“Bangor's Burden” Part 2: Addiction Treatment Controversy
He says many neglect to realize that their center offers holistic treatment through counseling, group therapy, and monitoring programs. He says traditional healthcare providers don't have resources to responsibly run a program like theirs. Miller said … Read more on WABI

Red Sox, Chris Capuano agree on one-year, .25m contract
Eleven years and one major elbow surgery later, he did the same thing for the Red Sox last October. “You definitely appreciate the second one a … “It's a lot easier this year, for sure. I don't have to do some of the rehab stuff I had to do last year … Read more on Boston Globe

States use Good Samaritan laws, Narcan, to fight drug overdoses
Chris Christie, left, and singer Jon Bon Jovi at a drug rehab program in Paterson, N.J. Bon Jovi, whose daughter survived an apparent heroin overdose in 2012, helped convince Christie to sign a â œGood Samaritanâ law shielding overdose victims and … Read more on Humboldt Beacon

Fort Lauderdale Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center Hosts Next Monthly Family …
The two-hour event will be hosted at Cornerstone's Fort Lauderdale addiction treatment center from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm on Friday, February 28, 2014. Once again, the family event will be facilitated by alcohol and drug addiction therapist Barbara … Read more on PR Web (press release)

Research findings have important implications for personalized treatment of …
Despite this, few heavy drinkers seek out treatment-especially those who do not meet the clinical criteria for an alcohol use disorder, but whose drinking causes substantial damage to individuals, their families and the community. Researchers at Penn … Read more on News-Medical.net

ABC anchor Elizabeth Vargas opens up about alcohol addiction and rehab
According to the New York Daily News, senior staff at ABC were told last October Vargas was on 'medical leave', but many suspected she was being treated for alcoholism. Back to work: ABC's 20/20 host Elizabeth Vargas is expected to be back in the … Read more on Daily Mail

Actor Matthew Perry to Help Raise Funds for Alcoholism and Addiction …
HOUSTON, TX (February 18, 2014) – Actor and “Friends” star Matthew Perry will share how he overcame alcoholism and addiction on Thursday, May 1 at the Hilton Americas-Houston, for The Waggoners Foundation Speaker Series' 31st Annual Spring … Read more on The Paper Magazine

Fresh Start Private Management, Inc. Analyst Report on the Cutting Edge of …
NEW YORK, Jan. 29, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Fresh Start Private Management, Inc. (OTCQB: CEYY) is an alcohol treatment and rehabilitation company on the leading edge of alcohol addiction treatment. The company has developed a highly effective program … Read more on PR Newswire (press release)

State officials rethinking approach to substance abuse
Randy Hunt, a Sandwich Republican, said the goal is to move people with drug and alcohol problems out of prisons and into treatment, and said the commissions should determine the proper course "so that, when we're dealing with health insurance … Read more on Sentinel and Enterprise

Question by loveslosangeles: can my outpatient “rehab” legally not let me take prescribed phentermine?
p.s. I’m in California

Best answer:

Answer by Replace
What were the expressed requirements and prohibitions stated when you entered the program?
My educated guess is that the center/organization has that right.
That drug is an amphetamine which is contraindicated for those with substance abuse problem.
You don’ t need and probably can’t tolerate any more chemicals that affect your brain function.

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Human Energy System And Trauma Discussed At California Coastal Treatment …
Avalon Malibu is a Mental Health and Addiction treatment center located on the Coast in Malibu, California. They are hosting an informative evening with an educational emphasis on trauma and the human energy system. The focus will be to encourage … Read more on PR Web (press release)

Needling for Change
Insite users are also much likelier than other Downtown Eastside drug addicts to enter treatment. Insite … If they want to avoid federal retribution, SIF advocates will need to get the California legislature behind them—no easy task, even among … Read more on The American Prospect

Philip Seymour Hoffman's Will Fails To Mention Daughters As He Asks For Son …
"It is my strong desire, and not direction to my guardian, that my son, Cooper Hoffman be raised and reside in or near the borough of Manhattan in the State of New York, or Chicago Illinois, or San Francisco, California," he wrote in the 13 page will … Read more on Entertainmentwise

Dog Dies After Eating Electronic Cigarette Capsule
Fizz Girl, a Munchkin Cat from San Diego, Calif., has grabbed the record title for Shortest Living Cat. …. 'Sprinkles' the Koala following her life saving radiation treatment at the Brisbane Veterinary Specialist Centre in Brisbane, Australia, August … Read more on Huffington Post

Hoffman among thousands of addiction victims
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Philip Seymour Hoffman suffered from a chronic medical condition that required ongoing treatment. An admitted drug addict who first sought professional help more than two decades ago, Hoffman apparently succumbed to his illness … Read more on KFMB News 8

Combination Therapy Shown to Improve Function in Stroke Patients
San Diego Convention Center: International Stroke Conference 2014 hosted by the American Heart Association Over 4 million people in the US are living with the after-effects of stroke. Now a … Patients received treatment during 3 visits per week for 6 … Read more on PR.com (press release)

Heroin, painkillers 'destroyed everything': How an Ithaca man went from …
He could stay on the East Coast or venture west to a base in either San Diego or Pearl Harbor. In what he later …. After a stint in jail, the court sent him to St. Joseph's Addiction Treatment & Recovery Center — a three-month rehab program in … Read more on Auburn Citizen

Question by lekkermeid: Your input… I am collaborating on the opening of a recovery home (women who are becomming drug free)?
I woud like to request if you can send me a few names you think would be suitable. Remember its a home a sober living environment.

Best answer:

Answer by Misanthrope
No Poppy she wants ppl to give names for the sober living center.

I don’t really have a name that you could call the center… Maybe Survivors.

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Addiction Treatment Center, Clinical Lab To Pay .75 Million For Fraudulent …
LEXINGTON – A chain of opiate addiction recovery centers, headquartered in Harrodsburg, and a Russell Springs, Ky., clinical laboratory, along with two physician owners, agreed to pay the U.S. Government millions of dollars to resolve civil allegations … Read more on LEX18 Lexington KY News