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The definition of recovery remains divided and subjective in drug rehabilitation, as there are no set standards for measuring recovery. [35] The Betty Ford Institute defined recovery as achieving complete abstinence as well as personal well-being [36] while other studies have considered "near abstinence" as a definition. [37]
In 2003 Faith Myers was involuntarily committed to the institute by her family for refusing medication. The institute petitioned the Anchorage Superior Court and was authorized to compel her to take antipsychotics. Meyers challenged the ruling based on Alaska's constitutional guarantees of liberty and privacy.
The University of Washington School of Medicine's WWAMI Regional Medical Education Program (often merely referred to as "WWAMI", pronounced "wammy") is a partnership in the western United States, established in 1971 between the state of Washington, the University of Washington and the states of Wyoming (joined in 1996), Alaska, Montana and Idaho, hence the acronym "WWAMI."
Nov. 6—From a prison cell in California, federal prosecutors allege, a 56-year-old inmate directed an Alaska drug trafficking ring that in recent years smuggled huge quantities of fentanyl ...
In 1987, Kodiak College changed its previous designation as a community college to be absorbed by and become an extension to the University of Alaska Anchorage. The campus sits on 50 acres (20 ha) approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) from the city of Kodiak .
Toby Fischer lives in South Dakota, where just 27 doctors are certified to prescribe buprenorphine -- a medication that blunts the symptoms of withdrawal from heroin and opioid painkillers. A Huffington Post analysis of government data found nearly half of all counties in America don't have such a certified physician. So every month, Fischer and his mother drive to Colorado to pick up their ...
University of Alaska Anchorage: Anchorage: Public Master's university: 10,464 1954 University of Alaska Fairbanks: Fairbanks: Public Doctoral university: 6,607 1917 University of Alaska Southeast: Juneau: Public Master's university: 1,923 1972 Alaska Bible College: Palmer: Private (Not For Profit) Faith-related institution: 39 1966 Alaska ...
Kachemak Bay Campus (KBC) is a campus of Kenai Peninsula College, which is a unit of the University of Alaska Anchorage. Located in Homer , KBC has a student population of about 500. [ 1 ] The college was formerly divided into two campuses, referred to as east and west campuses respectively.