Budgets Cuts Impacting Oklahoma’s Treatment Centers for Substance Abuse

Budgets Cuts Impacting Oklahoma’s Treatment Centers For Substance Abuse – Former Oklahoma State men’s basketball coach Sean Sutton’s public battle with addiction has shone a spotlight on prescription pill abuse in Oklahoma.

U.S. Supreme Court to review Ames man's drug conviction

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Banka's death came amid a spike of Iowa heroin deaths. There were 19 in 2008-10, which is more than the previous five years combined. A total of 432 addicts who sought drug treatment during the state's 2011 fiscal year said heroin was their drug of …
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Four vacant Muskegon Heights school buildings could be donated to state

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Schiller said the Loftis bidder was from Iowa and had no specific plans for the building. … West Michigan Therapy, a local substance abuse treatment organization, was set to take over one of the schools – the old Phillips Elementary – but backed out …
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Yes vote supports space for jail alternatives

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These behavioral health services for those in need of mental-health and substance-abuse treatment, and in-custody services are important parts of our county justice system. They help reduce recidivism, expedite cases and lower the jail population.
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