Aldon Smith suspended nine games by NFL
In a brief news release, the league said Smith was punished for violating both the league's policy regarding substance abuse and its personal conduct policy. Smith, 24, missed five games last season after entering an alcohol rehabilitation center. Read more on Sacramento Bee

Residents Upset Over Sober Living Facility in Happy Valley
“We felt that we should have been notified — bottom line,” said Happy Valley resident Chris David, who also lives near the sober living facility, which is advertised as an “Alcohol, Drug & Gambling Addiction Treatment Center For Men,” on its website. Read more on SCVNEWS.com

Parents have mixed views on planned rehab center near Capital High School
“I feel like drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers have an interest in the privacy of their patients, and there would be very little interaction between the high school and the center,” she said. “Also, it's on the other side of a busy road and … Read more on Charleston Gazette

Uganda's gay rights and sex worker activists answer your questions about HIV …
Part of the problem, according to many of the world's top public health experts, is that the populations most at risk for HIV infection — including gay men and sex workers — face laws that do little but increase stigma, drive these groups underground … Read more on PBS NewsHour

More Tasmanians seek help for alcohol than other drugs, report shows
Treatment patterns in Tasmania were similar to those nationally with alcohol, cannabis, amphetamines and heroin being the four main problem drugs respectively. However there is a slightly higher proportion of people seeking treatment for cannabis in … Read more on ABC Online

A better understanding of mental illness hasn't reduced the stigma around it
People also gave a greater endorsement of psychiatric treatment for alcohol dependence, up from 61 percent in 1996 to 79 percent in 2006. There was also a greater understanding of the neurobiological causes of mental illness, though there was less … Read more on Washington Post (blog)

Robin Williams checked into Minnesota rehab center to 'focus on continued …
While he was at Hazeldon Addiction Treatment Center, the actor and comedian paid a visit to a Dairy Queen in Linstrom nearby on June 29. … He described feelings of loneliness and fear that pushed him back towards alcohol at that time. 'I was in a … Read more on Daily Mail

Man accused in Long Branch killings was previously convicted of sexually …
As part of his supervision, Farmer was required to notify any employer of his criminal record, not use alcohol and attend substance abuse and mental health treatment, he said. Farmer was also not allowed to use a computer or similar device or create … Read more on The Star-Ledger

Sheriff's office eyed as million drug treatment center
In addition, the move would allow McKinley Hall, a drug addiction treatment and rehabilitation facility in Springfield, to establish Clark County's only women's residential drug treatment center. It would also result in the sheriff's detectives and … Read more on Springfield News Sun

A vision for family-centric addict rehab
She wanted to know whether the brand-new alcoholism and addiction treatment center in rural Cumberland County, N.J., could help her husband. Seabrook cofounder Margaret "Peg" Diehl gave the visitor the answer she'd learned by heart in the 1960s, … Read more on Philly.com

Dallas Drug Treatment Centers Invites New Patients to Seek Alcohol and Drug …
Very few offered long-term, residential alcohol rehab treatment services. Medicaid, for various reasons, was unable in the past to provide treatment for drug addiction. Thankfully, this is no longer the case and people living in Dallas can now receive … Read more on PRunderground

Into Action Treatment Center to Join Exhibitors at C.O.R.E. Conference
Into Action Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Center will join other professional exhibitors at the Clinical Overview of the Recovery Experience (C.O.R.E.) Conference July 20-23 in Amelia Island, Florida, where national and international addiction … Read more on PR Web (press release)

Two Americans infected with Ebola in Liberia outbreak
Samaritan's Purse, a Christian charity, said that its physician Kent Brantly was in stable condition and had been isolated at the group's Ebola treatment center at the ELWA hospital in the Liberian capital Monrovia. His symptoms included intermittent … Read more on Rappler

Monastery property could become a residential drug treatment center
“Steps Recovery Center has purchased the Mount Benedict's Monastery and has plans to operate it as a residential treatment center for substance abuse. As our name would indicate, we use the 12-Step treatment model, which being spiritual in nature, … Read more on Standard-Examiner

Ann Arbor yoga studio to hold fundraising class to benefit Dawn Farm
Dawn Farm is the largest provider of services for people with addictions in Washtenaw County and has been around since 1973. Dawn Farm is a Michigan addiction treatment center with an emphasis on the recovering community as the most important source … Read more on Heritage Newspapers

Helpline for Gibsonville Can Help in Finding Teen Drug and Alcohol Rehab
A new helpline in Gibsonville, NC can help locate substance abuse treatment centers for teens in trouble. LIGHTNING RELEASES 07/21/14 – When a teenager starts to use drugs and alcohol, they are often unaware of the physical, mental and emotional toll … Read more on Ticker Report

EU's 'barking mad' £25million taxpayer donation to rehabilitate PERUVIAN drug …
Only last year England was branded the “addiction capital of Europe” in a report by the Centre for Social Justice. This is another … Funds for the EU anti-drug programme will be used by Peru to provide treatment for drug addicts, bolstering … Read more on Express.co.uk

Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation CEO on publishing in the digital age
Mark Mishek, CEO of the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, says that when he's out and about it's the organization's published works that people most often bring up. Teachers want to talk about Hazelden's bullying curriculum. If he's wearing a … Read more on Minneapolis Star Tribune

S. Ogden neighbors line up to oppose drug rehab center
The nonprofit Horsley Foundation and STEPS Recovery Center recently purchased the property, pending city approval of a conditional use permit that would allow 64 potential clients to live on the closed campus. … The U.S. Department of Justice lists … Read more on Standard-Examiner

FDA Prescription Drug Abuse Plan Hits – and Misses – the Mark
He is CEO of Elements Behavioral Health, a network of mental health and addiction treatment centers that includes an adolescent rehab at Right Step as well as Promises, The Ranch, The Recovery Place, The Sexual Recovery Institute, Clarity Way, Journey … Read more on PsychCentral.com (blog)

'Cost of Addiction Rehab Increases, Yet Relapse Rate Stays the Same,' Says …
Even though the cost of drug addiction rehab is rising by leaps and bounds every year, the benefits offered by many rehab centers in the US or Canada is of dubious value. Especially for short-term drug rehab programs, relapse rates remain astonishingly … Read more on Motor E magazine