North County Cares Coalition asks Berkshire Medical Center for detox center
NORTH ADAMS >> With the region still in the throes of an epidemic of opioid addiction, a Northern Berkshire advocacy group is asking Berkshire Medical Center to open an inpatient detox center in its North Adams campus. The North County Cares Coalition … Read more on Berkshire Eagle (subscription)

Vivitrol helps Uhrichsville woman, Brittany Mills, recover from heroin …
She was in the Stark County jail. A heroin addict, she was charged with possessing drug abuse instruments and passing bad checks. The latter charge came from trying to cash a check from an account her grandparents closed after she stole their checkbook. Read more on New Philadelphia Times Reporter

Pharmacists educating teens on prescription medications
It's a collaboration involving the local business community, law enforcement, prevention professionals, people in recovery and concerned parents. The event is aimed at bringing the community together to grasp the reality and scope of the problems of … Read more on Carroll County Times

Substance abuse treatment: Manchin's proposal merits discussion
Va., has come up with a good idea as it relates to future funding for substance abuse treatment centers across the Mountain State and the nation. The West Virginia lawmaker is proposing legislation that could raise one-and-half to two billion dollars a … Read more on Bluefield Daily Telegraph

First Substance Abuse Treatment Unit Opens at a WV Regional Jail
West Virginia launches its first inpatient substance abuse treatment program in a regional jail today. The 28-bed unit will serve male inmates at the Southwestern Regional Jail in Logan County who are awaiting transfer to prison. The Logan County … Read more on West Virginia Public Broadcasting

Church, new treatment center strive to fight drug abuse
In unrelated campaigns, a church and a new outpatient drug treatment center are focusing on preventing and treating drug addiction this month. St. Michael Catholic Community in Sterling Heights will participate in a National Drug Take Back Day event 10 … Read more on C&G Newspapers

Four Takeaways From The National Rx Drug Abuse And Heroin Summit
At the end of March, over 1,900 people convened in Atlanta, Georgia, at the National Prescription Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit, with attendees including advocates, clinicians, treatment providers, law enforcement officers and government officials … Read more on Forbes

Overdose-reversing drug leading addicts to avoid treatment for addiction …
Ralph worries addicts revived by Narcan miss out on being directed to treatment for their addiction. "The hospital provides a social services person to get them into some kind of counseling and then can guide them into some kind of treatment center … Read more on ABC6OnYourSide.com

Treatment more vital than punishment in many cases, specialists say
“The cases that come through my court are related to addictions, either with alcohol or drugs. There's always present among those defendants, issues that are mental health-related,” he said as he sat on a panel of community experts from the county … Read more on Terre Haute Tribune Star

Vivitrol Cuts Relapse Risk in Opioid Addicts
About 2.6 million people in the U.S. are addicted to opioids, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Since 2001, the number of people who have fatally overdosed on prescription opioids has more than tripled, and the … Read more on WebMD

Lamar Odom — Khloe Demanding Trip to Rehab … He's Saying No, No, No!
… us Khloe's doing everything she can to convince him to get treatment for addiction. We're told LO's happy to go to physical rehab, but refuses to deal with his drug demons. We're told Khloe's even suggested an outpatient program, but Odom remains … Read more on TMZ.com

Curbing pain prescriptions won't reduce overdoses. More drug treatment will
In addition, looked at from the chronic pain treatment perspective, studies find that very low percentages of people who do not have previous drug abuse histories become addicted during pain care. In a large study of overdose victims, only 13% had a … Read more on The Guardian

2700+ Substance Abuse Prevention Specialists Convene at CADCA's National …
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — More than 2,700 substance abuse prevention and treatment specialists from throughout the country will convene at Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America's (CADCA) 26th Annual National … Read more on PR Newswire (press release)

Grant enables DV Middle School to start Life Skills Training
According to the press release, LST has been recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as an “exemplary program.” The National Institute on Drug Abuse added the program to a list of “programs that work” and the White House Office of National Drug … Read more on NEagle

A vaccine for drug addiction is in the works
A vaccine, which has undergone tests in animal subjects so far, holds promise, said Dr. William Compton, deputy director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse. The vaccine would “produce an antibody response which would latch onto the drug of use … Read more on Medill Reports: Chicago

Baldwin County law enforcement waging daily battle in 'War on Drugs'
Tetreau is also heading up the Baldwin County Drug Abuse Resistance Awareness Program, which began this year with a pair of pilot programs, at Swift School and Magnolia School. D.A.R.E. is a community-oriented police program. It allows police officers … Read more on Gulf Coast News Today

Group calls for more addiction treatment
“Drug addiction among young people is a horrendous and life-threatening epidemic — a deadly epidemic, as we have seen in the last few days,” Blumenthal said, referring to the nine heroin overdoses, one of them fatal, that occurred in New London County … Read more on CT Post

Big caseloads for drug abuse counselors
MONTPELIER. – Vermont has expanded addiction treatment in a big way in recent years, but a state Senate committee heard Thursday of continuing waiting lists for treatment and huge caseloads for substance abuse counselors. The Senate Health and … Read more on BurlingtonFreePress.com

Opinionator | Staying Sober After Treatment Ends
A related reason is that the face of drug abuse is changing — a factor that has led to a softening of drug policy in general. In the last decade, 90 percent of new heroin users have been white, and suddenly people in power are noticing that drug abuse … Read more on New York Times (blog)

Resident says problems were rampant at Fortitude Treatment Center
"They were never checked on,” she said. “They were taking drugs in the facility, sharing drugs with each other." Not only did she make claims of drug abuse, she said offenders like her son were supposed to leave for work or to look for jobs during the … Read more on fox13now.com