Choking to death: should we stop sending women to prison?
“I didn't tell the girls I hadn't done them before – I just wanted to fit in,” she tells me when we meet at Brighton Oasis Project, a charity for women with drug or alcohol addictions. By her second jail sentence, at HMP Bronzefield in …. All current … Read more on New Statesman

Hamilton hospital aims to change mental health care
“Just as there is no shame in getting an MRI to diagnose an illness, or seeking medical treatment for diabetes, there should be no shame in seeking mental or addiction care.” The new 855,000 square foot facility also features a number of improved … Read more on CP24 Toronto’s Breaking News

Fitness calendar
Acupuncture for cancer caregivers – Missoula Community Acupunture, 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

Times In-Depth: Heroin's deadly return to Erie
The department in its most recent annual report said the number of people in Pennsylvania who had received a specific treatment for heroin addiction — detoxification using a drug called Buprenorphine — increased to 780 in 2010-2011 from nearly 500 in … Read more on GoErie.com