VIDEO: Dutchess Must Find Answers to the Jail Conundrum

Published July 21, 2013

VIDEO: Dutchess must find answers to the jail conundrum

Filed under: drug addiction help centers

“Building a giant jail is not going to solve the (jail overcrowding) problem,” said Joshua Simons, who studied local jails as a research associate with the State University of New York at New Paltz's Center for Research, Regional Education and Outreach …
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Testimony is conflicting in drug rehab patient's death

Filed under: drug addiction help centers

Highly conflicting testimony has emerged in an ongoing lawsuit about the condition of a 29-year old woman who died nearly three years ago shortly before her scheduled release from a Dickson County drug treatment center. The case, which has already …
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Video Games: Are They Really a Source of Addiction?

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Keith Bakker, director of Amesterdam-based Smith and Jones Addiction Consultants and founder of the center, stated that video games are “as addictive as gambling or drugs and just as hard to kick.” Biofeedback therapy is another treatment option for …
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