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Judge upholds discrimination suit - Boston Globe

Judge upholds discrimination suit
Boston Globe
The town argued that the entire case should be dismissed because officials eventually granted the council's request to relocate the treatment program. ...

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Recovery Days: Friday, Saturday events to honor substance abuse survivors - Salt Lake Tribune

Recovery Days: Friday, Saturday events to honor substance abuse survivors
Salt Lake Tribune
Treatment providers will distribute free information about how to get help and prevent a life of dependency. Speakers will include people in recovery ...
Substance Abuse Recovery Celebration Is FridayThe Chattanoogan
Substance-abuse efforts work togetherGreenville Daily Reflector

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Substance Abuse Admissions Double Among Older Adults - BusinessWeek

Substance Abuse Admissions Double Among Older Adults
BusinessWeek
9 (HealthDay News) -- The number of people aged 50 and older admitted for substance abuse treatment in the United States has more than doubled since the ...
New Study Shows Significant Changes Occurring in the Sociodemographic ...Newswise (press release)

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A Personal Plea for Better HIV & Hepatitis Prevention Policy - Huffington Post (blog)

A Personal Plea for Better HIV & Hepatitis Prevention Policy
Huffington Post (blog)
Most of the world responded to AIDS outbreaks among injection drug users by investing in addiction treatment and making sterile syringes available to those ...

Opiate Addiction Rises: Treatment Requires New Thinking - Freepress Online

Opiate Addiction Rises: Treatment Requires New Thinking
Freepress Online
The Psychiatric and Addiction Recovery Center (PARC) at Penobscot Bay Medical Center is an acute in-patient psychiatric and medical detoxification treatment ...

Drug May Improve Abstinence in Alcoholics - MedPage Today

MedPage Today

Drug May Improve Abstinence in Alcoholics
MedPage Today
The researchers cautioned about the low levels of medication compliance and high dropout rates in addiction treatment that likely were a factor in the ...
Drug helps with alcohol addictionWebMD.Boots.com

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Addicts 'can be treated effectively, but not quickly' - Sify

Addicts 'can be treated effectively, but not quickly'
Sify
Nearly 2 million Americans enter roughly 12000 addiction treatment programs in the US each year. Adi Jaffe, a former drug addict who spent almost a year in ...
People Can Overcome Their Addictions, But Not QuicklyRedOrbit

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Finally there's health insurance for addicitons - NorthJersey.com

Finally there's health insurance for addicitons
NorthJersey.com
"Including addiction treatment in the basic benefit for all medical insurance is a major public-health achievement," added David Rosenbloom, ...

Summit looks at substance abuse in ND - Grand Forks Herald

Summit looks at substance abuse in ND
Grand Forks Herald
Try to get the person to realize the addiction is getting in the way of goals and include parents with the treatment process. Ask the young person what they ...

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Baby Boomers and Late-Onset Addiction - Huffington Post (blog)

Baby Boomers and Late-Onset Addiction
Huffington Post (blog)
He has reported that there are over 4 million people over the age of 50 afflicted by substance abuse, and by the year 2020 the need for addiction treatment ...