O'Callaghan Calls for More Money for Prison Drug Rehabilitation

O'Callaghan calls for more money for prison drug rehabilitation

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Mr O'Callaghan said intervention in prison was vital to break the drug and offending habits, saying if there was not enough rehabilitation in the prison system, once an inmate is released “they know where to access drugs and they go into the same circles.”
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Drug rehab worker honoured by Queen

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Great-grandmother Margaret Diamond, 77, a senior project worker at Jericho House – a 16-bed drug rehabilitation unit in Bank Street, Greenock – is to receive the British Empire Medal for services to drug rehabilitation. She told the Tele how she was …
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Baby boomers driving drug rehab programs

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Australia's ageing baby boomers are driving demand for drug addiction services, with a doubling of the proportion of over-50s seeking help to get off opioid drugs such as heroin. They now make up almost one-fifth of the 47,000 people who receive …
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Malaysia moves to decriminalise drugs

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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is moving towards decriminalising drugs to make it easier and more open for drug dependants to seek treatment and rehabilitation. Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Nancy Shukri said the government's policy at present …
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