Granite Falls Inpatient treatment program for gambling addiction is one of …
Minnesota may have bounteous options for chemical dependency treatment, but when it comes to treatment for gambling addiction, options in the state are much more limited. “We are the only inpatient gambling-addiction program in Minnesota,” said Sheryl … Read more on MinnPost

Coworker Pays It 4ward to electrician who rewired South Valley drug treatment …
It's not much to look at, but an old building in the South Valley in Albuquerque can be a refuge from the storm. Kelsey Bjork says the Victory Outreach Drug Addiction Treatment Center saved her from heroin addiction – now, she's its director. She says … Read more on KOB.com

Mesa drug-detox business owner seeks rezone near homes; P&Z recommends …
Phillip Westbrooks has owned and operated a substance-abuse and detoxification-treatment center in downtown Mesa since 2003. He plans to construct a building to replace an adjacent home that he owns to move 10 beds there for patients. His plans were … Read more on newszap.com

New, radical Prop. 47 reforms criminal sentencing. Attorneys fear it will …
That money gets divvied up for mental health and drug abuse treatment, victim services and truancy reduction programs. The changes came into effect Nov. 5. Anyone who's been previously convicted under one of 10 drug and theft statutes like burglary of … Read more on Monterey County Weekly

One Way to Stop Overzealous Prosecutors: Defund State Prisons
When a local prosecutor sends a convicted felon to prison, the cost of keeping him locked up—an average of $ 31,286 per year—is paid for entirely by the state, not the county where the prosecutor holds office. The problem with this setup, some argue … Read more on Slate Magazine

Skid row patients die as clinic lacks OK to dispense methadone
In theory the forces of change are finally in sync: California has stopped putting drug addicts in prison, leaving them free to get help. And Obamacare has put help in reach by providing insurance that covers drug abuse treatment. But in real life … Read more on Los Angeles Times

Three infected with measles at Las Vegas seafood restaurant
All told, more than 150 people across the United Sates have recently been diagnosed with measles, 126 of them in California. Nevada public health officials believe the … Sizemore said none of the newly diagnosed patients was hospitalized, but one … Read more on Raw Story

Beverly Hills Tip Jar Bandit Sentenced to Year of Rehab
A woman charged last week with stealing money from tip jars at various businesses in Beverly Hills was sentenced today to a year in a live-in residential drug rehabilitation facility in connection with her no contest plea to stealing money from a cash … Read more on Patch.com

JOHN P. WALTERS AND DAVID W. MURRAY: Drug testing welfare recipients …
Finally, drug users, whether receiving welfare assistance or not, are people who need help, not acquiescence in their continued addiction. Those who accept that drug use is a “medical condition,” should also realize that early intervention is essential … Read more on Washington Times

Molly & Ecstasy: A Parent's Guide
(WTNH) — News of almost a dozen students at Wesleyan University overdosing on a bad batch of the hallucinogenic drug “Molly” has colleges across the nation trying to find new ways to keep students safe. For parents, it's an alarming reminder that some … Read more on WTNH

Clinically depressed three times more likely to commit violent crime
"One important finding was that the vast majority of depressed persons were not convicted of violent crimes, and that the rates … are below those for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and considerably lower than for alcohol or drug abuse," said … Read more on Business Insider

New tax on alcohol sales in Boston proposed
Linehan said that thousands of people are afflicted by alcohol and drug addiction, many of them unemployed and a burden on the public. Helping them sober up and become productive citizens represents a huge opportunity to save public money, he said. Read more on Boston Globe (subscription)

Victorians facing long delays for drug addiction treatment under new scheme …
VAADA executive director Sam Biondo said resources have been put towards the establishment of the new system at the expense of drug treatment programs. "That has, in some ways, debilitated the resources for that face-to-face contact and counselling … Read more on ABC Online

The White House wants to throw big money behind drug treatment programs
Heroin and prescription-drug abuse — and deaths associated with the two drugs — have continued to soar upward in recent years. And some of the biggest effects have been felt by young people. According to 2013 research from the National Institute on … Read more on Fusion

Drug testing of welfare applicants yields few positives
"We support the need to combat drug addiction, but if the state truly wants to combat addiction, they should use their resources to fund drug treatment programs rather than blocking access to public benefit applicants, because we're talking about … Read more on WBIR-TV

How much does Robert Cushman love this week's new plays? Let him count the …
Whereas he seems to love the pair mainly for their poems, Wilson, Elizabeth's maid, loves the poems — Elizabeth's anyway — because it's her mistress, whom she calls “mum”, who's written them. The first, very telling, moments of the play find … Read more on National Post

BSA Poetry Night showcases local talent
Her poems tackled tough subjects like cheating, drug abuse and death. The poems were personal and before each one she gave the story of who the poem was for. Birdy's poems stood out from the other poets because despite writing all of her poems, she … Read more on The Rotunda

My Long And Tangled History With Death
I have no way of knowing if the person I'm spending time with was a horrible parent, or miserable neighbor; I don't know if they were a drug addict, teacher of the year, or a saint. … R gave me permission to share this poem and his last name, here: I … Read more on Huffington Post

Triple Threat: Beyond Mental Health and Substance Abuse Issues
Each had parallel treatment and discrete funding streams. As that decade drew to a close, so appeared the term dual diagnosis, a clinical moniker which appropriately — finally! — acknowledges the reality that those who experience substance abuse … Read more on Huffington Post

Gowdy, Duncan support Keystone Pipeline
Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., cited Botticelli's more than two decades of experience at substance abuse treatment agencies. Feinstein added that Botticelli, currently Acting Director of National Drug Control Policy, has focused on an approach that treats … Read more on Greenville News

Bill would shift more substance abuse oversight to MCOs
Currently, those responsibilities are shared by the nine MCOs, which include CenterPoint Human Services of Winston-Salem, and three state-operated alcohol and drug abuse inpatient treatment centers. The three state-operated centers receive $ 40 million … Read more on Winston-Salem Journal

Fourth quarter good for speedway gasoline profits
Substance abuse treatment professionals in the Ohio Valley have created a new website, drugfreeov.com, with the goal of reducing the impact of drug addiction on the community by helping people obtain treatment. Substance abuse treatment professionals … Read more on State Journal