Robbins Umeda LLP Is Investigating RehabCare Group, Inc. Acquisition for Shareholders

SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Robbins Umeda LLP, a shareholder rights litigation firm, is investigating possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of state law by members of the board of directors of RehabCare Group, Inc. (NYSE: RHB) in connection with their efforts to sell the company to Kindred Healthcare, Inc.

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Robbins Umeda LLP Is Investigating RehabCare Group, Inc. Acquisition for Shareholders

Inpatient Rehab San Francisco

According to a recent study from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the city of San Francisco (specifically the metropolitan area) has a higher percentage of people who are regular drug users than any other major metropolitan area within the United States of America..The U.S. DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) has stated that due to California’s diverse culture and unique geography, there are many issues that affect the drug situation in California. Drugs such as cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, and marijuana are smuggled into the state from Mexico; however, methamphetamine and marijuana are produced or cultivated in large quantities within the state. San Diego and Imperial Counties remain principal transshipment zones for a variety of drugs – cocaine, heroin, marijuana and methamphetamine – smuggled from Mexico. Most drug traffickers/organizations that are encountered by law enforcement continue to be poly-drug traffickers rather than specializing in one type of drug. With the widespread and easy accessibility of these drugs, it is no surprise there is an ongoing battle with addiction in California which Narconon Arrowhead can effectively handle. Narconon Arrowhead has an inpatient drug and alcohol rehab with a 70% success rate along with drug education to over 65,000 youth about the realities and consequences of drugs and alcohol.

Cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, club drugs, crack, prescription drugs and marijuana (the most widely available and abused illicit drug in California) destroy lives. Many people will try a drug the first time due to peer pressure or because they have a situation they do not want to handle or do not know how to handle, and escape through the fog of drugs. The person then begins to turn to drugs for social acceptance in groups or to handle problems not dealt with. This becomes a pattern which can easily become an addiction, or as the addicted person believes, “the answer” to all their problems. In reality their problems are still there actually getting worse. The addict will come to this realization that they have lost everything that once mattered to them and not see a way out. Not only is the addicted persons’ life affected negatively, but also all those who love and care for him/her. For a person already caught in this cycle of addiction, inpatient rehab is the answer for that person to regain a drug-free, productive, responsible, ethical and happy life.

There are three barriers that must be handled for a person to have long term recovery from drugs and alcohol once addicted. These three barriers are cravings, guilt and depression. If a person trying to quit using drugs and/or alcohol is hit with a craving and is not in an inpatient rehab, nothing will stop them from finding more drugs. No matter how much they DO NOT want to go out searching for drugs, they are unable to NOT succumb to their physical craving. Therefore an inpatient rehab not only stops that person going and getting drugs, they have qualified professionals to get them through that craving and understand why these cravings continue to arise and have the solution for them.

The guilt and depression a person feels from their drug addicted lifestyle can push them into a relapse even though they are no longer experiencing physical cravings. With an inpatient rehab the professionals will be able to help guide that person through his past and present guilt and depression so when they are finished with the rehab they will have handled past guilt and problems and will step back into the world with a clean body and clear mind and the tools to lead the successful life everyone deserves.

If you or someone you love is struggling with substance abuse and are searching for inpatient drug rehab in San Francisco California, call Narconon Arrowhead today. Narconon Arrowhead is one of the world’s largest and most effective inpatient drug rehabilitation and education programs with a success rate of over 70% of those who graduate. Narconon Arrowhead offers free addiction counseling, free assessments, and referrals to the residents in San Francisco California. To locate a Los Angeles inpatient alcohol rehab or find out information about alcohol/drug abuse prevention contact Narconon by calling 1-800-468-6933 or visit our website at <a  onClick=”javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview(‘/outgoing/article_exit_link’);” href=”http://www.stopaddiction.com/index.php/Metro/Los-Angeles-Area-Drug-Rehab/index.html” title=”www.stopaddiction.com”>www.stopaddiction.com</a>

Sober Living Home A Good Idea When Leaving Rehab

When leaving an alcohol or drug treatment facility you are going to want to seriously consider relocating yourself to a sober living home. Having just completed a drug or alcohol rehabilitation program you most likely feel you are ready to change the way you live your life and move forward in a new direction; but trying to do so in the environment where you were engaging in those self destructive behavioral activities would most likely be a mistake. Making the positive changes in your life should begin with a new place to live. It is called a CLEAN slate for a reason.
Alcohol and drug addiction recovery is about initiating positive, pro active change in your life and how you live it. Many alcoholics and drug addicts believe that the definition of insanity is to do the same thing over and over expecting a different result each time. To get a different result you need to change what you do. It certainly can’t hurt to change where you do it as well, because where you lived is one of your most basic “things” that you need to change.
There are two things you need to do when you leave rehab. First, you should go to Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. Rehab taught you the importance of surrounding yourself with others in the recovery community. Go to AA and meet your fellow recovering addicts. The second thing you need to do is live with others in recovery and to under no circumstances live alone. Repeat: Do not live alone. The best place to meet others who are new to the road to recovery is by moving in to a sober living home.
Sober living homes will all have one common element: Zero tolerance for drug and alcohol use. Not only you, but NO ONE will be consuming drugs or alcohol which will give you a buffer zone as you learn to live with your addiction in an environment less structured than rehab. You will also most likely be surrounded by others who are new to sobriety like you. These people can help supply valuable support as well as letting you know you are not alone.
When choosing a sober living home there are many things to consider. First and foremost is who is running the house. You are going to want to feel comfortable around him, certain that he is honest and stable. And sober. Inquire about the house rules and what happens when they are broken. Some sober living homes will ask you to leave upon the first relapse; others will give you a second chance provided you prove to them it will not happen again. It should go without saying that there will be NO alcohol or drug use by you or any of the residents and staff. Ask anyway.
You’ll also want to ask about the homes other rules and policies. Some have more than just the no drugs or alcohol rule. Many require that you give up tobacco in any form, attend church, keep a tight lip on profanity, and most common attend 90 AA meetings in 90 days. You’ll want to know these rules ahead of time so you can decide which sober house is best for you.
Consider also the house itself. Is there sufficient room for you that you won’t feel crowded? Is the house kept up and kept clean? In a men only sober living environment things can get a bit messy. You want to pick a place where you feel comfortable.
Finally, if you can you should meet the people who are already living there. These people are going to not just be your peer group, but also your support structure. And you are going to be theirs. Working towards a healthy, sane, and sober life requires not just that you help yourself, but that there be others there to help you should you stumble.
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Founder of Second Chance Program Attacks Recidivism With Drug Rehab While Cultivating Self Respect With Inmates

Rick Pendery has spent the last 30 years working in substance abuse programs and feels that he’s got the keys to reduce recidivism.

Rick Pendery founded and ran a six year pilot of the Second Chance Program in Ensenada and Tijuana, Mexico as well as another pilot in for nearly two years in Puerto Rico. The Second Chance Program freed over 6000 inmates from the interminable treadmill of drug addiction that leads to more crime and re-incarceration. He has now successfully opened a 600 bed secure rehabilitation facility located in the vacated Westside Jail west of Albuquerque, New Mexico.

His road as a substance abuse expert began in the 70s when he worked first in a methadone clinic. But there he saw too many people walk out of the clinic, into the parking lot and buy heroin. This treatment was clearly ineffective. Looking around, Pendery came across a program called Narconon. This program he found to be very effective. Working with them for several years he became the chief administrator for a Narconon Program, in El Paso Tex. Later he was promoted to be the Executive Director for the program and eventually became the senior administrator over 30 Narconon programs in the US.

Narconon uses the Drug Rehabilitation Technology developed by L. Ron Hubbard. The program has a drug-free withdrawal step, a sauna detoxification step and an additional life skills training section with courses in communication, remedial education. Also, it has classes specifically designed to help the individual understand the reasons why he started using drugs and giving him tools to combat the urge to use drugs in order to live a drug-free life. Pendery feels that these steps together cultivate self respect in these former addicts.

Pendery started his first Second Chance Center in the mid 90’s. He explains why, “I saw two things occurring. Drug use seemed to be generally growing and the crime rate in many categories was increasing as well. The number of people incarcerated almost doubled in 1990s and because of this, the budgets for the Department of Corrections were starting to bankrupt our states. I had previously run a successful drug rehab program called Narconon, which was both effective in reducing recidivism as well as was able to scale up to where it could economically deliver to large numbers of people at once. I felt that this approach was particularly suited to the criminal justice system where they had approximately 80 percent of incarcerated offenders with prior drug histories. With over 2 million people currently incarcerated in the United States it’s been cost prohibitive for those offenders to get rehabilitated in that system. According to the US Dept of Justice, the stats shows that over 65% of those who have been incarcerated, within three years, return to prison. I wanted to bring a workable drug and criminal rehab program to the criminal justice system.”

Pendery found more ways to assist his communities as a real estate developer. He had begun that career in the late 70s, continued in the 80s and 90s, gradually becoming more involved in inner-city redevelopment. One such project was redeveloping a section of Los Angeles that had burned down in the Watts Riots. One of these projects was under construction in the middle of the Rodney King riots in Los Angeles. “Buildings around us were burned to the ground but our partially constructed three story affordable-housing project was not touched.”, Pendery remembers. “We had reached out to the community and provided many in the local area jobs, so they protected the project.”

About a later project, Pendery says, “I was one of the general partners on two inner-city redevelopment projects in San Diego, in which we took major apartment complexes in two of the roughest areas of San Diego and renovated them. We ran community programs to help regenerate community involvement and pride in those areas. On one of the projects we worked closely with the Muslim Community and in finding affordable housing for refugees from Africa. We took one of the apartments which had a recreation room, made it a prayer room and gave the local Imam the adjacent apartment with a private entrance to the prayer room. The apartment complex was quickly filled up with Muslims from Africa. The residents of this apartment complex were very effective in cleaning up the neighborhood and reducing the drug use in that area of San Diego. Their high ethics level permeated the surrounding neighborhoods.”

Pendery continues, “The other area, known as Bates Street, was an area where there were frequent shootings, drugs were rampant and it was the real Ground Zero for San Diego. We worked with various members of the San Diego community on projects ranging from Federal Express coming in and putting on Thanksgiving Day dinners, to the San Diego Charger Football Team and some of its players working in that community to help bring back pride and a sense of self worth. One Thanksgiving Day, our project was shown on national television, during the halftime show of a college football game, with members of the Chargers, the San Diego Padres baseball team and members of the local college football team working with the Federal Express piling up lots of turkey. We worked with various local churches and used the book the Way to Happiness, a common sense moral guide written by L. Ron Hubbard, in some of the programs that we were doing.”.

“The crime rate dropped from the highest in San Diego almost to zero and the neighborhood was revitalized. Business returned, other developers moved in and renovated the rest of the community. The only problem was that the really bad residents just moved to another section of the city and that area became the highest homicide and drug area,” said Pendery. “This is why I decided we had to work out how to rehabilitate large numbers of criminals and drug addicts while they were incarcerated. This is an opportunity while there is some control exhibited on these fellows that is currently being squandered by the government. Just look at the failure rate – 65% or more return to prison within three years of release”

Rev. Alfreddie Johnson is the founder and director of the World Literacy Crusade in Compton, Ca and the Mayor Pro-Tem of Lynwood Ca. He feels, “Second Chance Program is the program for the future as far as the rehab and restoration of dignity and self respect for former criminals, bringing humanity to the society. That can be done with that program. Rick Pendery is a pioneer among pioneers, rehabilitating the human spirit and restoring men back to being men.”

Three independent university studies were done that measured one outcome, did the released offender return to prison? Each of these studies showed that less than 10 percent of those who participated in the Second Chance programs returned to prison. At the helm of this program is Rick Pendery.