"Health & Medical News"

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Treatment Research Institute
600 Public Ledger Building, 150 S. Independence Mall West
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Tel: (215) 399-0980
http://www.tresearch.org

Paying substance abuse treatment providers for results, not services, may lead to improved quality of care, according to the first published study of a novel performance-based contracting system implemented by the State of Delaware in 2002.

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From:
Treatment Research Institute
600 Public Ledger Building, 150 S. Independence Mall West
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Tel: (215) 399-0980
http://www.tresearch.org

Paying substance abuse treatment providers for results, not services, may lead to improved quality of care, according to the first published study of a novel performance-based contracting system implemented by the State of Delaware in 2002.

Popularity: unranked [?]

Even as U.S. lawmakers, jurists and policymakers have eased some mandatory drug sentences, Canada’s Justice Minister is proceeding with a plan to introduce the concept to the Canadian justice system, the Regina Leader-Post reported Nov. 28.

A pair of Canadian government reports concluded that mandatory minimum drug sentences don’t work, with one 2005 study concluding, “Minimum sentences are not an effective sentencing tool: that is, they constrain judicial discretion without offering any increased crime prevention benefits.”

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More drinkers — especially women — are sipping ros?© wine rather than swilling alcopops, Reuters reported June 20.

In Great Britain, demand for ros?© — fermented from skinless red grapes — has risen between 30 and 40 percent in recent years, and experts see demand rising in the U.S. and Canada, as well. “The girls who were drinking Bacardi Breezer and Smirnoff Ice have matured,” said Paul Waller of Carlsberg UK. “People are trying different things. Consumers have got more sophisticated.”

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Regional hubs like Nome, Alaska have become magnets for alcoholics living in outlying communities where alcohol is banned or scarce, the Associated Press reported Sept. 6.

Nome’s Front Street, jails and hospitals are frequently packed with drunks, many in town from “dry” Eskimo communities. Many die of alcohol poisoning or exposure when they pass out in subzero temperatures.

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