Prisoners Face Long Wait for Drug–rehab Services

Prisoners face long wait for drug–rehab services

Filed under: residential drug treatment programs

Waiting lists were so long for the bureau's Residential Drug Abuse Program, which provides sentence reductions of one year for inmates who complete it, that only 25% of graduates gained entry with at least a year left on their prison terms to fully …
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Potential Drug for Fatigue to Get New Review

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Although Roche helped fund the study, Dr. Montoya said the company has no plans to seek regulatory approval to market the product for CFS. Valcyte is approved to prevent infection with cytomegalovirus in some transplant patients and to treat a CMV …
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Family face losing home after paying £600000 to save daughter's life

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Her father John, an electrician, and mother Dawn, who live in Bedfordshire, are now desperately trying to raise £600,000 to cover their American medical bills, accommodation costs and ongoing drug treatment for Lilly, who has a healthy twin sister Molly.
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Minnesota, Northland, have seen skyrocketing amounts of opiate drugs

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A joint News Tribune and St. Paul Pioneer Press analysis found that the amount of opiates being prescribed and abused in the state is higher than it's ever been, leading to a record amount of people being admitted for treatment for opiate addiction …
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