Drug Treatment Works, Illinois Advocates Say – (Springfield, IL) –The estimated number of Illinois residents waiting for alcohol and drug abuse assessment and treatment at state-financed facilities in 2008 rose 17 percent in, according to a report released at a press conference in Springfield, IL on May 1, 2008. The report by the Survey Research Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Chicago surveyed 106 Illinois community treatment providers in December 2007 and revealed 7541 people were waiting for some form of treatment, up from 6467 in March 2007. State Senator Jeff Schoenberg (D-Evanston) is sponsoring legislation, SB 2886, to boost prevention and treatment funding by million in this year’s budget. Craig Stallings, the Administrator of Adult Services at Rosecrance, a substance abuse treatment center in Rockford, Illinois, explains the importance of treatment. James Duncan, a client at Gateway Foundation in Illinois, testifies to the problem of state waiting lists.

Illinois hospital system targets patients seeking second opinions

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… more patients to switch providers doesn't hurt, either. “When people come to the Edward Cancer Center (locations) in Plainfield or Naperville and they meet the physicians and see the treatment plan,” Mr. Davis said, “we're confident they'll pick …
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Controversial autism doctor Mark Geier loses licenses in Missouri, Illinois

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Dr. Mark Geier, who directs autism clinics in St. Peters and Springfield, Ill., lost his medical licenses in Missouri and Illinois Friday following similar disciplinary actions in at least nine other states. Geier has gotten into trouble for …
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Wauconda, Vernon Hills schools to host forums on heroin use

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Heroin overdose deaths doubled in Lake and Will counties in the past four years, according to a study released in September by Roosevelt University's Illinois Consortium on Drug Policy. Additionally, heroin-related treatment in Illinois emergency rooms …
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