Best Drug Rehabilitation CEO Per Wickstrom Speaks to Artina Hardman at …
Per Wickstrom, the CEO of holistic treatment facilities including Best Drug Rehabilitation, recently sat down with Artina Hardman, the Executive Director of the Mack Alive Foundation, at the Detroit's Hometown Heroes Event to discuss how to tackle …
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SOL Scholarship for Addiction Recovery
The SOL Scholarship Foundation helps financially disadvantaged addicts seek sober living after they have gone through detoxification and rehabilitation. Since gaining nonprofit status in February 2012, SOL has aided 21 individuals. The foundation was …
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Valiant Recovery Center Introduces “Genesis Program”
Valiant Recovery Center, a rehabilitation and addiction recovery center providing a range of services, is proud to announce a new treatment: the Genesis Process. Through this program, clients with addictions will examine the causes of addiction and the …
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Addiction rehab center to open
MARIETTA – A new medication-assisted drug rehabilitation and counseling center is set to open in Marietta later this summer. SelfRefind, a Danville, Ky.-based business, helps patients with opiate addictions lessen their dependency on the drugs with the …
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Addiction rehab and counseling center to open
A new medication-assisted drug rehabilitation and counseling center is set to open in Marietta later this summer. SelfRefind, a Danville, Ky.-based business, helps patients with opiate addictions lessen their dependency on the drugs with the use of …
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Substance abuse specialists join the conversation about marijuana
Watson Louidor, substance abuse counselor at Creative Counseling Services of Gainesville, said charging a person with marijuana possession changes the entire outlook of their future. “I am personally for decriminalization of marijuana because of the …
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Sex Offender Providing Counseling Services In SD
A convicted sex offender is managing the spiritual programs at a tribal drug and alcohol addiction counseling agency in Rapid City. Promotional materials for the agency, A New Day Recovery Services, lists William Good Voice Elk Jr. as the spiritual …
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Addiction rehab center to open
MARIETTA – A new medication-assisted drug rehabilitation and counseling center is set to open in Marietta later this summer. SelfRefind, a Danville, Ky.-based business, helps patients with opiate addictions lessen their dependency on the drugs with the …
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New Medical Director Aids Addiction at River North Rehab Center
Gateway Foundation Alcohol & Drug Treatment, a leading provider of substance abuse and addiction treatment, recently welcomed Dr. Anjali Gupta as the Medical Director for its new rehab center specialized in adult outpatient treatment in Chicago's River …
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Addiction rehab and counseling center to open
A new medication-assisted drug rehabilitation and counseling center is set to open in Marietta later this summer. SelfRefind, a Danville, Ky.-based business, helps patients with opiate addictions lessen their dependency on the drugs with the use of …
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Liberia: Drugs Addicts Cry for Rehab Center
At programs marking International Drug Day Wednesday (June 27) some drugs addicts who voluntarily turned themselves over to the DEA called on the Government of Liberia to provide rehabilitation center for them (drugs addicts). Four drugs addict who …
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Palm Partners Treatment Centers Selects TransMedia Group to Educate Public …
Its treatment center helps patients get from detox all the way through the continuum of care to residential addiction treatment, partial hospitalization drug rehab, and intensive outpatient drug rehabilitation, while providing on-site addiction …
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Maine House Rejects Bill to Ban Medicaid Coverage for Opiate Addiction …
With one of the highest rates in the country of people seeking treatment, Maine, opponents argued, is in no position to pull the rug out from those who want and need help. Susan Sharon has more. Related Media. Maine House Rejects Bill to Ban Medicaid …
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Drug addiction seen as threat to Maine safety
AUGUSTA – Crime statistics released by the state Wednesday show that Maine remains one of the safest states, but drug addiction continues to be a serious threat, driving property and violent crimes. click image to enlarge. Maine's violent crime rate in …
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No Link Seen Between Child Stimulant Use and Later Drug Abuse
The diagnosis rate rose to 19 percent for boys of high school age. Stimulant medication is by far the most prevalent treatment for childhood A.D.H.D., with the vast majority of children at least trying medication and about 60 percent of them staying on …
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Milton Doctor Charged With Illegally Prescribing Drug Used to Treat Opiate …
In order to maintain his large practice, Ng allegedly knowingly prescribed Suboxone, a drug used to treat opiate addiction, to nine of his patients that according to their urine drug screens were not taking the drug and continued to use illegal street …
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Stress & Addiction: Research Identifies How Stress Triggers Drug Relapse
Recent research from Brown University could pave the way for new methods of treatment for those recovering from addiction. Researchers identified an exact brain region in rats where the neural steps leading to drug relapse take place, allowing them to …
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Downside of Drug Courts
There is no silver bullet for the complex problems posed by drug addiction, and there is no substitute for nuanced, comprehensive and evidence-based drug treatment, however tempting drug court programs may appear to be. THESHIA NAIDOO Senior Staff …
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