Essential Learning and Hazelden Partner to Expand Course Offerings on Addiction Treatment and Violence Prevention in …

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Essential Learning, the leading provider of e-learning solutions to the behavioral health and human service industries, is pleased to announce a new partnership with Hazelden, a nonprofit organization for addiction treatment and publisher of treatment, behavioral health and youth violence educational resources.
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Passages Malibu Drug & Alcohol Rehab Center Celebrates 11 Successful Years Of Treating Addiction & Substance Abuse

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The world famous Passages Malibu addiction rehab center celebrates 11 years of treating thousands of clients for drug and/or alcohol dependency this August, 2012. Founded by father and son team Chris and Pax Prentiss, Passages opened in 2001 and was one of the first substance abuse treatment centers to offer an alternative to the 12-step/AA model of addiction treatment and focus on healing the …
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Abbass: Talbot House closure 'a great shame'

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Rev. Paul Abbass, the former executive director of Talbot House, says the closure of the addiction treatment centre brings shame to the province. (STAFF / File)
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Can LSD be a Cure for Alcohol Addiction? – BY LIAM KEEGAN ANCHOR CHRISTINA HARTMAN Could LSD be a possible cure for alcoholism? Well — according to a Norwegian study, the psychedelic drug was used to treat alcoholics in the 1960s, and had “significant beneficial effects”. Now, Scientists Teri Krebs and Pal-Orjan Johanson say this controversial treatment should be revisited. ABC News reports their findings. “A single dose of LSD had a significant beneficial effect on alcohol misuse at the first reported follow-up assessment, which ranged from 1 to 12 months after discharge from each treatment program. The effect lasted about six months…Given the evidence for a beneficial effect of LSD on alcoholism, it is puzzling why this treatment approach has been largely overlooked.” Washington Universty addiction psychiatrist Dr. Richard Ries warned about the drug’s little-known side effects, but using one drug to fight addiction to another is not something new. My Healthy News Daily reports — “Look at heroin addiction – we use methadone, another type of opiate, and give it to people to prevent them from overdosing. But if you try to use these drugs out of these contexts, you get no effect. They are meant to be part of an addiction treatment program, not to replace it.” Former UK government drugs adviser Professor David Nutt tells BBC drug laws need to be relaxed in order to conduct productive research in this field. “Curing alcohol dependency requires huge changes in the way you see yourself. That’s what LSD does. Overall …