Prison Not Only Way to Deal With Crime, Experts Say

Published January 22, 2013

Prison not only way to deal with crime, experts say

Filed under: drug rehabilitation

Two McLean County programs — the Recovery Court and Drug Court for defendants with mental health and substance abuse issues — offer options other than jail sentences, noted Sutherland. Those options, combined with educational opportunities …
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One-time Hells gets leave for school

Filed under: drug rehabilitation

MONTREAL — A man who once helped manage a multimillion-dollar drug empire for the Hells Angels has been granted leave privileges from a penitentiary so he can attend business school. On Monday, Normand Robitaille, 44, resumed a hearing he was supposed …
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Cocaine – the Addiction That Started As a Joke

Filed under: drug rehabilitation

He is a drug addict currently recovering at Serenity Centre, a private residential rehabilitation centre offering treatment programmes for alcoholics and drug addicts. By the time he started secondary school, he was on his way to drug addiction. He …
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