Governor, Here's Your Big Chance to Create Legacy

Governor, here's your big chance to create legacy

Filed under: residential drug treatment programs

Caseworkers are overwhelmed, and children are stacking up like cordwood, spending their childhoods in foster and group homes as a crying need for child-abuse prevention and drug-treatment programs goes unanswered. Or worse, children are ignored.
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Hispanics in U.S. less likely to complete substance abuse treatments

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Approximately 50 percent of Hispanic patients receiving treatment for substance abuse in the United States complete their treatment program, compared to 62 percent of non-Hispanic whites. According to research from experts at the Perelman School of …
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Mental health court program starts in Gwinnett

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Such a defendant's felony charges would be dropped if he or she successfully completed the program. The goal is to provide judicial supervision for persons with mental illness while getting them help — including substance abuse treatment if needed …
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Minneapolis-based drug treatment program fined

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Minnesota regulators have disciplined a Minneapolis chemical dependency treatment provider they say violated policies regarding the use of methadone in treating opiate addiction. Specialized Treatment Services, which applied for a license to operate a …
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