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Filed under: principles of drug addiction treatment

Sarnia courts are trying a new approach to non-violent drug crimes by close monitoring of addiction treatment. Drug treatment brought a healthy … If the current experiment is successful a regular drug-treatment court can hopefully be established in …
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Drug court holds graduation

Filed under: principles of drug addiction treatment

Drug courts are designed to offer nonviolent offenders alternative treatment than what they would receive in jail. Graduates worked with a team that includes the judge, prosecutors, … “Accountability is a great principle that helps all of us,” he …
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Raid Of The Day: Trevon Cole, 21, Killed During Pot Raid

Filed under: principles of drug addiction treatment

In June 2010, Trevon Cole, 21, and fiancee Sequioa Pearce (who was nine months pregnant) were in bed at 9:00 pm on a Friday evening when Las Vegas narcotics officers forced their way into the couple's apartment for a drug raid. Cole dashed to the …
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Can't lose when ends justify means

Filed under: principles of drug addiction treatment

It also, of course, piously announced that it will fork over more money to the treatment of gambling addicts, many of whom have so generously bankrolled the province over the years. Bottom line, though, is those machines will probably generate another …
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