Will Massachusetts Build a New Jail or Explore Alternatives to Bail?
Will Massachusetts Build a New Jail or Explore Alternatives to Bail?
She noted that many women are arrested for substance-abuse-related issues and that the prison does not provide substance abuse treatment for those awaiting trial. …. "We have the principle of Innocent until Proven Guilty," she told Truthout. Holding …
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Right Step Launches Groundbreaking 'Positive Recovery University'
More than 75 employees at Right Step, a network of outpatient and inpatient addiction treatment centers in Texas, will receive the training, which will apply the principles of Positive Psychology to addiction treatment. In combination with other …
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What Are the Drugs Being Used for Substance Abuse Treatments?
Question by aiyana ss: What are the drugs being used for substance abuse treatments?
I was wondering what drugs were being used for the treatment of heroin addiction. I just got intrigued because I’ve always thought that addicts just had to get off heroin (or whatever substance it is that they’re addicted to) and that that would be enough for them to get better.
Best answer:
Answer by Heather
Methadone…
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Tip o' the Hat: Local Irish Congress honors two La Jollans
When the Irish Congress of Southern California sought to choose a San Diego Woman of the Year to ride in a float during the St. Patrick's Day Parade, they determined there could be no better choice than Mary Johnson of La Jolla. Mary Johnson, the …
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Jahi McMath's Mother Speaks Out: Have Faith, My Daughter Is 'Much Better'
Jahi McMath's Mother Speaks Out: Have Faith, My Daughter is 'Much Better'
Winkfield had to fight for custody of her daughter after Jahi was pronounced brain dead by doctors at Children's Hospital Oakland. Doctors wanted to take the teen off of life support and allow her to die, but Winkfield adamantly refused, … After a …
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Jail can serve as a deterrent, if not as rehabilitation
I have no problem with keeping drug user offenders out of the prison population as long as they aren't thieves, too. The same thing with drunks, as long as they confiscate their cars and licenses. I want these habitual and violent offenders prosecuted …
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