Showing posts with label Drug Rehab. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Drug Rehab. Show all posts
Sunday, April 3, 2016
AMY WINEHOUSE - REHAB - LINKS TO AA and CA ON OUR SIDEBAR
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Wednesday, May 28, 2014
CAN YOU PASS A DRUG TEST TO GET INTO A SHELTER?
Especially if you're just out or rehab, passing a drug test to get in and passing every drug test you're given is really important. We've met people who got kicked out of a shelter over a bad drug test.
New to homelessness?
Trying to get into a shelter?
Be aware that drug testing has become a standard aspect of application and admittance into "programs." Shelters may also surprise test selected or all residents. We hear that the Veterans Programs are more strict than others.
We suggest that if you're on a narcotic pain killer that might trigger a positive that you get a letter from your doctor stating so that you can submit with your application.
But we've heard about a veteran getting kicked out of a shelter because of a prescription he took because his tooth was infected and his jaw swelled. He was given antibiotics and the pain killer so that he could get the tooth pulled a couple weeks later and ended up on the pavement.
New to homelessness?
Trying to get into a shelter?
Be aware that drug testing has become a standard aspect of application and admittance into "programs." Shelters may also surprise test selected or all residents. We hear that the Veterans Programs are more strict than others.
We suggest that if you're on a narcotic pain killer that might trigger a positive that you get a letter from your doctor stating so that you can submit with your application.
But we've heard about a veteran getting kicked out of a shelter because of a prescription he took because his tooth was infected and his jaw swelled. He was given antibiotics and the pain killer so that he could get the tooth pulled a couple weeks later and ended up on the pavement.
Friday, August 2, 2013
CALIFORNIA OFFICIALS ARE REVIEWING REHABS DUE TO SO MUCH FRAUD
LA TIMES - CALIFORNIA OFFICIALS REVIEWING REHAB CENTERS - FRAUD REPORTS article by Chris Megerian.
"California officials are conducting a statewide review of taxpayer-funded drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers in the wake of reports detailing fraud in the multimillion-dollar program. "We are deeply concerned," said Toby Douglas, director of the California Department of Health Care Services. "We have to put all our resources into fighting fraud in this program." The Center for Investigative Reporting and CNN, in a series of joint reports beginning earlier this week, said some clinics have been billing the state for patients who don't show up or don't have substance-abuse problems. In the last two fiscal years, $94 million was sent to 56 clinics in Southern California where there was evidence of improper billing, the reports said.
A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR THE HOMELESS. WHY? BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE ARE HOMELESS BECAUSE THEY ARE DRUG ADDICTS and SOME SHELTERS ARE MOVING PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT DRUG ADDICTS TO REHABS or REQUIRING REHAB FIRST. IF YOUR CHOICE IS TO STAY ON THE STREET OR LIE THAT YOU NEED REHAB IS THERE A CHOICE?
"California officials are conducting a statewide review of taxpayer-funded drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers in the wake of reports detailing fraud in the multimillion-dollar program. "We are deeply concerned," said Toby Douglas, director of the California Department of Health Care Services. "We have to put all our resources into fighting fraud in this program." The Center for Investigative Reporting and CNN, in a series of joint reports beginning earlier this week, said some clinics have been billing the state for patients who don't show up or don't have substance-abuse problems. In the last two fiscal years, $94 million was sent to 56 clinics in Southern California where there was evidence of improper billing, the reports said.
A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR THE HOMELESS. WHY? BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE ARE HOMELESS BECAUSE THEY ARE DRUG ADDICTS and SOME SHELTERS ARE MOVING PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT DRUG ADDICTS TO REHABS or REQUIRING REHAB FIRST. IF YOUR CHOICE IS TO STAY ON THE STREET OR LIE THAT YOU NEED REHAB IS THERE A CHOICE?
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