ABC anchor Elizabeth Vargas checks into rehab for alcohol addiction while on …
"While on vacation this weekend, I decided to return to a recovery center. As so many other recovering alcoholics know, overcoming the disease can be a long and incredibly difficult process," Vargas, 51, said in a statement to The News Sunday. "I feel … Read more on New York Daily News

Dealing with addiction: Japan's drinking problem
The meeting has been organized by the Tokyo branch of the All Nippon Abstinence Association (Zen Nihon Danshu Renmei), a support group for recovering alcoholics. “I tried to quit alcohol on my own but I couldn't. It wasn't until my doctor introduced me … Read more on The Japan Times

Local halfway house breaks cycle
“The Thirteen Step House is a safe place to go and get these men out of their drinking environment for a short spell,” Combs said. “(They are able) to get a strong foundation of recovery under their belt to return home and continue to work their … Read more on Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

Abbott government health policy needs a sharper focus
The Alcohol and Other Drugs Council of Australia (established by the Holt government in 1966), for instance, was axed. The Australian National Preventive Health … These costs were to be restrained through a new “efficient” price set by the national … Read more on The Conversation AU

Abusive behaviour led up to Rob Ford football dismissal: Documents
The document goes on to allege Ford – who sought treatment for drug and alcohol addictions earlier this year – showed up drunk at a practice just before the Eagles were in the Metro Bowl in 2012. That event came the same day a … "During the post … Read more on Shoreline Beacon

Rosemont, a 112-year-old program in SE Portland for troubled girls, closes its …
Rosemont Treatment Center, a 27-bed facility that provides mental health counseling, substance abuse treatment and schooling is terminating its contract with Oregon Youth Authority and the Department of Human Services due to a chronic lack of funding. Read more on The Oregonian – OregonLive.com

American Addiction Centers Named to Inc. 500 List Recognition for Three-Year …
American Addiction Centers, a leading national provider of inpatient substance abuse treatment services for individuals with drug and/or alcohol addiction, has been named to the Inc. 500 List of America's Fastest Growing Private Companies. The company … Read more on DigitalJournal.com

Robin Williams' death highlights challenge of treating severe depression
Dr. Harry Croft, a psychiatrist and addiction expert and chief of CNS Trials at the Clinical Trials of Texas, says the phrase suggests to him that Williams wasn't actually planning to visit a rehab center for addiction but was instead seeking help at a … Read more on CBS News

Adolescent substance abuse centers receive grants
prescription drugs The grants will fund comprehensive adolescent substance abuse treatment programs, both expanding treatment beds at existing facilities and creating new adolescent treatment programs with the full continuum of care, including … Read more on The Lane Report

Robin Williams Drug Problems: Alcohol, Cocaine Addiction Punctuated Brilliant …
Months earlier he had checked into rehab, where he was treated for alcohol addiction. He told ABC's Diane Sawyer that falling back into abuse was “very gradual,” and that addiction is a sickness that knows no statute of limitations. “It waits,” he said … Read more on International Business Times

KVC Kentucky Awarded Million Substance Abuse Treatment Grant to Help …
KVC Kentucky was among 19 substance abuse treatment providers who were selected for funding through the program. The grants were announced by Attorney General Jack Conway, Gov. Steve Beshear, First Lady Jane Beshear and members of the … Read more on Virtual-Strategy Magazine (press release)

Coptic Orthodox Diocese plans substance abuse treatment facility near Brooksville
The Hernando County Planning and Zoning Commission on Monday will hear an application from the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern United States for a special exception allowing a substance abuse rehabilitation facility and church on property off … Read more on Tampabay.com

Obamacare helps keep parolees in treatment
1, Multnomah County paid about 75 percent of the cost of addiction treatment for the county's probationers and parolees, many of whom were required to seek treatment as a condition of their release. But with the Affordable Care Act's expansion of … Read more on Portland Tribune

Drug, alcohol addiction rehab in the US is big business
This new report examines the nature of the business, types of rehab, reasons for the renewed growth of addiction rehab services since the Great Recession, national receipts/growth from 1983-2013, 2014 and 2018 forecasts, average facility revenues … Read more on News-Medical.net

Marijuana on campus: Looking at Washington's marijuana culture
If anyone had asked Karly Jo Harris about marijuana three years ago, she would have said, “nope, nope, nope, it's bad and I don't want to talk about it.” But now, with the legalization of marijuana in Washington and pot shops cropping up around the … Read more on Daily Record-News

Robin Williams' death shines light on depression, substance abuse
Early last month, he had checked himself into a rehab facility for substance abuse, according to published reports. … In 2006, he had sought treatment for alcohol addiction at the Hazelden center in Springbrook, Ore., according to published reports … Read more on KFVS

Robin Williams' life was punctuated by struggles with alcohol, cocaine
It caused a big exodus from drugs…. I knew I couldn't be a father and live that sort of life.” He also revealed details about his drug use to The L.A. Times in 1991. “It was a strange thing because my managers sent me to this doctor because they said … Read more on Mason City Globe Gazette

Actor Robin Williams Is Dead at 63 of Suspected Suicide
"At this time, the Sheriff's Office Coroner Division suspects the death to be a suicide due to asphyxia, but a comprehensive investigation must be completed before a final determination is made," the Marin County Coroner said in a statement. "A … Read more on KTRK-TV