California Bill Would Give Drug Users Treatment Instead of Prison Time

California Bill Would Give Drug Users Treatment Instead Of Prison Time

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The significance of this statistic is not lost on Romero, who is now living and working as a drug counselor at the Amity Foundation, a residential substance-abuse treatment center based in Los Angeles. Romero recently calculated that his 19 years in …
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Would Florida county's approach to drug treatment work in Michigan?

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“Rehab is a key component, but for the sake of public safety, we can't just release someone into treatment who has committed a crime. Some people go into programs just to get out of jail. Incarceration acts as a deterrent against committing crimes. We …
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Lamar Odom reportedly leaves rehab after only one day

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Celebrities & Gossip. Lamar Odom reportedly leaves rehab after only one day. Lamar Odom has reportedly left rehab – a day after the embattled NBA free agent and reality TV star had checked himself in.
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Scientists to explore how new drugs work to fight treatment-resistant disease

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LOUIS — Saint Louis University's Center for World Health and Medicine has received a three-year $ 566,640 grant from the National Institutes of Health to study a new approach to treating malaria, a disease that afflicts more than one billion people …
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