New Help for Babies in Withdrawal and Moms Battling Addiction
The offer included requirements for mother as well: Yeager would have to visit Kennedy six times a week, help the nurses care for her baby, take parenting classes, meet regularly with the social worker, and attend her own addiction recovery sessions. Read more on NBCNews.com

Drug may give those leaving jail a better shot at recovery
“But there is no way to heal from addiction without doing the psychological work of recovery.” Alkermes provides all prisons and jails in Massachusetts with free samples for the first Vivitrol injection before release, and Medicaid or other health … Read more on The Boston Globe

Center helps first-time mother recover from addiction
Rodriguez received help at the Susan B. Anthony Recovery Center, a Pembroke Pines-based nonprofit that provides transitional housing and supportive services for mothers suffering from substance addiction while allowing them to remain with their children. Read more on Sun Sentinel

Addiction summit focuses on recovery programs (video)
One way West Virginia's lawmakers can fix the state's drug addiction woes is identifying and funding effective recovery programs, community members attending a pre-legislative session forum at Charleston's East End Family Resource Center said Tuesday. Read more on Charleston Gazette-Mail (subscription)

What you need to know about controversial rehab center planned for Haddonfield
After attempts to redevelop the land for public or open-space use fizzled, Recovery Centers of America announced they had an agreement to purchase the site and planned on opening a drug and treatment center. The move has been met with some … Deni … Read more on NJ.com

Jail a place where inmates get help
In recent years, the jail and its corrections officers have taken on an array of new services for inmates who truly need mental health assistance and drug and alcohol counseling. In 2014, the jail started to use Catalyst social workers 20 hours a week … Read more on Mansfield News Journal

Carly Fiorina: Overreacting to illegal drug use isn't the answer
"We know that we don't spend enough money on the treatment of drug use," said Fiorina, former chief executive of Hewlett-Packard. "When you … Fiorina said her doctor asked whether she, as a cancer patient, wanted access to medicinal marijuana. Read more on DesMoinesRegister.com

Recreation Briefs: SCaD's Skating Spectacular to Be CHaD Fundraiser
In addition to her distance-running successes, Hagley is a doctor of physical therapy and the rehabilitation manager at Valley Regional Hospital in Claremont. The talk is scheduled to start at 7 p.m., is free of charge and open to the public. The UVRC … Read more on Valley News

Training helps social workers, counselors give teens skills to abstain from …
Nine participants will be trained as lead supervisors and certified to be able to train others, said Dr. Catherine Martin, the principal investigator for the program known as Adolescent Health and Recovery Treatment and Training. … From coping with … Read more on Lexington Herald Leader

Vermont: Progress made in opiate fight
Tyler Nolan poses at a mall in Burlington, Vt., Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2014. Nolan, 23, has been in treatment for 10 months for heroin addiction. A year after Vermont grabbed national headlines when Gov. Peter Shumlin made fighting heroin and opiate abuse a … Read more on Belleville News Democrat

"Large" Drug Bust Made in Sussex Traffic Stop
MILTON, Del.- It is a bust that is being called "substantial," "significant" and "large" by drug enforcement agents. In a traffic stop in Milton, Delaware State Police seized almost 15,000 bags of heroin. The driver of the vehicle was 32-year old Davon … Read more on WBOC TV 16

SOMC opens medical stabilization service
“In Portsmouth we're going to be having patients calling from West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio and Southeast Indiana. Where ever that person is living, we're going to try to find an appropriate facility in there area. … “I think that this alcohol and … Read more on Portsmouth Daily Times

Parenting grandparents face litany of issues
HARVEYVILLE, Kan. — Donna and Buddy Smallwood thought their years of raising small children were over. Then they received a phone call about 2 1/2 years ago from a social worker. Their three grandchildren had been taken into protective custody and … Read more on Indiana Gazette

High-schoolers to fifth-graders: Don't use tobacco
The students will use a PowerPoint presentation packed with statistics. They will tell the inquisitive fifth-graders how tobacco killed more than 430,000 Americans last year and show them how much tar accumulates in a smoker's lungs, home, car and … Read more on The Republic

Can't You Hear the Whistle Blow
Government benefit programs rely on the honesty and integrity of insiders to report fraud, waste and abuse. … states that a drug manufacturer allegedly underpaid Medicaid rebates instead of offering the “best price” available; offered kickbacks to … Read more on Watchdog.org

Fighting addiction with another drug
Last year, heroin was the leading reason people ages 18 to 29 sought treatment for substance abuse, far surpassing admissions for alcohol, methamphetamine or prescription drugs. The number of young people admitted for heroin treatment has more than … Read more on The Columbian

Sheriff's Office: Pontiac man dies of suspected drug overdose hours before …
A 32-year-old Pontiac man is believed to have died of a drug overdose late Wednesday, Nov. 19, just hours before he was to enter a substance abuse rehabilitation clinic, according to the Oakland County Sheriff's Office. The man's aunt and uncle found … Read more on The Oakland Press

Providers say state rates harming addiction treatment
BOSTON (SHNS) – Addiction treatment industry officials skewered proposed reimbursement rates from the Patrick administration as “completely inadequate” and “capricious” during a hearing Tuesday before lawmakers who are reviewing the rate-setting … Read more on wwlp.com

Social worker charged with smoking crack while driving on I-65 with child in car
HOOVER, Alabama – A manager of a Birmingham substance abuse treatment center faces charges after authorities said she was driving down I-65 smoking a crack pipe with a young child in her car. Bari Joy Williams, 44, of Gardendale, is charged with … Read more on AL.com

What It Felt Like to Be a 'Suspicious' Black Teenager
We've all had our encounters; we've all been in situations where being black becomes synonymous with being suspicious, where demanding rights and respectful treatment can be seen as resisting law enforcement. So after the grand jury's … The cop had … Read more on Wall Street Journal

The Family Drug Addict and Thanksgiving
I've done the deal with my family drug addict. We've been through the phoney-baloney-hyped-up uselessness of the most expensive treatment center in Oklahoma. It did no good, largely because it catered to its privileged clients and went in for touchy … Read more on Patheos (blog)

High Drug Costs, Obamacare, Putting Squeeze on Private Cancer Specialists
And, adding to the problem is Obamacare, which has prompted many patients to buy inadequate levels of insurance in the marketplace for the treatment they need, and that places an extra burden on the patients and their doctors. Many doctors say they … Read more on WOAI.com

Alabama social worker arrested for driving down I-65 smoking crack with a …
According to the Hoover Police Department, the manager of a substance abuse treatment facility in Birmingham was caught driving down Interstate 65 smoking a crack pipe with a 5-year-old in the vehicle. Bari Joy Williams, a 44-year-old Gardendale … Read more on Yellowhammer News