Holderfield Sentenced to 10 Years, Treatment Program

Published May 25, 2013

Holderfield sentenced to 10 years, treatment program

Filed under: drug abuse treatments

Each sentence requires him to participate in a long-term substance abuse treatment program pursuant to RSMo. 217.362. The program is only made available to chronic non-violent offenders believed to have serious substance abuse addictions.
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UH opens Anxiety and Health Research Laboratory-Substance Use Treatment …

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Zvolensky opened the AHRL-SUTC at UH to provide free, empirically based evaluation and treatment services to adults between18 and 65 years of age. Patients include those struggling with anxiety and substance use – primarily tobacco and marijuana.
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Public health: The slippery slope to drug addiction

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Tina Abid, a senior psychologist at the Ehsas Clinic for addiction treatment and rehabilitation, says peer pressure is one of the major motivators for drug abuse leading to addiction. “The greatest hurdle in drug treatment is overcoming denial,” says Abid.
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