Fatal methadone overdoses soar in Kent County
Would seem to make more sense to substitute medical marijuana for methadone to treat addicts. Methadone can be just as lethal as the drug for which it's being substituted. I saw far more economic and personal damage from alcohol than from pot during my … Read more on WZZM

Dauphin County commissioners vow battle on prescription drug addiction …
Treatment dollars in Pennsylvania have been cut $ 18 million in four years, Hartwick said. “If we don't match up the appropriate length of time for treatment to the addiction assessment for the individual, it can be the biggest waste of money," he said … Read more on Patriot-News

Parents gather in Hillsdale to learn from father of drug addict
HILLSDALE – Before David Sheff, a journalist and author, stepped on the Pascack Valley High School stage to discuss his son's journey through drug addiction and rehabilitation, a Woodcliff Lake mother approached him in a small office in the school … Read more on NorthJersey.com

Question by Rin: I need an opinion on something serious?
I’m a sophmore in high school and i was caught by my parents buying pot. I have execptional grades (all b’s and a’s) and i’m on on honor roll in my school. Also i am a varsity xc runner. This has been the third time my parents have caught me. The first time they found it in my laundry at the start of freshman year about a week into starting to smoke. The second time 11 months later in the middle of August. Both times they have grounded me for a month (no phone, fb, hanging out with friends etc.)

Now my for my third offense my parents are sending me to a rehab center. It’s not a full on program where i am taken out of school and sent away. But it’s after school about 3-4 times a week for 2 hours. Now on top of this they are making me pay for this whole program. The reason they put me in this is because within the week i was ungrounded i was caught once again and they have concluded that i have an addiction to pot.

On top of putting me through a “substance abuse rehabilitation program” they are transferring me out of my highly ranked public school to put me in a Catholic school.

My argument to them is that i smoke pot once or twice a week which is maybe a bit over average but nothing extreme. And they know that. I also told them that it is not effecting my grades because freshmen year i had a 3.5 GPA, which isn’t outstanding but I think it is very good. I also show my parents respect, love them and spend time with them.

I would like to hear an opinion on my punishment.

Best answer:

Answer by Lee Bigwok
Dude I’m sorry but your parents have the leash on this one. I think that sucks for sure but you might have to wait until you’re eighteen. You’d have to play in the grey area to convince your parents.

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Bain Capital sees opportunity in methadone clinics
Substance abuse treatment is a $ 7.7 billion industry, according to a recent report by IBISWorld Inc., a New York research firm, and growing at an annual rate of about 2 percent. Continue reading below. Heroin and prescription drug addiction is “a giant … Read more on Boston Globe

Adams City High in Commerce City offers pot offenders treatment option
COMMERCE CITY — A handful of high school students in Commerce City identified as high-risk marijuana users can avoid traditional punishment by enrolling in a pilot, school-based treatment program created by substance abuse researchers from the … Read more on The Denver Post

Right Step Opens 'Women Only' Substance Abuse and Intimacy Disorders …
Right Step addiction treatment center in Dallas/Ft. Worth opens the Substance Abuse and Intimacy Disorders program (SAID DFW) for women only. SAID DFW treats women who have relationship and intimacy issues that are undermining their ability to live … Read more on PR Web (press release)

Heart-wrenching battle against addiction
Police, addiction services, pharmacists, doctors, social services and community-based organizations have all teamed up to deal with contributing factors and look at the whole picture, rather than just the drug addictions. In 2004, the only option open … Read more on TheChronicleHerald.ca

Cash grant for Leamington Spa drug service ESH Works
Royal Leamington Spa-based ESH Works Ltd, founded four years ago by three recovering addicts, has received the grant from Public Health England. It will use the money to help set up a clean house to help people overcome drug and alcohol problems. Read more on BBC News

Pa. bill would seek to regulate recovery homes
But the rules in this so-called recovery house, which, like hundreds of others in the region, aims to provide a sober living environment for recovering addicts – curfews, chore schedules, room inspections – hardly resemble dormitory life. "This is a … Read more on Philly.com

'Seinfeld' actor John Pinette, 50, dies in Pittsburgh hotel
Lou Rocco/ABC via Getty Images The comedian and actor checked into rehab in 2013 for a prescription drug addiction. He took a break from his comedy tour earlier this year to recover from several surgeries after losing weight, Pinette wrote on Twitter … Read more on New York Daily News

Question by Caren: Would it be a good business to set up a center where obese people can stay and lose weight?
There must not be any of those. I’m watching a show called my life over 600 pounds,, and these people go through surgery,, (the learning channel at night)
it would be better if at least they could go to a center that limits food and requires individual excersise.
before the surgery,,, they are at home, with family giving them fattening food.

there must not be any such centers anywhere in the states
but yet, there are centers for drug rehab that you can stay for months at a time.
one lady had that surgery and stayed 3 months in a hospital (why not have centers)?
why not put them in a center for 3 months to teach them how to eat right and lose weight?
just like a drug rehab place,,, makes sense

Best answer:

Answer by Trish
What do you mean, “there must not be any such centers”? Sure there are. They may not be very successful at keeping people thin for very long after they leave, but they exist, and some are very profitable. However, to go to them, people generally have to be financially well-off, because most insurance explicitly excludes weight loss treatment.

If you base your idea of what the market is like on “reality” TV shows, then you are not ready to own a business.

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Meet & Greet set to discuss plans for drug rehab center
Cindy Bellino will take her proposal to open a drug treatment center at the former Marian Community Hospital before the city's zoning board on Wednesday night, Feb. 26. But three days before that, she will hold a Meet & Greet at the Best Western … Read more on Carbondale News

Residential Drug Rehab To Land In Woodland
Despite heavy neighborhood opposition, a residential rehab and treatment center for professional women who are suffering from prescription drug addiction has received the green light. The four-bedroom facility, proposed off Trull Road near the Swiss … Read more on The Mountain Jackpot

Reformed drug addict launches community basketball team Dagenham Dragons
“I think drug addiction is often dealt with wrongly and people can find themselves pushed into a corner, but through basketball I just want people to know someone's there.” After impressing at a regional level, Jack represented his country as a youth … Read more on Barking and Dagenham Post

Prescription drugs lead to growing problem of infant addiction
The rise of prescription drug addiction has resulted in more babies born addicted to narcotics compared to just two decades ago, when infant addiction was associated more with street-level drugs. A 2012 study published in The Journal of the American … Read more on Monroe News Star

Ashley Benson made anti-drug pact over family's addiction issues
Actress Ashley Benson vowed never to experiment with drugs after watching addiction issues wreck the lives of some of her relatives. The star plays a drug-taking party girl in 2013 teen drama “Spring Breakers,” but Benson is adamant she would never … Read more on Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)

Rehab Leaders Ousted After THR Probe Planning New Facility
"People pull up in their cars in the middle of the night, knocking on doors, asking for the 'drug rehab mansion,'" says one neighbor, film producer Joseph Nasser. "You've got an elementary school down the street. I mean, what the heck?" THR … Read more on Hollywood Reporter

Attorneys General Ask FDA to Rethink Zohydro ER Approval
"Law enforcement officers, public health workers, and substance abuse treatment providers are just now beginning to stem the tide of prescription drug addiction. … "Due to the risks of addiction, abuse, and misuse with opioids, even at recommended … Read more on Medscape

State laws, police practices contribute to 'HIV epidemic' in Louisiana, report …
In the 57-page report, "In Harm's Way: State Response to Sex Workers, Drug Users, and HIV in New Orleans," researchers at the non-governmental watchdog organization said that laws that criminalize sex work and a dearth of syringe-access programs in the … Read more on NOLA.com