Failed rehab center proposal still resonates in Campton Hills
Kiva officials pledged to take their plan to convert a former school into a 96-bed inpatient treatment center for alcohol and substance abuse to the Kane County Board for consideration, but the effort fizzled in mid-February after a contract to buy the …
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Acclaimed Psychotherapist Susan Winston Joins Prominence Treatment Center …
Prominence Treatment Center is proud to announce that Susan Winston has joined the luxury drug and alcohol rehabilitation center as a staff psychotherapist. Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Share on LinkedIn Email a friend … Her …
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Sequestration Effects: Cuts Sting Communities Nationwide
The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium announced that on April 30, it is closing the Bill Brady Healing Center, a residential drug and alcohol treatment center for Alaska Natives. Michael Jenkins, communications director, said the …
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Cory Monteith In Rehab: 'Glee' Star Enters Treatment For Substance Abuse
“That's when I first went to rehab. I did the stint but then went back to doing exactly what I left off doing," he explained. Monteith said that he likely would have continued spiraling out of control if not for what he called a "crystallizing event …
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'Glee' star Cory Monteith checks into rehab for substance addiction
cory-monteith-gq-getty.jpg "Glee" star Cory Monteith has checked into rehab for substance addiction, his rep confirms. "Cory Monteith has voluntarily admitted himself to a treatment facility for substance addiction," Monteith's publicist says in a …
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Jane Rolfsmeyer: Be sure tax dollars go toward treatment of alcoholism
I'm all for raising taxes on alcohol if anyone can promise me those dollars will go directly toward treatment of the elephant in the room called the disease of alcoholism. It's a cancer and, like a cancer, if left untreated it kills. While alcohol is …
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The Problem With Pretty-Girl Alcoholics
So as much help as a pretty-girl gets in the world of door-opening and drink-buying, she will struggle to get someone to see her as an ugly alcoholic unless she is displaying that ugliness right in that very moment. It's all just a big fuss over …
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5 Things Parents Do That May Encourage Teen Substance Abuse
When a teenager starts using drugs, the finger-pointing begins. The first to get blamed is usually a parent, followed perhaps by a bad influence at school, an older sibling or a high-pressure coach or teacher. While there's no place for blame — it's …
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'Shaman' won't face prison in Seattle drug treatment sting
Initially suspected of felony drug crimes, three men purveyors of ibogaine – an African drug used elsewhere to treat cocaine and heroin addiction – are set to be sentenced Tuesday on misdemeanor charges. None are expected to be sentenced to jail …
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Milton Doctor Charged With Illegally Prescribing Drug Used to Treat Opiate …
In order to maintain his large practice, Ng allegedly knowingly prescribed Suboxone, a drug used to treat opiate addiction, to nine of his patients that according to their urine drug screens were not taking the drug and continued to use illegal street …
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Stress & Addiction: Research Identifies How Stress Triggers Drug Relapse
Recent research from Brown University could pave the way for new methods of treatment for those recovering from addiction. Researchers identified an exact brain region in rats where the neural steps leading to drug relapse take place, allowing them to …
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Downside of Drug Courts
There is no silver bullet for the complex problems posed by drug addiction, and there is no substitute for nuanced, comprehensive and evidence-based drug treatment, however tempting drug court programs may appear to be. THESHIA NAIDOO Senior Staff …
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Gattis putting on show for Braves this spring
And it's one that has had a winding path to get him on the cusp of making Atlanta's 25-man roster. In 2004, Gattis … Terrified of failing, he dealt with depression and self-medicated with alcohol and marijuana until his mother checked him into drug …
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Ex-boyfriend: McCready left rehab too soon
HEBER SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) – Mindy McCready threatened suicide after losing custody of her sons earlier this month, yet she was allowed to leave a court-ordered drug rehabilitation program just days before she apparently killed herself at her Arkansas …
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Put'em Up
She checked into court-ordered rehab and gave her children up to foster care earlier this month after her father asked a judge to intervene, saying she'd stopped taking care of herself and her sons and was abusing alcohol and prescription drugs.
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Mindy McCready News: Singer's Mother Speaks Out, More Details Revealed
In the e-mail, McCready discussed her desire to get her children back after they were placed in foster care and she was ordered to enter rehab in conjunction with her alcohol and prescription-drug abuse. "The most important thing are my babies must …
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