Lawmakers get more serious about helping addicts
For years, the people concerned with these problems nibbled at it only on the margins. Most states, including Indiana, have been far more likely to throw drug users in prison than to get them treatment. And there's been little appetite to fund what … Read more on Indianapolis Business Journal

Homeless in Vancouver: Treating meth addicts like pariahs for fun and profit
Turns out that, sanctimonious justifications aside, it's all about the high-pressure marketing of private U.S. drug treatment clinics. Rehabs.com isn't itself in the business of addiction treatment. It's in the business of steering addicts toward … Read more on Straight.com (blog)

Kane County board rejects treatment center in Campton Township
Emotional pleas by speakers, an impassioned request to look at the evidence and the possibility of a lawsuit failed to sway Kane County board members to approve a zoning application which would've cleared the way for an alcohol and drug treatment … Read more on Chicago Tribune

Nightclub tsar and cocaine dealer becomes rehab clinic owner
Some experts in addiction medicine have expressed scepticism about the involvement of Mr Metropolis and Mr Harland in a rehabilitation service. Others defended their role and claimed many counsellors had personal experienced substance abuse and … Read more on The Age