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Novus News Weekly 

 

March 13, 2007

 

More Young Adults Taking Pills

By BOB GROVES The Record

HACKENSACK, N.J. - More young, overstimulated, stressed-out Americans are taking prescription sleeping pills before stumbling to bed.

The number of adults aged 20 to 44 using sleep medications increased 114 percent between 2000 and 2005, according to Medco Health Solutions Inc., which manages prescription drug benefit programs. Prescriptions for 10- to 19-year-olds increased 117 percent.

The increases are disturbing to Dr. Lon Castle, a family physician and director of medicine and analytical affairs at Medco.

"We're concerned," he said. "Is this type of increase appropriate for society, or is it in excess?"

Americans spent $2.1 billion on 35 million prescriptions for sleeping pills like Ambien and Lunesta in 2004 alone.

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Clear Your Calendars!

Hi Everyone!  Unless we receive another curve from the County we will be getting our final building inspections this week and plan to hold our Grand Opening on Saturday, March 24th.  Once our building inspections are complete we will be sending out invitations.  We hope that you can join us!

 The Grounds

As many of you know, our facility is located on 3.2 wooded acres.  Here is a picture showing some of our grounds.



 

 

 

Unlike patients at a hospital, our patients will be able sit outside on our deck or take a walk. Instead of car horns and sirens, our patients will hear birds singing in the trees. 



 

 A burglar broke into a house one night. He shined his flashlight around,
looking for valuables. He picked up a CD player to place in his sack, when
a strange, disembodied voice echoed from the dark saying, "Jesus is
watching you."  He nearly jumped out of his skin, clicked his flashlight
off, and froze.  When he heard nothing more after a bit, he shook his headA burglar broke into a house one night. He shined his flashlight around,A burglar broke into a house one night. He shined his flashlight around,
looking for valuables. He picked up a CD player to place in his sack, when
a strange, disembodied voice echoed from the dark saying, "Jesus is
watching you."  He nearly jumped out of his skin, clicked his flashlight
off, and froze.  When he heard nothing more after a bit, he shook his head
and continued. Just as he pulled the stereo out so he could disconnect the
wires, clear as a bell he heard, "Jesus is watching you."  Freaked out, he
shined his light around frantically, looking for the source of the voice.
Finally, in the corner of the room, his flashlight beam came to rest on a
parrot. "Did you say that?" he hissed at the parrot.  "Yep," the parrot
confessed, then squawked, "I'm just trying to warn you."  The burglar
relaxed. "Warn me, huh? Who  in the world are you?"  "Moses," replied the
bird. "Moses?" the burglar laughed. "What kind of people would name a bird
Moses?"  "The kind of people that would name a Rottweiler Jesus."

looking for valuables. He picked up a CD player to place in his sack, when
a strange, disembodied voice echoed from the dark saying, "Jesus isA burglar broke into a house one night. He shined his flashlight around,
looking for valuables. He picked up a CD player to place in his sack, when
a strange, disembodied voice echoed from the dark saying, "Jesus is
watching you."  He nearly jumped out of his skin, clicked his flashlight
off, and froze.  When he heard nothing more after a bit, he shook his head
and continued. Just as he pulled the stereo out so he could disconnect the
wires, clear as a bell he heard, "Jesus is watching you."  Freaked out, he
shined his light around frantically, looking for the source of the voice.
Finally, in the corner of the room, his flashlight beam came to rest on a
parrot. "Did you say that?" he hissed at the parrot.  "Yep," the parrot
confessed, then squawked, "I'm just trying to warn you."  The burglar
relaxed. "Warn me, huh? Who  in the world are you?"  "Moses," replied the
bird. "Moses?" the burglar laughed. "What kind of people would name a bird
Moses?"  "The kind of people that would name a Rottweiler Jesus."

watching you."  He nearly jumped out of his skin, clicked his flashlight
off, and froze.  When he heard nothing more after a bit, he shook his head
and continued. Just as he pulled the stereo out so he could disconnect the
wires, clear as a bell he heard, "Jesus is watching you."  Freaked out, he
shined his light around frantically, looking for the source of the voice.
Finally, in the corner of the room, his flashlight beam came to rest on a
parrot. "Did you say that?" he hissed at the parrot.  "Yep," the parrot
confessed, then squawked, "I'm just trying to warn you."  The burglar
relaxed. "Warn me, huh? Who  in the world are you?"  "Moses," replied the
bird. "Moses?" the burglar laughed. "What kind of people would name a bird
Moses?"  "The kind of people that would name a Rottweiler Jesus."

and continued. Just as he pulled the stereo out so he could disconnecA burglar broke into a house one night. He shined his flashlight around,
looking for valuables. He picked up a CD player to place in his sack, when
a strange, disembodied voice echoed from the dark saying, "Jesus is
watching you."  He nearly jumped out of his skin, clicked his flashlight
off, and froze.  When he heard nothing more after a bit, he shook his head
and continued. Just as he pulled the stereo out so he could disconnect the
wires, clear as a bell he heard, "Jesus is watching you."  Freaked out, he
shined his light around frantically, looking for the source of the voice.
Finally, in the corner of the room, his flashlight beam came to rest on a
parrot. "Did you say that?" he hissed at the parrot.  "Yep," the parrotA burglar broke into a house one night. He shined his flashlight around,
looking for valuables. He picked up a CD player to place in his sack, when
a strange, disembodied voice echoed from the dark saying, "Jesus is
watching you."  He nearly jumped out of his skin, clicked his flashlight
off, and froze.  When he heard nothing more after a bit, he shook his head
and continued. Just as he pulled the stereo out so he could disconnect the
wires, clear as a bell he heard, "Jesus is watching you."  Freaked out, he
shined his light around frantically, looking for the source of the voice.
Finally, in the corner of the room, his flashlight beam came to rest on a
parrot. "Did you say that?" he hissed at the parrot.  "Yep," the parrot
confessed, then squawked, "I'm just trying to warn you."  The burglar
relaxed. "Warn me, huh? Who  in the world are you?"  "Moses," replied the
bird. "Moses?" the burglar laughed. "What kind of people would name a bird
Moses?"  "The kind of people that would name a Rottweiler Jesus."

confessed, then squawked, "I'm just trying to warn you."  The burglar
relaxed. "Warn me, huh? Who  in the world are you?"  "Moses," replied the
bird. "Moses?" the burglar laughed. "What kind of people would name a bird
Moses?"  "The kind of people that would name a Rottweiler Jesus."
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wires, clear as a bell he heard, "Jesus is watching you."  Freaked out, he
shined his light around frantically, looking for the source of the voice.
Finally, in the corner of the room, his flashlight beam came to rest on a
parrot. "Did you say that?" he hissed at the parrot.  "Yep," the parrot
confessed, then squawked, "I'm just trying to warn you."  The burglar
relaxed. "Warn me, huh? Who  in the world are you?"  "Moses," replied the
bird. "Moses?" the burglar laughed. "What kind of people would name a bird
Moses?"  "The kind of people that would name a Rottweiler Jesus."
Building Progress

To those of you who have been involved in building a house or other building, you know that one day there are a myriad of things that need to be completed and the next day it looks almost done.  Well, this morning there were showers that were not tiled and most of the rooms did not have carpet.  In the morning, all the rooms will be carpeted and all the showers tiled. 

 

Our contractor has scheduled the final building inspection for Wednesday and, if it passes, we will be setting up furniture and being sure that we are ready for our final inspection from the Florida Department of Children and Families, the agency that will be granting us the license to run our medical detox center.