States Show Large Racial Disparities in Drug Treatment Success Rates
States show large racial disparities in drug treatment success rates
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The study, which was published online in May in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence, analyzed data from 940,058 patients from outpatient substance abuse treatment centers across the United States for whom there were admissions/discharge …
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Woman Arrested 396 Times Sentenced To Mental Health And Substance Abuse …
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Chiampas sentenced Miles to time served for all three, but she said she only did so because Miles said she'd submit to a mental health evaluation and follow-up treatment, as well as treatment for alcohol abuse, at the Lincoln prison. A representative …
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Walking away from drug and alcohol addiction
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Ann Hamden, drug treatment services manager at LCHS says there is usually a negative focus on drug and alcohol addiction and not enough attention is paid to those who want to recover and do. "What we're hoping is that [this event] will just make people …
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Substance abuse in Islamic societies
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Solutions to substance abuse in Islamic societies do not lie in the façade of new alcohol laws as in Turkey or in show trials and the execution of drug traffickers by the hundreds in Iran. Solutions lie in acknowledgment of the problem, elimination of …
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