Turning Lives Around, and Saving the State Money

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Mr. Ramos, 54, who grew up in East Harlem, has used drugs for nearly his entire life, spinning the hamster wheel of addiction alongside a ferocious work ethic. In the Rockaway deli, he would slip into the bathroom at least three times a day to inject …
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When the State Has No Money, An Expensive Facility for Senior Veterans Sits …

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Unlike the State Home, the Haven is a mixture of treatment center and transitional housing facility. The building accommodates 25 senior veterans as well as over 200 homeless and drug addicted veterans of all ages. “People cannot imagine how six …
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Titan Plunges After FDA Rejects Drug–Addiction Treatment

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Drug Abuse. More than 12 million people reported using prescription painkillers recreationally or without a prescription, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The drugs were involved in 14,800 overdose deaths in 2008, more than …
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Luxury drug-rehab center in Umatilla to offer recovery in style

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The Recovery Village is the brainchild of Mitchell Baumann, a recovered alcoholic and drug addict who went on to build a career in the treatment industry and founded Ocean Drive Recovery in the Miami area. Such elite treatment facilities have become …
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