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California Prison Overcrowding Ruling Places Addiction Treatment Options in …

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The two alcohol and drug abuse treatment centers offer an alternative to the 12 step/AA model of addiction treatment by utilizing a holistic program that focuses on the underlying issues of substance dependency, rather than attributing addiction to an …
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News Tribune's methadone series wins a Scripps Howard award

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News Tribune's methadone series wins a Scripps Howard award. The Duluth News Tribune has won a Scripps Howard award for a series on methadone that is credited with prompting calls for statewide reform in the treatment of drug addiction. By: Christa …
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New England editorial roundup

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If America is serious about making improvements in this, then legislators must protect funding for psychiatric clinics. … City schools work closely with Rushford — a clinic for substance abuse and mental-health treatment — on referrals for troubled …
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UN Report Slams Cruel Drug Treatment as "Torture"

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(worldpolicy.org). NEW YORK, NY — Compulsory “treatment” for drug addiction in some parts of the world is “tantamount to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment,” according to report from the UN's special rapporteur on torture and other …
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