Drug Treatment Is Better Than Jail

Drug Treatment is Better than Jail – Dr. Sack tells us why treating addicts is better than just sending them to jail. If you are concerned that you or a loved one may be abusing drugs or alcohol, please call (800) 914-6775 to learn more about the drug and alcohol recovery programs available at the Elements family of treatment centers.

Drug treatment failure leads to prison term for Falls man

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LOCKPORT – Lester Lamar Jr. paid the price Thursday for washing out of the judicial diversion program of court-supervised drug treatment: five years in state prison and three years of post-release supervision. That's the punishment Niagara County Judge …
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The War on Drugs Is a “Miserable Failure”

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For Jarecki, that means making sure drug policy doesn't unfairly impact minorities and treating drug use “as a health issue, not a criminal one.” Saturday's program was simulcast to hundreds of churches, and will be repeated at other faith-based venues …
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When Paying It Forward Pays Us Back

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That's a myopic view, one that actually distorts the relationship between social programs and society at large. Many of the most effective ones are … Key information about a patient's treatment may fail to be communicated to personal physicians or …
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