Lee Co. Courts Helping Offenders Return to Normal

Lee Co. Courts helping offenders return to normal

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In the past two years, 15 participants have graduated from the Lee County's drug court, a program that seeks to reduce the amount of locked-up inmates by helping nonviolent drug offenders get treatment instead of sending them to prison or putting them …
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From cigarettes to obesity, public health at risk

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If overeating is due to food acquiring drug-like or tobacco-like brain reinforcement properties, then the current globesity and overeating-related health crisis might have lessons to learn from tobacco. For example … Still, addiction-inspired public …
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Alabama Voices: Coalition proceeds in face of moral decline

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On a recent trip to South Florida for a medical conference, I took the opportunity to go shopping at a local mall. Interestingly, signs of the Christmas … Instead of targeting those individuals that are practicing these unhealthy lifestyles, we are …
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Lindsay Lohan's Legal Troubles Remind Delray Recovery Center of the Value of

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“Addiction and substance abuse are complicated conditions requiring integrated treatment,” said James Eldridge, a spokesperson for Delray Recovery Center, a Florida-based substance abuse and addiction treatment center. A customized treatment plan is in …
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