Local LHIN Receives $1.2m for Addiction Treatment Programs

Local LHIN receives .2m for addiction treatment programs

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Ontario Minister of Health Deb Matthews announced Wednesday that the province will put $ 15 million toward increasing access to treatment programs for opioid addictions. In Hamilton, that means new life for the Salvation Army's New Choices program — an …
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Drugs a large part of crime, judge says

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Chief District Court Judge Jane-Marie Doogue described alcohol abuse as "a thick vein coursing through our country" at the launch of a pilot alcohol and drug treatment court in Auckland yesterday. "When misuse and abuse takes an extreme form, it …
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Bridging the GAP program helps teens in trouble

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The judge told them they had one chance left, and that was to attend the Salvation Army's Bridging the Gap program. At first the teens felt the same way sitting in … Drug addicts came in and told us how they ruined their life. Their past never left …
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