DRUG ADDICTS BELONG in REHAB

Published July 5, 2013

DRUG ADDICTS BELONG IN REHAB

Filed under: drug addiction treatment center

"These young folks who have become drug addicts have lost their past and present so we should not allow them to lose their future. We should guide them back. They don't belong in a penitentiary but in a rehabilitation center," Yudhoyono in a speech to …
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Drug addicts should be treated, not imprisoned

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Costa insisted that countries that relied primarily on law enforcement to deal with drug addicts and their associated crimes, rather than treating users as sufferers, perpetuated an expensive cycle of addiction, crime, incarceration and recidivism …
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Grant to fund diabetes and obesity prevention efforts, screenings, other services

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The key element of the initiative is having a nurse practitioner available 20 hours week at the nonprofit agency's local substance-abuse treatment center. The services being offered will include diabetes prevention and control, obesity prevention and …
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Azerbaijan publicizes number of registered drug addicts

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Baku. Konul Kamilgizi – APA. “As of late 2012, the total number of registered drug addicts in Azerbaijan is 27910. 1878 of them were registered in 2012,” said department chief the Republic Drug Treatment Center, physician-narcologist Afat Mammadova …
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