Evidence-Based Treatment Works for Georgia's Troubled Youth, but Dollars Aren

Evidence-based treatment works for Georgia's troubled youth, but dollars aren

Filed under: drug addiction treatment act of 2000

… state's heavy overreliance on secure custody, particularly for low-risk youth. For instance, one quarter of the nearly 2,000 youth held in residential facilities by DJJ in 2011 were not felony offenders, and even many youth held for felonies were …
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ESPN host ties low intelligence test score to NFL player arrests

Filed under: drug addiction treatment act of 2000

'Do you have your act together today, because I have to pay you 21 million guaranteed,'” Cowherd said. The Wonderlic Test is used by groups, … Now there have been 655 guys, since 2000, arrested in this league … Here's what I really noticed, out of …
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Doctors who set a bad example

Filed under: drug addiction treatment act of 2000

Anonymised interviewees spoke of verbal abuse and humiliation and dubious or out-dated attitudes. One female medical … Meanwhile, a pharmacy student said he had witnessed a drug user humiliated by being told to use a separate entrance to the pharmacy …
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