Forced Marijuana Treatment: An Economic Boon for the Addiction Industry?

Forced marijuana treatment: an economic boon for the addiction industry?

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So what is the incentive for this push for treatment centers for marijuana use when Mr. Kennedy knows from available evidence and personal experience that alcohol and pharmaceutical drugs are far more harmful? Based on my own personal experience, …
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Mother at center of Amber Alert was set to start drug rehab

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A 30-year-old Iowa woman who ran off with her two sons on the day she was to start drug rehabilitation is being held in a Nebraska jail. Jessica Lown, a spokeswoman for the Iowa Department of Safety, said an Amber Alert was issued for Cari Ann Eich …
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Most addiction treatments need update, Minnesota author argues

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Besides interviewing hundreds of people who recently had been through rehab, as well as staffers and experts in the field, she visited 15 treatment centers around the country. These facilities ranged from expensive ones such as Hazelden in Center City, …
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NC House members start discussing budget publicly

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Three alcohol and drug treatment centers and a residential school for children with mental health disorders that would be closed in the Senate budget avoided the chopping block by the House health budget panel. The House didn't go along with the Senate …
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