Caron Foundation
Encyclopedia
Caron Foundation is a drug
and alcohol
addiction
rehabilitation center located at a 110 acre (0.4451546 km²) facility in Wernersville, Pennsylvania
, USA
. Caron also has locations in New York NY, Wyomissing PA, Plymouth Meeting PA, Boca Raton FL and Bermuda. Caron is a non-profit organization
.
Drug
A drug, broadly speaking, is any substance that, when absorbed into the body of a living organism, alters normal bodily function. There is no single, precise definition, as there are different meanings in drug control law, government regulations, medicine, and colloquial usage.In pharmacology, a...
and alcohol
Alcohol
In chemistry, an alcohol is an organic compound in which the hydroxy functional group is bound to a carbon atom. In particular, this carbon center should be saturated, having single bonds to three other atoms....
addiction
Addiction
Historically, addiction has been defined as physical and psychological dependence on psychoactive substances which cross the blood-brain barrier once ingested, temporarily altering the chemical milieu of the brain.Addiction can also be viewed as a continued involvement with a substance or activity...
rehabilitation center located at a 110 acre (0.4451546 km²) facility in Wernersville, Pennsylvania
Wernersville, Pennsylvania
Wernersville is a borough in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,494 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Wernersville is located at .-History:...
, USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Caron also has locations in New York NY, Wyomissing PA, Plymouth Meeting PA, Boca Raton FL and Bermuda. Caron is a non-profit organization
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
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