Local hospitals want piece of B windfall
Invited partners include St. Elizabeth, Rome Memorial, Upstate Cerebral Palsy and Conifer Park, an inpatient substance abuse treatment facility in Schenectady. The Mohawk Valley Health System – Faxton St. Luke's and St. Elizabeth — and the Utica … Read more on Utica Observer Dispatch

Prescription drug use, abuse
Deaths from prescription painkiller overdoses, many in combination with other prescription drugs like benzodiazepines, quadrupled in the United States to 16,651 in 2010 from 4,030 in 1999, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … Read more on Worcester Telegram

Experts: 'killer heroin' may be something else
He's a co-founder of SARPH Pa., a substance abuse recovery program for pharmacists and pharmacy students and a marketing director for Gaudenzia, a nonprofit drug treatment center. To understand why a potentially deadly kind of heroin would attract … Read more on The Intelligencer

Alcoholism & Substance Abuse Counselor Training Now Online at Cazenovia …
Cazenovia College logo. Cazenovia College is one of only two colleges in New York State approved to offer the 350 hours of Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor education and training completely in an online format. Cazenovia, NY (PRWEB … Read more on PR Web (press release)

Pasadena, TX Alcohol Drug Rehab Announces Expansion of Residential …
The expanded drug treatment plan now includes Christian-based courses for individuals that desire this type of biblical support in prayer, meditation, and study. Residential treatment is an environment supported by experienced counselors, therapists … Read more on Virtual-Strategy Magazine (press release)

UP CLOSE | A Haven for the homeless?
But now, he wakes up at 5:30 a.m. every day at the Overflow Shelter on Cedar Street and heads to a clinic to get his daily dose of methadone, a synthetic opioid drug that treats heroin addicts. By 8:30 a.m. he has made his way to Liberty Safe Haven, a … Read more on Yale Daily News (blog)

The Legalization Juggernaut
Christian Thurstone is one of the leading child psychiatrists in Colorado and head of the teen rehab center Adolescent STEP: Substance Abuse Treatment Education & Prevention Program in Denver. He has chronicled firsthand the increase in marijuana use … Read more on The Weekly Standard

Bulletin Board
Connections Area Agency on Aging and Mercy Medical Center's Older Adult Services Welcome to Medicare, 1:30-4 p.m., the first Friday of every month at Connections Area Agency on Aging, 2301 Pierce Street. … UnityPoint Health – St. Luke's Outpatient … Read more on Sioux City Journal

Synanon's Sober Utopia: How A Drug Rehab Program Became A Violent Cult
Synanon's Sober Utopia: How A Drug Rehab Program Became A Violent Cult. Matt Novak Yesterday 3:00 PM. Share Discuss Bookmark. Synanon's … to evolve into something much more dangerous. What was once a small drug rehab facility in sunny Santa Monica … Read more on Gizmodo Australia

A Timeline of the Rise and Fall of 'Tough on Crime' Drug Sentencing
It increases drug treatment programs and gun safety laws, but also allocates more money for prisons and issues harsher sentences, including a three-strikes law. Twenty-four states pass three-strikes laws between 1993 and 1995, according to the National … Read more on The Wire

Falls man risks 12-year sentence in treatment program
LOCKPORT – Lawrence E. Smith of Niagara Falls, a repeat drug felon, pleaded guilty again Tuesday and was admitted by Niagara County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III to the judicial diversion program of court-supervised drug treatment. Smith, 25, of Linwood … Read more on Buffalo News

Christie Calls War On Drugs Ineffective, Announces Program To Send Some …
As WCBS 880?s Levon Putney reported, Christie explained why he prefers helping drug offenders through treatment. “First of all … Christie said the state is phasing in a program to send non-violent drug-addicted first-time offenders to rehab instead … Read more on CBS Local

Narconon Arrowhead Launches Wellness Campaign for National Fitness and …
Narconon Arrowhead values the importance of physical fitness, and it integrates exercise into every part of its world-renowned program of drug and alcohol rehabilitation. In honor of National Fitness and Sports Month, Arrowhead will be working to … Read more on Broadway World

Study Says Legal Marijuana Encourages Teens to Smoke—Suncoast Rehab …
Florida drug treatment center Suncoast Rehabilitation Center says that the legalization of recreational marijuana has created a society in which drug use is viewed nonchalantly by young adults—a trend largely to blame for the expected increase in … Read more on PR Web (press release)

Cleveland OH Alcohol Drug Rehab Announces New Intervention Program for …
One is to listen, hear and accept how much pain they have cost their loved ones. Instead of continuing this destructive path, they decide that drug treatment is a good idea. The other option that drug addicts do have is simply to ignore what everyone … Read more on DigitalJournal.com

A look at costs, obstacles of treating heroin addiction
LACK OF BEDS: The number of people using heroin in the U.S. nearly doubled from 2007 to 2012 to some 669,000 people, and more people are also now seeking treatment. But of the 23.1 million Americans who needed treatment for drugs or alcohol in … Read more on WCPO

Oman rehab to open as addicts increase
As the number of registered drug addicts in the Sultanate surpasses 4,000, the public and private sectors have joined hands to raise awareness about the harmful effects of drugs and help rehabilitate addicts through the establishment of drug … Read more on Times of Oman

Teen survives 5-hour flight in jet's wheel well
Upon landing, “individuals were found in a semi-conscious state, and, upon treatment, recovered,” the report said. The FAA report … But Price said regulations could be tightened if more stowaways emerged – or if someone brought explosives near a plane. Read more on Detroit Free Press

'The Healing Place:' Recovery program vital for Mercer
But we also must weigh that concern against the very real and very serious drug problem in our region, and the fact that there is currently no such long-term treatment services in the county for those individuals who are trying to turn their lives … Read more on Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Study Ignites Debate Over Non-Drug Treatment For Schizophrenia
… long-term impact of these treatments. In a blog entry published last year, Dr. Insel reports on a study in which antipsychotic medication proved beneficial in the early stages of psychosis, but over the long term, it appeared to worsen the … Read more on WBUR

If We Build It, Will They Come? Drug Treatment and the Affordable Care Act
Howard Josepher is president and chief executive of Exponents, an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life of people affected by drug addiction. Having overcome his own addiction to heroin many years ago, he has been a long-term advocate … Read more on Huffington Post

Broward County judge in rehab after relapse
A BROWARD COUNTY JUDGE IS ON LONG-TERM PERSONAL LEAVE AFTER HAVING SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROBLEMS OF HER OWN WHILE ON THE BENCH. TODAY BROWARD A CHIEF JUDGE CON FURLED TO BOB NORMAN THAT THE JUDGE … Read more on Local 10