Las Vegas Recovery Center News

LAS VEGAS, NV - We are pleased to announce that Stuart Smith, President and CEO of Central Recovery Treatment, the parent company of Las Vegas Recovery Center (LVRC), was recently elected to the Faces & Voices of Recovery Board of Directors.

Faces & Voices of Recovery is the national organization of individuals and organizations joining together with a united voice to advocate for public action to deliver the power, possibility, and proof of recovery from addiction. Faces & Voices of Recovery is working to mobilize, organize, and rally the millions of people in recovery from addiction to alcohol and other drugs, their families, friends, and allies in a campaign to end discrimination; broaden social understanding; and achieve a just response to addiction as a public health crisis. For more information, please visit www.facesandvoicesofrecovery.org.

Las Vegas Recovery Center is a privately owned, state-of-the-art facility for the treatment of addiction. It also has an innovative, opioid-free treatment program for chronic pain. It is licensed by the State of Nevada and accredited by The Joint Commission, an independent, not-for-profit organization that evaluates and accredits nearly 15,000 health care organizations and programs in the US.

LVRC is dedicated to providing a continuum of care for those seeking recovery from addiction. Programs offered are individualized inpatient treatment, which includes medically-managed withdrawal, chronic pain rehabilitation, intensive outpatient programs, and an intensive program designed specifically for families. For more information, please visit www.lasvegasrecovery.com.

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Note to Media: To request more information please contact Karen Krebs at 702.880.8235 or KKrebs@CentralRecovery.com.

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1st Annual Nevada State Recovery Conference

September 18-19, 2009

Sponsored by:
Foundation For Recovery
UNLV Student Organization of Addiction Professionals (SOAP)
State of Nevada Association of Addiction Professionals (SNAAP)

Earn up to 12 CEU Credits
(approval pending)

The Rooms
4750 W. Sahara Ave. #10
Las Vegas, NV 89102

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Dr. Mel Pohl Featured in a Special Report on BLOW Energy Drink Powder

Dr. Mel Pohl, Medical Director of Las Vegas Recovery Center (LVRC) was featured in a special report on the powdered energy drink 'BLOW' on Channel 13 Action News. It is an energy drink that resembles an illegal drug and many experts and parents feel this shock marketing is going too far.

View the video at KTNV.com

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Dr. Mel Pohl Featured in a Special Report on Prescription Drug Abuse

Dr. Mel Pohl, Medical Director of Las Vegas Recovery Center (LVRC) was featured in a special report on celebrity and prescription drug abuse on Channel 8 Las Vegas Now News. All of the prescription drugs found in Heath Ledger's system point to a wide spread problem, even here in Las Vegas. The abused drug of choice is coming from a doctor more and more.

Dr. Pohl says some prescription drug addictions start in the Doctor's office, but the latest trends with kids are even scarier. "In 18 to 25-year-olds prescription drug abuse is the number one problem," said Pohl. "I think parents are in denial and they need to wake up. They need to wake up to the fact that the source of the drugs is not an external dealer. It's their medicine cabinet."

View the story at LasVegasNow.com

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Dr. Mel Pohl Attends White House Meeting on Alarming Prescription Drug Abuse Rates and Reduction Efforts

Dr. Mel Pohl, Medical Director of Las Vegas Recovery Center (LVRC) was invited to meet with Deputy Director Scott Burns and key members of his staff from the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) on Tuesday, December 11. This meeting was part of an ONDCP initiative focused on discussing the marked and steady increase of prescription drug abuse and the prevention and treatment needed to address these national trends, especially with adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17.
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LVRC and Medical Director Dr. Mel Pohl in Story on Prescription Drug Abuse

A frightening trend in the national spotlight is also a growing problem in Las Vegas. More and more young people are abusing prescription drugs -- some with deadly consequences. The Partnership for a Drug Free America says one in five teens admits to abusing prescriptions. And local officials say the rise in prescription abuse is actually exceeding street drug abuse.
View Story at KLAS-8

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LVRC's Medical Director Featured in Television Interview

Dr. Mel Pohl was featured on a two-part series on KLAS 8 News about the dangers of Methadone.
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LVRC's Medical Director on KVBC 3

Las Vegas Recovery Center Medical Director Dr. Mel Pohl was featured in a story on KVBC 3 about Hydrocodone.
View the story at KVBC Channel 3.

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Las Vegas Recovery Center Staff Speaking at Counseling Skills Conference

Several distinguished members of the Las Vegas Recovery Center Staff will be speaking at the 13th Annual Counseling Skills Conference, to be held September 27-29, 2007 at the Las Vegas Hilton in Las Vegas, NV. Denise D. Crosson RN, PhD (Vice President of Clinical Programs), Jim Tracy, DDS, CADC (Director of National Outreach), and Mel Pohl MD, FASAM (Medical Director) will be presenting Outcome Data in an Opiate-free Integrated Chronic Pain & Addiction Treatment Program�Evaluation of First Year.

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First Lady, Dawn Gibbons, to tour Las Vegas Recovery Center

We are pleased to announce that First Lady Dawn Gibbons is scheduled to tour Las Vegas Recovery Center (LVRC), a Central Recovery Treatment (CRT) company on Friday, July 13, 2007 at 12:30 p.m.