New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie Visits Drug Treatment Center in UK
The Duchess has helped financially support Action on Addiction, an organization that provides funding for the 22-bed facility for women. Stateside, Mr. Christie has made drug treatment one of his main social-welfare programs. The Republican has … Read more on Wall Street Journal (blog)

There's an effective medicine for heroin addiction, but anti-drug warriors are …
There's a drug that could save the lives of thousands of heroin addicts. But the US is so mindlessly anti-drug that many treatment programs refuse to use it. The Huffington Post on Wednesday published an in-depth look at one of the best treatments for … Read more on Vox

SMART Recovery program to debut Feb. 4 on Athens Campus
The program helps people recover from all types of addiction and addictive behaviors, including: alcohol abuse, alcohol addiction, drug abuse, drug addiction, substance abuse, gambling addiction, prescription drug abuse, sexual addiction and other … Read more on Athens Messenger

Life of Purpose: Substance abuse treatment center for college students
Life of Purpose Treatment aims to serve as a bridge between a person's issues with addiction and substance abuse and a successful experience as a student. It is believed to be the only program of its kind on a college campus in the United States … Read more on WPTV.com

Treatment centers, insurance work to agree on heroin care
When someone wants treatment to end a heroin addiction, insurance shouldn't hold him back. That's the perspective of addiction treatment professionals who say the biggest issue they face with insurance companies is disagreements over whether a patient … Read more on Chicago Daily Herald

Treating heroin addiction
Community mental health centers are experts at addiction treatment and therapy and are ready to work collaboratively with the Department of Corrections to provide needed treatment and wrap around services to reduce the recidivism and relapse rate and … Read more on The Courier-Journal

Demand for addiction, mental health services keep hospital near full
When Beckett Springs Hospital completes its 24-bed expansion later this year, it still probably won't be enough room to meet the demand for its adult addiction and mental health treatment services. … owned by Springstone Inc., opened in mid-2013 at … Read more on Hamilton Journal News (subscription)

Dunklin County Family Treatment Court earns national distinction
The purpose of the Dunklin County Family Treatment Court is to reunify families that have entered the Juvenile Court System and have had children removed from their custody, due to substance abuse. … including Chief Deputy Juvenile Officer Tommy … Read more on Standard-Democrat

Area addiction treatment will soon be more affordable
The network of clinics recently was granted a license as a Behavioral Health Service Organization and a second license as an Alcohol and Other Drug Entity. The next, and final step for SelfRefind in assuring affordable addiction treatment and recovery … Read more on Central Kentucky News

Some correctional facilities treating addicts with medication
Scott Nolen, director of the drug addiction treatment program at Open Society Institute-Baltimore, a non-profit organization whose goals include increasing access to substance-abuse treatment, said correctional facilities also provide an opportunity … Read more on Baltimore Sun

Mother of drug–addicted infant going to prison
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Jamillah Falls, the first woman to be arrested under a Tennessee state law for giving birth to a drug-addicted baby, is going to prison. She opted for the court-mandated treatment program and was in rehab for several months, but she … Read more on wreg.com

Dying To Be Free
Most treatment programs haven't accepted medically assisted treatments such as Suboxone because of “myths and misinformation,” said Robert Lubran, the director of the pharmacological therapy division at the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health … Read more on Huffington Post

How to find drug and alcohol abuse treatment in NJ
New Jersey currently has about 825 licensed facilities for substance abuse along with several free outlets for information and assistance if you or a loved one is suffering from addiction to drugs or alcohol. While there is a shortage of residential … Read more on NJ.com

Ocean State addresses high drug, alcohol addiction rates
Rhode Island has recently found itself at the top of some undesirable lists — the state came in third in alcohol poisoning deaths and first in illicit drug use, according to findings from the Centers for Disease Control. Topping both lists has … Read more on The Brown Daily Herald

Innovatively Treating Residents with Alcohol and Drug Addictions
Baby boomers have comprised a unique generation in our nation's history and in American life. They were the first wave of births after the end of the Second World War, and witnessed the transformative decade of the 1960s, disco and rollerblades of the … Read more on Illinois Nursing Home Abuse Blog (blog)

Harbor Village Now Accepts Most major Insurance Companies
Harbor Village Florida is an affordable drug rehabilitation center. The residential drug and alcohol treatment center specializes in detox therapy, which is the process drug addicts and alcoholics must undergo before checking themselves into a … Read more on Insurance News Net

Florida Helpline Providing Assistance For Those in Need of Substance Abuse …
The alcoholism recovery hotline for Florida is assisting drug and alcohol abusers in locating a recovery program which offers the best chance at success with sobriety. LIGHTNING RELEASES 01/22/15 — Plenty of people in Florida don't think they have a … Read more on Press Release Rocket

Recovering addicts spread word of fatal batch of drug
“We have a lot of connections now to the recovery community who have been very helpful in getting the word out about just how dangerous this type of heroin is,” said Juile Dostal, director of the LEAF Council on Alcoholism and Addictions, with … Read more on Oneonta Daily Star