Hope close to home
… Springs, amid the farms and tree nurseries. It is hope for those seeking recovery from substance abuse, through Serenity Hills, Berrien County's only inpatient treatment center now operating at the former Lakeland Specialty Hospital in Berrien … Read more on Herald Palladium (subscription)

Month Archives: August 2014
After three years of drinking, a “family intervention” persuaded Williams to enter “rehab” (residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation) at the Hazelden Addiction Treatment Center near Newberg, Oregon, where he stayed for two months. After that … Read more on Family Research Council (blog)

Canaan Cafe Gives Ex-Addicts a Second Chance
For a recovering addict at Mountainside, this is one of the final steps. The next level of recovery is introducing normalcy and getting back to a healthy, sober life. Nothing is quite as mundane and sobering, most would agree, than the daily grind of a … Read more on Litchfield County Times

Drug czar approaches challenge from a different angle: As a recovering alcoholic
Insurance companies often do not cover inpatient treatment, and an obscure federal rule restricts the expansion of addiction treatment under the Affordable Care Act. The White House also is grappling with the legal, financial and political implications … Read more on Washington Post

Group aimed to address Maine's addiction problem to bring US drug czar to …
BANGOR, Maine — A group of area health care leaders, law enforcement officials, educators and politicians are forming a plan of attack to combat drug abuse and addiction in Bangor and, perhaps, across the state. The group of 20-plus members convened … Read more on Bangor Daily News

Aldon Smith suspended nine games by NFL
In a brief news release, the league said Smith was punished for violating both the league's policy regarding substance abuse and its personal conduct policy. Smith, 24, missed five games last season after entering an alcohol rehabilitation center. Read more on Sacramento Bee

Residents Upset Over Sober Living Facility in Happy Valley
“We felt that we should have been notified — bottom line,” said Happy Valley resident Chris David, who also lives near the sober living facility, which is advertised as an “Alcohol, Drug & Gambling Addiction Treatment Center For Men,” on its website. Read more on SCVNEWS.com

Parents have mixed views on planned rehab center near Capital High School
“I feel like drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers have an interest in the privacy of their patients, and there would be very little interaction between the high school and the center,” she said. “Also, it's on the other side of a busy road and … Read more on Charleston Gazette

Uganda's gay rights and sex worker activists answer your questions about HIV …
Part of the problem, according to many of the world's top public health experts, is that the populations most at risk for HIV infection — including gay men and sex workers — face laws that do little but increase stigma, drive these groups underground … Read more on PBS NewsHour

Program to offer support group for families of drug addicts
A local drug rehabilitation program will offer a new family-support group in response to a large number of prescription drug and overdose deaths in York County. Colonial House, Inc., at 1 East Market St., in York will host the weekly meetings, set to … Read more on York Daily Record

Indiana loses funds to treat thousands for drug addiction
Indiana is about to lose funding for a program that since 2010 has helped 11,400 Hoosiers battle drug addiction. Access to Recovery, a federal grant that expires at the end of the year, has supported addiction treatment in 11 Indiana counties. The … Read more on Indianapolis Star

NIDA switches to social media monitoring for drug abuse trends, outbreaks
Washington, DC, United States (4E) – The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is replacing its community surveillance of illicit drug abuse trends and outbreaks with monitoring of the social media and Internet for such problem. The new monitoring … Read more on Gant Daily

Counselor available to discuss, promote addiction recovery
There is a clear stigma attached to seeking treatment for addiction, and he wants to help break through the misconceptions that plague those going through the process of addiction recovery. He notes that when people are in the aftercare portion of … Read more on Cape Gazette

Being an addict's mom: 'It's just a very, very sad place'
Viewing addiction as a disease was instrumental, many mothers say, in helping understand they didn't cause their child's addiction and couldn't fix it either. …. He entered a detox program and is starting again on the road to recovery, his mother said. Read more on CNN

New Addiction Treatment Centre Challenges the Status-Quo for Recovery
Whole Life Institute founders Jim Bradshaw and Stacey Grantham, who are both recovered addicts, have assembled a team of highly-experienced addiction and wellness experts to provide a treatment program that heals the 'Whole' person, by addressing four … Read more on Marketwired (press release)

Combined therapies: New tools for addiction and illness for mental health …
At Confidential Care, the Jayachandrans designed an out-patient detoxification program to avoid the disruption of in-patient care for addiction treatment. As Dr. Sanker Jayachandran, who is board certified in Addiction Psychiatry explains, by offering … Read more on nwitimes.com

Hydrocodone Restrictions Spark Discussions of Addiction and Abuse
Hydrocodone restrictions recently implemented by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) have sparked debate in the ongoing discussion about prescription drug abuse and put addiction treatment in the spotlight. The DEA's decision to enact more … Read more on Guardian Liberty Voice

Drug czar promotes treatment, tells personal story
MINOT, N.D. — As the nation's drug czar continues to warn people about the potential death and destruction from substance abuse, he's also encouraging them to tell their stories about treatment and recovery. Usually he starts with himself. Michael … Read more on Merced Sun-Star