Cracolândia: The Crack Capital of Brazil Where Addicts Are Forced to Seek Help

Cracolândia: the crack capital of Brazil where addicts are forced to seek help

Filed under: state funded drug rehab

Since the start of last year, São Paulo has introduced street clearance operations by police, increased funds for rehabilitation centres and, most recently, focused more on judicial intervention and involuntary treatment. Supporters say such measures …
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Hawkins judge wants all drug treatment providers working as a team

Filed under: state funded drug rehab

“It's a program funded by the state to provide services for Hawkins, Greene, and Hamblen counties with a goal of cutting down on incarceration time by providing mental health treatment, which would include drug and alcohol treatment. It was a prayer …
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Rabinowitz: The Trials of Father MacRae

Filed under: state funded drug rehab

Thomas Grover—a man with a long record of violence, theft and drug offenses on whose claims the state built its case against Father MacRae—would receive direction for his testimony at the criminal trial. A conviction at the priest's criminal trial …
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Grayling's statement on rehabilitation reform: Politics live blog

Filed under: state funded drug rehab

We have concluded that the statement attributed to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions that 'Already we've seen 8,000 people who would have been affected by the cap move into jobs. This clearly ….. MPs have been asked to hand back almost …
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