Archive for the ‘Substance Abuse’ Category

There are many support groups willing and able to assist in many ways
Commonwealth Assisted Living at Abingdon, first Thursday, 10 a.m.; Pleasantview United Methodist Church, third Monday, 6 p.m. 276-783-8157; Smyth County, Va., District Three Senior Services, fourth Thursday, 6 p.m. 276-783-8157; Unicoi County, Center …
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Senior Services Directory in McDonough County
There is now a single place where senior citizens and their families can find information about independent living facilities, finance and trust services, support groups, and many other programs and services for seniors in McDonough County. The Macomb …
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Free dental screening at senior center slated
A nutritionist from Bristol Elder Services will be available to discuss the role of nutrition in oral health and will give advice on food choices to those experiencing chewing problems, dry mouth, medication interactions, and other concerns. Students …
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COMMENTS | Update on Kitsap County's mental health sales tax funding
… include intervention, assessment, referral and treatment support. • Professional development for educators, youth development and community agencies on youth mental health and substance abuse issues, concerns and supportive intervention strategies.
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Synanon's Sober Utopia: How A Drug Rehab Program Became A Violent Cult
The Game was the medicine administered later, a kind of group therapy invented by Dederich where people sat in a circle to express (and often shout) their frustrations at each other. The confrontational approach was a way to … the group. But it would …
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Priest steps back from opening house for recovering addicts
In the basement of St. Charles Borromeo, dozens of drug addicts and alcoholics and their family members meet weekly to vent, cry, laugh, and smile. Stabeno, a 14-year … the vision. Three of the group's founders lost their children to addiction …
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Florida budgets put priority on hometown projects over at-risk kids
“If we get the words right on paper but not do the funding for services, we may actually do some damage,” said Kurt Kelly, president of the Florida Coalition for Children, which represents the state's community-based-care providers. “There will be …
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Dogs rescued in Paterson drug bust get care and shelter
Most times, though, they are detected not because of their poor treatment of animals, but rather because of other illegal activity that often takes place right alongside. That was the case with the ring in Paterson, which police discovered as they …
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Counties tell Gov. Brown they need money for jail realignment
After meeting with Monterey County Sheriff Scott Miller in January, Brown said he would look through the Capitol "cookie jar" to see if he could find more money for counties. "I'm still waiting to see what he … Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam …
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Desert Oasis Recovery Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center — Desert Oasis Recovery is an intimate, private recovery house for those persons wishing to start their journey of recovery from addiction.

Addressing Food Security in Cape Town, One Garden at a Time
The Cape Flats is a windswept, crime-ravaged area in Cape Town, South Africa, that's beset by apathy, unemployment, and substance abuse. … Mathlay has single-handedly turned what was essentially a desert into his own little oasis. It is easy to pick …
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Mickey Rooney, decades-long fixture in Las Vegas, dead at age 93
Rooney, though not a Las Vegas NV resident, has-been a fixture in the neon desert oasis since the 1940s, when he was a normal visitor to the Boulderado Dude Ranch in North Las Vegas. Rooney headlined the Flamingo just a few years of time after mobster …
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Does Out-Patient Addiction Treatment Work? — In this short video Tom Bruce, the deputy head therapist at Castle Craig Hospital, says that although out-patient treatment for drug addicts and alcoholics “…

Double redemption: One man's battle with alcohol
And it is Connor who is there to lift the young woman from the depths of her addiction – even when she slips and uses again. He knows where she's been, what she's … He was drinking even as he was on the phone helping someone else get into an …
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PERSONNEL MATTERS: Worker shot for reporting robbery wins comp case
However, a medical expert for Gen-X argued that Mr. Kim had reached maximum medical improvement after nine days of inpatient addiction treatment, and that Gen-X should not pay for continuing treatment, records show. The doctor argued that Mr. Kim was …
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House leaders propose "cautious" .2 billion state budget, a 5% increase
… don't focus on one particular area and are “sprinkled throughout the budget.” Reacting to the recent spike in fatal heroin overdoses, Dempsey called for new funding for drug abuse treatment programs and stiffer penalties for drug traffickers. “I …
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Pierce County health improvement plan
Pierce County Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) partners have identified the two top health priorities for the county as mental health, acknowledging a substance abuse connection; and access to quality health care and community services, with a …
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KY Kids Recovery Juvenile Substance Abuse Grants PSA — Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear and Attorney General Jack Conway announce million in settlement funds to expand substance abuse treatment in the Commonwe…

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