State Highlights: Calif. Immigrant Licensing; Calif. Offenders Mental Health …
... … Local-government officials, residents, civil-rights activists and mental-health experts around the country differ on how best to handle criminal offenders with addiction and mental-health problems. Some leaders argue in favor of treatment within … Read more on Kaiser Health News Meet the candidate: Charlie Smith for state's attorney My office is successful in obtaining long sentences for drug dealers, while at the same time rehabilitating low-level offenders through our Drug Court Treatment Program. Having a sister …. Capt. LEIGH MADDOX, retired, Maryland State Police, Baltimore … Read more on Frederick News Post (subscription) Read ...
I Can’t Get My Blood Sugar Levels Down. Please Help!?
Question by Cutie: I can’t get my blood sugar levels down. Please help!? Hi I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 2007, since then I have rarely have a low reading. The lowest my blood sugar as been was 137mg/dl. I try to eat healthy even though it is really hard. My blood sugar level are often in the high 200s and 300s and at its highest 470 mg/dl. I desperately want my sugar under control as I would love to have a baby this year, but I am afraid that if I do not get my sugar under control that I will not have a healthy baby. Read more... ...
Chicago IL Alcohol Drug Rehab Announces New Long-Term Residential …
... treatment program for adults and adolescents seeking professional help for their drug addiction is now available in Chicago and other cities around the Chicagoland area. A … Read more on PR Web (press release) Drug treatment house approved in North Berwick NORTH BERWICK, Maine — Recovery Maine's plan to convert a vacant Main Street home into a drug and alcohol treatment house has been approved. The town's … Both also live in North Berwick, and plan to leave the drug court once the new center opens. Read more on Foster’s Daily Democrat Read ...
Tharwa Indigenous Rehabilitation Centre Gets Tribunal Green Light
by The Vital Message Tharwa indigenous rehabilitation centre gets tribunal green light Rural landholders have lost a planning stoush with the government over the proposed indigenous bush retreat for drug and alcohol rehabilitation near Tharwa, despite their fears it would undermine the area's ''rural character''. The Ngunnawal Bush … Read more on The Canberra Times Treatment vs. Punishment: Poll Finds Americans Prefer Rehab Over Jail For … Attitudes toward drug crime may be changing. Two-thirds of Americans would like to see illegal drug offenders enter programs that focus on rehabilitation rather than incarceration, a recent Pew Research Center poll reported. The poll conducted … Read more on Medical Daily Read more... ...
Glassboro Man Sees Prison Sentence Upheld for Drug Court Violations
... man sees prison sentence upheld for drug court violations Glassboro man sees prison sentence upheld for drug court violations. Print … Enos added that Mason had actually served little time in state prison because he was credited for time in rehab centers and in county jail on probation violations … Read more on NJ.com I'd seen dementia's toll on my patients. Now I was watching the disease … I had urged my mother-in-law to seek care early, which she had done, so she knew her options included activities to stay socially engaged, medication to slow the illness and possibly ...
Prison Reform Is Bigger in Texas
Prison Reform Is Bigger in Texas In Texas, funneling money to special courts (like drug courts or prostitution courts), rehabilitation, and probation in an effort to make sure current offenders don't reoffend, instead of continuing to make room for more prisoners, has resulted in … Read more on Daily Beast JERSEY CITY BRIEFS The donations represent a commitment on the part of CarePoint Health to reach out to the needs of patients and families in the communities served by Bayonne Medical Center, Christ Hospital, and Hoboken University Medical Center. AngelaCARES … Read more on The Hudson Reporter Read more... ...
49ers' Aldon Smith Arrested at LAX on False Bomb Charge
... Aldon Smith Arrested at LAX on False Bomb Charge Smith also missed five games this past season while spending time in an alcohol treatment center. He entered treatment voluntarily three days after he was arrested for drunken driving for the second time since early 2012. Despite the five-game absence, … Read more on Atlanta Black Star COMMENTARY: Kristy Blanchard: Battling substance abuse: New program … A third video explains the drug court system, which provides first-time drug offenders with an opportunity to help them avoid criminal prosecution in exchange for participating in an approved rehabilitation program and remaining drug-free. The system … Read more on Monitor Read ...