Juan Melendez: Former Death Row Inmate Talks in San Antonio
Juan Melendez: Former Death Row Inmate Talks in San Antonio – http://www.witnesstoinnocence.org Nearly 18 years on death row and he was innocent. Juan Melendez is now sharing his story with San Antonians in an effort to…
The power of intervention
Filed under: state funded drug rehab
Intervention and residential rehab functions very well under America's pay-as-you-go healthcare system, but in the UK the method falls outside NHS funding, which favours a quick detox followed by long-term medication on substitute drugs such as …
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Results from Toronto marijuana study in 1972 still not public
Filed under: state funded drug rehab
By spring, the blood work had left so many track marks on the women's arms that each subject received a typed and signed doctor's letter indicating they were part of a “clinical investigation” and not drug addicts. Forty-one … The research was part …
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McCrory's budget supports drug courts, closes five state prisons
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If approved, the budget would allocate $ 7.2 million to re-establish drug treatment courts from 2013–2015. This reverses the funding cuts incurred by the Republican-led General Assembly in 2011. In his announcement, McCrory declared that drug courts can …
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