Ohio Program to Help Drug-Addicted Babies, Mothers
Ohio program to help drug-addicted babies, mothers
That's why a portion of the project's money will go toward housing vouchers for women who need short-term transitional housing as well as transportation or brief baby-sitting for medical and treatment appointments. Hospitals, drug treatment centers and … Read more on Charlotte… Continue reading
Florida Deaths Raise Questions About Child Welfare System
Florida Deaths Raise Questions About Child Welfare System
And because there is so little interest in removing them and because there's virtually no ability within the system to intervene meaningfully, we give out brochures for domestic violence shelters, for drug treatment centers, for mental health care, and … Read more… Continue reading
Lamar Odom Either Is or Is Not Addicted to Crack Cocaine
Lamar Odom either is or is not addicted to crack cocaine
Last year, Odom apparently went to a rehab facility in San Diego, Calif., but left after three weeks. Odom was clean when he played for the Los Angeles Clippers this past season, but got back into drugs when the… Continue reading
Western Pennsylvanians Recall Their Route to the March on Washington
Western Pennsylvanians recall their route to the March on Washington
For 13 years, he was executive director of House of the Crossroads, a drug treatment center; he helped establish Black Horizons Theater with playwrights August Wilson and Rob Penny; and he helped found a black student organization and black studies… Continue reading
Funding Cuts to Drug Treatment Centers Mean Addicts Get Turned Away
Funding cuts to drug treatment centers mean addicts get turned away
The average length of stay in North Carolina for mental health and substance abuse patients in emergency rooms is 16 hours, up 68 percent from 2010 to 2012, according to the N.C. Hospital Association. Until hospital staff can find… Continue reading
Funding Cuts to Drug Treatment Centers Mean Addicts Get Turned Away
Funding cuts to drug treatment centers mean addicts get turned away
The average length of stay in North Carolina for mental health and substance abuse patients in emergency rooms is 16 hours, up 68 percent from 2010 to 2012, according to the N.C. Hospital Association. Until hospital staff can find… Continue reading