Defunct Park Rapids Ski Area May Become Long-Term Treatment Center

Defunct Park Rapids ski area may become long-term treatment center

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A defunct ski resort north of Park Rapids is being considered as a site for a long-term chemical dependency treatment center. By: Sarah Smith, Park Rapids … “If we can negotiate a price, there's the county commissioners, the Environmental Services …
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RI gov to mark opening of state's first high school for students struggling …

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After a year in treatment programs in Montana and Minnesota, he came home sober but behind on his school work — and facing the threat of relapse. Now he is one of four students enrolled at the Anchor Learning Academy, a specialized "recovery" high …
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12-Step Programs Help Teens Battle Addiction

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Specialists from the Center for Addiction Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Butler Center for Research at Hazelden, found that young adults undergoing addiction treatment benefited from regular participation in 12-step-based self-help …
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'Second Wave': 13th MN Victim of Tainted Steroids Has Bone Infection

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States now seeing a second wave of cases with clinical manifestations other than meningitis. The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) has identified a 13th patient with an infection following treatment with contaminated injectable steroids from the New …
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