Brown County Specialty Courts Provide Treatment Alternative

Brown County specialty courts provide treatment alternative

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Kummerer said he was tired of his life as a drug addict, going in and out of prison, but he really needed the structure and accountability that drug court provides to break the cycle of drug abuse. His dad, also named Joe, said that when Beth Robinson …
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Canada's health minister says she won't block generic form of abused painkiller

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Canada's decision not to block generic versions of OxyContin from entering the market means the same problems of widespread abuse and diversion of the notorious painkiller will play out once more, a leading drug safety expert warns. … But I think …
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Implementing Health Reform: The ACA's Multi-State Plan Program

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One of the MSPs must be a nonprofit entity, but the proposed definition defines this to include a group of issuers “a substantial portion of which” are non-profits, thus potentially opening this opportunity to Blue plans, many of which are nonprofit …
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