Breast Cancer Care and Substance Abuse Awareness and Education to Benefit …
In addition, an endowed gift of $ 1.375 million will create the “Tina Posner Substance Abuse Education and Treatment Fund” to improve treatment and awareness of substance abuse through the Sandler Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Education in the … Read more on Business Wire (press release)

1st Dallas nurse with Ebola headed to Maryland
DALLAS (AP) – The first Dallas nurse to have contracted Ebola after treating an infected Liberian man has left a Dallas hospital. Nina Pham left Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas in an ambulance escorted by police shortly before 6 p.m. Thursday. Read more on WBTW – Myrtle Beach and Florence SC

Georgia's 178-Acre Bluff Plantation Offers Comprehensive Inpatient Addiction …
AUGUSTA, Ga., Oct. 15, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Today's opening of the premier luxury inpatient addiction facility on the East Coast, The Bluff Plantation marks a unique new partnership for alcohol and drug rehabilitation treatment as a progressive … Read more on PR Newswire (press release)

Obama cancels NJ fundraising visit for Ebola meeting
Chris Christie talks with women and staffers of The Center for Great Expectations in Somerset at 11:15 a.m., then makes a funding announcement for addiction treatment and prevention programs at 11:40 a.m. He's not taking questions from reporters at the … Read more on Asbury Park Press

Some residents want Charleroi Suboxone clinic closed
With a limited number of addiction treatment centers and a growing heroin epidemic, a Suboxone clinic in Charleroi is at risk of closing. A case in Washington … day care center. “Trust me I am all about drug addicts getting help, but it can't be by a … Read more on Observer-Reporter

Brookfield grads share stories of drug addiction to spare others
Brookfield CARES, a substance abuse and suicide prevention organization, will be hosting "Courageous Kids Dare to Discuss Drugs" in which former students discuss their battle with substance abuse and road to recovery. The program will be held during … Read more on Danbury News Times

'Addiction' is a combination of entertainment and intervention
There's a love addict who ignores her children, a sugar abuser, a gambler who can't walk away from a sure thing, a social media junkie, and a few drug abusers. The characters each employ humor, grief, and reflection to work through their issues, and … Read more on Detroit Metro Times

Speech by feminist blogger canceled after anonymous threat
The man, an enlisted service member, checked into the U.S. Navy's Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Program over the summer for alcoholism. While there, doctors realized he was also going through withdrawal from his Google Glass, Dr. Andrew Doan told … Read more on The Week Magazine

Former Raider Barret Robbins back in Bay Area, rebuilding his life
Jailed on a probation violation, the one-time Raiders center was uninterested in talking about his very public implosion — one that began with missing Super Bowl XXXVII in San Diego after a night of partying in Tijuana and bottomed out three years … Read more on Contra Costa Times

.5M grant awarded to UM professors to study genetics of drug abuse in rats
Two University of Michigan professors will study addiction-related behaviors among rats in an effort that will further research on understanding substance abuse by people. Terry Robinson, the Elliot … The two are participating in a new national … Read more on The Ann Arbor News

Viewpoints: Keeping drugs out of prison will help inmates and their families
A clear connection exists between drug trafficking, substance abuse, gang activity and prison violence. When unimpeded, drug trafficking challenges the credibility of the correctional system and prevents inmates from benefiting from drug and alcohol … Read more on Sacramento Bee

Pilot Program Offering Treatment to Drug Addicts Surprisingly Successful
Brown County – A new program to offer treatment options to drug addicts being housed in the Brown County Jail is turning out to be more successful than anyone expected. We first told you about the pilot program in a Target 2 Investigation in May, and … Read more on WBAY

Experimental Ebola Drug Puts Its Maker, Chimerix, Back in the Spotlight
That same antiviral drug has suddenly become the medicine of choice for Ebola, being used on an emergency basis to treat both the Liberian patient in Dallas and the NBC News cameraman in Nebraska. What is … That is a sign of the paucity of options. Read more on New York Times

Connersville needs treatment options for heroin addicts
The benefits of substance abuse treatment far outweigh the cost of incarceration. There are no methadone clinics in Connersville; when patients have no options for work and no options for treatment, guess what they do? And now the drugs, mainly heroin … Read more on Indianapolis Star

Florence County man killed in crash after vehicle runs stop sign – WBTW-TV …
… Coroner's Office identified the victim as Ervin Jermaine Gamble, Jr., 27, of Lake City. Troopers say Gamble was not wearing a seat belt. Four additional people involved in the accident were taken to local hospitals to receive treatment for minor … Read more on WBTW – Myrtle Beach and Florence SC

Real-life Grinch stole Christmas
Ladd can apply for early release after spending 30 days behind bars. Teen Challenge is a 12- to 18-month, Christian-based program for people of all ages with life-controlling addictions. A CBCF is a form of prison which focuses on substance abuse … Read more on Norwalk Reflector

Ebola Cure: Patients Turn to Experimental Drugs
While it has never been tested in people with Ebola before, brincidofovir is currently the choice of treatment for people infected with the virus on emergency basis. It was used to treat the Liberian man, Thomas Duncan, who died on Wednesday. The same … Read more on Crossmap

Federal funding to help agencies combat youth drug abuse
Funding was provided by the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration recently in the amount of $ 125,000 a year for the next five years to Pivot, formerly known as the Alcohol and Substance Abuse Council of Jefferson County, and … Read more on WatertownDailyTimes.com

South Charlotte golf tournament held to help fight substance abuse
According to Robert Cullip, a Myers Park High marketing teacher and DECA adviser, funds raised will go to offer programs and services to help prevent substance abuse and teen alcohol and drug use, and promote drug-free workplaces and schools. Read more on Charlotte Observer