Middlebury center is fourth in state to distribute emergency kits for opioid …
Bankrolled at $ 50,000 for year one, the program is already up and running at the Howard Center in Burlington, the Good Neighbor Health Clinic in White River Junction, and the West Ridge Center for Addiction Recovery in Rutland, locations where free … Read more on vtdigger.org

Pike County lawyer: Cure for substance crimes needs personal touch
Just across the border in New York, Orange County has a drug court that gives nonviolent offenders with first-time misdemeanor drug-related crimes a chance to clear their record by going through a rehab program and remaining drug-free for a year. The … Read more on Pocono Record

Cafe turns coffee into changed lives
The cafe, at Seventh and H streets in downtown Sacramento, is run by volunteers and people in recovery from drug or alcohol abuse. The proceeds … Clean & Sober is a registered nonprofit spun off the larger Loaves & Fishes homeless support program. Read more on Sacramento Bee

Founders of defunct drug rehab program involved in teen drug war
In suburban neighborhoods throughout Florida, behind neatly manicured lawns, were host homes for a controversial drug rehabilitation program called STRAIGHT, Inc. Jason Fielder, who was sent to program in 1987 when he was just 14 years old, says the … Read more on First Coast News