Strategic Goal 15: Substance Abuse Treatment
Strategic Goal 15: Substance Abuse Treatment – Maryland ranks in the top one-third of states in terms of substance abuse addiction, a problem which contributes to a range of public health and safety concerns. To address these concerns, the O’Malley-Brown Administration has set a goal and is implementing a plan to expand access to substance abuse services in Maryland by 25% by the end of 2012. For more information, visit: www.statestat.maryland.gov
William Cope Moyers to speak about addiction and recovery in Colorado
Filed under: drug abuse treatment plan
His book offers answers, including how to write an intervention letter and a plan for the first five days of sobriety. Steven Millette, executive director at CeDAR, hopes that Moyers' openness about his own struggles will help shift attitudes about …
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Maine's Pot Growers – Out of the Backwoods and Open for Business
Filed under: drug abuse treatment plan
First-time patients are given a stack of documents including information about the dispensary, various methods of ingestion, warnings about abuse and addiction, and state laws concerning medical marijuana. An attendant advises patients about the two …
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Kiva to seek Kane County approval
Filed under: drug abuse treatment plan
CAMPTON HILLS – Residents this week cheered when the Campton Hills Village Board denied annexation to an alcohol and substance abuse facility, but the 4-2 vote has not thwarted such plans for the former Glenwood School. Steven Elrod, an attorney …
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Plan to end homelessness aims to halt deaths on Calgary streets
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A six-year analysis by the province's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner shows the homeless are far more likely to die of drug or alcohol abuse and accidental causes such as hypothermia than the general population. Between January 2007 and the end …
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