31. A first-time offender for marijuana can continue to play basketball, but must enroll in a league-administered treatment program. 32. A comprehensive national treatment program for drug and alcohol abuse should be established. 33. A Minnesota radio station must face a lawsuit by a worker who was fired for refusing to go through an alcoholism treatment program. 34. A Kansas Senate committee approved a bill Tuesday that would force some welfare recipients into drug addiction treatment programs if they wanted to continue receiving their full monthly checks. 35. A Minnesota radio company must face a suit by a former worker who was fired after she denied she was an alcoholic and refused to enter a treatment program. 36. A teen girl was ordered into a treatment program for having an aspirin-like pill in her purse. 37. A year ago, when they entered the treatment program, they promised each other they would stay away from drugs. 38. About half who enter treatment programs have histories of substance abuse. 39. Administrators and officers say inmates in treatment programs fight less and give their keepers less of a hard time. 40. Adolescents are in need of foster care beds, parents wait months for drug treatment programs and children sleep in city offices while officials scramble for beds. |