Waiting List for Addiction Treatment in Federal Prisons Is 51000 Inmates Long

Waiting List for Addiction Treatment in Federal Prisons Is 51000 Inmates Long

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Yet only about a third of those prisoners— most of them low-level drug dealers, users and addicts—are receiving treatment to combat their addictions. “Its really tragic,” one longtime federal prisoner tells The Fix . “The feds lock up all these …
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Recovering Drug Addicts Receive Gifts To Give As Part of Therapy

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BOWTECH HEALTH CENTER – Multiple Client Coupon. Get This Coupon. Recovering Drug Addicts Receive Gifts To Give As Part of Therapy. By: Brendaliss Gonzalez. Updated: December 12, 2012. Tweet. watch video. They may have arrived empty handed, …
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Panel seeks to lower number of drug–addicted babies

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The recommendations — likely to be adopted in January — include $ 22 million for more residential treatment services and substance-abuse intervention; a statewide campaign to educate women about the dangers of prescription-drug use during pregnancy; …
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Toughen law on imposed addictions treatment, mom says

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A Saskatoon woman whose 16-year-old daughter died of a drug overdose says parents need more power to impose treatment on children with addictions. Carla Fenton Katchmar is circulating a petition, hoping to gather support for having the government …
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