Breast Cancer Care and Substance Abuse Awareness and Education to Benefit …
In addition, an endowed gift of $ 1.375 million will create the “Tina Posner Substance Abuse Education and Treatment Fund” to improve treatment and awareness of substance abuse through the Sandler Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Education in the … Read more on Business Wire (press release)

1st Dallas nurse with Ebola headed to Maryland
DALLAS (AP) – The first Dallas nurse to have contracted Ebola after treating an infected Liberian man has left a Dallas hospital. Nina Pham left Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas in an ambulance escorted by police shortly before 6 p.m. Thursday. Read more on WBTW – Myrtle Beach and Florence SC

Georgia's 178-Acre Bluff Plantation Offers Comprehensive Inpatient Addiction …
AUGUSTA, Ga., Oct. 15, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Today's opening of the premier luxury inpatient addiction facility on the East Coast, The Bluff Plantation marks a unique new partnership for alcohol and drug rehabilitation treatment as a progressive … Read more on PR Newswire (press release)

Obama cancels NJ fundraising visit for Ebola meeting
Chris Christie talks with women and staffers of The Center for Great Expectations in Somerset at 11:15 a.m., then makes a funding announcement for addiction treatment and prevention programs at 11:40 a.m. He's not taking questions from reporters at the … Read more on Asbury Park Press

Hartselle City Council President stands behind Mayor Hall
“I said 'Don, I will support you in whatever you decide to do, but I need you right now to seek some kind of help, whether it be rehab, counseling, whatever. I need you to do it now. What took place Friday, you can't change. It's already there. But you … Read more on WAFF

'We are good people'
Montes' goal is to get Maisonet into a long-term rehab facility after a five-day stint at a detox unit in Hartford. Then he's hoping to find the … Maisonet spent time at the Friendship Service Center over the past six years but was asked to leave at … Read more on Newbritainherald

Serenity Lane to break ground on million rehab clinic in Coburg
Mike Dyer, president and CEO of Serenity Lane Health Services, stands in front of the site for the nonprofit alcohol and drug rehabilitation organization's new inpatient treatment center at 91150 Coburg Industrial Way in Coburg. (Alan Sylvestre/The … Read more on The Register-Guard

Rejection of addictions centre puts women at risk: Teen Challenge
Teen Challenge Canada is a Winnipeg-based offshoot of an American charity that provides Christianity-based alcohol and drug rehabilitation programs. Last year, according to documents filed with Revenue Canada, Teen Challenge Canada had $ 4.7 million … Read more on Labradorian

Fontaine inquiry is necessary
Heather Mallick wrote a very powerful, scathing account of our treatment of aboriginal women. There was no need for her to malign the Toronto veterinarian who donated his expertise to help dogs in Attawapiskat. Her substitution of “dogs” for “children … Read more on Toronto Star

Experts call for opening of injection centres to cut number of overdose deaths
He added: “We need to invest in pathways for people to ensure there are routes from isolated, street-based drug use through to treatment, rehabilitation and aftercare. “Innovative approaches like drug consumption rooms have a place in that continuum … Read more on Irish Mirror

Where is the party tonight? Not in Kerala!
God's Own Country, which is India's biggest consumer of alcohol, will be liquor-free, if the government has its way. In a bid to make Kerala alcohol-free in the next 10 years, chief minister Oommen Chandy announced on Thursday the decision to shut down … Read more on Times of India

Christie's focus on drugs both personal, political
The next day, he told recovering addicts at a drug treatment center that "there is simply no more important issue to me, in my heart as governor." "I have to struggle with fiscal problems and tax problems and job creation and health care and education … Read more on Kansas City Star

Destination Hope's Drug Rehab for Women Sees an Increase in Food Addiction …
"Addiction is very rarely about the substance itself," said Ben Brafman, the founder and CEO of Destination Hope: The Women's Program, a highly regarded alcohol and drug rehab for women treatment facility in Fort Lauderdale. "It's about the rewards, … Read more on DigitalJournal.com

Willingway, Georgia Southern conference will update addiction treatment methods
The Conference is a two-day program that will focus on the ongoing search for the cure, a designer drug update, adolescent treatment perspectives, cross cultural competencies in treatment and recovery for special population groups, addiction and … Read more on Statesboro Herald

I-Team: Lawsuits target Scientology rehab center in Nev.
LAS VEGAS — Several federal lawsuits now target an unlicensed Nevada drug and alcohol rehab center first exposed by the I-Team. Patients and the families say the rehab center isn't curing addictions; it's trying to recruit people into Scientology … Read more on KLAS-TV

For Addicts, There May Be Another Road To Wellness
The Betty Ford Center, an alcohol and drug rehabilitation clinic, is famous for its intensive rehabilitation that takes patients out of their regular lives. New thinking in the medical community, however, advocates treating addiction as a chronic … Read more on WBUR

Rehab business still seeking permit; petitions are running about equal
The petitions were running about equal, about 85 for and against, as of Thursday night at the Paulden Area Community Organization (PACO) meeting at the Paulden Community Center. Their neighbor, Rodney Zimmers, and his business partner, … Zimmers owns … Read more on Chino Valley Review

Residents oppose planned drug rehab facility
Even then, the foundation was caring for addicts and alcoholics as many of its homeless residents were suffering from those problems, said the Rev. Timothy Kruthaupt … And another, Lorna Vite, owner of Yellow Creek Campground and a former executive … Read more on Indiana Gazette

The Cabin Chiang Mai Alcohol and Drug Rehab Expert to Speak at Australian …
Australians make up more than 35% of The Cabin's clients, as the centre is able to offer world-class treatment and accommodation for just 1/3 of the price quoted by similar facilities in the West. Cameron Brown will present at the Alcoholic Anonymous … Read more on PR Web (press release)

COMMENTARY: Let's end America's War on Drugs
In a 1994 study conducted by the RAND Corporation, it was proven that treatment programs are seven times more cost effective compared to law enforcement in reducing cocaine consumption in the United States by one percent. With the money we save from … Read more on GardnerEDGE

Study: heroin growing more popular because it's cheap
“It is a crisis bubbling just beneath the surface that may be invisible to many, but is already highly visible to law enforcement, medical personnel, social service and addiction treatment providers, and too many Vermont families,” he warned. Since … Read more on ConsumerAffairs