Drug trade battle gets B10bn boost
Agencies have been told to strengthen rehabilitation programmes for drug addicts to make sure they receive proper treatment and do not repeat their crimes. The number of drug addicts in the country is estimated at 1.2 million, but only half go through … Read more on Bangkok Post

Christie to make drug rehab policy announcement
Chris Christie takes part in a roundtable discussion with Vince's Place residents at the Rescue Mission of Trenton, along with program participants and first responders, at 11:30 a.m., then makes a drug rehabilitation policy announcement around noon. Read more on Asbury Park Press

Drug rehab center in Baguio badly needed
BAGUIO City needs drug rehabilitation center for people tangled in drugs stressed Judge Mia Joy Cawed of the Regional Trial Court. She shared during the 2nd quarter City Justice, Peace and Order Council Meeting held July 9, children involved in drug … Read more on Sun.Star

Norman: Making our rivers clean enough to swim in
I visited the bird recovery centre, I saw a huge object in a plastic garbage bin, and to my horror, when someone pulled it out to show me, I found it was a beautiful albatross, dead, covered in oil. A wingspan as wide as I am tall. Suddenly it was here … Read more on Scoop.co.nz (press release)

Lake County explores new uses for former misdemeanor jail building
Lake County Commissioner Judy Moran is working to open a drug rehabilitation center in the former misdemeanor jail in Painesville Township. An effort is in the works …. “Mental health and drugs and alcohol are both closely related criminal justice … Read more on News-Herald.com

Tennessee law puts new mom in jail for drug use while pregnant
Some women smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol while pregnant too, but they aren't being thrown in jail, Todd suggests, saying it's certain populations who are being targeted with this law because of the kinds of drugs they use. Defenders of the law say … Read more on CBC.ca

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

'Supermensch' rules
It all started in 1968 at a popular Los Angeles motel, where Gordon, a bewildered sociology graduate of the University of Buffalo and failed probation officer, stayed by accident, dropped acid and met fellow tenants Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison and Jimi … Read more on Boston Herald

'Record' Amount Of Pot, Heroin Seized In Alberta, BC
… 6% (22 Metric Tons). A homeless California man shoots up heroin at an outdoor squat behind a dumpster in Los Angeles. … 13% (45 Metric Tons). A police officer lectures heroin addicts on the dangers of drug use, at a Bejing-based rehabilitation … Read more on Huffington Post Canada

Hollywood Widower Blames Rehab Clinic
LOS ANGELES (CN) – The widower of actress Lisa Robin Kelly filed a negligence lawsuit against the drug rehabilitation center where his wife died last year. Robert Gilliam and the Estate of Lisa Robin Kelly sued Pax House of Altadena and the clinic's … Read more on Entertainment Law Digest (subscription)

Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum back as cop buddies in '22 Jump Street'
In “22 Jump Street,” they're off to college, admission standards having plummeted, and will again impersonate students in order to squash a new drug epidemic, and to give directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller an excuse to include spring break … Read more on The Korea Herald

10 things rehab centers won't tell you
And while SAMHSA says only 2.5 million Americans are undergoing treatment, that's already enough to support a sizable industry , with more than 14,500 facilities for drug addiction alone, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. In all, rehab … Read more on MarketWatch

Heroin addicts left trapped; families, heartbroken
"I'm sure a certain part of the population doesn't really understand the loss of behavioral control that comes with this particular brain disease," says Melinda Campopiano, medical officer for the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment at SAMHSA. She … Read more on Mansfield News Journal

mothers and children fight addiction side by side
There were many similar stories during the 18 years she abused drugs and alcohol. Until, in the pre-dawn light one morning in late July 2011, she checked herself into The Women's Treatment Center, a West Side drug rehabilitation facility that … Read more on WBEZ

I-Team: Lawsuits target Scientology rehab center in Nev.
LAS VEGAS — Several federal lawsuits now target an unlicensed Nevada drug and alcohol rehab center first exposed by the I-Team. Patients and the families say the rehab center isn't curing addictions; it's trying to recruit people into Scientology … Read more on KLAS-TV

For Addicts, There May Be Another Road To Wellness
The Betty Ford Center, an alcohol and drug rehabilitation clinic, is famous for its intensive rehabilitation that takes patients out of their regular lives. New thinking in the medical community, however, advocates treating addiction as a chronic … Read more on WBUR

Rehab business still seeking permit; petitions are running about equal
The petitions were running about equal, about 85 for and against, as of Thursday night at the Paulden Area Community Organization (PACO) meeting at the Paulden Community Center. Their neighbor, Rodney Zimmers, and his business partner, … Zimmers owns … Read more on Chino Valley Review

Residents oppose planned drug rehab facility
Even then, the foundation was caring for addicts and alcoholics as many of its homeless residents were suffering from those problems, said the Rev. Timothy Kruthaupt … And another, Lorna Vite, owner of Yellow Creek Campground and a former executive … Read more on Indiana Gazette