Lean on legislators to fund treatment

Published October 18, 2013

Lean on legislators to fund treatment

Filed under: inpatient drug treatment programs

… drug laws such as Measure 57, these “offenders” will wind up costing us either way. Six months of inpatient treatment is exponentially cheaper than five years of incarceration, and knee-capping programs such as the MRC is irresponsible and short …
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The price of addiction: A treatment primer for opioid dependence (Series)

Filed under: inpatient drug treatment programs

… CODA, is one of them. CODA is the oldest opioid addiction treatment program in Oregon, established in 1969 as part of a state effort to provide methadone treatment. … PBJ: Under what circumstances would you recommend inpatient? Noice: You're …
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Minnesota's Hazelden, California's Betty Ford Center to merge

Filed under: inpatient drug treatment programs

The Women Recovery Center at Hazelden will be renamed for Betty Ford as part of the merger of the two nonprofit addiction treatment centers. Photo: Jim Gallop, Courtesy Hazelden … The new world will require a “full array of services, Mishek said …
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