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June 11, 2009 | Alan Zarembo
In an industrial zone a few blocks off the 101 Freeway, the Tarzana Treatment Center relies on government contracts and nonprofit tax status to serve drug addicts in poverty or trouble with the law. A clerk sits behind protective glass in the lobby. Down a hallway in the detox wing, down-and-out men are curled on their cots. The coat hooks in the rooms flip down so patients can't hang themselves. It hardly seems like the headquarters of a $45-million-a-year business.
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December 20, 2008 | associated press
Former Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler is going to spend more time in rehab. A court commissioner in Los Angeles agreed Friday to place Adler in a state-sanctioned drug rehabilitation program and keep Adler out of prison. Adler's court appearance came a day after TV audiences watched him graduate from a drug-treatment program that is the focus of VH1's show "Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew." Los Angeles police arrested the rocker in July. He was charged with felony drug possession and a misdemeanor count of being under the influence of drugs.
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October 31, 2008 | Michael Rothfeld, Rothfeld is a Times staff writer.
The battle over an initiative that would divert drug offenders from prison into treatment and loosen state parole policies has intensified heading into Tuesday's vote, with a bipartisan coalition of elected officials joining the state prison guards union to fight the measure. Supporters of Proposition 5, whose heavy fundraising advantage has been whittled down, have cast opponents as shills for the California Correctional Peace Officers Assn.
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August 28, 2008 | Michael Rothfeld, Times Staff Writer
Martin Sheen, the politically liberal actor who has advocated a tough-love approach to drug addiction, is teaming up with California law-and-order groups to lead the charge against an initiative that would increase funding for rehabilitation programs. The No on Proposition 5 Campaign announced Wednesday that Sheen would serve as its co-chairman and as the most prominent figure in the battle against the November ballot measure. The opponents said the initiative is too soft on addicts because it would expand the pool of offenders who could be diverted from serving jail or prison time by undergoing treatment.
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August 16, 2008 | Susannah Rosenblatt
A federal judge has dismissed a $250-million lawsuit brought by a citizens' group opposed to the proliferation of addiction recovery homes against the city's largest provider, Sober Living by the Sea. The lawsuit filed by Concerned Citizens of Newport Beach originally named the city, City Council and 10 addiction recovery providers; the group had previously settled or dismissed claims against all the groups except for Sober Living by the Sea. ...
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July 26, 2008 | Susannah Rosenblatt
A citizens group that vocally opposes sober living homes in Newport Beach dropped its $250-million federal lawsuit against the city and City Council on Friday, city officials said. Concerned Citizens of Newport Beach, which has been fighting against addiction recovery homes that they complain create noise, traffic and secondhand smoke, will instead focus on community education and political activism, said the group's chief executive, Denys Oberman. "People look at this as a sign of defeat or failure," Oberman said.