Long road to recovery starts with first step for former heroin addict
According to the Michigan Department of Community Health Bureau of Substance Abuse and Addiction Services, 5,156 people in Oakland County were admitted to publicly funded treatment programs in 2012, and of that number, 26.1 percent cited heroin as … Read more on Hometownlife.com

Editorial: NJ drug addiction study underscores deadly problem facing state
The report offers an array of recommendations to help stave off the grim statistics that in 2012 showed more than 8,300 admissions to state-licensed or substance abuse treatment programs for prescription drug abuse – a 700 percent increase since 2002. Read more on NJ.com

Dealing with Austin's drinking problem
"Austin's drinking issue goes hand and with the culture we have here," said Harvey who is the CEO of The Arbor Treatment Center in Austin. The abuse of alcohol may have factored into the deadly SXSW crash Thursday. For Harvey, it serves as a community … Read more on MyFox Austin

HIGH PREVALENCE OF DRUG ABUSE BY YOUTH
He stressing on the need that the society has to put collective effort to check the menace, “I think all of us have a role in defeating substance abuse, the pharmacy which sells this poison ought to understand that his son is equally vulnerable … Read more on GreaterKashmir.com