Middle-Aged White Americans Are Dying of Despair
In January, a CDC Vital Signs report found that alcohol poisoning kills more than 2,200 Americans a year, three-quarters of them adults aged 35 to 64. A 2012 Health Affairs study found that life expectancy for white, female high-school dropouts has … Read more on The Atlantic

Natalie Cole, Grammy winning singer, has died
But in her 2000 autobiography, "Angel on My Shoulder," Cole discussed how she had battled heroin, crack cocaine and alcohol addiction for many years. She spent six months in rehab in 1983. When she announced in 2008 that she had been diagnosed with … Read more on KABC-TV

Gloucester Township, developer headed to court over rehab center
A second South Jersey community is balking at plans by real estate developer J. Brian O'Neill to locate a drug and alcohol treatment center in its midst. Unlike in Haddonfield, his dispute with Gloucester Township has landed in court. O'Neill wants to … Read more on Philly.com

Addiction Among Teens Can Be Prevented
“Addiction is a pediatric disease,” according to John R. Knight, M.D., the founder and director of the Center for Adolescent Substance Abuse Research at Boston Children's Hospital. “When adults … Despite some improvements in the national youth … Read more on Youth Today

Study: 1.5 percent of UConn students have reported using heroin at least once
In the American College Health Association's National College Health Assessment it was found that 98.5 percent of UConn students who responded had never used heroin, 0.9 percent of individuals had used heroin, but not in the last 30 days, 0.5 percent … Read more on UConn Daily Campus

This Is Where You Find Chris Christies Heart
That was when he met Craig Hanlon, a former crack cocaine addict who had recovered at Daytop and was, in 2002, in his first year at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and returning to the rehab center to speak. Hanlon would later tell an audience at … Read more on Daily Beast

Tracing the Path from Pills to Heroin
Once that started to happen, this was created out of that," said Carole Kuklis, substance abuse counselor at the Addiction Center of Broome County. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, in 2004 70,000 people who were dependent on pain … Read more on FOX 40 News WICZ TV

Selling Sobriety – Weld for Birmingham
For addicts without insurance—roughly 41 million Americans are uninsured — the prospect of seeking help can seem financially hopeless. After all, for those in the grip of addiction, it's much more cost effective to score more dope than to check into … Read more on Weld for Birmingham (blog)

Flavor Flav faces driving under the influence of cocaine charge after Las …
Drayton in 1993 was charged with domestic violence along with cocaine and marijuana charges and later checked into the Betty Ford Centre for treatment of a crack cocaine addiction. He also went to rehab in 1997 at the Long Island Center For Recovery. Read more on Daily Mail

MOVIE REVIEW: 'Amy' tracks singer Winehouse's soaring talent, tragic demise …
Before she won six Grammys (including a trio for her massive breakout hit "Rehab"), before she descended into a morass of addiction and public humiliation, before she died of alcohol poisoning at age 27, bravura British songwriter and vocalist Amy … Read more on Duluth News Tribune

With no money for drug rehab, 'some people just disappear'
County-run drug and alcohol offices, which have contracts with treatment service providers, are often the first stop for uninsured or underinsured people battling addiction. As heroin and opiate addiction in central Pennsylvania spiraled into full … Read more on PennLive.com

Cory Booker's BFFs in Washington: Rand Paul, Newt Gingrich and Ted Cruz
Mike Lee (R-Utah) in introducing legislation to reduce some mandatory sentences for nonviolent drug offenders, allow judges to waive others, and enable some prisoners convicted of crimes involving crack cocaine to seek reviews of what they feel are … Read more on NJ.com

Justice advocate wages his own battle with crime
#SALT LAKE CITY — The CEO of a Utah company that has emerged as a key player in a national movement to overhaul the justice system is a repeat offender himself. … Just like tens of thousands of defendants undergoing this process known as risk … Read more on Walla Walla Union-Bulletin

Restrictions proposed on police seizure of property in drug trade
Utah, for example, removed the enticement of revenue from law enforcement by directing all seized asset funds to public education and drug treatment programs. Police departments can also earn cash from seizures by using an equitable sharing program … Read more on MarylandReporter.com

Is the 'love hormone' a buzz kill — and maybe a treatment for alcoholism?
The newest research comes against the backdrop of some other recent findings on oxytocin and alcohol, suggesting that the love drug also reduces alcohol consumption, cravings and withdrawal symptoms–not only in rats, but in alcohol-dependent humans … Read more on Los Angeles Times

'Huge void' in mental health services
The government may have expected more patients to enroll in the Affordable Care Act, and therefore be able to afford their treatment, but McDonald said that's not the case in his office. “A few more of the people we see will have health care, … one … Read more on Zanesville Times Recorder

Study finds disparity in cocaine arrests
Researchers from NYU's Center for Drug Use and HIV Research published a study that concluded those from disadvantaged backgrounds have a higher tendency to use crack cocaine over powder cocaine. The study, published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence on … Read more on NYU Washington Square News

2-Year-Old Removed From Home Over Safety Concerns, Ends Up Dying Brutally …
On the foster care application, Small's husband stated he was a “recovering crack cocaine addict.” He had also faced multiple drug charges. But his drug charges were not enough for the state to deem the foster home anything but a “safe environment” for … Read more on IJ Review

Black Skin Privilege and Ferguson
Yet it was entirely based on the false and malicious accusations of a local prostitute and drug addict, whose record of criminal behavior and absence of credibility were eagerly overlooked because she was black. While the faces of the innocent accused … Read more on FrontPage Magazine

Children Condemned to Life: In Film
Young's co-defendant was an adult; he was also Young's mother's crack cocaine dealer. The film … Annino argues that Young's childhood was marred by his mother's drug addiction, which left Young unsupervised and vulnerable to harmful influences beyond … Read more on The Investigative Fund (blog)