Similar cases yield very different results in Wisconsin prison system
That means Whiteside could have been set free after about 12 years, and will likely have to be released after about 31. He has …. Another roadblock Whiteside faces is that he must complete a substance abuse treatment program before he can be released. Read more on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Legal marijuana may have unintended consequences
Ironically, treatment centers such as Serenity Lane stand to benefit from the election results. It's not uncommon at all for us to see marijuana addiction among our patients who come in for treatment for alcoholism, prescription drug and/or opiate … Read more on The Register-Guard

Lincoln Park students hear how childhood trauma can result in addiction
By the time he was discharged in 1994, he was institutionalized in maximum security at a Veterans Administration hospital, where he was treated for alcoholism and bipolar disorder. It was during that treatment that he discovered his own self. "You have … Read more on NorthJersey.com

Houston sobering center turns to public for help
The vans are part of what substance abuse professionals call the "warm handoff" principle, the idea that a person who agrees to get help should be quickly shepherded to a detox or treatment center, whatever the next step might be, without pause and … Read more on Houston Chronicle

Sugar Rehab: New Treatment for Not-So-Sweet Addiction
… work that we have done in the laboratory. … What we see (in the reward center of the brain) are identical, indistinguishable changes between sugar or food addiction and any other addiction, for instance, cocaine, methamphetamine, morphine, alcohol. Read more on NBCNews.com

Use Stockley Center to fight drug abuse in Delaware
The News Journal reported on Nov. 11 that the Department of Health and Social Services is requesting $ 3.6 million for enhancements to existing substance-abuse programs. Citizens for the Greater Good and Citizens for Criminal Justice challenge DHSS on … Read more on The News Journal

Recovery Focus: Caron Treatment Centers
A nationally recognized non-profit provider of alcohol and drug addiction treatment, Caron Treatment Centers is one of the oldest and largest drug and alcohol addiction treatment center organizations in the U.S. The acclaimed Caron network operates … Read more on IrishCentral

Family of Man Killed by Substance Abuse Counselor in DUI Crash Sues Driver's …
The family's lawsuit alleges Wilkins' employer was negligent in allowing her to drive, and was aware of her substance abuse problems, among other claims. Attorney Brian Kabateck claimed that Wilkins was drinking on the job and collided with Moreno just … Read more on KTLA

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

Tom Hanks's Son Reveals Cocaine Addiction, Says He's '50 Days Clean'
Chester "Chet" Hanks, the eldest son of Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, has revealed that he entered rehab for an addiction to cocaine – but is now "50 days clean and sober from everything, including alcohol." "I've been struggling with substance abuse … Read more on People Magazine

Inside Heroin: Local agencies combat addiction to drug
… use — and addiction to any other drug — through the many programs the nonprofit Christian organization offers its community. Those services range from a soup kitchen and homeless shelter to drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs and a family … Read more on Yuma Sun

NIH medical research funding is vital in Louisiana and across the nation: Dr …
LSU Health New Orleans research programs address some of the most important health issues today — cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, childhood obesity, Alzheimer's disease, stroke and substance abuse. Recent discoveries made by our faculty … Read more on The Times-Picayune – NOLA.com

From jail cell to voting booth, ex-prostitutes and drug addicts find a voice …
"I've never voted in my life," the 30-year-old Louisiana native said with a shrug. "I don't even understand politics." Fisher came to Houston five years … Those who do are moved to a "tank" at the jail where they all live, and where specialists visit … Read more on Houston Chronicle

Fighting an Epidemic With Hands Tied
Organizing workers in West Africa has been a problem. Credit Daniel Berehulak for … Although there are currently no drugs or vaccines approved in the United States to treat or prevent Ebola, health officials have used several experimental drugs in … Read more on New York Times

L.A. County backs laws allowing access to experimental drugs for the …
“Terminally ill patients should not have to navigate the FDA's bureaucratic process to access a drug and treatment that may help save their life,” Antonovich, who is in Washington, D.C., and did not attend today's board meeting, said in a statement … Read more on MyNewsLA.com

New inpatient addiction treatment center launched by Community Hospital Long …
The Partial Hospitalization/Intensive Outpatient Program provides daily intensive therapy for patients who are suffering from both addiction and a mental illness. This occurrence of a dual diagnosis is high. According to the National Alliance on Mental … Read more on Orange County Breeze

Update for the practicing pathologist: The International Consultation On …
In 1999, the WHO, maintaining papilloma and PUNLMP as diagnostic categories, re-appropriated the labels of Grade I, Grade II, and Grade III urothelial carcinoma,9 but used them to label lesions defined by criteria different from those of the 1973 WHO … Read more on Nature.com

Investigational HCV Combo Delivers in Differing Groups
The researchers conducting the so-called C-SWIFT trial also looked at 6-week and 8-week courses of treatment for harder-to-cure cirrhotic genotype 1 HCV patients. … moderator Michael Fried, MD, director of the University of North Carolina Liver … Read more on MedPage Today

For Returning Veterans Suffering From Both Mental Health and Substance …
The Welcome Back Veterans Dual Diagnosis Program integrates both mental health treatment with substance abuse services to veterans and their families free of charge. … Established in 2012 as the first of its kind in New York City, the Steven and … Read more on Newswise (press release)