Wairarapa Addict Up for 'gropes'

Wairarapa addict up for 'gropes'

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The homeless man, who has a plethora of serious addiction problems, has resisted previous efforts to interact with rehabilitation services. A Wellington alcohol and drugs assessment director, however, has described the treatment of the troubled man as …
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"Glee" star Cory Monteith enters addiction treatment facility

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In recent years Monteith has openly discussed having had what he characterized as a serious drug problem during his early teenage years, and entered a treatment facility at age 19. 20th Century Fox Television, a subsidiary of News Corp., also issued a …
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Colombian City Plans To Use Marijuana To Fight Drug Addiction: Report

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The treatment centers are part of a larger movement in Colombia to classify drug addiction as an issue of public health rather than crime, AFP noted in 2012. "We're in the process of looking for alternatives to a policy that, over 30 years, has caused …
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Better coverage for mental health, substance abuse

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And they say the provisions will reduce barriers to treatment for people with private coverage. The changes include requiring insurers to make faster decisions about whether certain urgent mental health and substance-abuse services will be covered, and …
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