The Nation's Shame: The Injustice of Mandatory Minimums
By linking punishment to drug weight, mandatory minimums often distort culpability; consider that a hired hand unloading contraband from the back of a truck may handle more drugs than the cartel leader who arranged the shipment. Forty percent of drug … Read more on RollingStone.com

Home News The struggle to get in – and out – of treatment…
This is the third of a five-part series in which we follow the life of a young Muskoka woman through a spiral of drug addiction, trauma and recovery. To see the past installments which chronicle Taylor's early drug use in Grade 7 through to facing … Read more on www.muskokaregion.com/?

Drug rehab, recovery advocates not losing hope
Studies show nearly 75 percent of drug addicts relapse. The Libertas Treatment Center, based in Green Bay, works with 500 to 700 adults a year on substance and drug abuse issues. “Relapse is simply the symptom that the recovering person still needs … Read more on Fox11online.com

Plan to open drug and alcohol rehab clinic in Southgate thrown out by council
PROPOSALS to create a drug and alcohol rehab clinic in Southgate have been rejected by the council due to concerns it could increase antisocial behaviour and crime. The charity Crime Reduction Initiatives (CRI) applied to use office space at Longley … Read more on Crawley News

Drug rehab center opens in Bay Ridge
Donna Mae DePola (seated) president and CEO of the Sunset park-based drug and alcohol counseling program, Resource Training and Counseling Center, announced that the center has opened up a new site in Bay Ridge. She is pictured with Dona Pagan … Read more on Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Watertown Woman Sentenced For Selling Heroin
"I've gotten several calls already in the last two weeks of people begging me to help their kids because the insurance companies won't pay for them to go to rehab until they've failed twice. They have to fail twice in out-patient. What other chronic … Read more on WWNY TV 7

Latest Best Drug Rehabilitation Blog Post Looks at 12 Tips to Choose the Best …
In its latest blog post, Best Drug Rehabilitation, which offers treatment programs and believes that having family close by during a stay in rehab can make a big difference in whether or not the process is successful, is highlighting 12 tips to help … Read more on Insurance News Net

Addicted to Rehab – Boyle's SAP inmates tell their tales of woe and redemption
… I am an addict.” Those eight words pepper 54-year-old prescription drug addict David Bascom conversations in group treatment, a sobering reminder of how teenage drinking and marijuana use spiraled into drug trafficking convictions. …… “I was … Read more on Central Kentucky News

Dope Sick With Mouths To Feed: The Struggles of American Women in Active …
“Never suggested that I should go to treatment.” she told me. “Never any of that, so I went to alternative school and got suspended from alternative school for doing drugs there too, and while I was suspended from school I ran away. After that, I got … Read more on Social Work Helper

Former BYU QB Hall can avoid prosecution by participating in drug treatment …
If Hall chooses to participate in the drug treatment program, it will include mandatory testing and substance abuse treatment — all at Hall's expense. If Hall successfully completes the program, criminal charges will not be filed against him … Read more on Deseret News

Health Officials Release New Plan to Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse
The kit contains information on symptoms of abuse; prevention tips for parents, healthcare workers, and law enforcement officials; as well as a list of substance abuse treatment centers in Ogden, and places where prescription drugs may be dropped off. Read more on KUER

Drug Rehab Services Mobile App Now Refined and Ready to Save Lives
When opening the app users are prompted to select their country, either Canada or the US. From there the user is prompted to a brief disclaimer and then is able to gain access to the Drug Rehab Services Directory of treatment. In the two top corners, a … Read more on PR Web (press release)

Robin Thicke Admits to Not Writing “Blurred Lines” & Being Addicted to Vicodin …
If Robin Thicke has ever had a hood pass, it should be officially been revoked. Not only is the guy a lousy husband, but he's also a snitch and a drug addict. And did we forget to mention an alcoholic too? We've been fans of Robin for a long time now … Read more on Gossip On This

Elected officials address wide range of topics
She said 80 percent of the local jail inmates are there for drug offenses. She said Lenhart reinstituted the inmate work program, which give inmates pride in “a job well-done.” The county also is pursuing other programs designed to deal with the drug … Read more on Sidney Daily News (subscription)

Latest Best Drug Rehabilitation Blog Post Looks at 6 Ways to Beat Addiction …
In its latest blog post, Best Drug Rehabilitation, which offers treatment programs and believes that having family close by during a stay in rehab can make a big difference in whether or not the process is successful, is looking at 6 ways to beat … Read more on Midland Daily News (blog)

Robin Thicke Admits Stealing Songwriting Credits, Drug Addiction and Reason …
The lawsuit between Marvin Gaye's family over copyright infringement for Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams' "Blurred Lines" has just gotten a lot messier. Today (Sept. 15), transcripts of Thicke's and Pharrell's depositions were released, and there … Read more on Music Times

Gateway CEO Rallies Alcohol & Drug Rehab Industry to Reach More Patients
Gateway Alcohol & Drug Treatment Centers provide substance abuse treatment services for adults and adolescents at drug treatment centers throughout Illinois and the St. Louis Metro East area. Gateway's outpatient and residential treatment centers are … Read more on The Edwardsville Intelligencer

Macon dinners to foster family dining
Research shows children of hands-on parents are less likely to succumb to peer pressure leading to smoking or abusing alcohol or drugs, according to the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse. The organization started national Family Day on … Read more on Macon Telegraph (blog)

Marion VA hosts town hall
He touched on initiatives the center is working on including expanded hours, adding more providers and improving phone services. Concerns from the audience included the treatment of veterans overcoming drug and alcohol addiction, the origin of the … Read more on The Southern