Pros, cons of proposed Port Angeles drug treatment clinic raised
Gayle McCormick, director of Reflections Counseling Services, an outpatient substance abuse treatment clinic just east of Port Angeles, said the area has a strong outpatient recovery system but needs a residential facility so patients do not need to be … Read more on Peninsula Daily

Act on elderly substance abuse
But detecting drug and alcohol abuse among seniors (as well as any age group) is often a challenge to families, caregivers and health care providers. Symptoms such as insomnia and fatigue are common to both substance abuse and other medical issues … Read more on Worcester Telegram

Pain Management Clinic Regulations Latest Step to Combat Substance Abuse
“Governor Earl Ray Tomblin and members of the legislature began implementing substance abuse legislation in 2012. Licensure ensures all chronic pain management clinics conform to a common set of standards and meet minimum requirements for care, … Read more on WDTV

Foundation awarded grant to study best ways to treat pain, combat drug abuse
Challenging health care providers in West Virginia is the issue of how to treat chronic pain without leading to prescription drug abuse. Once a person has been on chronic pain medication for three months, he or she is technically a chronic pain … Read more on Huntington Herald Dispatch

Biocorrx Hits A High Note With Opioid Addiction Treatment
Publicly-listed BioCorRx (OTCQB: BICX) is an addiction treatment and rehabilitation company on the leading edge of substance in alcohol and substance abuse treatment. BioCorRx is known for its Start Fresh Program that combines life-coaching services … Read more on SmallCap Network

New Pain Treatment Uses Ultrasound at Home
The Ache: Ultrasound energy is widely used by physical therapists and other clinicians to treat sports injuries and chronic pain. But because the machines are hand-held, treatment is generally limited to 15 minutes or less. Some scientists think longer … Read more on Wall Street Journal

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Governor McAuliffe visits Danville Water Treatment plant following coal ash spill
Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe spent a little more than 30 minutes touring the Danville Water Treatment Plant to understand the filtration process and reassure the treatment director and city leaders he's holding Duke Energy leaders to their word … Read more on WDBJ7

Colts owner Irsay seeking treatment following arrest
A three-sentence statement released Tuesday said Irsay on Monday had ''voluntarily checked into a highly-respected health care facility and is committed to undergoing the treatment and care necessary to help him meet his challenges head-on.''. Read more on FOXSports.com

GOP Moving to Ease Its Stance on Federal Sentencing
For Mr. Portman, it was his encounters with a man about his age, a drug addict who had been in and out of the system several times but received the assistance he needed in prison to help turn around his life. … “These stories are unbelievably … Read more on New York Times

Chamber lunch to spotlight heroin use in Porter County
“The first change I hope to accomplish by telling (my daughter's) story is from unawareness and ignorance of drug addiction to awareness and understanding of drug addiction,” said Dr. Spitler. “I once had a vague, intellectual appreciation of drug use … Read more on nwitimes.com

Zohydro Update: Senate Bill Would Ban Powerful Opiate Painkiller
… in approving Zohydro ER, the growing epidemic of painkiller addiction. My story also received an onslaught of comments from chronic pain sufferers arguing that they need Zohydro, and their opinions are worth reading as well. … In Senate hearings … Read more on Forbes

Poll: Majority Of Chronic Pain Sufferers Feel Treated Like 'Drug Addicts' By …
The majority of people who suffer from chronic pain feel they are treated like drug addicts during their pharmacy visits, and nearly one-third of pain sufferers showed concern they are being embarrassed by their healthcare provider. (Getty) … Read more on

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Learn about drug and alcohol abuse in Sharon
The Sharon Education Foundation and Sharon High School have teamed up to provide a year-long program designed to help educate parents, teachers, students and the community at large about the epidemic of drug and alcohol abuse in and around … Read more on Wicked Local

An epidemic of chronic pain
Whether this shift will help the drug abuse problem is unclear, but it is already making things tougher — and the process even more fraught with shame — for legitimate pain patients. Because of her chronic pain, Steinberg left her original career and … Read more on Boston Globe