Program to offer support group for families of drug addicts
A local drug rehabilitation program will offer a new family-support group in response to a large number of prescription drug and overdose deaths in York County. Colonial House, Inc., at 1 East Market St., in York will host the weekly meetings, set to … Read more on York Daily Record

Indiana loses funds to treat thousands for drug addiction
Indiana is about to lose funding for a program that since 2010 has helped 11,400 Hoosiers battle drug addiction. Access to Recovery, a federal grant that expires at the end of the year, has supported addiction treatment in 11 Indiana counties. The … Read more on Indianapolis Star

NIDA switches to social media monitoring for drug abuse trends, outbreaks
Washington, DC, United States (4E) – The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is replacing its community surveillance of illicit drug abuse trends and outbreaks with monitoring of the social media and Internet for such problem. The new monitoring … Read more on Gant Daily

Treatment center planned for BHC
Treatment referrals for the residential substance abuse center will be through Mohave County Mental Health Clinic or through Southwest Behavioral Health Services. The planned 10-bed adult facility will provide a clinician and case manager for each … Read more on Mohave Valley News

S. Ogden neighbors line up to oppose drug rehab center
… surrounding the gated property at 6000 S. 1075 East came out in force Thursday night to let South Ogden planning commissioners know that they object to the recent buyer's plans to convert existing buildings into a residential addiction treatment … Read more on Standard-Examiner

ACLU Seeks To Challenge Law Targeting Pregnant Drug Addicts
Opponents of the bill say it actually deters women from seeking medical care and does nothing to help drug addicts access treatment. The two residential drug treatment facilities in Tennessee where women don't have to give up their children to enroll … Read more on Huffington Post

Foster, Maloney Introduce Legislation To Combat Heroin Abuse, Increase …
This legislation removes barriers to addiction treatment by providing grants for residential/in-patient opioid addiction treatment for qualified individuals. For an individual to qualify, they must either lack health insurance or have health insurance … Read more on Insurance News Net

Hope By Song turns pain into musical therapy
Fort Myers couple Mellissa Shiflett and Will Soto both submitted writings to Hope By Song, including poems and other things they'd written as part of their addiction-recovery treatment. They're both recovering drug addicts. Then Metts, Hannam and other … Read more on The News-Press

'Dharma Punx' author Noah Levine offers a Buddhist approach to addiction …
His latest book, "Refuge Recovery," takes on the topic of addiction, as a kind of guide book for an effective addiction treatment program based on fundamental Buddhist practices and precepts. He comes to Bookshop Santa Cruz on Monday. Levine offers the … Read more on Monterey County Herald

Governor Patrick Announces Opioid Task Force
Gov. Deval Patrick announced a series of actions to address the opioid addiction epidemic in Massachusetts that will strengthen the state's ability to respond to the opioid crisis with a focus on prevention, intervention, treatment and recovery. Over … Read more on Chelsea Record

New outpatient drug treatment center opens in Austin
Anschutz has worked in the mental health and substance abuse industry in Austin for a decade. She saw a need for an outpatient treatment center in Austin and created the Sage Recovery and Wellness Center. It provides the extra support and services for … Read more on KVUE

EU gives £25m to treat drug addicts in Peru
According to the European Commission, “concrete actions” to be carried out under the programme included treatment for drug users, rehabilitation measures to help get users back into society, and prevention schemes to raise awareness of the dangers of … Read more on Telegraph.co.uk

Planned drug treatment clinic in Harwood sparks conflict
The developer says his planned center for heroin addicts in a North Baltimore neighborhood would be revolutionary: a primary care facility that would treat all aspects of addict's lives, not just dole out methadone. But Harwood residents see it as more … Read more on Baltimore Sun

Ann Arbor yoga studio to hold fundraising class to benefit Dawn Farm
Dawn Farm is the largest provider of services for people with addictions in Washtenaw County and has been around since 1973. Dawn Farm is a Michigan addiction treatment center with an emphasis on the recovering community as the most important source … Read more on Heritage Newspapers

Helpline for Gibsonville Can Help in Finding Teen Drug and Alcohol Rehab
A new helpline in Gibsonville, NC can help locate substance abuse treatment centers for teens in trouble. LIGHTNING RELEASES 07/21/14 – When a teenager starts to use drugs and alcohol, they are often unaware of the physical, mental and emotional toll … Read more on Ticker Report

EU's 'barking mad' £25million taxpayer donation to rehabilitate PERUVIAN drug …
Only last year England was branded the “addiction capital of Europe” in a report by the Centre for Social Justice. This is another … Funds for the EU anti-drug programme will be used by Peru to provide treatment for drug addicts, bolstering … Read more on Express.co.uk

Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation CEO on publishing in the digital age
Mark Mishek, CEO of the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, says that when he's out and about it's the organization's published works that people most often bring up. Teachers want to talk about Hazelden's bullying curriculum. If he's wearing a … Read more on Minneapolis Star Tribune

Red tape adds complication to drug rehabilitation strategies
His department will suggest to the city People's Committee to allow the Binh Trieu Centre for Drug Rehabilitation to accept drug addicts, till such time they are accepted at the mandatory treatment centres. HCM City deputies have also called for … Read more on VietNamNet Bridge

Drug rehab centre 'already there'
RESIDENTS who raised concerns over plans for a drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre in their Truro street have discovered they have been living next door to one for 15 years. Drug and alcohol treatment charity Addaction is set to turn the former … Read more on West Briton

NDLEA Advocates Drug Treatment, Rehabilitation Centre for C'river
Calabar Cross River State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has appealed to the state government to establish a model drug abuse treatment and rehabilitation centre in the state to assist persons with drug abuse problems. Read more on AllAfrica.com