Law Is One Way of Forcing Addicts Into Treatment

Published February 3, 2014

Law is one way of forcing addicts into treatment
The judge orders her/him to a licensed inpatient substance abuse treatment facility, such as the Women's Addiction Treatment Center (WATC) facility in New Bedford, the Men's Addiction Treatment Center (MATC) in Brockton or another community treatment … Read more on Capecodonline

Broken system? Parents fight to get mentally ill son treatment
Currently, there are 485 seriously mentally ill inmates housed in the Maricopa County Jails, according to the county. The Behavioral Health Center at St. Luke's is not a long term treatment facility, and there are very few treatment centers of that … Read more on ABC15.com (KNXV-TV)

Medi-Cal agency to overhaul drug rehab program after critical audit
California's Medi-Cal agency is launching an overhaul of its drug rehabilitation program in light of a damning internal audit that spotlights ham-handed oversight and confirms many findings of a yearlong investigation by The Center for Investigative … Read more on Center For Investigative Reporting