Awards for Raising Drug Prevention and Treatment Awareness

Published May 13, 2013

Awards for raising drug prevention and treatment awareness

Filed under: drug abuse treatments

The Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse honored those on the front lines fighting addiction. Medical reporter Meg Farris emceed as people who work in prevention and treatment were given awards. A community leadership award was handed out to Major …
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Denver Post: Treatment over jail for drug use

Filed under: drug abuse treatments

Changing Colorado's drug sentencing laws to encourage treatment over incarceration for low-level users is an enlightened way to take on the destructive force of addiction. We hope the Colorado legislature passes a bill that would broadly revise the …
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5000 Requested for Drug Abuse Program at Banning Jail

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According to sheriff's officials, a Residential Substance Abuse Treatment program has been available, without charge, to male and female inmates at the Banning detention facility since October 1998. "The program provides … vital substance abuse …
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