Cardiff binge drink NHS centre wins award
A pop-up "drunk tank" that treats binge drinkers in Cardiff city centre has won an award for its work. For nearly two years Cardiff's alcohol treatment centre has been trying to ease the pressure on the busy accident and emergency department at the … Read more on BBC News

How to Get Tickets to the Sunset Strip Music Festival
Part of the ticket proceeds will be distributed to music education programs, drug and alcohol treatment centers. and children's cancer foundations. Early Bird tickets are already sold out but there are still full price passes available. One day passes … Read more on Jaunted

Noted Psychiatrist and Addiction Specialist Joins Promises Austin
Promises Austin provides sophisticated, trauma-informed care for the treatment of alcohol and drug addiction. The center offers a superior staff-to-client ratio and full slate of addiction treatment services, including supervised medical detox, 35- to … Read more on DigitalJournal.com

Drinking – and Dying – in South Africa
Heroin use was highest in Mpumalanga and Limpopo, while alcohol abuse dominated in-patient centres in KwaZulu-Natal, the Northern Cape and the North West. "Substance abuse impacts negatively on the physical, social, spiritual and mental wellbeing of … Read more on AllAfrica.com

HC to hear plea to regulate alcohol de-addiction centres
New Delhi, Jul 2 (PTI) The Delhi High Court today agreed to hear a plea seeking montoring and regulation of drug and alcoholic de-addiction and rehabilitation centres. A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice R S Endlaw while agreeing to hear the … Read more on Press Trust of India

How alcohol almost killed Olympic champion, Wilfred Bungei
As Samuel Wanjiru, Kenya's first Olympic marathon gold medalist, lay dying on a cement slab in his home on May 15, 2011, fellow Olympian and track hero Wilfred Bungei, one of the world's fastest 800-metre runners, was not running for gold, but death: … Read more on The Standard Digital News

Award-winning aid to end life of crime
The Five-Wards project was launched in March and created a new community-based centre that is helping to reduce crime, turn people's lives around and save money. The project is seen as a flagship for community rehabilitation and could become a … Read more on Swindon Advertiser

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

Addiction and Recovery Expert Christopher Kennedy Lawford to Keynote …
Lawford is the author of the best-selling Symptoms of Withdrawal: A Memoir of Snapshots & Redemption, in which he shares his life story of drug and alcohol addiction and recovery. Lawford will draw from these personal experiences in his keynote … Read more on PR Newswire (press release)

Photo essay: Sex and drugs in an HIV-infected paradise
Rather, he supported a mix of prevention, education, treatment and law enforcement activities to help drug users recover from addiction and to discourage others from trying in the first place. President Obama signed a bill ending the 'Needle Exchange … Read more on PBS NewsHour

Troubled Teens in The Villages, FL Have New Substance Abuse Recovery Help …
A new helpline for young adults in The Villages, FL is offering options for substance abuse recovery. LIGHTNING RELEASES (6/28/2014) – Many adolescents in Sumter County have come to the realization they need help for a drug or alcohol substance … Read more on Ticker Report

Some believe addiction treatment facility needed in Faulkner County
While the Faulkner County area has a few services in place to help addicted people who want to get better, some with expertise on the subject believe Conway is overdue for a state-funded drug and alcohol treatment center. Faulkner County Sheriff Andy … Read more on Log Cabin Democrat

Brother of Sylvester Stallone Checks Into Rehab
Frank Stallone will be completing a program at a drug and alcohol treatment center. At this treatment center, he will be able to focus on a 12-step program that can help him overcome his battles. His brother has agreed to support him and stand by him … Read more on PR Web (press release)

Why Worms Don't Get Drunk
"This is the first example of altering a human alcohol target to prevent intoxication in an animal," says corresponding author, Jon Pierce-Shimomura, assistant professor in the university's College of Natural Sciences and Waggoner Center for Alcohol … Read more on Science 2.0

Some believe addiction treatment facility needed in Faulkner County
While the Faulkner County area has a few services in place to help addicted people who want to get better, some with expertise on the subject believe Conway is overdue for a state-funded drug and alcohol treatment center. Faulkner County Sheriff Andy … Read more on Log Cabin Democrat

Rapid Detox Now Being Performed by Board Certified Physicians
One clinic, MDS Drug Detox in Southfield, MI, has answered the questions surrounding its safety by opening the only rapid detox center in the United States founded and operated by Board-Certified physicians. The protocol is performed in an intensive … Read more on DigitalJournal.com

Drug Relapse Denial and How it Kills
We know that drug overdose is now the leading cause of accidental death in the United States. We know that people are at the greatest risk for overdose if they relapse after a period of abstinence – such as right after leaving a drug detox, treatment … Read more on Huffington Post

No Rehab for Russia's Drug Addicts
Although Ivanov has repeatedly hailed Russia's rehab centers for having a high success rate in treating patients, Sarang said the figures cited by the director of the agency were likely "numbers chosen at random." "There is no research to prove what he … Read more on The Moscow Times

No rehab for Shia LaBeouf, just addiction treatment
(CNN) — The "I AM NOT FAMOUS ANYMORE" actor of "Transformers" fame, Shia LaBeouf, is not going into rehab, but he is getting treatment for alcohol addiction, according to a statement by his representatives. LaBeouf ran into trouble with the law in New … Read more on CNN

Drug, alcohol treatment services review tipped to boost patient results
Last week, local police called for increased services, including more drug and alcohol counsellors, to tackle the region's growing drug problem. The Naracoorte-based drug rehabilitation facility, Karobran, is also seeking a long-term funding solution … Read more on ABC Online

Vacant S. Ogden monastery may become rehab center
SOUTH OGDEN, Utah — A South Ogden monastery that's been vacant since a group of five nuns moved to Minnesota last summer could soon become a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center. The Standard-Examiner reports (http://bit.ly/1muHmxK ) Steps … Read more on News & Observer

HC to hear plea to regulate alcohol de-addiction centres
The court was hearing a PIL filed by Rajiv Boolchand Jain, who himself claims to be an ex-alcoholic, seeking directions to lay down a "coherent policy and procedures" for the drug and alcoholic de-addiction and rehabilitation centres so that they are … Read more on Business Standard