Sao Paulo Crack Addicts Face Obligatory Treatment

Published January 15, 2013

Sao Paulo crack addicts face obligatory treatment

Filed under: drug addiction treatment centers

Officials in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo are to begin making people addicted to crack cocaine get treatment. A new law allows mandatory treatment for drug users in "advanced stages of addiction" and at risk of death. Social services, not police …
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My Turn: After Newtown, let's talk about reaching challenging kids

Filed under: drug addiction treatment centers

Less than 50 percent of students with emotional and behavioral disabilities graduate from high school, and these students are twice as likely as students with other types of disabilities to live in a halfway house, drug treatment center, or on the …
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Drug clinic says it will open despite objections

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A Cincinnati-based drug treatment group said it plans to open a clinic just south of downtown Dayton in the coming months to treat addicts of heroin and other opiates. They hope to do so … The Crossroads Center still plans to open a Crosspoint clinic …
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