Authorities Try to Close Criminals' Revolving Door of Trouble

Authorities try to close criminals' revolving door of trouble

Filed under: alcohol and drug treatment programs

Corrections officials and providers say the data is helpful in designing what they call “evidence-based programs,” including drug and alcohol treatment. “What we are trying to do is stop that revolving door,” said Judith Gilmore, of the Fulcrum …
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Viewpoint: We Need to Rethink Rehab

Filed under: alcohol and drug treatment programs

Even in more-typical rehabilitation programs, patients are not seen by licensed practitioners — no doctors or psychologists — only self-anointed “experts” with no training or credentials, unless you count their own recoveries from addiction to heroin …
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Search and seizure in suburbia

Filed under: alcohol and drug treatment programs

About a month ago, state and local police targeted the Exit 30 area of Davidson for a crackdown on criminal activity related to alcohol and drug use by motorists. The operation … Fourth Amendment cases decided by the Supreme Court during this time …
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