'I'm a drug addict and I enjoy being high': Top baseball prospect, 22, opens …
Singleton was immediately admitted for a month-long stay at an inpatient rehabilitation center. 'I knew I had a problem,' he said. 'Even after I failed the second drug test I couldn't stop smoking weed. 'It was really bad. Me going (to rehab) was … Read more on Daily Mail

Addiction treatment hubs save money, state says
Beth Tanzman (left), Vermont Blueprint for Health assistant director, and Barbara Cimaglio, deputy commissioner for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Programs, speak to the Green Mountain Care Board. Photo by Laura Krantz/ … The hub and spoke system is … Read more on vtdigger.org

Soldiers, police inject drugs openly in rural Myanmar; stark sign of nation …
In this Jan 28 photo, pastor Labya Brang Aung, head of a drug rehabilitation, right, excursuses with newly enrolled drug addicts at a drug rehabilitation center run by the Kachin Baptist Community at… (Associated Press) … Read more on Newser

Myanmar opium fight failing; soldiers shooting up
"When I first assumed this post, I said to my bosses, 'We need to take action to stop drugs,'" said a senior official in Nampatka who spoke to The Associated Press on condition he not be named because he feared retribution. "I was told, quite flatly … Read more on Beaumont Enterprise

Rise in heroin use leads to more patients at treatment centers
Dr. Bernard Gottschalk , medical director of Wilmington Treatment Center , said opiate addicts have an 85 percent relapse rate. But there is hope, said Kenny House , vice president of clinical services at Coastal Horizons, which treats substance abuse … Read more on Insurance News Net (press release)

Is substance abuse coverage as equal as required?
Insurance plans that cover substance abuse treatment must provide the same level of care and cost sharing as they do for other medical issues, but treatment centers say disagreement over what this means leaves many alcoholics and drug addicts without … Read more on Journal and Courier

World Renowned Addiction Expert Johnny The Healer Offers A New Powerful …
Other outdated drug rehabilitation and treatment centers which treat patients as just another addict who has to claim to be incurable and then take more pharmaceutical drugs that are highly addictive and very dangerous with side effects sometimes worse … Read more on PR Web (press release)

Compass: Don't cut residential treatment for addicts
We hope our legislators will reconsider the cuts to the state Behavioral Health grants that fund residential addiction treatment. Alaska has startlingly high rates of addiction and cutting funding for residential substance abuse treatment when Alaska … Read more on Anchorage Daily News

Family values, spirituality key to rehab of drug addicts: Expert
Dr Sanjay D Dalal, coordinator, Muscat Family Physicians said, “We are happy to have experts from a leading Indian rehab centre take part in this programme. Drug abuse is on the rise worldwide. It is affecting the young generation and in the process … Read more on Muscat Daily

Question by jenniebells: How have students with severe disabilities been impacted by No Child Left Behind?

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Answer by LDTeacher
I have been a special educator for 30 ears EVERYTHING has impacted these kids!!
The tests that they are required to take have been changed, and the graduation requirements are very different. Hopefully, the tests reflect he needs and and basics that these kids need as adults. but the problem is that the LD or mildly MR kids are the ones who don’t get enough changes in their educational program.
They are expected to do everything that a “normal” kid is supposed to do w/o appropriate adaptions….the whole thing is un fair…there will always be kids who have special needs and just how can we help them??

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Cash boost to help drug addicts kick their habit hailed 'a win-win' for Fife
“It plugs a gap in your treatment service recovery pathway and, critically, makes provision for the smooth transition back into the Fife community. In so doing it will decrease relapse and ensure that individuals who have completed residential rehab … Read more on The Courier

Fugitive Bank Robber Found Hiding in Bathroom
Late Tuesday afternoon, Jacob Brown was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force and members of the Berwick (ME) Police Department. Brown, 23, was last known to be at a residential substance abuse treatment facility in Dublin, NH when he left. Read more on Patch.com

Dr. Scott Alpert of The Clearing Residential Treatment Center Receives …
Dr. Alpert is the Director of Clinical Operations at The Clearing, a residential rehab center on San Juan Island, WA. “This is a tremendous milestone for both me and The Clearing – the formal recognition of more than 15 years in the chemical dependency … Read more on PR Web (press release)

Poll: Majority Of Chronic Pain Sufferers Feel Treated Like 'Drug Addicts' By …
The majority of people who suffer from chronic pain feel they are treated like drug addicts during their pharmacy visits, and nearly one-third of pain sufferers showed concern they are being embarrassed by their healthcare provider. (Getty) … Read more on

Question by sypher88: So I just got out of drug rehab, and was recently prescribed xanax.?
I was recently in drug rehab from June 1st, until July 5th for opiate addiction. I have been attending AA/NA meetings twice a day since my discharge from rehabilitation.

I have been having extreme anxiety and went to the doctor. I told her I was a recovering drug addict, but she still recommended i take xanax over buspar (the non addictive anti anxiety agent). Xanax has been the ONLY drug that works for my anxiety. I was originally prescribed this before going to rehab, and they took it away from me. Is it wrong that I take this medication if its the only drug ive tried that works?

I also have tried : zoloft, welbutrin, paxil, buspar, and many more.

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Answer by BlackBerry Addict
I would suggest listening to you’re doctor because she seems to know what agrees with you, although you don’t wanna become addicted to xanax now that you have just recovered from a different addiction, if you really have such anxiety i would just say to take the xanax but in moderation.

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Drug rehab plans revived, neighbors protest
The message is clear, neighbors just don't want to live next to recovering drug addicts and alcoholics. They say building a drug rehab center at the corner of NW Zenith Drive and East Torrino Parkway would put their property values and families at risk. Read more on WPEC

Maine Gov Escalates 'War on Drugs'
Once again, LePage pointed to 163 overdose deaths reported in 2012, and to the 927 babies born to addicted mothers. While the governor says drug treatment should be part of the solution to Maine's opiate epidemic, he says he'll look to the medical … Read more on MPBN News

Our view: Meth users don't hurt just themselves
For years, Adams manipulated the correctional system's programs for drug rehab, menaced members of his family and stole thousands of dollars' worth of property. Adams pleaded not guilty on Tuesday on charges of kidnapping and first-degree murder in … Read more on The Tennessean