Who/What's new for April 28, 2013
Lydia Hendrix is the new director of the Center for Inpatient Rehabilitation at Halifax Health. She has more than 23 … Port Orange. David DeAngelis, Realtor, has been appointed as sales manager for the new Port Orange office of Realty Pros Assured …
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Sharon Osbourne Opens Up About Ozzy Osbourne's Drug Use: 'I'm Devastated …
"Alcoholism and drug dependency is a killer disease, you know. I went to two rehab places and then I still went out again. And then I stopped again and then I started. I have accepted I have a problem with drugs and alcohol. That's a big stepping stone …
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Demand Rises For Holistic Alcohol & Drug Rehab, Australian Addiction And …
Over the past year, the demand for natural mental health services and alcohol & drug rehabilitation at The Australian Addiction and Trauma Treatment Centre has risen. The holistic centre has experienced a 50% enquiry increase from those seeking an …
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Viewpoint: We Need to Rethink Rehab
The treatment system fails because it's rooted in an entrenched, inaccurate view that addicts are morally bereft and weak. If they weren't, the belief goes, they'd stop using when drugs began to negatively impact their lives. Most treatment centers in …
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Cory Monteith In Rehab: 'Glee' Star Enters Treatment For Substance Abuse
I was out of control," he told Parade, adding that he had a "serious [drug] problem" at the time and was doing "anything and everything, as much as possible." The actor revealed that it was after his mother and a group of his friends staged an …
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Why We Should Treat, Not Blame Addicts Struggling to Get 'Clean'
Journalist David Sheff's son Nic began using marijuana and alcohol at the age of 12, then heroine and crystal meth. Sheff was baffled; his son transformed from an intelligent … In a follow-up to his memoir "Beautiful Boy," David Sheff has written a …
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Colombian City Plans To Use Marijuana To Fight Drug Addiction: Report
In the United States, several studies have shown that moderate marijuana use has helped cocaine and opioid addicts stay in treatment. However, as ABC News reports, this type of treatment isn't likely to gain steam in the U.S. soon. "Unfortunately …
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Synthetic marijuana, addictive and deadly
It's very, very addictive. Once you start, it's hard to stop.” “Right now, in Tahlequah we have a kid who started using spice and is now listed with 'drug induced psychosis,'” Farmer said. “He is being treated with schizophrenia medication. Doctors do …
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Celebrities In Rehab: Stars Who Battled Addiction And More (PHOTOS)
"Glee" star Cory Monteith surprised fans this week when it was abruptly announced that he had voluntarily entered rehab for substance abuse — some 11 years after Monteith says he first checked into a treatment facility, at age 19. And while the 30 …
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Worker secures authorization for substance abuse rehabilitation
In Florida, substance abuse rehabilitation can be authorized for a worker where there is no preexisting drug dependency issue until the worker begins receiving narcotic medication in treatment of chronic pain for her industrial injuries. Case name …
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Paradigm Malibu, California Adolescent and Teen Drug Rehab Facility …
The Paradigm website now joins an elite group of Malibu, CA rehabilitation centers focusing on helping our nation's youth overcome the life-altering obstacles encountered during the early stages of alcoholism and drug addiction. Parents and loved ones …
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Lindsay Lohan To Be Treated For Alcohol & Prescription Drug Abuse While In …
Lindsay Lohan is to be treated for alcohol and prescription drug abuse when she enters into her latest stint of court ordered rehab — which will be her SIXTH attempt at getting sober — even though the 26-year-old troubled actress continues to …
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Cory Monteith In Rehab: 'Glee' Star Enters Treatment For Substance Abuse
Robin Williams. The comedian overcame a cocaine addiction, but headed back to rehab after 20 years of sobriety in 2006 to address his issues with alcohol. Fergie. The Black Eyed Peas singer kicked a crystal meth and ecstasy habit. Heath Ledger …
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Marine Corps Alcohol Screening Program starts now
If service members tests above a .01 percent blood alcohol level, they can be referred to a unit's substance abuse counseling coordinator for screening and treatment as appropriate. If service members tests above a .04 percent blood alcohol level, they …
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Television Rehab: Treatment or Trauma?
I rolled my eyes when I first heard a rehab show was about to air on television. "Oh, that's great — a producer-driven inpatient rehab show. Healing on television. Good luck with that." I had no doubt it would be "faux" treatment riddled with inherent …
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Agency considering inpatient drug rehab in Fairfield County
LANCASTER — There is a chance Fairfield County could get its first inpatient drug rehabilitation facility in the next year or two. Barry Bennett, the executive director of Pickaway Area Recovery Services, said his agency is looking to potentially …
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New residential drug rehab center for women opens in Pickaway County
On Monday, a ribbon-cutting ceremony marked the official beginning of the Women's Recovery Center in a former union hall on Highland Avenue, an expansion of an existing in-patient drug rehab facility for women in Fayette County. The center is the first …
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