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Dixon Police Program Helps Heroin Addicts Get Treatment

...  police program helps heroin addicts get treatment Police will dispose of drugs and paraphernalia without pressing charges for possession. Costs for treatment are left up to private insurance, state funds or Medicaid, and rehab centers also sometimes pay for it. The idea is catching on among Chicago … Read more on WRAL.com Nearly Half of Hepatitis C Patients on Medicaid Denied Coverage for Life … SAN FRANCISCO — Nearly 50 percent of Medicaid patients infected with chronic hepatitis C whose doctors had prescribed newer, life-saving antiviral drugs were denied coverage to the therapies because they weren't considered “a medical necessity” or … Read more on Penn Current Read ...

Heroin Seizures Drop, but Feds Track Connection to AK Trafficking

...  seizures drop, but feds track connection to AK trafficking "When you don't know what you're injecting you are playing some version of Russian Roulette," said Dr. Daniel Ciccarone, heroin researcher and professor in Family and Community Medicine at University of California, San Francisco. "Fluctuations in … Read more on KREM.com (subscription) Family of East Bay foster teen files wrongful death claim against caregivers In making its claim that the social worker and foster mother failed to get treatment for Steven that could have saved his life, the teen's family is also relying on his medical records, obtained by the Unangst family's attorney, Larry Cook of the … Read more on San Jose Mercury News Read ...

Prop. 47 Report Finds Fewer Drug Arrests, Less Crowding in Jails

Prop. 47 report finds fewer drug arrests, less crowding in jails Less than four months after California voters approved Proposition 47, the landmark law is already having significant effects on Los Angeles County's criminal justice system. A new report by the county chief executive office attempts to measure the … Read more on Los Angeles Times Police arrest man in stabbing in south Redding REDDING, California – Redding police say they've arrested a Pittsburg, California, man who stabbed a Redding man on S. Market Street this evening. Breun Cantrell Hernandez, 30, stabbed Trevor Ray, 27, of Redding, … An ambulance took Ray to Mercy … Read more on Redding Record Searchlight Read more... ...

When San Francisco Stopped Prosecuting Drug Users, Violent Crime Went

...  San Francisco Stopped Prosecuting Drug Users, Violent Crime Went … Suhr is following in the footsteps of his predecessor, George Gascon, who is now District Attorney in the city and who began the process of de-emphasizing drug enforcement in the midst of cutbacks to the police force in the wake of the 2007 recession. Read more on Reason (blog) Ann Arbor's 'other' college football program The brand of pigskin they play at Michigan is one of full scholarships and bowl games, of ...

Meet Dr. Ko!

...  and fracture management as well as physical therapy. Burlington Orthopaedics was founded in 1976. Since 1952, Triangle Orthopaedics … Read more on Burlington Times News True, true and not the only thing related I encourage you to see that injury is an opportunity to become fitter, faster and stronger than you have been in years by using the resources of physical therapy, fitness trainers, and medical guidance to enhance all of your body while healing one site. Read more on San Francisco Examiner Read ...

Anxiety and Depression Medication: Understanding Anxiety and Depression

At times, all of us have felt anxious and moody. Anxiety, in fact, is one of the universal behavioral indicators that are shared across regional and cultural boundaries. Anxiety and depression, in fact, are a completely normal part of human life. Who hasn’t studied for an exam without having test anxiety, only to score much more than what we’d anticipated? As an evolutionary mechanism, anxiety was fundamentally important to our survival as a species – it kept us alert and prepared for any foreseeable difficulty. Read more... ...

Elmwood Park Residents Face Off for Cook County Board 9th District Seat

...  use the electronic monitoring to make … Silvestri is single and has one son, Christian. Accountably is something McPartlin believes … Read more on Glenview Announcements Atheist Jailed For Denying 'Higher Power' In Calif. Drug Rehab Gets M When he arrived at the Empire Recovery Center in Redding, Calif., the atheist was told that the center's 12-step program, which was modeled on Alcoholics Anonymous, involved submitting to a “higher power” through prayer, the San Francisco Chronicle … Read more on Mintpress News (registration) (blog) Read ...