Chief Keef Ordered to Rehab in California
After being jailed for violating his probation, Chief Keef is headed to rehab in California. On Friday (Nov. 8), a Chicago judge ordered the 18-year-old rapper to enter a drug treatment facility after testing positive for marijuana. According to the … Read more on The BoomBox

Chief Keef gets OK to go to rehab in California
Keef, whose real name is Keith Cozart, was in court again at the Skokie courthouse on Friday to ask Judge Earl Hoffenberg for permission to enter the drug treatment facility in California, said officials. Cozart will be going to one of the Promises … Read more on Chicago Tribune

Chief Keef headed to rehab in California
Hofferman ordered Cozart into Chicago's Haymarket Center drug treatment facility on Wednesday, but agreed to let the teen go to California, making it clear that he would not tolerate any further run-ins with the law. “If you don't do what you are … Read more on Lake Forester

Experts praise 'historic' mental health, addiction parity rule
Mental health and addiction treatment experts praised what they described as a “historic” expansion Friday of insurance coverage for millions of Americans suffering from psychological or substance abuse problems, five years after a law requiring the … Read more on NBCNews.com (blog)

N.J. addicts suffer from shortage of drug treatment facilities
Three months after fleeing a Florida rehabilitation center, Amanda, a 24-year-old from Woodcliff Lake, was using heroin again. She stole her grandmother's credit card, bought thousands of dollars worth of electronics and sold them in Paterson for drugs. Read more on NorthJersey.com

No One Brings Dinner When Your Daughter Is an Addict
She was admitted to a psychiatric hospital, diagnosed, released. She began years of counseling, recovery meetings, and intensive outpatient rehabilitation. She lived in a recovery house, relapsed, then spent seven weeks in a drug and alcohol addiction … Read more on Slate Magazine

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford said to be considering rehab
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, under pressure to quit after admitting he smoked crack cocaine and had a drink problem, could enter rehab, his lawyer says. Dennis Morris told the Globe and Mail that the mayor of Canada's largest city was "considering options". Read more on BBC News

Over-40s get more drug treatment
Over-40s are the largest group receiving publicly-funded drug treatment in England, new figures have revealed. The number of clients in treatment aged 40 or over has more than doubled from 32,406 to 65,339 between 2005/06 and 2012/13, Public Health … Read more on Northampton Herald and Post

Drug rehab unit for Maghaberry is UK first
It will cater for 15 inmates who will embark on a 12-week programme of rehabilitation including diet, exercise, education as well as addiction distraction techniques. The announcement comes after the Prison Service announced a major crackdown on drug … Read more on Belfast Telegraph

Question by Surereese: what are the pro’s to being an alcohol and drug counselor not in recovery?
I am comparing alcohol and drug counselor’s that are in recovery for addiction and those that are not. Getting stuck on the pro’s for “not in recovery” counselors. Any in put would help. Thanks.

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Answer by josh
The effect of being an alcohol and drug counselor not in recovery is maybe no longer present of mind in such as bad mood, bastard, arrogant, friends and family conflict. they feel that he or she on the sky nor high, hopeless, alone in this world and also illnessess in many part their body. as early much better the family will influence him to quit and have a professional alcohol and drug treatment to avoid diagnos.

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Chief Keef Ordered to Spend 90 Days in Drug Treatment Program
A Chicago-area judge ordered Interscope rapper Chief Keef into a 90-day drug treatment program on Wednesday, according to DNAInfo. Keef, who is on probation following a variety of offenses over the past two years, was taken in to see the judge after … Read more on RollingStone.com

Question by : Do I have the LEGAL right to Obtain Childhood Rehab Records?
As a teenager I was sent away by my parents to “recreational treatments centers” for behavioral issues not drugs, and they of course keep daily charts and reports on each kid, now that I am 18, can I request a copy of them from those centers? do they have to give it to me If I ask? I live in California, but the centers were in multiple states.

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Answer by Drixnot
yes… but you might need a lawyer to force them to give them to you.

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Successful Italian drug rehab centre wants to go American
The San Patrignano community near Rimini is the largest drug rehabilitation centre in the world, providing individualized drug treatment to young people completely free of charge, earning its income from the wide variety of award-winning enterprises it … Read more on euronews

Promises Treatment Centers Expands to Southwest with Introduction of …
Promises Treatment Centers is proud to introduce a new addition to its family of treatment programs: Promises Austin luxury addiction and dual diagnosis treatment center in Texas. This addition marks Promises' first expansion outside of Southern … Read more on PR Web (press release)