Local addiction treatment providers urged to have clients go smoke-free
Because of that, a new joint venture will try to convince the 30 addiction treatment providers in Dane County to go 100 percent tobacco-free. The Dane County Tobacco Free Project is a collaboration of the Dane County Chemical Dependency Consortium and …
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Replacing Prison Terms with Drug Abuse Treatment Could Save Billions in …
Newswise — RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — Sending drug abusers to community-based treatment programs rather than prison could help reduce crime and save the criminal justice system billions of dollars, according to a new study by researchers at …
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Oregon finds efforts to treat drug addicts paying off
The program gives addicted parents residential treatment that allows them to stay with their children; it also provides intensive outpatient treatment, case management, peer mentoring and drug-free housing for parents and pregnant women. State …
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