Waiting List for Addiction Treatment in Federal Prisons Is 51000 Inmates Long

Waiting List for Addiction Treatment in Federal Prisons Is 51000 Inmates Long

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Yet only about a third of those prisoners— most of them low-level drug dealers, users and addicts—are receiving treatment to combat their addictions. “Its really tragic,” one longtime federal prisoner tells The Fix . “The feds lock up all these …
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'No human rights for drug addicts in India'

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New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) Lawyers and civil society activists Monday assailed the violation of the rights of people addicted to drugs and narcotic substances in the name of treatment and rehabilitation and called for humane services for drug users in …
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St Jude Retreats Reveals Addiction Treatment Industry Possess Healthy …

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Dunbar adds, “Drug treatment is a multibillion dollar business throughout the country. Keeping addiction a disease ensures millions in state and federal tax dollars as well as insurance dollars keep flowing into drug treatment programs, even when …
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