Announcement Modified for $300000 Funding for Development of Substance …
Announcement Modified for 0000 Funding for Development of Substance …
Filed under: Substance Abuse Treatment
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 — The U.S. Bureau of Justice Assistance has modified its announcement that it expects to award a discretionary grant to develop and implement substance abuse treatment programs in correctional and detention facilities; and to …
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Disbarred Kane attorney ordered to get drug treatment
Filed under: Substance Abuse Treatment
As part of the plea, he was placed on 24 months of treatment alternative probation designed for defendants with substance abuse or mental health issues, ordered to serve 270 days in the Kane County Jail — although he received time-served credit to …
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Ryan Leaf transferred from treatment center to Montana State Prison
Filed under: Substance Abuse Treatment
Former NFL quarterback and Great Falls football star Ryan Leaf has been transferred from a substance-abuse treatment center in Lewistown to the Montana State Prison in Deer Lodge. In June 2012, Leaf was sentenced five years with the MT Department of …
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Sudden state focus on mental health crises poses opportunity and risk
Filed under: Substance Abuse Treatment
Mental health advocates are pushing state officials to make behavioral health and substance-abuse treatment equal in growing mandates for medical care. They want to ensure "parity" for mental health services in expanded Medicaid roles and on the Health …
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