Proposal to Drug Test Welfare Recipients May Gain Steam in Kansas

Proposal to drug test welfare recipients may gain steam in Kansas

Filed under: residential drug treatment programs

A welfare recipient who tested positive for drugs would have had to submit to a drug evaluation and possibly required to attend an education or treatment program. A second positive test would haved required the recipient to attend an education or …
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Audit finds state prison for juveniles offering inadequate drug treatment programs

Filed under: residential drug treatment programs

Auditors say drug treatment programs offered at the Kansas Juvenile Correctional Complex in Topeka are not adequately helping the offenders. The auditors noted that between 70 and 85 percent of offenders in the state's juvenile programs need help with …
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Pfizer Experimental Drug Slows Late-Stage Breast Cancer

Filed under: residential drug treatment programs

About half the women were initially diagnosed with advanced disease and hadn't gotten previous drug treatment. The other half had previously received chemotherapy or treatment after surgery to remove the tumor, Finn said. Laboratory work conducted …
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