After Mysterious Absence, Dallas DA In Treatment For Mental Illness
After two terms, Dallas voters decided it was time for a change and elected Republican Susan Hawk to take over. To the Democratic city, Hawk's winning … But, months later, the Dallas Morning News broke the story that Hawk had actually been in drug … Read more on NPR

2015 "Music With A Mission" Sponsor Best Drug Rehabilitation Releases Artist …
Best Drug Rehabilitation was founded with the principle of giving people a choice in treatment options. Founder Per Wickstrom, after a long struggle with his own addiction and going through several treatment programs before finding one that worked for him. Read more on Midland Daily News

Amid heroin epidemic in New Hampshire, candidates talk substance abuse
The Republican presidential hopeful touched on his efforts in New Jersey to expand recovery services, including mandatory treatment for nonviolent, first-time drug offenders. Christie was one name on a long roster of speakers at the rally, including … Read more on Concord Monitor

When life begins in rehab: A baby heals after a mother's heroin addiction
BALTIMORE — After a month of painful withdrawal that bunched her body into a tight ball, after tremors and diarrhea and sleeplessness and difficulty eating, Makenzee Kennedy went home to her bed in a drug rehab facility to celebrate a milestone … Read more on Washington Post

Town Crier: Jan. 9, 2015
Substance Abuse: Love and Mercy Outreach programs presents Alpha and Omega Substance Abuse and Awareness Program from 6-7 p.m. every Saturday at 511-D W. Forsyth St. All people with alcohol and drug addiction issues and their friends and family … Read more on Americus Times-Recorder

Archive: Dallas Mavericks plan to 'do everything possible' to help Roy Tarpley …
But now, those cases were situated no more than six feet from the locker of Roy Tarpley, a player who says he is trying to recover from drug and alcohol dependency and who went through rehabilitation in the summer. Because of Tarpley's after-care … Read more on Dallas Morning News

Addiction Campuses: Businesses Should Take Notes from the UFC's Handling …
BUSINESS WIRE)–Heads turned this past week when UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones entered a rehabilitation facility after cocaine was found in his system. Even more shocking? The UFC's decision to allow Jones to retain his … Employees who … Read more on Business Wire (press release)

Kentucky's St. Elizabeth Healthcare names Lori Ritchey-Baldwin CFO
The Northern Kentucky health system is the 10th largest employer in Greater Cincinnati, with more than 7,200 workers. Ritchey-Baldwin, who had been vice president of finance for the past two years, helped develop St. Elizabeth's strategic and financial … Read more on Healthcare Finance News

Substance and alcohol abuse rising among elderly
… who noted that a third of elderly alcoholics develop a substance abuse problem after age 50. Brenda Iliff?is executive director of Hazelden, an addiction treatment center in Naples, Fla., whose BoomersPlus? program targets older adults. She said … Read more on Dallas Morning News

Northampton County ends it prison drug treatment program
Two weeks after Northampton County Council slashed the funding for a controversial drug treatment program in the prison, County Executive John Brown said he had no choice but to end it. Brown this week sent a 30-day … Baratta said more than 30 … Read more on Allentown Morning Call

Family: Homeless Petaluma man who died struggled with alcoholism
Patton had spent many of the past 15 years living outdoors, in and out of shelters and treatment programs for alcohol addiction before he died last week. Remembered as a loving, kind man by his family, Patton died Dec. 16 from apparent natural causes … Read more on Santa Rosa Press Democrat

The conservative case for reforming the police in America
Demonstrators march in Miami to protest police abuse. The protest was one of many that have take … Those laws imposed draconian sentences for drug offenses and set the tone for a wave of similar tough-on-crime measures that spread around the country … Read more on Dallas Morning News

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Ibsen said they thought he had a substance abuse problem. “In order to save my job I had to go to the … According to Ramirez, Ibsen's third wife filed a referral in 2006, and Ibsen was evaluated twice by two outside agencies. Ibsen complied with the … Read more on Helena Independent Record

Allen to unveil bills aimed at building workforce
Bipartisan legislation to help address the prescription drug and opioid abuse epidemic plaguing New Jersey advanced Thursday by the Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee. “This package includes evidence-based health care strategies aimed at … Read more on Cherry Hill Courier Post

After middle-school football injury, prescription led to decade-long addiction …
Eighteen months ago, he sought treatment at Caron Texas, a rehabilitation facility near Princeton in Collin County, after a decade of addiction to pills, drugs and alcohol. “My life today doesn't look anything like what it was a year and a half ago … Read more on Dallas Morning News

Police: Another ambush suspect sighting reported
The various drug related charges are a result of a long-term operation. A two-day drug … 12 shooting that killed Cpl. Bryon Dickson and wounded Trooper Alex Douglass, who was transferred from a hospital to a rehabilitation facility on Friday. Frein … Read more on WBTW – Myrtle Beach and Florence SC

Massachusetts health czar resigns to lead Cape drug rehab
Cheryl Bartlett, the state's public health commissioner who has faced criticism amid its roll-out of long-awaited medical marijuana licenses, is stepping down in December to run a substance abuse program on the Cape, state officials announced today … Read more on Boston Herald

Exclusive: Jerry Brown Jr.'s mother 'very happy' ex-Dallas Cowboys defensive …
He was released from jail June 15 and allowed to spend the final 45 days of his jail sentence in rehabilitation. On July 29, Brent was discharged from EnterHealth, an alcohol and drug treatment center in Van Alstyne. He met with Goodell in New York … Read more on Dallas Morning News (blog)

Which Profession Has The Highest Rate Of Drug Abuse?
Anyone who works hard might like to relax at the end of the day with a glass of wine, a beer, and, depending on the job in question, a joint, a bit of oxy, or a bump or two. An infographic assembled by Klean Treatment Centers, shows the relative rates … Read more on Co.Create

TEDxAQB: The Man Who Tripped Himself Sober
Rhatigan, whose professional research is unrelated to his addiction and psychedelics, is the author of Purging the Monkey, an account of his recovery as it relates to psychedelic science. The Weekly Alibi spoke with Rhatigan about his unconventional … Read more on Weekly Alibi