Lacking Funds, Springfield Inmate Treatment Center Faces Eviction And An …
As MGM prepares to build its casino in Springfield's South End, it's bought up a cluster of properties, evicting businesses and organizations. Among them is the Western Massachusetts Correctional Alcohol Center. It's a substance abuse treatment center … Read more on New England Public Radio

Addiction Treatment Goes Public: AAC's Recovery-Center Empire
Late one afternoon in September 2013, Jeremiah Jackson stopped in at his drug dealer's house to pick up heroin. While waiting around, he checked his voice mail and found a message from American Addiction Centers, a chain of drug and alcohol treatment … Read more on Bloomberg

Johnny Manziel in Rehab: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
From cleveland.com: “Manziel's partying was chronicled over the last year, from floating on swans to rolling up a bill in the bar of a bathroom, which the Browns found most 'disturbing.'” The name and location of the rehab center has not been disclosed. Read more on Heavy.com

Experienced Drug and Alcohol Detox Center Opens its Doors in Georgia, Fully …
In light of the current drug and alcohol dependency epidemic hitting communities across our nation, Sunrise Detox, an experienced industry-leader in drug and alcohol detox, opened the doors of its newest detox center in Alpharetta, Georgia on Wednesday … Read more on PR Web (press release)

New residential drug and alcohol treatment center opens
A new faith-based residential treatment center that helps adult women recover from drug and alcohol addictions has opened in Willard. Teen Challenge of the Firelands — which despite its name treats women of all ages 18 and over — opened a few weeks … Read more on Sandusky Register

County Jail Programs Tackle Addiction Across US
A spell in the county lockup gives inmates plenty of time to think and some jails give them plenty to think about, as they assess — voluntarily or not — the roles alcohol and drugs have played in their lives with substance abuse treatment programs … Read more on PublicCEO.com

New White Paper Published by Innovative Detox Compares Conventional …
Using this extensive documentation, this study found that traditional alcohol and drug rehab programs, based on the 28-day residential treatment program pioneered by Hazelden more than 35 years ago — a flawed approach that is totally dependent on the … Read more on Marketwired (press release)

Drug Treatment Court Participation Down
Their All Rise Philosophy and public service announcement persuade advocates that judges and lawyers know more about drug and alcohol addiction than the medical community. In the over 20 years of these expanding courts, there is not … Although we … Read more on Huffington Post

Chris Christie Calls For Republicans To Take A More Compassionate Approach …
All too often in both of our societies we have people who go for the lay-up, the easy stories," said Christie who met recovering addicts at the center run by Action on Addiction, a charity which boasts the support of Prince William's wife Kate, the … Read more on Huffington Post

In Newark, Markell calls for expanded addiction recovery services
Johnny Roache (center), services coordinator for Oxford House of Delaware, helped Attorney General Matt Denn and Gov. Jack Markell unveil a $ 4.5 million proposal for expanded addiction recovery services. The announcement was held Monday morning at … Read more on Newark Post

Highland Park family tackles addiction on multiple fronts
Tipsters are able to send a text communication to a dedicated number and receive a response from a counselor affiliated with the Child, Adolescent and Family Recovery Center in Lake Bluff. The professionals manning the service are experienced in drug … Read more on Chicago Tribune

Roth: Will Manziel, Jon Jones beat their demons?
Manziel has voluntarily checked himself into an undisclosed treatment center in Ohio to deal with his abuse of alcohol and possibly other substances that haven't been reported. Before this, I was rooting for Manziel to have a productive off-season … Read more on Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

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

Addiction recovery center on track to open
Funded by a state Department of Justice grant, the center will offer an alcohol and drug treatment program, Keatley said. The program will be offered during a three-year period. Organizers hope the center will be able to support itself by the time the … Read more on Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Jefferson County Family Drug Court selected as a peer-learning court
The Jefferson County Family Drug Court has been selected to be part of the Peer Learning Court Program developed by the Center for Children and Family Futures, with the support of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, part of the U … Read more on UAB News

Taiwan, China attack Internet addiction
“Technology itself is extremely addicting because it provides immediate feedback,” says Hilarie Cash, PhD, founder of reSTART, which claims to be the first inpatient Internet addiction treatment center in the U.S. “Children are growing up with so much … Read more on ConsumerAffairs

Fitness calendar for Tuesday, February 3
Acupuncture for cancer caregivers – Missoula Community Acupuncture, located in the Radio Central Building, 127 E Main St., Suite 314, offers free acupuncture treatments for friends, family, nurses, doctors or anyone who takes care of cancer patients on … Read more on The Missoulian

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