Virtual reality worlds could help treat drug addicts learn coping methods to …
Zach Rosenthal, an assistant professor at Duke, created the simulations with funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the Department of Defense and has tested the programs on about 90 people. The methodology used in this is called cue …
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Gaps in prescription drug abuse treatment exist despite Missoula effort
Thursday: One family's story of prescription drug abuse, and its tragic consequences. Friday: Pharmacists are often the first line of defense against prescription drug abuse. Today: What are the options for addiction treatment in Missoula? Where are …
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Brooke Mueller 'Missing After She Refuses Drug Addiction Treatment And …
Brooke Mueller is reportedly missing after leaving an involuntary psychiatric hold last week and refusing treatment for drug addiciton. Charlie Sheen's ex wife lost custody of her four-year-old twins Bob and Max last Thursday after the Los Angeles …
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Heroin Addiction Treatment and Rehab Announced by Recovery Associates …
Recovery Associates, through its multiple therapeutic tracks, is placing an emphasis upon heroin addiction treatment, helping men and women break free from this harrowing, potent drug. Heroin turns normal, functioning people into walking zombies and …
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Cocaine Addiction Treatment and Cocaine Rehab Announced by Recovery …
Recovery Associates provides clinical and therapeutic aid toward stopping its use with their cocaine addiction treatment and rehab services. Share on … Whether a person calls it “coke” or “blow,” the bottom line is that cocaine is a dangerous drug …
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Brooke Mueller in rehab for prescription drug abuse, rep says
Brooke Mueller, ex-wife of Charlie Sheen and mother to his twin boys, has been getting treatment for prescription drug abuse since Friday, according to her rep. "Brooke is currently at UCLA Medical Center where she has been since being admitted May 3," …
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Brooke Mueller in rehab for prescription drug abuse, rep says
Brooke Mueller, ex-wife of Charlie Sheen and mother to his twin boys, has been getting treatment for prescription drug abuse since Friday, according to her rep. "Brooke is currently at UCLA Medical Center where she has been since being admitted May 3," …
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Brooke Mueller 'refusing' to go to rehab for drug addiction after Denise …
Brooke Mueller is refusing to seek professional help for her drug addiction despite losing custody of her young sons with Charlie Sheen on Thursday night out of fear that her drug use is jeopardising their safety. Sheen's other ex-wife Denise Richards …
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Brooke Mueller Undergoing Treatment For Drug Addiction – Cinema Blend
Brooke Mueller's story just keeps getting sadder and sadder. Charlie Sheen's ex-wife and the mother of two of his children had her kids taken away by the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Service late last week, after drug use was …
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Brooke Mueller 'refusing' to go to rehab for drug addiction after Denise …
Brooke Mueller is refusing to seek professional help for her drug addiction despite losing custody of her young sons with Charlie Sheen on Thursday night out of fear that her drug use is jeopardising their safety. Sheen's other ex-wife Denise Richards …
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Tuerk House, Baltimore

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Formerly part of the Lutheran Hospital of Maryland, the Tuerk House is a residential drug treatment facility in Baltimore. The building is attached to the 1876 Hebrew Orphan Asylum, the first Jewish orphanage in Maryland and likely the oldest Jewish orphanage building in the United States. Additional information on the effort by Baltimore Heritage to preserve the Hebrew Orphan Asylum can be found on our website. Please help us win ,000 for the preservation of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum by voting for us in the "This Place Matters Community Challenge."

Lohan's new rehab center has no drug or alcohol treatment license
She said the Newport Beach facilities are “unlicensed” and can only operate as sober living facilities but cannot offer treatment. “It is a violation of California law to operate a residential drug treatment facility without a license,” she explained …
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Youth Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers Push for Higher Reimbursement Rates
The per-bed, per-night reimbursement rate for residential alcohol and drug treatment is $ 135, set in 2009. North is asking the state to raise its reimbursement rate to $ 340 per night, which she says is the cost to provide effective treatment to dual …
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Obamacare Will Provide Regular Citizens the Same Rehab Services Celebs Get
Monteith has been able to afford a month-long rehab stint, which can run anywhere from $ 1,400 for outpatient treatment to an absurd $ 30,000 for one month of high end residential drug treatment programs according to a study by the Substance Abuse and …
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Lohan's new rehab center has no drug or alcohol treatment license
The Newport Beach rehab facility which Lindsay Lohan entered Thursday as part of her sentence for lying to police in a reckless driving case has no license to provide alcohol or drug treatment as required by the judge, officials said Thursday. The …
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TreatmentUSA.com Partners With CRC Health to Expand Its Drug and Alcohol …
TreatmentUSA.com, a referral service for those seeking drug and alcohol addiction treatment, which offers its services for free, has now partnered with CRC to ease the process of getting into inpatient residential rehab programs using Tricare insurance.
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A New Treatment for Alcohol Dependence: Nalmefene
The harmful use of alcohol is a global concern, compromising individual and social development and causing 2.5 million deaths a year. It also causes damage far beyond the physical and psychological health of the drinker, destroying the well-being and …
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Thousands of Michigan residents to receive drug, alcohol addiction treatment …
LANSING, Michigan — Michigan health officials say they believe the state's substance abuse care system can handle the surge of people who will become eligible for treatment when the new federal health insurance system goes into effect next January.
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