Cured in paradise: Why Aussie addicts are going to rehab in Chiang Mai, Thailand
She's one of the thousands of Australians who have checked themselves into rehab overseas for drug and alcohol addiction. Rehab in Australia is expensive and too close to where an addict's habit can flourish. “I wanted to get out of Australia,” Rosa said. Read more on NEWS.com.au

New Best Drug Rehabilitation Blog Post Looks at 8 Biggest Recovery Mistakes …
“The road to recovery is less of a road and more of a voyage from the addict that someone used to be, towards the sober person they're striving to become,” commented Best Drug Rehabilitation's CEO Per Wickstrom, who struggled with addiction in his youth. Read more on Midland Daily News (blog)

Sheriff candidates offering different visions for department
Battling illegal drug use is a priority for both candidates and Reynolds said if he is re-elected, he will improve cooperation with federal and state law enforcement officials to hit harder at the source of the drug flow in Chicago. "We have to take a … Read more on nwitimes.com

Inside Utah's struggle with drug abuse
Editor's note: Explore the scourge of prescription drug abuse in Utah on “This is Life with Lisa Ling,” Sunday, October 5, at 8 p.m. MT. You can follow Lisa Ling on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. (CNN) — I met Shannon last year when she had just … Read more on fox13now.com

Kesha accuses music producer Dr. Luke of sexual assault, forced drug use in …
Pop singer Kesha says she was drugged and raped by her music producer and nearly died young from his abuse, a blockbuster lawsuit obtained by the Daily News states. The “Die Young” singer alleges producer Lukasz (Dr. Luke) Gottwald once forced her … Read more on New York Daily News

200 walk/run to fight alcohol, drug abuse
Samaritan's Hand Executive Director, Kully Kollath said more than $ 3,000 was raised to help fight alcohol and drug abuse programs. Samaritan's Hand is a faith-based drug and alcohol outpatient clinic providing 12-step programs, group and one-on-one … Read more on The Sheboygan Press

Safety Watch Q & A: Child Drug Use Prevention
We're talking about it in tonight's Safety Watch Q & A with Jennifer DeLett-Snyder. The Washoe County Sheriff's Office often gets inquiries from parents about what they should look for when concerned their children have access to or may be using drugs. Read more on KTVN

Xanax Addiction and Xanax Abuse

Former Raider Barret Robbins back in Bay Area, rebuilding his life
Jailed on a probation violation, the one-time Raiders center was uninterested in talking about his very public implosion — one that began with missing Super Bowl XXXVII in San Diego after a night of partying in Tijuana and bottomed out three years … Read more on Contra Costa Times

.5M grant awarded to UM professors to study genetics of drug abuse in rats
Two University of Michigan professors will study addiction-related behaviors among rats in an effort that will further research on understanding substance abuse by people. Terry Robinson, the Elliot … The two are participating in a new national … Read more on The Ann Arbor News

Viewpoints: Keeping drugs out of prison will help inmates and their families
A clear connection exists between drug trafficking, substance abuse, gang activity and prison violence. When unimpeded, drug trafficking challenges the credibility of the correctional system and prevents inmates from benefiting from drug and alcohol … Read more on Sacramento Bee

Dinner raises funds
A fundraising dinner was the first step in a mission to raise $ 650,000 to upgrade a Blenheim alcohol and drug addiction rehabilitation centre. About 300 people attended the dinner and auction at the Convention Centre, which raised almost $ 40,000 for St … Read more on Marlborough Express

Dual-purpose drug and alcohol support centre officially opens in Carnarvon
The 24-bed Turner River rehab facility opened in July and is also the first residential drug and alcohol rehab facility in the Pilbara. Ms Rodenburg says the two facilities work hand-in-hand to support addicts. "People who come in are supported through … Read more on ABC Local

Ghanaians cautioned against stigmatising addicts
Inaugurating the House of Saint Francis Alcohol Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Centre at Ashiaman near Accra, Most Reverend Palmer Buckle asked Ghanaians to deprive themselves of their comfort zone and identify with people who find themselves in … Read more on GhanaWeb

Pot should be legalized, sold like alcohol, says addiction centre
TORONTO – Canada's largest mental health and addiction treatment and research centre is calling for the legalization of marijuana, with strict controls that would govern who could buy weed, from where, and in what quantity. In a policy statement … Read more on Macleans.ca

Christie unveils task force aimed at improving drug treatment options
Christie made his announcement outside Catholic Charities Diocese of Trenton after meeting with three women who have been participating in its drug and alcohol recovery program. While Christie has pushed to address drug addiction throughout his tenure, … Read more on NorthJersey.com

Jake: Abuse, addiction, and love with a sociopath
BETHESDA, Maryland, October 10, 2014 — Jake* is a survivor of drug addiction and sociopath abuse living and recovering in The United States. … I had been in a 12-step program for addiction and had been clean and sober for 8 years when I met Sean. Read more on CommDigiNews

Virginia Tech awarded .7 million to study social networking for addiction …
"Knowledge is not enough to change behavior," said Bickel, director of the Addiction Recovery Research Center at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute. "Addictive disorders are chronic, but they're treated as acute problems. We need to find … Read more on Phys.Org

Abbeycare Clinics Now Providing Multiple Detox Options For Addiction Recovery
Abbeycare provides uncompromising treatment programs for alcohol detox and rehab. These programs are offered to individuals who are aged 18 or above with the condition that they be totally committed to rehabilitate themselves seriously from alcohol … Read more on MENAFN.COM

Bury St Edmunds brewery to host charity ball in aid of Focus12
Bury St Edmunds brewery Greene King will host its annual charity ball this month in aid of drugs and alcohol rehabilitation charity Focus12. … Tickets are available from the Greene King Visitor Centre on 01284 714297 and cost £400 for a table of eight. Read more on Bury Free Press

FOCUS: An injection of life
“We figure that if we're nice to people when they're using and they don't harm themselves, one day when they're ready to move along in treatment then they'll be open to it,” she says. These days there is a surfeit of prescription drug abuse, which … Read more on Surrey Now

Gauteng MEC shuts down illegal rehab centre
"Records of meetings between the organisation and the department indicated disregard of decisions that were intended to help them to comply with legislation that govern centres that run services on alcohol and substance abuse," the department said in a … Read more on Times LIVE

Meth use on the rise in the Kimberley
Milliya Rumurra Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centre, just outside Broome, was initially set up to combat deep-seated problems with alcohol and cannabis. Chief executive Andrew Amor says the centre is now seeing a steady trickle of meth addicts, some … Read more on SBS