Punjab to set up 22 rehabilitation centers for drug addicts
Badal directed the health department officials to remove various bottlenecks hindering the smooth treatment facilities. He said the state government was providing free medicine for the treatment of drug addicts besides other facilities for the indoor … Read more on Times of India

No Rehab for Russia's Drug Addicts
Marat Aginyan, a psychiatrist specializing in drug addiction at Moscow's Center for Healthy Youth who also works with the National Anti-Drugs Union for Rehabilitating Addicts, was upbeat about Ivanov's plans to build communes, but expressed concern … Read more on The Moscow Times

11 punished after drug addicts escape from rehab center
Three officials at the rehab center in Xingye County and five assistant police officers were fired over the incident in which the detained drug addicts dug a tunnel with bed boards to escape, the report said. Three policemen were suspended over the … Read more on ecns

What Does Drug Rehab Accreditation Really Mean?
Of the 13,339 addiction treatment programs that voluntarily responded to The National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services, 21.8 percent were accredited by CARF, 19.2 percent were accredited by the Joint Commission and 56.9 percent were not … Read more on PsychCentral.com (blog)

A Different Path to Fighting Addiction
The center, known as the C.M.C., operates out of two floors of a 19th-century building on 30th Street and Fifth Avenue. It is part of a growing wing of addiction treatment that rejects the A.A. model of strict abstinence as the sole form of recovery … Read more on New York Times

Mutated Worms Could Be Good News For Alcoholics
"This is the first example of altering a human alcohol target to prevent intoxication in an animal," says corresponding author, Jon Pierce-Shimomura, assistant professor in the university's College of Natural Sciences and Waggoner Center for Alcohol … Read more on Huffington Post

Drug Series: Second chance in 'Section 35'
Mary D'Eramo of the Norwell Chapter of Learn to Cope, a peer-led support group for families dealing with addiction and recovery, explained that the law, often referred to simply as “Section 35,” is a civil commitment to treatment, not a criminal … Read more on Wicked Local Scituate

Some believe addiction treatment facility needed in Faulkner County
While the Faulkner County area has a few services in place to help addicted people who want to get better, some with expertise on the subject believe Conway is overdue for a state-funded drug and alcohol treatment center. Faulkner County Sheriff Andy … Read more on Log Cabin Democrat

Brother of Sylvester Stallone Checks Into Rehab
Frank Stallone will be completing a program at a drug and alcohol treatment center. At this treatment center, he will be able to focus on a 12-step program that can help him overcome his battles. His brother has agreed to support him and stand by him … Read more on PR Web (press release)

Why Worms Don't Get Drunk
"This is the first example of altering a human alcohol target to prevent intoxication in an animal," says corresponding author, Jon Pierce-Shimomura, assistant professor in the university's College of Natural Sciences and Waggoner Center for Alcohol … Read more on Science 2.0

Some believe addiction treatment facility needed in Faulkner County
While the Faulkner County area has a few services in place to help addicted people who want to get better, some with expertise on the subject believe Conway is overdue for a state-funded drug and alcohol treatment center. Faulkner County Sheriff Andy … Read more on Log Cabin Democrat

Rapid Detox Now Being Performed by Board Certified Physicians
One clinic, MDS Drug Detox in Southfield, MI, has answered the questions surrounding its safety by opening the only rapid detox center in the United States founded and operated by Board-Certified physicians. The protocol is performed in an intensive … Read more on DigitalJournal.com

Drug Relapse Denial and How it Kills
We know that drug overdose is now the leading cause of accidental death in the United States. We know that people are at the greatest risk for overdose if they relapse after a period of abstinence – such as right after leaving a drug detox, treatment … Read more on Huffington Post

No Rehab for Russia's Drug Addicts
Although Ivanov has repeatedly hailed Russia's rehab centers for having a high success rate in treating patients, Sarang said the figures cited by the director of the agency were likely "numbers chosen at random." "There is no research to prove what he … Read more on The Moscow Times

Robin Williams in Rehab Again … To Maintain Sobriety
Williams is at Hazelden Addiction Treatment Center near Lindstrom, Minnesota. Robin is in a part of the facility called The Lodge — there are lots of fancy descriptions, but it's essentially a program to maintain long-term sobriety. We're told Robin … Read more on TMZ.com

DC family homeless shelter beset by dysfunction, decay
The D.C. General emergency shelter is supposed to be a cleaner place to stay than an alley, but records show that a young girl woke up with so many insect bites on her legs and her bottom that she had to be taken to the hospital. It is supposed to be … Read more on Washington Post

Secretive system keeps parole-eligible inmates behind bars
The parole board cannot release prisoners until they have met certain standards, such as getting drug or alcohol treatment and behaving well in a minimum-security setting. But it's up to the program review committee at each prison — not the parole … Read more on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Drinking – and Dying – in South Africa
Heroin use was highest in Mpumalanga and Limpopo, while alcohol abuse dominated in-patient centres in KwaZulu-Natal, the Northern Cape and the North West. "Substance abuse impacts negatively on the physical, social, spiritual and mental wellbeing of … Read more on AllAfrica.com

Women face challenges in fighting addiction, alcoholism
A report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services found that in 2012 there were more than 1.7 million substance abuse treatment admissions domestically. Alcohol was the … Read more on GoErie.com

Women face gender-specific challenges in fighting addiction and alcoholism
Double that number for men, said Dr. John Eustace, medical director at the South Miami Hospital Addiction Treatment and Recovery Center. Alcohol abuse can result in liver damage, hepatitis, brain disease, breast cancer and heart disease. A report from … Read more on Centre Daily Times