Health-Care Investors Succumb to M&A Addiction
Mergers across the health-care sector show no signs of slowing. Investors are reveling in the frenzy, but the risk of acquirers overpaying has rarely been higher. Last week saw generic-drug makers in the spotlight. Mylan MYL 0.10 % offered to pay a 24% … Read more on Wall Street Journal

State Senate committee hears testimony from mayors, SIUE on budget cuts
Belleville Mayor Mark Kern and Edwardsville Mayor Hal Patton (backs to camera) speak Friday at a meeting of the Illinois Senate's Appropriations Committee. Facing the camera, from left, are Sen. Chapin Rose, R-Mahomet; Sen. Pat McGuire, D-Joliet; … Read more on Belleville News Democrat

Bridgewater, Raynham first responders on the frontlines in drug addiction crisis
Donovan urged family members to watch out for the warning signs of addiction. “People don't just go from normal everyday life to being a junkie,” he said. “Huge red flags” include: missing pills from the medicine cabinet; excessive partying; hanging … Read more on Taunton Daily Gazette

Wolf tours Bucks County training center, talks wind subsidies
Subsidies to Penn State and Temple University could also rise by 20 and 10 percent, respectively, if a GOP-controlled legislature signs off. “This is a big, … “Whatever we do, the idea should not be to create this permanent addiction to government … Read more on Bucks County Courier Times

Drug abuse: Experts warn against deadly synthetic drug N Bomb
A psychedelic synthetic drug 251-NBOMe, or N bomb, which is being used increasingly is dangerous and has been associated with the deaths of at least 17 people in the United States since 2010, when it first became available over the Internet, caution … Read more on International Business Times UK

Teen recovering after drug overdose story goes viral
Brayden Travis, 18 years old, has struggled with drug addiction since age 15, and has been hospitalized for weeks after an overdose that doctors say should have killed him. His devastated family chose to share their sad news on social media with hopes … Read more on CBS News

Akron firefighter arrested, charged with felony drug abuse for possession of …
The police officer who stopped Howell was pulling up to check on a possible drug house. Howell's 2007 Pontiac Torrent was in the driveway of that home unattended when police first drove past it. When they came back to observe the house a second time, … Read more on fox8.com

Bernards teens find parents primary contributors to teen alcohol, drug abuse …
As part of their mission to educate the community about the dangers of teen alcohol and drug abuse, in an uncommon role reversal, a group of Bernards Township teens seek to enlighten adults and parents about how they are contributing to the problem in … Read more on MyCentralJersey.com

Together4Utah discusses drug treatment programs in Utah
On this Sunday's episode of Together 4 Utah, Jim and Thomas continue the discussion about the drug addiction problem in the state of Utah. The two go in depth about what needs to change in the state when it comes treatment programs. We talked to some … Read more on Good4Utah

Guest Column: Gov. Tom Wolf says State Police will carry naloxone kits in …
By the beginning of this year, naloxone was present in every police vehicle, all police were trained on how to administer the drug, and the county's District Attorney has led efforts to increase coordination with the Department of Drug and Alcohol … Read more on The Delaware County Daily Times

New rehab facility caters to high-end patients
The $ 35 billion drug treatment industry has attracted for-profit heavyweights such as the Boston private equity firm Bain Capital and spawned companies such as Tennessee-based American Addiction Centers Inc., which launched a successful initial public … Read more on Boston Globe (subscription)

American history is a chronicle of the inexorable march of social liberalism
In my own lifetime, there has been an astonishing shift in attitudes toward civil rights for ethnic, racial and religious minorities, as well as for women and homosexuals. Censorship laws, for better or worse, have been greatly relaxed. Drug laws … Read more on Stuttgart Daily Leader (blog)

25 Outrageously Funny Quotes from 'Strangers With Candy's' Jerri Blank
The opening credits of former Comedy Central's series Strangers With Candy immediately sets the tone for the show. In a voiceover monologue, we hear Amy Sedaris' Jerri Blank describe her unusual situation as a 46-year-old ex-drug addict who did time … Read more on Flavorwire

Suburbs' first OD awareness clinic opens in Arlington Hts.
Arlington Heights resident Genevieve Przybylo is the operations director of Live 4 Lali, and for the past year she has been handling her own son's recovery from drug addiction. "This place would have been amazing," had it been available for her a year … Read more on Chicago Daily Herald

Whoops: Indiana's anti-gay 'religious freedom' act opens the door for the …
Marijuana isn't any more 'addictive' than alcohol and wine is used in some religious ceremonies. And marijuana isn't any more of a 'gateway' drug than the wine used in a religious ceremony will make you go out and buy hard liquor. (At least not on … Read more on Raw Story

Augusta man's sentence puts him in jail addiction recovery program
Mullen said he understood that Vannah's motivation for selling heroin was to support his own addiction. Mullen said heroin has become “a scourge” in the state. “I don't know how we combat it other than to come down hard on the people who are spreading … Read more on Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel

Risberg: 'Always more to do'
At the helm as district attorney for the 6th Judicial District, Todd Risberg discusses initiatives his office has taken since during his tenure. Most crimes, he said, have a drug or alcohol component, and with a new management system his office is … Read more on The Durango Herald

I pity thug who robbed me, says disabled victim Alan Barnes
Mr Barnes and legal highs addict Richard Gatiss. Beautician Miss Cutler, 21, started the appeal for Alan after he was robbed intending to raise £500 to help him move house but saw it snowball into a global phenomenon which raised £330,000. She wept … Read more on Telegraph.co.uk

An old new way to combat HIV
Work with us and help us to help you get on the road to recovery." Part of the motive is … The opposition to clean-syringe outreach efforts stems from the fear that they will have all sorts of unsavory side effects, like promoting more drug addiction … Read more on Chicago Tribune

Recovering Utahns rally for health care, drug addiction treatment
Vincent, a Heber City resident, told Maline Hairup's story Friday to a crowd of more than 200 people who packed into the Capitol rotunda in support of legislation that would increase Utahns' access to substance abuse and mental illness treatment, as … Read more on Deseret News

Bancroft Hopes To Sell Haddonfield, NJ Property To Drug Treatment Company
“Many of RCA's patients will be good people who just went down a wrong path, but we also must acknowledge the correlation between drug abuse and crime, and that some of the patients will be prone to criminal activity,” he tells KYW Newsradio … Read more on CBS Local

'Unmask Addiction' campaign tackles user misconceptions
Women can be a gateway into drug abuse for men, and there's not an "ethnic bias," she said –– in Somerset County, the vast majority of those seeking treatment are white. "No one is immune," she said. Raffish described the ad campaign, which has four … Read more on Delmarva Daily Times