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Families of Inmates Who Died at the Orleans Parish Jail Advocate for Change

Families of inmates who died at the Orleans Parish jail advocate for change

Filed under: drug treatment news 2010

Michael Hitzman, 31, killed himself in an isolation cell in April 2010 within hours of being brought into the jail's Intake and Processing Center by a bail bondsman. He is pictured… Continue reading

Fort Wayne, IN: Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center Southern California


 

Fort Wayne, IN: Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center Southern California – Laguna Beach Recovery Center www.Lagunarecovery.com (866)491-0214 Laguna Beach Recovery Center is based on a loving dignified approach, in renowned Laguna Beach, California. As an Alcohol and drug treatment recovery facility we have the highest long-term success rate in… Continue reading

Stuart Kloda, MD – Alcohol Addiction – Naltrexone – Topamax – Baclofen – Neurontin – New York City


 

Stuart Kloda, MD – Alcohol Addiction – Naltrexone – Topamax – Baclofen – Neurontin – New York City – www.stuartklodamd.com Call Dr. Kloda directly at (646) 713-6578 Concierge addiction treatment for New York City and New Jersey. Dr. Kloda completed a rigorous two-year Addiction Medicine fellowship at the Addiction… Continue reading

Taxpayer-Funded Sex-Change Surgery for Transgender Inmate Put on Hold

Taxpayer-funded sex-change surgery for transgender inmate put on hold

Filed under: state funded drug rehab

He married Cheryl, a counselor he met while in drug rehabilitation, but strangled her in 1990 when she caught him wearing her clothes. He dumped her body in a car at a mall in… Continue reading

Addicts Treat Own ODs in Controversial Drug Program

Addicts Treat Own ODs in Controversial Drug Program

Filed under: drug rehab treatment programs

A pilot program from the state's Department of Public Health (DPH) distributes drugs to combat opioid overdoeses to at-risk individuals, but opponents say the program goes too far and promotes more dangerous behavior. The Opioid Overdose… Continue reading

Ruling Soon on Isolation of Inmates With HIV

Ruling Soon on Isolation of Inmates With HIV

Filed under: drug addiction treatment indiana

He was banned from eating in the cafeteria, working around food or visiting with classmates in his substance-abuse program. … But H.I.V.-positive prisoners like Mr. Knox say they are stigmatized by the isolation and are denied… Continue reading

College Freshmen and Substance Abuse


 

College Freshmen and Substance Abuse – There are some good studies that have shown that an effective way to prevent problems with alcohol and drugs is for parents to talk to their teenagers the summer before going to college about the dangers of these substances. Three reasons why college… Continue reading

Oct. 21 — 28

Oct. 21 — 28

Filed under: whitney houston drug addiction news

Whitney Houston was no stranger to reality shows, having exposed the unraveling of her marriage and the disintegration of her once-shimmering life through drug abuse in “Being Bobby Brown,” on Bravo in 2005. No one has probably suffered more… Continue reading

Seabrook House Addiction Rehab NJ, NY, PA www.SeabrookHouse.org


 

Seabrook House Addiction Rehab NJ, NY, PA www.SeabrookHouse.org – Located in southern New Jersey, in rural Cumberland County, Bridgeton, NJ, the Seabrook House Changes4Women provides a long term rehab opportunity for up to 37 female residents recovering from alcoholism, chemical dependency and co-occurring disorders. The facility is located on… Continue reading

Pfizer Arthritis Drug Wins Approval, to Challenge Humira

Pfizer arthritis drug wins approval, to challenge Humira

Filed under: drug treatment news 2010

Reuters/Reuters – People walk past the Pfizer World headquarters in New York, February 3, 2010. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid. (Reuters) – U.S. regulators on Tuesday approved Pfizer Inc's Xeljanz treatment for rheumatoid arthritis, one of the company's most… Continue reading