In 1988, Rutgers started what is believed to be the first residential recovery program on a college campus, according to Lisa Laitman, director of its Alcohol and Other Drug Assistance Program. Back then, there was little talk about helping students transition to college after treatment for their drug and alcohol problems. But over the past several years recovery programs have been popping up at colleges, large and small, public and private. Now there are more than 20 programs, with more in the pipeline. Texas Tech University has used some $900,000 in federal grants to help campuses build programs. Read more at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/education/edlife/a-bridge-to-recovery-on-campus.html?_r=1
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