Port St. Lucie Struggles to Deal With Sober Living Homes in Neighborhoods

Published January 15, 2013

Port St. Lucie struggles to deal with sober living homes in neighborhoods

Filed under: inpatient drug rehab centers

But in the short term, the city is starting to buckle under to federal laws that allow drug and alcohol rehab treatment centers to build transition homes for recovering addicts in single-family residential neighborhoods. "I understand completely what …
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Man admits setting car on fire, stealing pills

Filed under: inpatient drug rehab centers

Fandrich denied Sean O'Rourke's request to seek treatment in Willard Drug Treatment Center, sticking to the court's original agreement and sentencing the Auburn man to up to three years in prison for hot wiring a car. The judge explained after …
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Group wants private prisons to rehab Fla. inmates

Filed under: inpatient drug rehab centers

(AP) — A group with strong business ties urged Florida lawmakers to divert nonviolent felons into privately operated prisons for substance abuse and mental health treatment to cut costs and help prevent them from returning to crime when they are …
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