Breaking the Addiction to Incarceration: Weekly Highlights
Breaking the Addiction to Incarceration: Weekly Highlights
Filed under: Texas Drug Treatment Centers
Texas' 20 state jails have a higher recidivism rate than state prisons: 33 percent of state jail felons are convicted of new crimes, compared with 26 percent of regular prisoners, in part because state jails have fewer treatment and rehabilitation …
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New Texas Tech pharmacy dean hopes to continue school's success
Filed under: Texas Drug Treatment Centers
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center's new dean of pharmacy said he wants to continue the school's successes in research and train future pharmacists to better work with patients in pharmacies and clinical environments. “I'd like to take it …
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Mahalo Mondays at Hula's to benefit the Seymour Center!
Filed under: Texas Drug Treatment Centers
An upcoming public safety meeting aims to improve coordination between local agencies There has been a surge in community concern over public safety and the environment due to drug dens—like one among the rocks at Cowell Beach that was … Two hundred …
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Burning Tree Attending 13th Annual CAPTASA Conference
Filed under: Texas Drug Treatment Centers
Burning Tree maintains two treatment centers in Texas, near Austin and Dallas, providing long-term residential treatment for substance abuse patients from the contiguous U.S. The centers provide a dual diagnosis to determine potential co-occurring …
Read more on San Francisco Chronicle (press release)