Law Is One Way of Forcing Addicts Into Treatment

Law is one way of forcing addicts into treatment
The judge orders her/him to a licensed inpatient substance abuse treatment facility, such as the Women's Addiction Treatment Center (WATC) facility in New Bedford, the Men's Addiction Treatment Center (MATC) in Brockton or another community treatment …
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LI families recall struggles of their Mideast war vets
The social worker's March 2009 notes indicated that over the previous six months, Taylor had tested positive for opiates, cocaine and marijuana, and that Taylor "did not comply with outpatient detox treatment plan." Cinquemani, who friends and family …
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In SW Pa, concern about gains in scrip drug abuse
According to the Centers for Disease Control, prescription drug overdoses in 2007 resulted in four times as many deaths as heroin overdoses and twice as many as cocaine. And that trend has continued. Across the region, the number of overdose deaths …
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