Help pours in for addicted mothers-to-be in Covington
Stephens Elementary first-graders Carly Schroder and Lauren Timmerding pack baby items for use by drug-addicted pregnant women. The Enquirer/Patrick Reddy … center in Northern Kentucky. The class goal is to acquire state grant funding for such a … Read more on The Courier-Journal

Drug recovery a 'sink or swim' struggle for South Jersey addicts, families …
Stabeno — executive director at Lakeside Recovery Center and executive director of the Prodigal House Foundation, a nonprofit he founded to help treat addicts — is quick to caution parents and those dealing with addictions about the pitfalls he's … Read more on NJ.com

Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman found dead after apparent drugs overdose
Hoffman, who had spoken only last year about his lifelong battle with alcohol and drug addiction, was found by a screenwriter lying on the bathroom floor of his apartment with a needle and syringe still stuck into his arm, according to several reports … Read more on Telegraph.co.uk

Bedford Heroin Rally: 'People Need Help'
BEDFORD TOWNSHIP — After losing a cousin to a heroin overdose last year, Laurie Goss brought her two young children to a first-ever rally to fight drug abuse Saturday at the Francis Family YMCA. The children — ages 5 and 9 — sat through the nearly … Read more on bedfordnow