10300 Montana Alcoholics, Drug Addicts to Be Eligible for Treatment
10300 Montana alcoholics, drug addicts to be eligible for treatment
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HELENA — Some 10,344 alcoholics and drug addicts in Montana will become eligible for substance-abuse treatment coverage next year under the federal health care overhaul, a number that could jump to 21,473 if the state Legislature expands Medicaid to …
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Colombia's capital banks on marijuana cure for hard drug addicts
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And abandoning the vice usually requires interning the addict in a treatment facility and providing intensive therapy. “I give this program zero probabilities of working,” he said. But advocates say the traditional medical community is stuck in its …
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Letter: Drug, alcohol treatment often a better alternative than prison
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The detectives from the Metro Drug Unit were asked what their attitude was toward drug-addicted people whom they had to arrest. Their answer was that they most certainly recommended that they get treatment for their addiction, and added they had more …
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Brighton's drug addicts will be given 'safe houses' to take drugs legally, but …
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The implementing board talk of the failure of drug criminalisation and previous 'knee jerk reaction' policies in addiction treatment. They point to countries like Switzerland where deaths from drug overdoses have significantly decreased in areas …
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