Strategic Move Exempts Health Law From Broader US Statute
Lawyers and law enforcement officials said Ms. Sebelius's decision was unexpected because the insurance exchanges and subsidy payments appeared to fit the definition of federal health care programs in the anti-kickback statute. Generally, the law makes …
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Dealing with e-cigarettes at work
Employers may also find that electronic cigarettes fall outside their existing definitions of drugs in their drug and alcohol policies. Smoking areas. A key aim of the Act was to reduce exposure to second-hand smoke and confirm the … Whether or not …
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Drug–use epidemic plagues community
The program featured drug treatment specialists, law enforcement officials, legal experts, medical professionals and recovering addicts. Fayette County Coroner Phillip Reilly said the number of deaths caused by drug addiction has tripled in the county …
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Judges in Ohio use injections to combat drug addiction
Some Ohio judges are using a controversial and expensive injection therapy to battle drug addiction. Several years ago the Food and Drug Administration approved the use of a drug injected once a month, known as Vivitrol. The injections block receptors …
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Mom breaks silence about drug addiction to raise awareness and help erase …
Syracuse, N.Y. – Susan May of Cicero is going to Clinton Square in downtown Syracuse tonight to share her story of what drug addiction has done to her family. "You would never imagine your kid would succumb to this sort of thing," May said. "It's a …
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Church seeks to expand drug treatment in North Waco
HOME2. Mary Burt, left, and Brandy Honeysuckle both went through Grace House's yearlong residential treatment program for substance abuse. Buy this photo · HOME1. Staff photo— Jerry Larson …
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Afghan rehab centers aim to get women, children — and even Taliban — off of …
The women and children's center in Jalalabad is primarily funded by the State Department's Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, which, according to its website, funds six residential drug treatment centers for women in …
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Pax House Now Offers Residential Rehabilitation Facility to Conquer Drug …
Altadena, CA — (SBWIRE) — 09/24/2013 — Pax House offers a residential rehabilitation facility to conquer drug addiction and heal comfortably. Their rehabilitation center in California provides a pleasing home environment to work with specialists to …
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Afghan rehab centers aim to get women, children — and even Taliban — off of …
The women and children's center in Jalalabad is primarily funded by the State Department's Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, which, according to its website, funds six residential drug treatment centers for women in …
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Pax House Now Offers Residential Rehabilitation Facility to Conquer Drug …
Altadena, CA — (SBWIRE) — 09/24/2013 — Pax House offers a residential rehabilitation facility to conquer drug addiction and heal comfortably. Their rehabilitation center in California provides a pleasing home environment to work with specialists to …
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Judge upholds zoning denial of Atiyeh rehab site
… drug-treatment center in Bethlehem. A Northampton County judge this week upheld a ruling by the city's Zoning Hearing Board denying Atiyeh's Pennsylvania Venture Capital Inc. a special exception for a residential drug treatment center at 2349 …
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Program helps recovering addicts
To accomplish that, she's reaching out to churches, doctors' offices, probation officers and people in the substance abuse prevention field to rally support for starting new 12-step recovery programs throughout the Upper Cumberland, particularly in …
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Doctor raises alarm about Lubec clinic, patients in recovery from drug addiction
Newman ran the clinic's drug addiction program, which has about 20 patients in various stages of recovery from opiates. He was the only physician authorized to prescribe Suboxone — a narcotic analgesic used to treat opiate addiction — to the patients …
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Rallying for Recovery says recovery is working for addicts
Frederick said she worked with the Alliance for Substance Abuse Prevention and the Trumbull Ashtabula Group Law Enforcement Task Force, which invited a growing number of support groups — an apparent confirmation that drug and alcohol problems in …
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Lamar Odom's Addiction — He Needs Professional Help For Drug Problem
… to in his life: jail, institutions, death,” Steven adds. Let's hope it doesn't come to that! Between Khloe, his family and his former teammates, Lamar has such a strong support system, so hopefully they will be able to persuade him to get the help …
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Legislators question Medicaid expansion's effect on drug abuse
With the support of the Kasich administration, lawmakers also are considering a program that would require Medicaid recipients with a history of prescription drug abuse to get all of their medicine from the same doctor and pharmacist. … A summer …
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Stephen McNeil, Nova Scotia Liberal Leader, Backs Pot Decriminalization
The Opposition leader says he has never used marijuana, partly because he grew up in a family where his mother was a sheriff and five of his brothers were in law enforcement. Earlier on HuffPost: Loading Slideshow … Richard Branson. Virgin Group …
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