California's governor issues 105 pardons, but retracts 1
Brown retracted the pardon issued to Glen William Carnes, which the governor's spokesman Evan Westrup said was based on a court-issued certificate of rehabilitation. The pardon for a drug-related conviction committed by Carnes as a teenager in 1998 had … Read more on U-T San Diego

Therapeutic DNA vaccination against colorectal cancer by targeting the MYB …
These splenocytes were activated and added into a killing assay that measures changes in cancer cell attachment (Xcelligence, ACEA Biosciences Inc, San Diego, CA, USA) (Figures 3c and d). While a dose-dependent drop in resistance (cell growth stasis) … Read more on Nature.com

Hundreds of prisoners freed under Prop 47
The purpose of the law is to incarcerate fewer low-level, nonviolent offenders, and eventually divert those costs — up to $ 200 million per year — toward treatment and prevention programs that try to address problems, such as drug addiction and mental … Read more on U-T San Diego

Indiana University studying marijuana's effect on brain
"There's been a lot more attention toward alcohol, nicotine and other illicit drugs like cocaine," said Filbey, director of cognitive neuroscience research in addictive disorders at the Center for BrainHealth at the University of Texas at Dallas. Also … Read more on USA TODAY

Political parties need to weed out leaders who shelter drug smugglers
Come clean: There are leaders who have faced constituents ruined by drugs and there are leaders said to be involved in the racket; there's research that gives the severity figure and there's politics that distorts it; a common path has to be found … Read more on Hindustan Times

Court program uses mindfulness
Research suggests that mindfulness practice may increase gray-matter density in the hippocampus (the area associated with learning and memory) and decrease gray-matter density in the amygdala, which can help regulate stress and anxiety,” according to … Read more on Albuquerque Journal

Meet The Former MIT Professor That Allegedly Robbed A Manhattan Bank For 'Art'
Actors will often go method when preparing for a role, but I've never heard of a filmmaker creating a drug addiction or other “problems” they could “exploit” for art. If Gibbons wants to put himself inside the mind of a drug addict or a bank robber … Read more on Uproxx

Town Crier: Jan. 9, 2015
Substance Abuse: Love and Mercy Outreach programs presents Alpha and Omega Substance Abuse and Awareness Program from 6-7 p.m. every Saturday at 511-D W. Forsyth St. All people with alcohol and drug addiction issues and their friends and family … Read more on Americus Times-Recorder

Archive: Dallas Mavericks plan to 'do everything possible' to help Roy Tarpley …
But now, those cases were situated no more than six feet from the locker of Roy Tarpley, a player who says he is trying to recover from drug and alcohol dependency and who went through rehabilitation in the summer. Because of Tarpley's after-care … Read more on Dallas Morning News

Addiction Campuses: Businesses Should Take Notes from the UFC's Handling …
BUSINESS WIRE)–Heads turned this past week when UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones entered a rehabilitation facility after cocaine was found in his system. Even more shocking? The UFC's decision to allow Jones to retain his … Employees who … Read more on Business Wire (press release)

Church News
For almost 30 years, MN Adult and Teen Challenge has been restoring hope to adults and teens struggling with drug and alcohol addiction with effective and affordable shorter-term programs called Life Renewal, as well as the distinctive long-term faith … Read more on Brainerd Daily Dispatch

Manchester Group Home Task Force Agrees On Key Points
The facilities serve clients who include mentally ill people, paroled prisoners, teenagers with chronic behavior problems and others with alcohol and drug addictions. The town … •When the state closed mental health facilities years ago, the state did … Read more on Hartford Courant

Orthopedic Surgeon's License Suspended for Working Under the Influence
Dr. Strasburger completed 1 month of residential addiction treatment for healthcare professionals and submitted to 1 year of professional aftercare, health department records show. But on July 8, 2014, notes the health department, Dr. Strasburger … Read more on OutpatientSurgery.net

UFC champion Jon Jones tests positive for cocaine, enters rehab
We support UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones' decision to enter a drug treatment facility to address his recent issue. While we are disappointed in the failed test, we applaud him for making this decision to enter a drug treatment facility. Jon … Read more on MMAjunkie.com

Missouri should follow its motto in treating drug addiction
That disease is addiction, and if the welfare of the people were a supreme law of the state, we would treat it with the same urgency and desperation now being devoted to tropical plagues that pose no real danger. We'd be spending many more millions on … Read more on STLtoday.com

How Your Menstrual Cycle Could Affect Attempts To Quit Smoking
… Mendrek concludes that “taking the menstrual cycle into consideration could help women to stop smoking,” and calls for more studies that investigate the biological differences in men and women when it comes to cigarette smoking and addiction … Read more on Huffington Post

How to Feel Adequate and Worthy
Adam was a very competent dentist until a brain injury from a hiking accident caused him to lose his ability to practice dentistry. Not only could he no longer use his hands effectively, but his speech was sometimes slurred and he could not walk … Read more on Huffington Post

Giving and receiving: On the road to recovery; Couple addicted to drugs gave …
A very pregnant Nu Contreras and her husband, Ricardo, were driving toward the Salvation Army's Depot Family Crisis Center in Marysville from Arizona in October 2013 to get help for their drug addictions when their third child arrived in Riverside … Read more on Appeal-Democrat

TN third in prostitution, Ketron tells commissioners
MURFREESBORO – Tennessee ranks third in the nation in prostitution, state Sen. Bill Ketron told county commissioners Monday. A Republican from Murfreesboro, Ketron said he's learned from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation that human trafficking is … Read more on The Daily News Journal