New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie Visits Drug Treatment Center in UK
The Duchess has helped financially support Action on Addiction, an organization that provides funding for the 22-bed facility for women. Stateside, Mr. Christie has made drug treatment one of his main social-welfare programs. The Republican has … Read more on Wall Street Journal (blog)

There's an effective medicine for heroin addiction, but anti-drug warriors are …
There's a drug that could save the lives of thousands of heroin addicts. But the US is so mindlessly anti-drug that many treatment programs refuse to use it. The Huffington Post on Wednesday published an in-depth look at one of the best treatments for … Read more on Vox

SMART Recovery program to debut Feb. 4 on Athens Campus
The program helps people recover from all types of addiction and addictive behaviors, including: alcohol abuse, alcohol addiction, drug abuse, drug addiction, substance abuse, gambling addiction, prescription drug abuse, sexual addiction and other … Read more on Athens Messenger

Secret center set up to treat drug addicts
JEDDAH — A charity has opened up a discreet center for the treatment of drug addicts, Makkah reported on Wednesday. Aziz Al-Otaibi, who works for Kafa (Enough), a welfare organization taking care of addicts, said the organization has established a … Read more on Saudi Gazette

Jones Tests Positive For Cocaine
"We support UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones' decision to enter a drug treatment facility to address his recent issue," the UFC said in a statement. "While we are disappointed in the failed test, we applaud him for making this decision to enter … Read more on ESPN

Christie: A.C. to get 'one-stop' drug treatment program
Atlantic City will be among six locations across New Jersey offering a “one-stop approach” to help ex-offenders receive drug treatment and reenter society, Gov. Chris Christie announced Tuesday in his State of the State address. Read more on Press of Atlantic City

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

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

Christie preaches drug treatment over jail, ending mandatory prison terms for …
NEWARK — Speaking before a packed inner city gospel church at an addiction roundtable, Gov. Chris Christie declared making drug and alcohol treatment “more available for everybody” was “part of government's job,” and then wasted no time in assailing … Read more on Hunterdon County Democrat

Most People With Addiction Simply Grow Out of It. Why Is This Widely Denied?
But although I got treatment, I quit at around the age when, according to large epidemiological studies, most people who have diagnosable addiction problems do so—without treatment. The early to mid-20s is also the period when the … not what the … Read more on Pacific Standard

At Eva's Village in Paterson, personal tales ease stigma about addiction
The forum was hosted by Eva's Village and the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence of New Jersey, a non-profit based in Robbinsville that advocates for people living with drug or alcohol addiction. Tuesday was the last day of National … Read more on NorthJersey.com