Drug Treatment Is Better Than Jail


 

Drug Treatment is Better than Jail – Dr. Sack tells us why treating addicts is better than just sending them to jail. If you are concerned that you or a loved one may be abusing drugs or alcohol, please call (800) 914-6775 to learn more about the drug and alcohol recovery programs available at the Elements family of treatment centers.

 

Two plead guilty to drug felonies, enter treatment program

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LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man and a Lockport woman pleaded guilty to drug felonies Friday in Niagara County Court, and both were assigned to the judicial diversion program of court-supervised drug treatment. Anthony A. Zaccarella, 60, of Maple Avenue …
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Ryan Leaf kicked out of drug treatment center

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HELENA – Former NFL and Washington State quarterback Ryan Leaf has been moved from a drug treatment center to the Montana State Prison for threatening a staff member and violating his treatment plan, a corrections official said Thursday. Leaf was …
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Man gets 5 years for sex crimes in 1998 and 2011

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RICHMOND — A 63-year-old man who admitted to having sexual contact with two 14-year-old girls in 2011 and 1998 was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison. Charles W. Peyton pleaded guilty in … Clouse also ordered that Peyton receive sex offender …
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