Drug Court Sending Addicts to Jail After Detox Centres Reach Capacity

Drug Court sending addicts to jail after detox centres reach capacity

Filed under: drug rehab programs

Twenty-four men have been sent to prison for 90 days, or until space becomes available for treatment, in accordance with the Drug Act which states the court has the authority to do so if “rehabilitation centers are unable to facilitate treatment …
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Where's Lindsay Lohan? Not in rehab, apparently – Thomson Reuters Foundation

Filed under: drug rehab programs

(Recasts with reports that Lohan not in rehab). LOS ANGELES, May 2 (Reuters) – Lindsay Lohan appeared to have skipped out on a court-ordered rehab program on Thursday, before doing a disappearing act and possibly violating her probation again. Although …
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Montgomery County Commissioner Bowles explains his second drug arrest

Filed under: drug rehab programs

Bowles went to a Knoxville drug treatment facility in August 2012 before he knew about either set of charges, he said. He returned briefly from rehab in October to be charged in Montgomery County, but then he headed back to Knoxville, waiting until he …
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Lindsay Lohan Skips Out on Court-Ordered Rehab – VOA

Filed under: drug rehab programs

Officials at the Department of Alcohol and Drug programs said the center was not licensed to provide the kind of 24-hour residential alcohol or drug detox program that Lohan was ordered to attend. The center said in a statement that it operated sober …
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