DJS' Slippery Slope at Silver Oak

Published June 13, 2013

DJS' slippery slope at Silver Oak

Filed under: drug rehab centers

The state Board of Public Works' vote Wednesday to allow the privately operated Silver Oak Academy juvenile treatment center in Carroll County to double in capacity is regrettable not only because it violates the state's own policy of limiting such …
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Should Drug Tests Be Required Before Welfare?

Filed under: drug rehab centers

It refers recipients who test positive for drugs to treatment centers and allows them to keep their benefits if they continue treatment and don't fail a second test. But she says taxpayers may end up paying more. "How much punishment are you doing to …
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Heroin's grip hard to overcome

Filed under: drug rehab centers

South Bend has only one inpatient “detox” center — Life Treatment Centers — where addicts can live under constant supervision while they go through the brutal first three or four days without heroin. But the intense withdrawal symptoms can make detox …
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