Nonprofit excels at integrating mental, physical health care

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Asian Counseling and Referral Service (ACRS), one of 12 nonprofits assisted by The Seattle Times Fund For The Needy, serves more than 27,000 people annually through mental-health and substance-abuse programs, legal and naturalization help and one …
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Former Oxford drug rehab residents concerned over push to close facility

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Baker is now worried that Oxford's push to close all drug rehabilitation facilities operating in the city will hurt people who need help overcoming their addictions, but local officials say the facilities are unregulated and unsafe. The Oxford City …
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Record numbers of pensioners taken to A&E after poisoning themselves with …

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… where people who grew up in the Sixties are of that age. 'People who have used drugs their whole lives will start to hit the NHS.' Drug abuse charity DrugScope has called for more resources to be allocated to treatment services to deal ageing drug …
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