Substance abuse

Investigation Finds Fraud Activity at Southern California Drug Clinics

Investigation Finds Fraud Activity at Southern California Drug Clinics
Filed under: free alcohol rehab centers

The report follows a decision earlier this month by the state Department of Health Care Services to suspend Medi-Cal payments to 16 alcohol and drug treatment centers following investigations of possible fraudulent activities at the… Continue reading

Addiction Treatment: Addiction: State’s Overdose Problem Requires a Sense of Urgency – Hartford Courant

Addiction: State’s Overdose Problem Requires A Sense Of Urgency – Hartford Courant
Filed under: Addiction Treatment

Addiction: State's Overdose Problem Requires A Sense Of Urgency
Hartford Courant
•Force private insurers to provide the addiction and mental health treatment that policyholders already pay for — without the unconscionable delays and… Continue reading

Lali-Palooza Event to Focus on Drug Abuse Prevention

Lali-Palooza event to focus on drug abuse prevention
Filed under: drug addiction recovery center

According to his family, Alex Laliberte's troubles with substance abuse began with marijuana use in high school — where he started out playing sports and maintaining a 3.3 grade-point average — and escalated to cocaine, ecstacy… Continue reading

Indigenous Shakeup Looms Under Abbott

Indigenous shakeup looms under Abbott
Filed under: alcohol rehab melbourne

WHAT if Melbourne was a Hollywood film? … He said communities could never attract business and investment to create jobs if substance abuse was out of control, which was why alcohol management plans were so important for economic development.
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State Hospital Is Topic at Kiwanis

State Hospital is topic at Kiwanis
Filed under: inpatient alcohol rehab

The hospital provides short-term acute inpatient psychiatric and substance abuse treatment, intermediate psycho-social rehabilitation services and safety net services for adults. It also provides two types of forensic services: alcohol and drug …
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Matthew Perry: "The Fact That I Never Tried Heroin Is the Only Reason I'm Able

Matthew Perry: "The fact that I never tried heroin is the only reason I'm able
Filed under: alcohol addiction treatment centre

"The increase in overdose deaths is directly related to doctors prescribing and overprescribing pain medications to people with drug and alcohol problems who then go on to become… Continue reading