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

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If Robin Thicke has ever had a hood pass, it should be officially been revoked.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

Bedford County man gets 7.5 years in bicyclist's death
A Bedford County man will serve seven years and six months in prison on charges he fled the scene of a hit-and-run crash that killed a bicyclist. Michael Wayne Jenkins, 27, pleaded no contest Friday afternoon to charges of aggravated involuntary … Read more on Lynchburg News and Advance

'Not my pants' excuse doesn't work with DA
With methamphetamine and heroin trafficking on the increase, Nisley wants drug users to know that the law doesn't care where the pants come from, just who has custody of the drugs. “They very well … He wants to see more treatment centers opened to … Read more on Dalles Chronicle

Report: Most Americans with drug or alcohol addictions don't get treatment
… Survey on Drug Use and Health. The survey, released by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, reported that of the 22.7 million people with substance use disorder in 2013, only 2.5 million received treatment at specialty … Read more on PBS NewsHour

Freedom Recovery Center starts counseling service
DRM will operate the Freedom Recovery Center (FRC) at 62 Division St. to provided personalized drug rehabilitation and alcohol treatment. "The focus at FRC is a private, customized recovery program that's designed for each of our clients' specific … Read more on Coldwater Daily Reporter

35 Patients Escape From Bogor Drug Rehab Center
The patients held a prayer meeting before they overpowered two security officers and then forcefully opened the main gate of the rehabilitation center located in Lido, Bogor district. “I directly called the Caringin Police to ask for help and they … Read more on Jakarta Globe

Burma's Heroin Addicts Are Plagued by Cheap Drugs and Conspiracy Theories
“Rehab is great. It gives you a rest. It clears your mind,” says Kan Char, his voice softening to a slur. To celebrate a successful two-week stint at a drug rehabilitation center in Myitkyina, the dusty capital of Burma's Kachin State, he has treated … Read more on VICE

Janitor charged with sexually assaulting 3 women at drug rehabilitation center …
BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut — Bridgeport police say a man charged with sexually assaulting three women at a drug rehabilitation center where he worked as a janitor told investigators he had a "lust problem" and succumbed to "temptation." Forty-year-old … Read more on Greenfield Daily Reporter

State audit confirms weak oversight, potential fraud at rehab clinics
The review of the Drug Medi-Cal system validates the findings of a yearlong investigation by The Center for Investigative Reporting and CNN. The 2013 investigation found a man convicted of organized crime running one clinic and other rehab centers … Read more on Center For Investigative Reporting

Nova Recovery Center Publishes New Blog Post Series on Drug Abuse and …
Nova Recovery Center, an inpatient drug and alcohol rehabilitation center, has published a new series of blog posts which highlight emerging trends in illegal drug use and the dangers of new designer drugs. September 11, 2014. Austin, United States … Read more on Free Press Release Center (press release)

Hartselle City Council President stands behind Mayor Hall
“I said 'Don, I will support you in whatever you decide to do, but I need you right now to seek some kind of help, whether it be rehab, counseling, whatever. I need you to do it now. What took place Friday, you can't change. It's already there. But you … Read more on WAFF

'We are good people'
Montes' goal is to get Maisonet into a long-term rehab facility after a five-day stint at a detox unit in Hartford. Then he's hoping to find the … Maisonet spent time at the Friendship Service Center over the past six years but was asked to leave at … Read more on Newbritainherald

Serenity Lane to break ground on million rehab clinic in Coburg
Mike Dyer, president and CEO of Serenity Lane Health Services, stands in front of the site for the nonprofit alcohol and drug rehabilitation organization's new inpatient treatment center at 91150 Coburg Industrial Way in Coburg. (Alan Sylvestre/The … Read more on The Register-Guard