Selling Sobriety – Weld for Birmingham
For addicts without insurance—roughly 41 million Americans are uninsured — the prospect of seeking help can seem financially hopeless. After all, for those in the grip of addiction, it's much more cost effective to score more dope than to check into … Read more on Weld for Birmingham (blog)

Flavor Flav faces driving under the influence of cocaine charge after Las …
Drayton in 1993 was charged with domestic violence along with cocaine and marijuana charges and later checked into the Betty Ford Centre for treatment of a crack cocaine addiction. He also went to rehab in 1997 at the Long Island Center For Recovery. Read more on Daily Mail

MOVIE REVIEW: 'Amy' tracks singer Winehouse's soaring talent, tragic demise …
Before she won six Grammys (including a trio for her massive breakout hit "Rehab"), before she descended into a morass of addiction and public humiliation, before she died of alcohol poisoning at age 27, bravura British songwriter and vocalist Amy … Read more on Duluth News Tribune

With no money for drug rehab, 'some people just disappear'
County-run drug and alcohol offices, which have contracts with treatment service providers, are often the first stop for uninsured or underinsured people battling addiction. As heroin and opiate addiction in central Pennsylvania spiraled into full … Read more on PennLive.com

Browns QB Manziel closes chapter on "˜Johnny Football"™
It played a part in his nightmarish rookie season with the Browns after they drafted him 22nd overall last year, and it ultimately contributed to him spending more than 10 weeks this offseason in an inpatient rehabilitation facility specializing in … Read more on GoErie.com

Slew of New Studies Spot Links Between Psychiatric Medications and Bone …
Four different studies conducted in different ways examining different groups have linked use of certain psychiatric drugs, particularly SSRI antidepressants and antipsychotics but also benzodiazepines, to bone fracture risks and negative impacts on … Read more on Mad In America

Carbondale drug treatment center defies order to shut down
The owner of a controversial drug treatment center in Carbondale is defying a cease-and-desist order that directed her to close the facility. The city's zoning officer directed the Just Believe Recovery Center to shut down based on zoning board … Read more on Scranton Times-Tribune

Scott Storch, Producer and One-Time Millionaire, Files for Bankruptcy
A native of Long Island, New York, Storch has struggled with a cocaine addition since at least 2009, the year he checked into an inpatient rehab program in Florida. At his peak, Storch owned a $ 10 million mansion on Miami's Palm Island, a yacht … Read more on Newsmax

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Hampden woman to raise K for Wellspring Center
HAMPDEN, Maine (NEWS CENTER) — A Hampden Academy teacher is raising money and awareness for a local substance abuse treatment and recovery program. Lisa Scofield is taking on the challenge of riding her bike 800 miles across downeast and … Read more on WCSH-TV

NY Medicaid overhaul envisions combined outpatient care
In this Friday, May 1, 2015 photo, physician assistant Kristin Suchowiecki administers a nebulizer treatment on patient Jaylin Colon, 9, at Albany Med EmUrgentCare on Friday, May 1, 2015, in Coxsackie, N.Y. New York is using $ 8 billion in projected … Read more on Belleville News-Democrat

Temple Isaiah organizers look to address addiction at May 3 event
Scholl, a former case manager for the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Program at McLean Hospital, works with recovering addicts and families from the Greater Boston Area and provides couple counseling to clients. “Young adults are dying from opioid … Read more on Wicked Local Lexington

Jets agree to terms with LB Erin Henderson: source
Henderson, 28, told multiple outlets last May that he had completed a 30-day drug and alcohol rehab program and was sober after battling an alcohol problem. "There would be times where I would come to practice hung over," Henderson, 27, told USA Today … Read more on New York Daily News (blog)

Inside Peace Goes Behind Bars At SA's Dominguez State Jail
For someone who has spent much of his adult life in and out of the prison system for drug and alcohol-related crimes, it isn't a place he wants to return to anytime soon. "I was ready for … The Peace Education Program (PEP), which started at … Read more on San Antonio Current (blog)

Brookline doctor with ties to Quincy, Weymouth pleads guilty to multi-million …
MassHealth is Massachusetts' Medicaid program, which provides health insurance to the poor. Kishore's … Before his arrest Kishore, who founded his for-profit company in 1996, had been widely quoted in newspaper stories about drug treatment methods. Read more on The Patriot Ledger

Best Drug Rehabilitation Helps Pennsylvania Musician to Overcome Addiction
The treatment program at Best Drug Rehabilitation has many options that the patients can choose from, with guidance from the professional substance abuse treatment counselors and case managers employed there. The result is a personalized program that … Read more on Press Release Rocket

More funding for addiction treatment, but problems remain
(Lancaster) — Lancaster County recently shifted some mental health grant money from the state to help people addicted to drugs and alcohol, after it ran out of funds for inpatient treatment just five months into the fiscal year. Rick Kastner, head of … Read more on witf.org

Alcohol–dependence treatment Selincro granted licence
Many treatments for alcohol dependence – such as antabuse – are largely reliant on total abstinence. Dr Garrett McGovern, a Dublin-based GP who specialises in the area of addiction said: "Selincro seems to reduce the desire to drink lots of alcohol … Read more on BreakingNews.ie

Lake Orion-based addiction treatment center holding 5K community outreach …
Advertisement. Funds raised by Run Over Addiction support the Guest House, a nonprofit 501(c)3 that provides education and treatment for religious officials suffering from alcoholism, addictions and other behavioral health conditions. — Staff writer … Read more on The Daily Tribune

Teenagers, Dealing With Addiction, on What Might Have Helped
I teach writing at an inpatient drug and alcohol rehabilitation center, so I went to the source for answers. I asked my students to write about the question, “In your most receptive, optimistic and trusting moments, was there anything that anyone could … Read more on New York Times (blog)

Mass. Gaming Commission, MGM Springfield chime in on future of Springfield's …
Mass. Gaming Chair Steve Crosby discusses mitigation request for Western Mass. Correctional Alcohol Center Mass. Gaming Chair Stephen Crosby provides an update on the mitigation fund request for the Western Mass. Correctional Alcohol Center which must … Read more on MassLive.com

Delegation approves 0K loan for Crownsville treatment center
A $ 100,000 loan that could help open a substance abuse treatment center in Crownsville is now among the bond bills being sent to Gov. Larry Hogan by the Anne Arundel County legislative delegation. But as that's half the original request, the bill could … Read more on CapitalGazette.com

Pilot Program In SF Mission Fast Tracks Homeless To Rehab, Housing …
… in its fight to aid the homeless. Located in what was an abandoned school at 16th and Mission Street, the pilot program is the first-of-its kind center with a goal of connecting the homeless with housing or substance abuse treatment or rehab within … Read more on CBS Local