Ex-prison official makes court appearance
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ASHEVILLE — A judge agreed Wednesday to allow a former state prison supervisor who authorities say was part of a major methamphetamine trafficking ring to leave jail to attend an inpatient drug treatment program. Gregory Ray DeHart is among a dozen …
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Consolidating mental health services, new center at ECMC offers more, better care
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One in five American adults, or 45.6 million people, experienced a mental illness in 2011, and only about 60 percent received treatment, according to a report last year from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Patients in a …
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Chronicle AM — January 17, 2014
Filed under: inpatient drug treatment programs
The bill would require the state Medicaid program to cover several inpatient and outpatient treatment options for people addicted to opiates, including heroin and prescription painkillers. It also would divert … A Deming, New Mexico, man who was …
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