Four Horrifying Facts About Our Overcrowded Federal Prison System

Four Horrifying Facts About Our Overcrowded Federal Prison System

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Yet at high, medium, low, and minimum security prisons, the number of inmates waiting to enroll in drug treatment programs between 2006-2011 was much larger than the number of inmates enrolled in those programs, and the average wait time for entrance …
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Medical Alcoholism Treatment May Be Best Option for Some

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Medical treatment for alcoholism may be the best "first step" for some problem drinkers, if they cannot or do not want to go into a residential treatment program. … Both drugs have long been approved by the FDA for the treatment of alcoholism …
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Alec Bates: His fight to break free of heroin was never easy

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The Oregonian's David Stabler and Motoya Nakamura followed Alec for the next 11 months as he attended recovery meetings, found a job, went back to school and graduated from a Multnomah County drug rehabilitation program. On Aug. 22, he passed his …
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