Drug Addiction Rehabilitation Program for adolescents in Elora, Ontario – Portage – Residents and graduates of the Portage Elora program describe their struggles with substance abuse and their appreciation for the Portage drug addiction rehabilitation program in Ontario. Residents, staff, and Portage Ontario Board Members talk about how Portage helps Ontario youth seek Freedom from Addiction. Portage is a cross-Canada non-profit organisation that fosters the strengths and skills of substance dependent persons to enable them, through comprehensive and cost-effective interventions based on the therapeutic community approach, to live lives of sobriety, filled with dignity, self-respect, and accomplishment. www.portage.ca

 

Calvert's New Treatment Center Dedicated

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28 county and state officials gathered to dedicate the Calvert County Substance Abuse Treatment Center. Calvert County Commissioners' President Gerald W. “Jerry” Clark [R] noted that prescription drug abuse in the county has had “an alarming rise.” …
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Drug–Addicted Doctors: California Debates How Best To Protect Patients And …

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Five years ago, a state program to help doctors struggling with addiction was shut down after repeated audits found it failed to hold addicts accountable and fell short in protecting the public. While there is widespread support for current legislation …
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The 'War' on Drugs

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As the United States convenes its political conventions, and September marks National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month, we have an opportunity to consider what has been called the "war on drugs." We have also witnessed the "war on …. These …
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