Surf City Recovery Offers Faith Based Recovery Program
(Newswire.net — February 24, 2015) Huntington Beach, CA — Surf City Recovery (SCR), a drug and alcohol rehab center in Orange County, utilizes a number of different methods to help their clients rehabilitate from drug addiction and alcohol abuse … Read more on Newswire (press release)

Is Marijuana Safe? It's More Complicated Than You Think
There are at least 10 drugs that are more deadly than marijuana, including some that are legal, such as alcohol and nicotine, a new study by researchers in Germany and Canada finds. In fact, drinking alcohol — the deadliest drug on the list — is … Read more on Live Science

Drugs for Alcoholism Don't Have to Lead to Sobriety
“While total abstinence from alcohol is desirable, reducing heavy drinking to within 'low-risk' daily limits presents an alternative goal in drug development so more treatments may be developed,” Pahon said. Industry, researchers and addiction and … Read more on Bloomberg

Treatment community mixed on pot legalization
It pains Joseph Sullivan to watch someone who has recovered from drug addiction slip back into the habit. It's even sadder when the relapse comes because of a drug prescribed by a doctor. "I know so many people who have relapsed after a hip replacement … Read more on CT Post

Heroin 12 Step Programs Lead to Relapse and Overdose Fatality, According to …
In Kentucky there isn't a politically sanctified definition of treatment, as such, those who enroll in drug rehabilitation, or treatment programs get a mixed bag of results when it comes to effective drug treatment. Harbor Village Detox is an inpatient … Read more on PR Web (press release)

Drug and alcohol rehab program expands as demand continues to grow
An award-winning rehabilitation program on the New South Wales Central Coast is set to expand, as demand for its services continues to grow. The Glen at Chittaway Point will open an extra 12 beds from July this year, thanks to a local corporate … Read more on ABC Online

America Tonight's highlights of 2014
This was America Tonight's first full year on air and online, and we kept busy. Our reporters told stories from every state in the country, from a heroin-ravaged small town in New England to a sex offender detainment center in Southwest Florida … Read more on Al Jazeera America

Gulf dead zone could be shrunk, but at high cost
BATON ROUGE – At an eye-popping price tag of $ 2.7 billion every year, a new report says the country could meet the national goal of reducing the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico. The dead zone — an area of low oxygen that can't support marine life … Read more on Opelousas Daily World

Harry?s Daddy, and Diana?s ?Murder?: Royal Rumors In a New Play
Born in 1971 in Bossier City, Louisiana and raised within a “hippie communal” movement, Leto initially planned to study visual arts at Philadelphia's prestigious University of the Arts. Later, he transferred to the School of Visual Arts in New York … Read more on Daily Beast

Per Wickstrom Adds New “Strategy” Section to PerWickstrom.com
Per Wickstrom is the President and Founder of Best Drug Rehabilitation, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center focused on helping individuals through holistic and natural methods. Per believes that it's never too late to turn your life around and do … Read more on PR Web (press release)

Inspire Malibu Redefines Addiction Treatment With Groundbreaking 'Hybrid …
Dr. A.R. Mohammad, CEO and founder of Inspire Malibu, proudly announced today that Inspire Malibu has officially implemented their industry shifting Hybrid Treatment Model (HTM), establishing Inspire Malibu as the world's first “Hybrid Drug and Alcohol … Read more on PR Web (press release)

Malibu puts rehab centers on notice
City officials are gearing up for a major crackdown on drug and alcohol treatment centers in Malibu, many of which it claims operate with little scrutiny from the state and a brazen disregard for local law, all in the name of increasing head counts and … Read more on Malibu Times

Passages Malibu CEO Pax Prentiss Celebrates 14 Years of Sobriety
Unlike many of today's drug and alcohol rehab centers, CEO and co-founder Pax Prentiss also suffered through the same addiction struggles that brought the thousands of clients to Passages Malibu and Passages Ventura for 13 years. Prior to opening … Read more on PR Web (press release)

0K grant will go to helping more Minnesotans with their addictions
A drug and alcohol recovery center that works to keep costs low received a grant that will allow the nonprofit to help nearly 100 more people seeking recovery. The Retreat, a residential recovery program in Wayzata, received $ 250,000 from the Otto … Read more on Rick Kupchella’s BringMeTheNews

Community Calendar
Bible study, Lighthouse Recovery Center for Women, 311 E. Main St. Drug and alcohol class, 6 p.m., at Lighthouse Recovery Center for Men, 1276E 250N. Discussion/life skills class, 6 p.m., at Lighthouse Recovery Center for Men. In-house meeting drug and … Read more on Washington Times Herald

For addicts, finding treatment is its own battle
The center, headquartered in the New Hampshire Community Health Institute in Bow, was launched by the Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Services, a division of the N.H. Department of Health Human Services. It's funded through the U.S. Substance Abuse and … Read more on Eagle-Tribune

A Dangerous Trend: The Move Away from Abstinence Based Addiction Treatment
The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act ensures that insurance will pay for a 30-day inpatient program for those who require it. Originally, practitioners within the field of drug and alcohol rehabilitation had hope that access to treatment … Read more on Science 2.0 (blog)

Why not just put addicts in prison? Not treating heroin abuse is costlier than …
Next year, the state will expand Medicaid eligibility under the Affordable Care Act, which means that roughly 600,000 uninsured residents in the state will be covered by the program. The expansion should significantly reduce the cost … Jack Carroll … Read more on PennLive.com

New Roads Behavioral Health opens second treatment facility in Fort …
New Roads Behavioral Health based out of Sandy, Utah announces the opening of their new drug and alcohol rehab facility in sunny Fort Lauderdale, Florida. New Roads' Florida location is a therapeutic, residential drug treatment center that treats young … Read more on PR Web (press release)