This Medical Marijuana Patient Was Sent To Rehab By His Employer — Now …
Fifty-seven-year-old Charlie Davis, a medical marijuana patient in New Jersey, was recently suspended from his job at New Jersey Transit and ordered into drug rehabilitation for using medical cannabis while off-duty. Now Davis is suing, claiming that …
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Medical Marijuana User Sues NJ Transit Over Forced Rehab
The landscape of the U.S.'s policies toward marijuana use is certainly changing, and has been for a while now. With the availability of legal, medical cannabis on the rise, there are certainly many concerns that are sure to get raised as employees face …
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Synanon's Sober Utopia: How a Drug Rehab Program Became a Violent Cult
Narcotics Anonymous was founded in Los Angeles in 1953, but by the late 1950s (when Dederich was sobering up) the organization was still very disorganized, and NA groups rarely met. So in 1958 Dederich decided to form his own group that, unlike AA, …
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Kris Jenner 'rushed to hospital'
Several outlets had suggested that he was being treated at The Meadows trauma and addiction treatment centre in Arizona. But a source added that Rob was with his trainer Gunnar Peterson in Los Angeles when the news broke. Concerns had been raised …
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Alcoholism Implant with Naltrexone
The company currently owns an addiction treatment program called the Start Fresh Program (SFP) that is used by various independently owned licensed addiction clinics throughout the United States to treat alcoholism and select opioid addictions.
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Parma Alcohol Drug Rehab Introduces Expanded Residential Treatment Services
The counselors, therapists and medical staff at the Parma center have a grasp of how powerful drug addiction can grab someone and not let go. The residential treatment program has expanded from simply one direction that involves only 12-step recovery.
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Doctors, medical staff on drugs put patients at risk
Across the country, more than 100,000 doctors, nurses, technicians and other health professionals struggle with abuse or addiction, mostly involving narcotics such as oxycodone and fentanyl. Their knowledge and access … Still, a USA TODAY review of …
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Heroin Addicts Face Barriers To Treatment
Of the 23.1 million Americans who needed treatment for drugs or alcohol in 2012, only 2.5 million people received aid at a specialty facility, according to the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Heroin addicts are a …
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Addiction treatment specialists say state funding is too low
The state's rehabilitation centers say they've had to drastically cut programming due to continual underfunding, and that projected budget cuts will make the problem even worse. “The heroin crisis was created by neglecting the prevention system … If …
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Destination Hope Drug Rehab for Women Recognizes Women's History Month …
As part of Women's History Month, Destination Hope: The Women's Program is helping clients learn to rewrite their story through addiction treatment and recovery. The focus is on helping clients put their substance abuse and past addiction behind them …
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Examining the Jadeveon Clowney fallout; more notes ahead of the draft
… month's NFL annual meeting that he had heard nothing but good reports about Smith's progress since the end of the season, and that made it sound like the arrow was definitely pointing upward for Smith after he spent five weeks in alcohol …
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Fort Lauderdale Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facility Continues Successful …
Cornerstone Recovery Center is continuing the successful monthly Family Night event at its drug rehab facility in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The next Family Night will be hosted at Cornerstone's Fort Lauderdale addiction treatment center on Friday …
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Holistix by the Sea Now Offers Acupuncture for Addiction Treatment
Holistix by the Sea, an addiction treatment center that helps individuals overcome drug and alcohol addiction, now offers acupuncture as part of its comprehensive addiction rehabilitation programs. Acupuncture is a proven method of flushing toxins from …
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Heroin Epidemic Challenges Nonprofits and Health Insurance Alike
Their mother sent them to separate drug rehab facilities in Florida, followed by halfway houses, but the two returned to their home in the St. Louis, Missouri area and returned to heroin. The younger brother was able to get into a program with access …
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