SKY Toxicology Announces Sixteen New Addiction Treatment Scholarship …
SKY Toxicology congratulates the winners of the SKY Toxicology "Pass The Torch" Scholarship Awards. The scholarships are donated by SKY Toxicology to alcohol and drug addiction treatment facilities for their active patients who can't afford treatment. Read more on DigitalJournal.com

The peace and accomplishment behind Charles Rosa's UFC debut
… some months ago, while he was still fighting on regional circuits and hoping to get a call up to the major leagues of MMA, Rosa revealed that it wasn't training that initially brought him to Florida from Massachusetts years ago, but rather a drug … Read more on Yahoo Sports (blog)

Trial set for Aspen attorney embroiled in fight over Cargill money
That March, Andrew MacMillan, now 26, began to seek substance-abuse rehabilitation following a drug arrest in Florida, but UBS would not fund his stay at the Crossroads facility. Meanwhile, his wife continued to intercept email exchanges with Bovino … Read more on Aspen Times

Breast Cancer Care and Substance Abuse Awareness and Education to Benefit …
In addition, an endowed gift of $ 1.375 million will create the “Tina Posner Substance Abuse Education and Treatment Fund” to improve treatment and awareness of substance abuse through the Sandler Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Education in the … Read more on Business Wire (press release)

1st Dallas nurse with Ebola headed to Maryland
DALLAS (AP) – The first Dallas nurse to have contracted Ebola after treating an infected Liberian man has left a Dallas hospital. Nina Pham left Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas in an ambulance escorted by police shortly before 6 p.m. Thursday. Read more on WBTW – Myrtle Beach and Florence SC

Georgia's 178-Acre Bluff Plantation Offers Comprehensive Inpatient Addiction …
AUGUSTA, Ga., Oct. 15, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Today's opening of the premier luxury inpatient addiction facility on the East Coast, The Bluff Plantation marks a unique new partnership for alcohol and drug rehabilitation treatment as a progressive … Read more on PR Newswire (press release)

Obama cancels NJ fundraising visit for Ebola meeting
Chris Christie talks with women and staffers of The Center for Great Expectations in Somerset at 11:15 a.m., then makes a funding announcement for addiction treatment and prevention programs at 11:40 a.m. He's not taking questions from reporters at the … Read more on Asbury Park Press

LETTER: Expand drug treatment resources
I am a psychiatrist specializing in the treatment of addictive disorders. I would like to comment on two articles in the Oct. 9 edition, one on the expansion of Narcan (an antidote) into Camden County, and the other on the collaboration among states to … Read more on Cherry Hill Courier Post

#14Days: When to stage an intervention
People afflicted with the disease of addiction may be incapable of understanding that they are in trouble and need help. In some circumstances, it … with any treatment centers? (Hayes warns that some people accept referral fees to certain treatment … Read more on CBS News

Gov. Christie Announces Million For Addiction Treatment
“We have to make investments in time and in resources to change how we think about these issues and how we treat them because we know that addiction can happen to anyone,” Christie told reporters after meeting with women and staff from the “Mommy … Read more on CBS Local

Some residents want Charleroi Suboxone clinic closed
With a limited number of addiction treatment centers and a growing heroin epidemic, a Suboxone clinic in Charleroi is at risk of closing. A case in Washington … day care center. “Trust me I am all about drug addicts getting help, but it can't be by a … Read more on Observer-Reporter

Brookfield grads share stories of drug addiction to spare others
Brookfield CARES, a substance abuse and suicide prevention organization, will be hosting "Courageous Kids Dare to Discuss Drugs" in which former students discuss their battle with substance abuse and road to recovery. The program will be held during … Read more on Danbury News Times

'Addiction' is a combination of entertainment and intervention
There's a love addict who ignores her children, a sugar abuser, a gambler who can't walk away from a sure thing, a social media junkie, and a few drug abusers. The characters each employ humor, grief, and reflection to work through their issues, and … Read more on Detroit Metro Times

Speech by feminist blogger canceled after anonymous threat
The man, an enlisted service member, checked into the U.S. Navy's Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Program over the summer for alcoholism. While there, doctors realized he was also going through withdrawal from his Google Glass, Dr. Andrew Doan told … Read more on The Week Magazine

Dinner raises funds
A fundraising dinner was the first step in a mission to raise $ 650,000 to upgrade a Blenheim alcohol and drug addiction rehabilitation centre. About 300 people attended the dinner and auction at the Convention Centre, which raised almost $ 40,000 for St … Read more on Marlborough Express

Dual-purpose drug and alcohol support centre officially opens in Carnarvon
The 24-bed Turner River rehab facility opened in July and is also the first residential drug and alcohol rehab facility in the Pilbara. Ms Rodenburg says the two facilities work hand-in-hand to support addicts. "People who come in are supported through … Read more on ABC Local

Ghanaians cautioned against stigmatising addicts
Inaugurating the House of Saint Francis Alcohol Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Centre at Ashiaman near Accra, Most Reverend Palmer Buckle asked Ghanaians to deprive themselves of their comfort zone and identify with people who find themselves in … Read more on GhanaWeb

Pot should be legalized, sold like alcohol, says addiction centre
TORONTO – Canada's largest mental health and addiction treatment and research centre is calling for the legalization of marijuana, with strict controls that would govern who could buy weed, from where, and in what quantity. In a policy statement … Read more on Macleans.ca

My View: Oregon must fight addiction problem
As medical director of Hazelden at Beaverton, an addiction treatment clinic, I see the epidemic every day. As doctors prescribe more painkillers to keep patients pain-free, opioid addiction, hospitalizations and deaths by overdose have soared. Read more on Portland Tribune

Free Narcan training, distribution in Forked River tonight
In addition, attendees will receive a free Narcan kit as well as a treatment voucher for 30 days of free substance abuse treatment to use or distribute to anyone who needs medication-assisted treatment. The Opioid Overdose Prevention Project is funded … Read more on Newsworks.org

Woman accused of breastfeeding while on methamphetamine, cocaine and …
Malo had been staying in a motel with a man she'd recently met who offered to let her and the toddler live there for free. She left the girl alone with the man July 23, and when she came back, she smoked crack with him in … She wrote that the … Read more on TheNewsTribune.com