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19 Years for Heroin and Coke-Flying Pilot, Exercise Helps Young Smokers Quit, and DWI Woman Named Chastity Lotta Offered Officer "Anything" for Release.

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19 Years for Heroin, Coke Pilot in Record Seizure [NBC]
Exercise Helps Young Smokers Quit [Time]
Navigator in Deadly Russian Plane Crash "Was Drunk" [New York Times]
Hong Kong Police Seize Largest Cocaine Haul from Under Trash [BBC]
Ex-Officer "Had 23 Kg of Ecstasy" [Sydney Morning Herald]
Montana Medical Marijuana Cardholders Dropping [Houston Chronicle]
Phoenix to Hold Art of Recovery Expo September 24
DWI Woman Offered Officer "Anything" for Release [Democrat and Chronicle]

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Taraji P Henson Talks Therapy, Feeling Helpless

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Newport Academy

This SoCal program fosters a regimented but respectful recovery environment, where teens learn how to live sober through plenty of 12-step meetings and life-skills classes—not to mention "equine-assisted psychotherapy" and mixed martial arts.

Oceanside Malibu

Oceanside alumni praise flexible treatment which includes care for underlying mental health conditions, staff who go the extra mile, luxury amenities, and activities such as surfing and horseback riding.

AToN Center

This San Diego luxury rehab provides customized treatment by highly qualified staff and, according to one alum, “Sets the gold standard for all other treatment centers.”

Sober Partners

This Huntington Beach program strives to make recovery accessible and fun, using creative and innovative solutions. Non-treatment hours are filled with beach-related activities such as surfing, fishing, and volleyball.

Waismann Method®

Waismann Method® specializes in the treatment of opioid dependence and offers advanced medical detox procedures including Anesthesia-Assisted Rapid Detox.

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Sunshine Coast Health Centre

This non-12-step men's facility in Canada offers individualized and comprehensive addiction treatment which leads to personal transformation. The goal is men "who are inspired to live with a renewed sense of vitality and purpose."

Asheville

Alumni from this North Carolina rehab praise the individualized treatment and loving, family-like environment: "The whole establishment is caring and invested in your recovery."

Hawaii Island Recovery

Clients at Hawaii Island Recovery come for the view but stay for the treatment.

SOBA Recovery Center

This laid-back Malibu beachfront rehab charts a holistic path to recovery, which suits the twenty- and thirtysomethings who come here—you just might have to clock a few extra miles on the sand to burn off Chef Monte’s hearty home-cooking.

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