Lawsuits Allege Wheat Ridge Teen Treatment Center Lied to Patients, Fostered …

Lawsuits allege Wheat Ridge teen treatment center lied to patients, fostered …

Filed under: Colorado Springs Drug Treatment

When the girl resisted, the staff at Adolescent and Family Institute of Colorado threatened to tell other teens at the treatment center that she had a sexually transmitted disease — even though she didn't. She then submitted to the "humiliating" exam, …
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Number Of Babies Born With Drug Withdrawals Soars

Filed under: Colorado Springs Drug Treatment

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — According to a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the number of babies born with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) has tripled between 2000 and 2009. “Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome is a …
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Treatment Courts for Veterans Grow in Colorado, Nationwide

Filed under: Colorado Springs Drug Treatment

By Grace Hood A veterans treatment court in Colorado Springs will graduate 13 from an intensive monitoring program today. Started two and a half years ago, it's the first of three Colorado courts developed specifically for veterans.
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