MN DWI Task Force Wants Stricter Penalties
Beyond that it's a manifestation of a bigger social ill and that's substance abuse and substance addiction,” said Moorhead Police Chief David Ebinger. The proposal by the Minnesota DWI Task Force includes lowering accepted Blood Alcohol Concentration … Read more on Valley News Live

House of Hope Helps Women and their Children
The House of Hope in Provo was a co-ed addiction treatment center from 1959 until 2003. By 2003, societal and demographic changes necessitated its transformation into a residential substance abuse treatment program that serves women and children. Read more on Good4Utah

Verdict is in: Potter County's DUI specialty court making large impact
A Potter County court program is helping to free individuals from alcohol addiction and make the roads safer at the same time. It's all part of the county's rigorous DUI specialty court, which county Senior Judge John Leete calls lifechanging for the … Read more on Bradford Era

Kentucky's St. Elizabeth Healthcare names Lori Ritchey-Baldwin CFO
The Northern Kentucky health system is the 10th largest employer in Greater Cincinnati, with more than 7,200 workers. Ritchey-Baldwin, who had been vice president of finance for the past two years, helped develop St. Elizabeth's strategic and financial … Read more on Healthcare Finance News

Substance and alcohol abuse rising among elderly
… who noted that a third of elderly alcoholics develop a substance abuse problem after age 50. Brenda Iliff?is executive director of Hazelden, an addiction treatment center in Naples, Fla., whose BoomersPlus? program targets older adults. She said … Read more on Dallas Morning News

Northampton County ends it prison drug treatment program
Two weeks after Northampton County Council slashed the funding for a controversial drug treatment program in the prison, County Executive John Brown said he had no choice but to end it. Brown this week sent a 30-day … Baratta said more than 30 … Read more on Allentown Morning Call

Family: Homeless Petaluma man who died struggled with alcoholism
Patton had spent many of the past 15 years living outdoors, in and out of shelters and treatment programs for alcohol addiction before he died last week. Remembered as a loving, kind man by his family, Patton died Dec. 16 from apparent natural causes … Read more on Santa Rosa Press Democrat

It's not the size of the government that's the problem
For example, it repeals part of the Dodd-Frank Act designed to stop Wall Street from using other peoples' money to support its gambling addiction, as the Street did before the near-meltdown of 2008. Dodd-Frank had barred banks from using commercial … Read more on Baltimore Sun

Former Philadelphia sportscaster Don Tollefson seeks counsel for upcoming trial
… makes $ 30,000 a year from social security disability which is above the threshold to be assigned a public defender. In March 2008, Tollefson was in a car crash on the turnpike. He said the aftermath of that crash led him to begin his pill addiction … Read more on Main Line

Drug and alcohol rehabilitation scheme given £5000 funding by Breckland Council
Breckland Council has granted the money to DAAT (the Drug and Alcohol Addiction Team) and Norfolk County Council for a new service, the 'Thetford Recovery Through Art Project'. The project will be set up by Keystone Development Trust to support those … Read more on Norfolk Eastern Daily Press

Giving addicts a Fresh Start
Fresh Start, established in 1992, runs a 50-bed residential drug and alcohol addiction treatment centre for men in the city's northeast. And the need for treatment is great. In 2006, the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse estimated the societal cost of … Read more on Calgary Herald

Forum focuses on anti-addiction accomplishments
The county took the comments from that forum and put them into various categories, including Prevention and Education, Treatment and Recovery Support. At the third forum, March 6, participants were asked to prioritize the comments and concerns under … Read more on Shore News Today

It's Time to Reclaim the Word 'Recovery'
The addiction field has struggled with defining recovery at least as long and as fiercely as it has with defining addiction: Since we can't even agree on whether it's a disease, a learning disorder, or a criminal choice, it becomes even harder to … Read more on Pacific Standard

Grant to help combat youth drug abuse in Sumner County
The Gallatin-based organization, which aims to help prevent and reduce youth substance abuse, was one of only seven new recipients in Tennessee of a federally-funded Drug-Free Communities Support Program grant this year. As part of the … Last fall … Read more on The Tennessean

Fighting State's Heroin Epidemic Key To Charlie Baker's Plans As Governor
“If you've talked to some anguished parents about this, you can't help but come away thinking we have to do a better job on this,” Baker said. … She says initially the battle involved alcohol addiction, but has now shifted to include opioid and … Read more on CBS Local

The Army Is Building An Algorithm To Prevent Suicide
There's a long list of factors for suicide — marriage and financial problems, depression, alcohol and drug abuse, chronic pain, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), etc. — and each person's mix … With the help of people, the computers are getting … Read more on FiveThirtyEight

Holiday stress can increase chances of alcohol abuse
Holiday celebrations that include alcohol can put extra stress on those battling or recovering from alcohol addiction — and their families. "Around the holidays, alcohol abounds at parties and family gatherings," said David Buys, health specialist … Read more on SunHerald.com

Nalmefene treatment that reduces urge for alcohol available from today
A pill that helps people stop drinking by reducing the urge for alcohol will become available in England and Wales today to those who drink at least half a bottle of wine or three pints every day. According to experts, the drug – called nalmefene … Read more on Daily Mail

Big Ideas in Social Change, 2014
They are treating patients in Alaska and Minnesota (and soon, Maine) who live in areas with limited access to dental services. Task-shifting doesn't necessarily mean second-class care, and sometimes it produces better results than the specialists do. Read more on New York Times (blog)