Help available to addicts seeking recovery, though space sometimes limited in …

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NORTHAMPTON — In the wake of the death of a 35-year-old Northampton man who apparently struggled to find a residential drug treatment program near the end of his life, local program directors urged people with addiction problems or their relatives to …
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Lewis Yablonsky dies at 89; Cal State Northridge sociologist

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His work treating drug addicts in Santa Monica with reformed alcoholic Charles Dederich resulted in "The Tunnel Back: Synanon" (1965), a provocative early study of the rehabilitation program before it took on cult overtones and became associated with …
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TCU receiver kicked off team after pot possession arrest

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“Due to a violation of team rules, LaDarius Brown has been removed from our football program,” TCU athletics said in a release. “This is very unfortunate. We provide our … During the 2012 season, quarterback Casey Pachall left the team to seek …
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