BC-MI–Michigan News Digest, MI

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LANSING — Michigan health officials say they have the capacity to handle the increase in the number of people who will become eligible for substance abuse treatment starting in 2014 with the federal Affordable Health Care Act. An Associated Press …
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Health and outdoors calendar: Knit for cancer patients

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A free, confidential drug and alcohol group. New Day Baptist Church, 2090 S. Church St. Ext. Spartanburg. Call 573-7592. Journey to Recover from Addiction: 9 a.m. Saturdays. Bible-based. 150 S. Forest St., Spartanburg. Call 205-9742. Yoga Bootcamp: …
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COLUMN: Americans should prioritize education over prisons

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The free-market has created a situation in which doing the right thing negatively affects some company's bottom line. … Instead of spending these funds on incarcerating drug addicts we should use the funds to treat the underlying addiction. We have …
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A Sober, Alcohol-Free Bar Is Opening Outside Chicago

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The bar is a project from New Directions Recovery Services, a non-profit that provides addiction treatment services. Proceeds from The Other Side will go towards drug education and treatment programs. The bar will have pretty much everything a typical …
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