Resources scarce for teen addicts
Editor's note: This is the second in a Sunday series on the spread of drug addiction, including prescription pills, heroin and other opiates in Coweta County. The series takes a look at drug use, treatment programs – or the lack thereof – as well as … Read more on Newnan Times-Herald

What Goes on Inside an Intervention?
John Lloyd is a certified addiction specialist, interventionist, and certified in anger management and domestic violence intervention. John has worked in the drug and alcohol treatment field for over eleven years and is in long term recovery himself … Read more on PsychCentral.com (blog)

Drug–addicted mothers an 'epidemic' in W.Va.
Jordan, a behavioral health counselor, and Kosa, a social worker, both deal with drug-addicted mothers on a weekly basis at FamilyCare Health Centers in Putnam, Boone and Kanawha counties. They provide weekly programs for women … “We started treating … Read more on Charleston Gazette

State to test telehealth drug treatment program
PIERRE, S.D. — In an effort to get more treatment services to rural South Dakota, the Department of Social Services is exploring using telemedicine to help drug and alcohol abusers in remote parts of the state stay sober and out of prison, state … Read more on Centre Daily Times