California Bill Would Give Drug Users Treatment Instead of Prison Time

California Bill Would Give Drug Users Treatment Instead Of Prison Time

Filed under: residential drug treatment programs

Those offenders could then be sent to substance-abuse treatment centers instead of prison or jail, sentenced to probation or ordered to perform community service. Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco), the bill's primary author, said he thinks … The …
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Camden Planning Board walks Fox Hill estate; citizens, lawyers tag along

Filed under: residential drug treatment programs

Fox Hill project. Project proponents want to turn the 13.8-acre Fox Hill estate at 235 Bay View Street into a high-end residential alcohol and substance abuse treatment facility for up to 12 clients at a time, each paying up to $ 60,000 for four to five …
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Father's worst fear comes true as teen daughter dies of drug overdose

Filed under: residential drug treatment programs

In B.C. the only way to put youth into mandatory treatment programs would be as part of a court sentence or under the Mental Health Act. Falcon, with the help of police, tried both routes. A police officer put together a shoplifting and cab-and-dash …
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