Addicted Health Care Professionals: A Personal Treatment Plan, Pt. 2

Addicted Health Care Professionals: A Personal Treatment Plan, Pt. 2 – In part 2 of a 4-part series describing Hazelden’s unique program for addicted health care professionals you learn what happens upon arrival. Hazelden’s team…

U.S. vows to fix 'broken' justice system

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The White House hopes the new direction it plans to take will reduce bloated prison populations and open the door to rehabilitation for more inmates. Photograph by: Andrew Burton, Getty Images , Postmedia News … "By reserving the most severe …
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Local authorities embrace US attorney's policy changes to limit mandatory drug …

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Holder laid out his plans in remarks to the American Bar Association in San Francisco, and received bipartisan support on Capitol Hill. There are roughly 25,000 drug convictions in federal court each year and 45 percent of those are for lower-level …
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Facing overcrowded prisons, US wants to cut drug sentences

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In an announcement scheduled for delivery on Monday, Holder outlined a plan to free up prisons and keep non-violent drug offenders from ending up in jail cells. Under a major policy shift, federal prosecutors will no longer push for “mandatory minimum …
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