The New York Times is dead wrong about drug addiction
Hidden in this highly-trafficked piece was even more demoralizing language about drug users, a population already besieged by stigma. Dasani's parents are on opiate-replacement therapy — in their case, methadone, not the newer Suboxone. Rather than … Read more on Salon

Nigella Lawson bites back over 'ridiculous sideshow' of drug use claims
Nigella Lawson attacked the "ridiculous sideshow" of allegations about drug use levelled against her during the trial of her former personal assistants, after they were found not guilty of a £685,000 fraud on the accounts of her and her former husband. Read more on The Guardian

Nigella Lawson Alleged Drug Use Under Investigation By London Police
Both ex-employees, who were acquitted of the charges last week, had accused Lawson of a habitual drug problem during the trial. In a statement late Saturday, London's Metropolitan Police said that a special team will “examine all the evidence emerging … Read more on GossipCop

China continues rights abuses even as labor camps ditched: Amnesty
BEIJING (Reuters) – China is increasingly using extra-judicial "black jails" and drug rehabilitation centers to punish people who would formerly have been sent to forced labor camps, rights group Amnesty International said on Tuesday. China vowed last … Read more on GlobalPost

Fear of Dying Alone Drove a Panhandler to Seek Drug Rehabilitation
His fear of dying alone reached a crisis point, and in February 2012, he checked into an inpatient residential treatment program run by the Addicts Rehabilitation Center. During his stay, Mr. Henegan began looking for work, only to discover that his … Read more on New York Times

Cocaine Addiction: Patient Behavior Predicts Treatment Success
Similarly, positron-emission tomography (PET) imaging results revealed that the ventral striatal PET signal alone had strong accuracy in predicting individual cocaine addiction treatment response, with a cross-validated correct rate of 82%. "What this … Read more on Medscape

Treating Opioid Addiction
Re “Addiction Treatment With a Dark Side” (“The Double-Edged Drug” series, front page, Nov. 17): Medications used to treat opioid addiction save lives. And they can be misused. The American Society of Addiction Medicine agrees that all providers are … Read more on New York Times

Drug addicts 'can quit smoking' with additional therapy
New research from the National Institute of Drug Abuse, a part of the National Institutes of Health, suggests that people who are addicted to cocaine or methamphetamine are able to quit cigarette smoking while being treated for their substance … Read more on Medical News Today

Opana Addiction and Opana Abuse

This drug could make a huge dent in heroin addiction. So why isn't it used more?
This is a major challenge and opportunity in the Affordable Care Act, which greatly expands access to substance abuse treatment services. This week, the New York Times' Deborah Sontag published an extensive two-part series, “Addiction treatment with a … Read more on Washington Post (blog)

Recent crimes can be linked to drug addictions
BANGOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER)– In recent months many crimes seen across the state can be traced back to a person's drug addiction. While substance abuse is not a new thing in society, law enforcement is saying the need to fill a person's addiction is … Read more on WCSH-TV

Crack cocaine: How addictive is it?
It's been commonly accepted that crack is more addictive than other drugs, but addictions researchers and drug counsellors say it's hard to compare the addictiveness of specific substances because drug-taking is a highly individual experience. Is it … Read more on CBC.ca

Expert panel confronts adolescent drug, alcohol addictions during forum
Approximately 55 people gathered the evening of Nov. 18 at the Cambridge Medical Center to hear a panel of experts discuss substance abuse in young people. Karla Patrick and Nicki Klanderud of Allina's Community Engagement department, who … Read more on Isanti County News

Drug Addiction Rehab Center Coming To Port LaBelle Inn?
LABELLE, FL. — A large non-profit organization may be planning to house drug addicts and the homeless at the 47-room Port LaBelle Inn. Applications filed with Hendry County indicate Saint Matthews House of Collier county wants to change the property … Read more on Southwest Florida (blog)

Addiction Specialists Wary of New Painkiller
Published: November 15, 2013. Addiction experts protested loudly when the Food and Drug Administration approved a powerful new opioid painkiller last month, saying that it would set off a wave of abuse much as OxyContin did when it first appeared. Read more on New York Times

Online addiction program would offer resources to those in recovery
A Lexington-based company hopes to reconfigure addiction support and recovery for the digital age. "If you have internet access you can have access to recovery information," explained Drew Ingram, chief executive officer of Recovering(me), a 36-lesson … Read more on Lexington Herald Leader

In Race for Boston Mayor, Former Addicts Back Candidate With a Past
But here, a candidate for the city's highest office is himself a recovering alcoholic. This has moved many former addicts — drinkers and drug users — to step out from the shadows and publicly support Mr. Walsh, 46, a state representative who still … Read more on New York Times

A Forever Recovery Highlights 5 Frequently Asked Questions about Drug …
A Forever Recovery, a leading addiction treatment center that has pioneered a moral reasoning approach to recovery that empowers each individual client to access the spiritual, cognitive, and fellowship support that they need, has published a valuable … Read more on PR Web (press release)