AFL Players Turning to Private Rehabilitation Clinics for Drug Abuse Treatment

AFL players turning to private rehabilitation clinics for drug abuse treatment

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Two Melbourne clinics are known to have treated footballers battling addiction. One clinic is popular with the wealthy and showbiz personalities. The clinics declined to comment when contacted by the Herald Sun. Does the AFL do enough to combat drug …
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OUR OPINION: Drug abuse not just a problem of law enforcement

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You can work with pharmaceutical manufacturers and the doctors who write prescriptions for addictive pain medication in ways to make the drugs harder to abuse and harder for addicts to get. You soon will find what officials in Vermont recently announced.
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Veterans Treatment Court Aims to Keep Vets Out of Criminal Justice System

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In 2009, Milwaukee County started a Drug Treatment Court. Its goal has been to reduce recidivism among non-violent offenders, by offering them treatment- if substance abuse is the root of their offenses. Now, the county is offering an offshoot – a …
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