The county moves forward with an addition to its North County Jail project

The county moves forward with an addition to its North County Jail project

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The Sheriff's Department is applying for one of several $ 40 million grants made available through a bill passed to help counties in California deal with the fallout from AB 109, which requires the state's prisons to reduce inmate populations. Brown …
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Substance abuse, community-based treatment among topics at today's mental

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Dorroh, who heads the Hill County clinic, touched on her facility's history and her goal to create a substance abuse treatment program. … Audience member Steve Keyser asked why there weren't more facilities like Hill Country in Shasta County …
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How Drug Abuse Affects ERs, and What Emergency Physicians Are Doing About It

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The average number of medical providers these doctor-shoppers had seen in the previous year was 17, versus 1.6 for non-drug-seekers ("Characteristics of 'Doctor-Shopping' Patients in the Emergency Department," S.G. Weiner, Tufts Medical Center, … 90 …
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