Giving addicts a Fresh Start
Fresh Start, established in 1992, runs a 50-bed residential drug and alcohol addiction treatment centre for men in the city's northeast. And the need for treatment is great. In 2006, the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse estimated the societal cost of … Read more on Calgary Herald

Forum focuses on anti-addiction accomplishments
The county took the comments from that forum and put them into various categories, including Prevention and Education, Treatment and Recovery Support. At the third forum, March 6, participants were asked to prioritize the comments and concerns under … Read more on Shore News Today

It's Time to Reclaim the Word 'Recovery'
The addiction field has struggled with defining recovery at least as long and as fiercely as it has with defining addiction: Since we can't even agree on whether it's a disease, a learning disorder, or a criminal choice, it becomes even harder to … Read more on Pacific Standard