For Winona Man, County's New Drug Court Program Offers a New Way Out of an Old …

Published October 20, 2013

For Winona man, county's new drug court program offers a new way out of an old …

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Drug courts offer offenders with a history of chemical dependence the opportunity to get sober while following a strict routine of court hearings, drug tests, treatment and community service. The first program of its kind was implemented in Miami in …
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Measuring the Real-World Impact of Drug Rehab

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"The Center for Substance Abuse Treatment has long advocated strongly that rehab centers monitor their post-treatment outcomes to improve the effectiveness of program delivery," said Dr. Lennox. "The most significant implication may be that this ROM …
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Our View: Another approach to substance abuse

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In other states, treatment has been much more successful than incarceration. In 2005, Texas began reforming drug sentencing and shifting money to drug rehabilitation and prevention programs. By 2011, Texas announced that it would, for the first time in …
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Former NBA player Herren to speak at North Pocono

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The event is sponsored by the North Pocono School District, the Lackawanna County District Attorney's office, the North Pocono Parent-Teachers Association and the Erin Jessica Moreken Drug and Alcohol Treatment Fund. "Seeing the … "I found out that …
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