Arapahoe House – Treatment Works

Arapahoe House – Treatment Works – Arapahoe House www.ArapahoeHouse.org empowers members of the community who are struggling with alcohol or drug addiction to find hope, help and healing. Addiction is a treatable disease – not a failure of willpower – and treatment does work.

Long-time Kelowna substance abuse treatment centre to close

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Long-time Kelowna substance abuse treatment centre to close … "We can't continue to operate the addiction (treatment) service and detox as it currently exists," said Sanderson reading from a prepared statement, his voice breaking at times …
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Contingency Management May Cut Drug Use, Hospitalization

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The study of 176 adult outpatients with both severe mental illness and psychostimulant dependence showed that those who underwent 3 months of a contingency management program for their dependence in addition to treatment as usual had significantly …
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Lawmakers work to curb prescription drug abuse in Mass.

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Clark said the new legislation will increase public awareness, reduce the supply of pills, crack down on fraudulent prescriptions, make it tougher to “doctor shop” and increase access to information and substance abuse treatment. Both Brodeur and Clark …
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