Innovative Drug Courts Need Injection of Support
Innovative drug courts need injection of support
Filed under: drug abuse treatment programs
It's unfortunate that earlier this year, the governor vetoed a promising bill that would have saved the state money by diverting nonviolent offenders out of state prisons and into community-based substance-abuse treatment and education programs.
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Midland County board approves substance abuse program
Filed under: drug abuse treatment programs
Midland County has banded together in the fight against adolescent drug abuse with a new treatment program called Recovering Youth Futures (RYF). “We have an extraordinary (treatment) program that we think is going to benefit the youth of this …
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Greece HIV Remedies Hit as Crisis Shuts Drug Abuse Curb H
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Greece's efforts to control its debt crisis threaten to hobble the fight against an outbreak of HIV that has become the largest among drug users in the European Union. The nation's Organization Against Drugs, or Okana, may close treatment centers after …
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Inmate crowding study homes in on drug abuse
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(AP) — West Virginia can likely reduce prison crowding by assessing more quickly the risks posed by offenders and providing substance abuse treatment to those on probation, parole and other community-level supervision, researchers told state officials …
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