California Governor Jerry Brown Grants Dozens Of Drug Pardons
As Brown's pardon notes, Guest is now the coordinator of the drug rehabilitation program he participated in following his conviction. "I've been waiting 14 years for this call … this just blows me away," Guest told the Los Angeles Times. "Good people …
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Bill seeking background checks for rehab clinic owners advances
Alexander Ferdman ran a taxpayer-funded drug rehabilitation clinic in California's San Fernando Valley for years, despite a felony conviction for organized crime. State officials didn't seem to know his criminal background until an investigation by The …
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Treatment center hosts open house
Hotel California by the Sea, a self-proclaimed luxury drug and alcohol treatment center based in Newport Beach, hosted an open house Thursday evening to celebrate the unveiling of its new outpatient services center in Costa Mesa. More than 80 community …
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Doctors, medical staff on drugs put patients at risk
Last year, New York's Supreme Court ruled that a hospital was not liable for the overdose death of a physician who, after returning from drug rehabilitation, was given operating room duty, where she had ready access to the propofol that killed her …
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