New addiction treatment center opens in Athens
A new addiction recovery center in Athens hopes to reduce the number of drug overdose related deaths by educating the public about drug overdoses and providing easy access to substance abuse treatment. … Etherington said ARC has aligned its … Read more on Online Athens

Dr. Wood: Parents need to stop addiction before it starts
Prevention of addiction happens before substance use starts and before abuse and addiction begin. Just as people can recover after a heart attack, so too can people recover after drug abuse and addiction. In both cases, people need help from families, … Read more on The Olympian

Budget cuts hit drug treatment, family services
Despite the state's battle against opiate addiction and its resolve to provide better supports for the children of needy families, those sectors of state government were not spared Wednesday when lawmakers finalized $ 31 million in budget cuts. Alcohol … Read more on vtdigger.org

Gisele Pollack, Broward DUI Judge, Fights to Save Her Career
Subsequently you took a leave of absence from the Court and you enrolled in an inpatient substance abuse treatment. 5. On May 1, 2014 you walked away from the inpatient substance abuse program. You drove from the inpatient substance abuse program … Read more on New Times Broward-Palm Beach (blog)

Editorial: Lacking substance
Improving access to substance abuse treatment is a laudable goal but let's face it — this is law-making at its laziest, and sadly par for the course on Beacon Hill. Of particular concern are the new mandates that require insurers to cover inpatient … Read more on Boston Herald

Aldon Smith Receives Nine-Game Suspension for Off-Field Problems
A statement Friday from the league said Smith had violated the N.F.L.'s substance-abuse and personal-conduct policies. Smith will not be eligible to return until Nov. 10. The 24-year-old Smith, one of the N.F.L.'s top pass rushers, missed five games … Read more on New York Times

Abbott government health policy needs a sharper focus
The Alcohol and Other Drugs Council of Australia (established by the Holt government in 1966), for instance, was axed. The Australian National Preventive Health … These costs were to be restrained through a new “efficient” price set by the national … Read more on The Conversation AU

Abusive behaviour led up to Rob Ford football dismissal: Documents
The document goes on to allege Ford – who sought treatment for drug and alcohol addictions earlier this year – showed up drunk at a practice just before the Eagles were in the Metro Bowl in 2012. That event came the same day a … "During the post … Read more on Shoreline Beacon

Rosemont, a 112-year-old program in SE Portland for troubled girls, closes its …
Rosemont Treatment Center, a 27-bed facility that provides mental health counseling, substance abuse treatment and schooling is terminating its contract with Oregon Youth Authority and the Department of Human Services due to a chronic lack of funding. Read more on The Oregonian – OregonLive.com

Rahall, officials to meet about substance abuse
On Thursday, Rahall and federal officials will visit two substance abuse treatment facilities — the Southern Highlands Community Mental Health Center in Welch and the FMRS Turning Point Center in Beckley — and meet with the Wyoming County Chapter of … Read more on Charleston Daily Mail

Rehab center to be located on Capital High property
The T-Center will be the first freestanding drug and alcohol abuse treatment center of its kind, housing up to 40 patients at a time to provide detoxification and stabilization programs, intensive outpatient programs and comprehensive family programs. Read more on Charleston Gazette

Proposed medical marijuana rules under fire
Cheryl D. Glenn told members of the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Marijuana Commission — named in honor of her late mother — that requirements and restrictions would disqualify patients a doctor would otherwise recommend for marijuana treatment … Read more on Baltimore Sun

American Addiction Centers Named to Inc. 500 List Recognition for Three-Year …
American Addiction Centers, a leading national provider of inpatient substance abuse treatment services for individuals with drug and/or alcohol addiction, has been named to the Inc. 500 List of America's Fastest Growing Private Companies. The company … Read more on DigitalJournal.com

Robin Williams' death highlights challenge of treating severe depression
Dr. Harry Croft, a psychiatrist and addiction expert and chief of CNS Trials at the Clinical Trials of Texas, says the phrase suggests to him that Williams wasn't actually planning to visit a rehab center for addiction but was instead seeking help at a … Read more on CBS News

Adolescent substance abuse centers receive grants
prescription drugs The grants will fund comprehensive adolescent substance abuse treatment programs, both expanding treatment beds at existing facilities and creating new adolescent treatment programs with the full continuum of care, including … Read more on The Lane Report

Robin Williams Drug Problems: Alcohol, Cocaine Addiction Punctuated Brilliant …
Months earlier he had checked into rehab, where he was treated for alcohol addiction. He told ABC's Diane Sawyer that falling back into abuse was “very gradual,” and that addiction is a sickness that knows no statute of limitations. “It waits,” he said … Read more on International Business Times

KVC Kentucky Awarded Million Substance Abuse Treatment Grant to Help …
KVC Kentucky was among 19 substance abuse treatment providers who were selected for funding through the program. The grants were announced by Attorney General Jack Conway, Gov. Steve Beshear, First Lady Jane Beshear and members of the … Read more on Virtual-Strategy Magazine (press release)

Coptic Orthodox Diocese plans substance abuse treatment facility near Brooksville
The Hernando County Planning and Zoning Commission on Monday will hear an application from the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern United States for a special exception allowing a substance abuse rehabilitation facility and church on property off … Read more on Tampabay.com