Plans for Rehab Center in Carbondale Moving Forward
Plans are moving forward to turn a former hospital in Lackawanna County into a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center. The proposal for Marian Community Hospital in Carbondale isn't without controversy. Last month, a judge said plans for the rehab … Read more on PA home page

Gilbert ranch provides drug, alcohol rehab to young men
If you take the long way home in the east Valley, near Val Vista Drive and Hunt Highway, you'll find the Welcome Home Ranch. But it's not any ranch. It's also a drug and alcohol treatment center. So what inspired a Canadian millionaire to open up a … Read more on KPHO Phoenix

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

Seeking help: Egg Harbor Township facility offers another option for substance …
Of 23.2 million people needing treatment for drug or alcohol use in 2007, only 2.4 million received treatment at a hospital, drug or alcohol rehabilitation or mental health center, the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's … Read more on Press of Atlantic City

Hospital visits due to substance abuse up 63 per cent in Vancouver area
A recent study from Columbia University found that more than 70 per cent of people who have a chronic condition such as hypertension are getting appropriate treatment, while only ten per cent of people with chronic substance abuse problems receive … Read more on Vancouver Sun

Christie: The war on drugs has failed, treat NJ heroin addiction as an illness
To combat New Jersey's growing heroin and opioid crisis, Gov. Chris Christie says the state needs to embrace a dramatically different approach to substance abuse, but cautioned that he will not write a blank check to get it there. In his time as … Read more on NJ.com

Midwood Rehab Center Sounded Early Alarm On Heroin Abuse, Now Tackling It …
The associate director of a Midwood-based drug rehabilitation and counseling center said she was among the first to sound the alarm about an impending spike in heroin abuse in the community, and now the group is turning to the radio to bring it to an end. Read more on Sheepshead Bites

Prosecutors offer additional rebuttal witnesses in Lasley murder trial
Lasley Jr. entered the drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility when 15 years old on the recommendation of his parole officer. Skorey testified … Hansen noted in weekly reports Lasley Jr.'s primiary concern was substance abuse and dependency … Read more on Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier

Fort Myers parents concerned about proposed drug rehab center
In the zoning application sent to the Lee County Department of Community Development, it says it would be a "holistic medical center with in-patient and out-patient longer-term treatment for recovering addicts." Residents in the area said notices have … Read more on WZVN-TV

Treatment centre volunteer now its patron
Supporting people who want to make positive changes in their lives is what Ian Cameron loves most about his involvement at the St Marks Adult (alcohol and other drugs) A & D Treatment Centre. His association with it goes back to the year it opened in … Read more on Marlborough Express

Raise legal drinking age to 21
Of the more than 11 000 patients treated at SA National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (Sanca) centres around the country in the 2013/2014 financial year, 29 percent of them were addicted to alcohol. This was exceeded only by patients with a … Read more on Independent Online

Tributes paid to Rhos on Sea man Stephen Chilton
Between 2010 and 2012 Mr Chilton worked with the Rhoserchan Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Unit, and also worked as a carer for Hafan y Waun Nursing Home, Aberystwyth. The funeral for Mr Chilton will be held at St Joseph's RC Church, Colwyn Bay on … Read more on North Wales Pioneer

Tom Hanks's Son Reveals Cocaine Addiction, Says He's '50 Days Clean'
Chester "Chet" Hanks, the eldest son of Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, has revealed that he entered rehab for an addiction to cocaine – but is now "50 days clean and sober from everything, including alcohol." "I've been struggling with substance abuse … Read more on People Magazine

Inside Heroin: Local agencies combat addiction to drug
… use — and addiction to any other drug — through the many programs the nonprofit Christian organization offers its community. Those services range from a soup kitchen and homeless shelter to drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs and a family … Read more on Yuma Sun