O’Callaghan’s son to enter drug rehab – The son of WA Police Commissioner Karl O’Callaghan will enter treatment for drug abuse after he recovers from injuries from a lab explosion at Carlisle in south-east Perth.

 

Two new initiatives to detect and treat addictions

Filed under: treatment for drug abuse

… which was on alcohol use disorders, was held on 6 September. Over the last four years from FY07 to FY11, NAMS has treated about 5,400 new outpatients. The top three addictions treated were for drug abuse, alcohol abuse and gambling addiction. – CNA …
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TT drug offenders to get own court

Filed under: treatment for drug abuse

The new initiative is the country's first pilot Drug Treatment Court, a joint project between the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) of the Organization of American States (OAS) and the government of Trinidad and Tobago. The courts …
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HOOKED: County drug use reaches epidemic proportions as overdoses skyrocket

Filed under: treatment for drug abuse

A 2010 study by the Center for Substance Abuse at Columbia University estimated 1.5 million, or 65 percent of the nation's prisoners, were addicts and only 11 percent received treatment. The report also noted that in 2005, federal, state and local …
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