PlaySpace will lose 0000 under new plan for grant
VYFS announced late last month that the Vashon Alliance to Reduce Substance Abuse (VARSA), a volunteer group that has been working to reassess how it spends $ 145,000 in annual funds to tackle teen substance abuse, has chosen to redirect about $ 100,000 … Read more on Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber

Seniors' use of Medicare meds staggering
The rise in such prescriptions reflects "old teaching" that led many physicians to over-prescribe the drugs, especially for long-term treatment, says Jane Ballantyne, anesthesiologist and pain medicine expert at the University of Washington Medical Center. Read more on KSDK

Substance abuse treatment provider Fellowship Hall embarks on capital …
The private, nonprofit substance abuse treatment center plans to use the expansion to grow capacity for its extended treatment offerings, with two new lodges for those it treats along with a multipurpose building, all built on its 120-acre campus in … Read more on Triad Business Journal