Heroin deaths creep up in Florida as other opiates become too expensive
Miami-Dade drug rehabilitation experts said they have seen a small but definite increase in patients who have switched from oxycodone or other prescription drugs to heroin within the past year. “When I ask my patients, they say, 'Yeah, I couldn't get …
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Treatment center director resigns after 4th DUI
PIERCE, Fla. — The clinical director of a women's drug and alcohol treatment center near Ft. Pierce has resigned after being arrested for a fourth DUI. … Arnold had been working at the Counseling and Recovery Center on Orange Avenue, west of Fort …
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The Year in Review
The case sparked allegations of racial discrimination and brought attention to Florida's “Stand Your Ground” law. Martin supporters wore hooded … Chris Christie together, as the men planned rehabilitation efforts to areas under duress. The union was …
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Controversial plan for Hillsborough drug rehab center called off
HILLSBOROUGH — A proposed drug rehab facility unpopular with residents has been withdrawn from planning board consideration by the applicant. Harding Corona LLC has withdrawn its application for a residential drug rehabilitation center on Route 206, …
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Drug Rehab's Plan Advances
A drug rehab facility is “not a reasonable use for a residential area,” he said. The center would be dangerous for kids, and would eventually be used to treat people with criminal records, Asoh predicted. “Child molestation and crime go with drug …
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Controversial plan for Hillsborough drug rehab center called off
HILLSBOROUGH — A proposed drug rehab facility unpopular with residents has been withdrawn from planning board consideration by the applicant. Harding Corona LLC has withdrawn its application for a residential drug rehabilitation center on Route 206, …
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Northbound Treatment Services Renews Successful Holistic Approach
As government promotes and expands use of pharmaceutical drugs in treatment of substance abuse, Northbound Treatment Services addiction treatment holds steadfast on their commitment to tried, but true holistic solutions. Their answer to drug abuse and …
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Controversial plan for Hillsborough drug rehab center called off
6 meeting they were opposed to the plan. David Fritz, a Flanders Drive resident, told Mayor Carol Suraci in a letter that he was concerned about a facility being run by a "company that has no track record in running a residential drug addiction clinic …
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Residents to planning board: Reject drug rehab facility
… facility in the Highway Service Zone, but residents question whether a drug rehabilitation facility counts as extended care. "We do not accept that a nursing home and rehabilitation facility is the same as a drug addiction treatment center," the …
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Controversial plan for Hillsborough drug rehab center called off
HILLSBOROUGH — A proposed drug rehab facility unpopular with residents has been withdrawn from planning board consideration by the applicant. Harding Corona LLC has withdrawn its application for a residential drug rehabilitation center on Route 206, …
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Addicts overwhelm Kentucky's drug treatment options
But her search for a residential drug treatment center led to one dead-end after another. There were none near her home in Grant County, and she faced a 21/2-month wait for a bed at The Healing Place in Louisville, two hours away. All the while, she …
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Controversial plan for Hillsborough drug rehab center called off
HILLSBOROUGH — A proposed drug rehab facility unpopular with residents has been withdrawn from planning board consideration by the applicant. Harding Corona LLC has withdrawn its application for a residential drug rehabilitation center on Route 206, …
Read more on The Star-Ledger – NJ.com

Iranian addicts shift to synthetic drugs
“My findings so far show that economic problems especially in recent months have led to a decrease in the number of addicts coming to our centre for rehabilitation,” says Saeed, a director of a partly state-owned drug rehabilitation centre, who wishes …
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