378). Statewide, 5,388 new cases of HIV were reported in 2012. The biggest surge in new cases came in the late …
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Delays, inaction in state care center's abuse case
In July, a state audit found that the in-house police force at the board-and-care centers at Porterville and in Sonoma, Los Angeles, Orange and Riverside counties had frequently neglected to interview victims of abuse, photograph crime scenes or …
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Vt. AIDS services must do more with less
Adds Laura Byrne, executive director of the HIV/HCV Resource Center that serves Orange and Windsor counties: “HIV has fallen off the radar for a lot of people, but it's still a really serious disease. All AIDS service organizations offer free …
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Smith will seek treatment for substance abuse, miss Rams game
SAN FRANCISCO — All-Pro outside linebacker Aldon Smith will be out indefinitely as he seeks treatment for substance abuse, sources said. Smith, the 49ers' MVP last season, will not play Thursday night against the St. Louis Rams. He issued the …
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Well of support for Martin Walsh among those in recovery
A Savin Hill kid whose life spiraled out of control in his 20s, he quit drinking 18 years ago and began helping others do the same. In the Legislature, he became the leading advocate for funding for substance abuse treatment programs. He's also a go-to …
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Experts say those suffering from addiction face walls blocking treatment
It was fear keeping Nikki from seeking treatment for a severe addiction to drugs. But it wasn't fear of the intense physical pain brought about by withdrawal, nor the loss of a job or family, as some might think. Rather, the Geauga County resident …
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New Treatment Program to Help Families with Recovering Addicts
According to the Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit Judge Philip Spivey, the court aims to keep kids with parents recovering from addiction, instead of putting them back into foster care. The state of Georgia granted the court $ 66,430 dollars to start the program.
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SFUSD launches program to help recovering student addicts
"Students who have had some substance use issues in the past, have been dealing with addiction from a rather young age," said SF ACT program manager Richard Zevin. "There's still a lot of students that end up cycling in and out of treatment that we see …
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Addiction recovery programs heal through love
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has developed programs for addiction recovery that offer help for those who are suffering every day of the week. "They realize they are not alone," said Kristin Stroud, who, with her husband, serves as an …
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Salvation Army pulls plan to move residential drug and alcohol treatment …
The Salvation Army has withdrawn its offer to purchase Kenowa Hills' Fairview Elementary School and end its plans to move the Salvation Army's "Turning Point Program" residential drug and alcohol treatment center there. The move comes after a two-hour …
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Aldon Smith admitted to rehab
… 49ers are in after their loss to the Colts.Tags: 49ers, First Take, Stephen A. Smith, Skip Bayless · San Francisco 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith has been admitted on an in-patient basis to a facility to be treated for alcohol abuse, a league source …
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