Road to recovery: Former Husker Anthony Steels overcomes drug addiction
Embarrassed by his drug habit and his inability to keep a job, he and his wife moved 100 miles east to Clarinda, Iowa, where it was easier to hide his addiction and shame. With a clean slate, where no one knew Anthony Steels the drug addict, he again … Read more on Lincoln Journal Star

Understanding Sex & Love Addiction
It's hard for most folks to conceive of sex addiction as being different from promiscuity or to distinguish love addiction from codependency. This is all the more understandable given that researchers have yet to definitively draw any lines between … Read more on Bangor Daily News

Former NBA player to share story of addiction, recovery
Former National Basketball Association (NBA) player Chris Herren is coming to Wilton on Tuesday, Oct. 21, to talk not about his professional basketball career but about his addictions, recovery and sobriety. Mr. Herren, who played for the Denver … Read more on Wilton Bulletin

Canaan Cafe Gives Ex-Addicts a Second Chance
For a recovering addict at Mountainside, this is one of the final steps. The next level of recovery is introducing normalcy and getting back to a healthy, sober life. Nothing is quite as mundane and sobering, most would agree, than the daily grind of a … Read more on Litchfield County Times

Drug czar approaches challenge from a different angle: As a recovering alcoholic
Insurance companies often do not cover inpatient treatment, and an obscure federal rule restricts the expansion of addiction treatment under the Affordable Care Act. The White House also is grappling with the legal, financial and political implications … Read more on Washington Post

Group aimed to address Maine's addiction problem to bring US drug czar to …
BANGOR, Maine — A group of area health care leaders, law enforcement officials, educators and politicians are forming a plan of attack to combat drug abuse and addiction in Bangor and, perhaps, across the state. The group of 20-plus members convened … Read more on Bangor Daily News

Liquor license, opioid bills pass Mass. Legislature
That bill would require coverage for at least 14 days of inpatient detoxification and post-detox care, prohibit insurers from determining whether any addiction treatment — inpatient or outpatient — is medically necessary, and would remove a … Read more on Boston Globe

Suspect lodged on suspicion of drug abuse
A Dayton-area man was arrested Friday morning after members of his family contacted deputies of the Logan County Sheriff's Office and expressed concern over his behavior. Shaun M. Wasmuth, 33, at-large, was charged with abusing harmful intoxicants and … Read more on Bellefontaine Examiner

Saturday, Aug. 2, 2014: Substance abuse treatment, retirement insecurity …
Jackie Farwell's July 26 BDN article about the drug abuse epidemic is a factual account of a, so far, less-than-perfect system for monitoring abuse of prescription medications. The imperfections — exclusion of the large VA system source of medications … Read more on Bangor Daily News

Albany County Crackdown On Substance Abuse
The Albany County Sheriff's Office says it has made its largest heroin bust ever, arresting alleged high-ranking members of a ring that delivered the drug to users in taxis and stationed dealers in local shopping malls. Sheriff Craig Apple says a … Read more on WAMC

Question by a person: Am I the only person who thinks the dog island is either stupid or a scam? The poor puppies!?
I really need to know what people think of this! This is madness! How could they do that to those dogs? Do you know that they could die? They act like that’s healthy, normal, and great! Disgusting! And some people’s good tax money is going there for funding? And then they have a whole CD where you can listen to a pack fight! A PACK FIGHT! Hello, that’s not making your dog happy! That’s giving it the death sentence and turning it into a monster! And have you heard thier cheesy philosophy? Idiotic! Pure stupidity! They compare our little puppies and all the love we give them to slavery! They talk about dogs like slaves, saying they should be free! And they lie! How is a little pomerainian or Chiwawa (pardon my spelling) supposed to catch, kill, and eat rodents? I could maybe understand if they were feeding and like rehabilitating the dogs (puppy rehab) and some scientists said that this would help them with violence issues or something, but no! Just some “dog lover”! Stop DogIsland!

Best answer:

Answer by jen
Dog Island is an urban legend. The website is a farce. According to www.snopes.com.

This is a direct quote from www.snopes.com:
The Dog Island site is a hoax playing on western revulsion of Asian dog-eating practices, and its creators deliberately used names identical to those of persons and companies in China who process dogs for human consumption (for example, the “Dawn Fine Bred Dog Center” of which Dog Island is supposedly a subsidiary, the city of Pexian, and the name “Han Fei” are all references to the Dawn Fine Bred Meat Dog Center, a commercial operation in China where dogs are raised for meat.

There is a place called Dog Island off the coast off the northern panhandle of Florida, but it’s not a canine sanctuary. Most of it is owned by the Nature Conservancy, and they work with the Barrier Island Trust to “preserve the island in its natural state.”

The whole Dog Island does sound a little fishy to me, but you needn’t worry… it’s all just a silly hoax. 🙂

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NC woman seeks funds to cover medical expenses
The condition occurs when a baby's heart does not form correctly as the baby grows and develops in the mother's womb, according to the The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. … Ellis had been living with his grandmother, Karen Fields, in the … Read more on Kansas City Star

Recap of Everything Maine Black Bears
Higgins had a decent year as a second line center, his season was cut short on Jan 21 when a knee injury in an exhibition game ended his season. He did register a 6-4-10 stat line in … He had knee surgery at the end of February and he's in the middle … Read more on Bangor Daily News

Rollins homers in 10th, Phillies beat Marlins 5-4
Through nine games, Utley is batting .500 with five doubles and eight RBIs. Tony Gwynn Jr., starting in center and leading off for the second straight day in place of Ben Revere (sore ribs), had a pair of hits. Stanton finished with three hits and … Read more on WPXI Pittsburgh

Pilot Dauphin County program helps prison inmates continue substance abuse …
A new state pilot program will ensure that Dauphin County prison inmates who need drug and alcohol counseling will continue receiving treatment once they are released from prison. The pilot, which involves Dauphin County and five other counties, will … Read more on Patriot-News

Addicts rehab their lives and sing to win Recovery Idol 2014
Recovery Idol is a series of shows performed by participants in recovery programs throughout the city of Philadelphia. ( Matthew Hall / Staff Photographer ). Robin Collins performs at … MOMENTS before she grabbed the Clef Club mic and sang Michael … Read more on Philly.com

Bangor area law enforcement leaders tell business group drug abuse is driving …
Hathaway, Brewer Police Chief Perry Antone and Penobscot County Sheriff Glenn Ross spoke about how drug use is driving crime in the region, and about the importance of early education and drug treatment programs. “It amounts to: Virtually everything … Read more on Bangor Daily News

Outpatient Substance Abuse Counselor
Wellspring's Outpatient Program, licensed to provide mental health and substance abuse services, has an immedicate opening for part-time or up to 40 hours a week Licensed Alcohol & Drug Counselor (LADC). Responsibilities include provision of … Read more on Bangor Daily News

How a dog is making a big difference in a second career at a hospital
DENVER – You can hear the laughter of two teenagers up and down the halls, of all places, a mental health and substance abuse counseling office. The laughter comes on the heels of a black lab named Pauletta, bounding along the carpet to fetch her blue … Read more on News10.net

Emotional Pleas from Survivors Offer Different Perspective on Drug Abuse
The event planners hoped to provide information through three perspectives of drug abuse: parents, teens and professionals. Keynote speaker, Jon Daily of Recovering Happens Counseling Services, told participants that the scope of the war on drug abuse … Read more on KTXL