War on Drugs Failure Gives Way to Treatment in States, Cities

War On Drugs Failure Gives Way To Treatment In States, Cities

Filed under: drug rehab programs

"As someone who has been in this now for 25 years, and thought that change was glacial, never mind incremental, what has happened recently is extraordinary," said Howard Josepher, the founder of Exponents, a 25-year-old drug-abuse treatment program …
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Drug Rehab Clinics and Their Fake Clients Allegedly Rip off Taxpayers for Millions

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That's about half the money spent through the program on drug rehabilitation for the poor. Clinics allegedly round up clients from foster care, board-and-care homes and off the street who don't have addictions or need rehabilitation and submit …
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Prescription Drug Deaths Rise Among Women—Novus Detox Calls for Action

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However, per Novus Executive Director Kent Runyon, because the withdrawal process for prescription drugs is so difficult, its abusers often avoid detox and rehab programs at all costs—and even turn to alcohol or other drugs when the prescriptions can …
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