Arizona Long Term Drug and Alcohol Treatment Program 'Springs' Into Action
Back2Basics Outdoor Adventures is a niche drug and alcohol rehabilitation program geared toward young male addicts that encompasses various forms of life-skill building such as wilderness therapy — intensive hiking, camping, kayaking, Kung Fu, surfing … Read more on PR Web (press release)

The Dauphin County Drug Court holds rehab graduation ceremony
Authorities in Dauphin County held a graduation ceremony for 5 participants who successfully finished an intensive drug and alcohol rehab program. The ceremony also coincides with National Drug Court Month. Officials created the program in 2008 to … Read more on FOX43.com

New York Moves To Shut Troubled Rehab Clinic
When ProPublica first wrote about the Brooklyn drug rehab program New York Service Network (NYSN) last September, the outpatient facility only six months earlier had won a fresh license renewal from the state agency that oversees such clinics. Within … Read more on Mintpress News

Owners, other key employees should be included in the substance-abuse policy
At a time when more and more people are noticing the difference in the way the league treats players and owners, maybe the time has come to require all owners, along with other key team and league personnel, to participate in the program. “[If] it's … Read more on NBCSports.com

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Only 10% of Alcoholics Get Meds to Treat Addiction
Only 10% of Alcoholics Get Meds to Treat Addiction. (CNN) Ask the average person how to treat alcoholism, and they'll probably describe an AA meeting or maybe a 30-day stint in a fancy rehab center. What won't leap to mind, even for most experts, … Read more on KUTV 2News

Treatment center hosts open house
Hotel California by the Sea, a self-proclaimed luxury drug and alcohol treatment center based in Newport Beach, hosted an open house Thursday evening to celebrate the unveiling of its new outpatient services center in Costa Mesa. More than 80 community … Read more on Daily Pilot

A way out: Several treatments available to drug, alcohol addicts
After seven days in an inpatient center, their head is just starting to clear.” Funding cuts, Madl said, are largely responsible for the decrease in the length of stay. Following detox, a person could then enter a halfway house, where group and … Read more on Uniontown Herald Standard

A Sobering Story: Addicts must confront their demons, experts say
So people tend to still see it as a moral weakness,” said Vince Mercuri, executive director of The Open Door Alcohol & Other Drug Treatment Center in Indiana. However, addiction is not a moral failing, and brain-imaging techniques have helped to show … Read more on Indiana Gazette

Area sentencings, April 19, 2014
Kristin N. Summitt, 24, convicted in Howard Superior Court 1 of Class D felony possession of cocaine, was sentenced to two years with 202 days served and the balance on probation with the conditions she complete and pay for drug and alcohol treatment … Read more on Kokomo Tribune

Ebola Drug Could Be Ready For Human Testing Next Year
Potential treatments for Ebola pursue many strategies. These include conventional drugs, custom-built antibodies, and vaccines that are designed not simply to prevent the spread of a disease, but to treat it in people who are in the early stages of … Read more on Northeast Indiana Public Radio

Oxford OH Alcohol Drug Rehab Launches New Program Geared Toward Drug …
Oxford OH Alcohol Drug Rehab is launching a new program dedicated to helping drug addicts leave their destructive lives in the past in Oxford. It is no secret that drug addiction takes hold of people and leaves wrecked lives in its wake. Think of drug … Read more on PR Web (press release)

Fort Lauderdale Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facility Continues Successful …
The Ft. Lauderdale rehab center plans to continue holding the monthly Family Night events to help support the family members of those that are attending or have attended their alcohol and drug addiction treatment programs. These meetings offer family … Read more on PR Web (press release)

Jesse Jackson Jr. Could Be Out Of Federal Prison Much Sooner Than Expected
But Montgomery has one thing Butner does not: a residential drug and alcohol treatment program. Jackson, CBS 2 has learned, requested the transfer to enroll in the special nine-month program. There was no announcement of the move, only a change to the … Read more on CBS Local

Long-term care options seen as gap in drug treatments
“After the five-day spin dry, we're stuck again,” he said. “That's the missing piece,” said Nick Costello, executive director of John Ashford Link House, which has residential addiction treatment programs in Salisbury, Newburyport, Amesbury and Gloucester. Read more on Gloucester Daily Times

Treatment center proposes expanded facility in Hobe Sound
Unity Recovery Group, the parent company of four drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities on the Treasure Coast, wants to create an addiction recovery compound in Hobe Sound. In a pre-application meeting Thursday, Martin County Growth Management … Read more on TCPalm

Heroin 'filled the hole': For kid from suburbs, pot was first stop on road to …
Though his mother tried different approaches — punishment, lectures, praise when he entered rehab — nothing stuck. About a month after his release from a court-ordered, 8½-month residential treatment program, Lewis, then 17, reverted to his old ways. Read more on Omaha World-Herald

Substance Abuse Tx Problematic Despite ACA
More than 23 million Americans needed treatment for an alcohol or drug problem in 2012 but only about 11 percent received it, according to estimates from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). One significant … Read more on MedPage Today

Waterford man accused of sexually assaulting girl to go to treatment center …
Defense attorney Patrick Cafferty said Stade will be transported to Manitoba House, a Milwaukee drug and alcohol treatment center, to be treated for alcoholism. Racine County Assistant District Attorney Robert Repischak told Circuit Judge Tim Boyle … Read more on Journal Times