Arizona Gets $7.6M From Obama Health Reform for Substance Abuse Testing

Arizona gets .6M from Obama health reform for substance abuse testing

Filed under: Substance Abuse Treatment

… health centers and one emergency room in those five counties. Of those, 85000 would get more in-depth screening, and of those, 21000 would receive a brief intervention. An expected 3500 would need referrals to substance abuse treatment services.
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Treatment Centers Spared in Potential CSB Cuts

Filed under: Substance Abuse Treatment

The CSB, a county agency that coordinates and provides substance abuse treatment, mental health services and care for adults and children with intellectual disabilities, was faced with an $ 8 million budget shortfall in FY2012 and a $ 9.5 million …
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Jacksonville psychiatrist who specializes in substance abuse treatment charged

Filed under: Substance Abuse Treatment

A Jacksonville psychiatrist who specializes in substance abuse and addiction treatment was arrested Thursday and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol or chemical substance, police said. Mohamed Omar Saleh, 59, of Campbell Avenue was …
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Substance Abuse Treatment Program helps with 12 Step Program – Married woman recovers from polysubstance abuse with help from the substance abuse treatment program at Brighton Center for Recovery and 12 step program support. Her drugs of choice were alcohol and cocaine. Her family helped her intervention.

 

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