Cumberland Township officials discuss zoning appeal of permit for drug …
CARMICHAELS- The Cumberland Township Zoning Hearing Board received an appeal of a zoning permit issued for the development of drug treatment clinic at Paisley Industrial Park. At a meeting of the township supervisors Monday, township zoning officer … Read more on Observer-Reporter

Demi Lovato Covers Cosmopolitan September 2015
On being "off and on" for five years with boyfriend Wilmer Valderrama: "The only times we ever broke up were when I was relapsing, whether it was drugs or in a bad place and rebelling against everybody, not just him . . . People say that … Right … Read more on POPSUGAR

Author with HIV talks healthy living in 'Healing Letters'
After all, the first book she authored, “Angel: The True Story of an Undeserved Chance,” tells the story of her younger days when she prostituted herself to feed her drug addiction and eventually was diagnosed with HIV. “People are like how … It's no … Read more on Alexandria Town Talk

Codeine Withdrawal and Codeine Detox

Heroin Threatens Vermont's Rural Paradise
But after Governor Peter Shumlin's State of the State address last month, one he took the unusual step of devoting entirely to the local surge in heroin addiction, there was little left to anyone's imagination. Heroin addiction in Vermont is up 770 … Read more on Daily Beast

Demi Lovato slams drug use following Philip Seymour Hoffman's death
Having admitted late last year that her own dependence on the illegal substance became so severe she 'couldn't go 30 minutes without cocaine' and even resorted to smuggling it onto airplanes, the star knows only too well the slippery slope that could … Read more on Daily Mail

Drug of destruction
Just in the past decade, the number of people getting addicted to heroin has increased by 60 percent even as the uptake of cocaine, methamphetamine, and crack dropped, according to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. In Massachusetts, State … Read more on Boston Globe

Question by Unknown Person: Define “Addiction” in your own way?
How would you define the word “addiction”?

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Answer by perfume.addict
‘i cannot live without it!’

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Substance abuse counselor convicted of murder in Torrance pedestrian's death
Los Angeles >> A substance abuse counselor who drove two miles through Torrance with a dying man on her windshield was convicted Tuesday of second-degree murder, drunken driving and hit-and-run charges. Sherri Lynn Wilkins showed no response as … The … Read more on Daily Breeze

Alcohol & Drug Rehab Kenosha Launches Center to Battle Substance Abuse …
Eugene, OR (PRWEB) February 06, 2014. A Kenosha alcohol and drug rehab center is announcing that it is opening its doors to help adults and adolescents fight back against their alcohol and drug addiction through Drug Addiction Treatment Centers. Read more on Virtual-Strategy Magazine (press release)

Demi Lovato Talks Addiction and "Amazing" Friend Selena Gomez After Her …
Demi Lovato is breaking her silence on the news that her BFF Selena Gomez secrety went to rehab for two weeks last month. Lovato, who has battled substance abuse and eating disorder issues in the past, has nothing but kind words for Gomez. "Selena is … Read more on E! Online

Demi Lovato Just Wants To See Selena Gomez Be Brave
While the facility treats young patients with several addictions, Gomez was reportedly not treated for a drugs and alcohol issue. A spokesperson for the singer explained, "Selena voluntarily spent time at Meadows but not for substance abuse." Since … Read more on MTV.com

Rehab expert: Focus should be disease, not celebs
He is a former drug addict who overcame his addiction and eventually became a counselor on “Dr. Drew's Celebrity Rehab.” He is the author of “Running with Monsters: A Memoir” and owner and founder of Bob's House, a treatment facility in California. Read more on HLNtv.com

Teen in 'Affluenza' Case Gets Rehab, Not Jail, for DUI that Killed Four
Couch, who's currently in state custody, is expected to receive alcohol and drug rehab, and could face prison time if he runs away from the facility or violates any other terms of his probation, Alpert said. There is no minimum amount of time Couch … Read more on People Magazine

Question by Ashlee: I cant remember the name of this book! Help?
I read a book in High School that I would like to read again, but I cant remember what the title was or even the author. It was about girl in high school, her step dad was a criminal in some way, I dont remember the details.. Anyway in the beginning of the book her step dad sets her up and she is sent to a jail/rehab of sorts.. I know my details are a little vague and probably not totally accurate.. Towards the end of the book she sets fire to the jail and escapes.. Does anybody have any idea what book I am thinking of??

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Answer by tiandron
Shock Point by April Henry
“Cassie discovers that her stepfather, Rick, a teen psychiatrist, has been illegally prescribing a new behavioral drug to his patients—and three teens have died. Before she can report him, Rick commits Cassie to Peaceful Cove, a boot camp for troubled teens in Mexico. Cassie knows she has to get out now, before more teens die. But no one has ever escaped from Peaceful Cove alive—and even if Cassie gets over the walls and survives the Mexican desert, will anyone believe her story?”

“The wicked stepmother motif is altered to wicked stepfather in this contemporary chiller. Cassie, 16, has suffered a year of upheavals: her parents’ divorce, her mother’s remarriage^B and new pregnancy, and the discovery that her stepfather’s psychiatric practice revolves around an experimental drug that may have led to the suicides of several of his teen patients. Leading off is a horrific scene of Cassie’s abduction, masterminded by her stepfather, who planted crystal meth in her room and arranged for her to be taken to a juvenile “rehabilitation” center. Organization is a strong point here. In the first part, Henry effectively shuttles between Cassie’s imprisonment and the discoveries that lead to it. In the second part, Cassie must free herself and obtain evidence to save other teens from the deadly drug–all but impossible tasks in the Dickensian atmosphere of the teen facility. Along with solid plotting and suspense comes a likable heroine who’s a good match for the nefarious adults in her life”

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Ex-bulimic Demi Lovato talks drug abuse, rehab and smoking pot with Joe Jonas
Demi Lovato is doing well three years after going to rehab for drug and alcohol addiction, she told E! Feb. 3. Looking back, Lovato is grateful that rehab saved her life, and helped her realize she had to change if she wanted to live. "I don't think … Read more on Examiner.com

Iran not doing enough to address drug addiction
According to studies and surveys conducted by the Drug Control Headquarters issued last December, more than 600 drug rehabilitation centers are recognized across the country, most of which are based on the outskirts of cities. Because of the immense … Read more on Al-Monitor

Hoffman found with 50 bags of heroin, addiction meds: sources
Multiple law enforcement sources told NBC News that authorities found six bottles of prescription drugs — including the blood pressure medication clonidine hydrochloride; the addiction treatment drug buprenorphine; the attention-deficit disorder … Read more on NBCNews.com (blog)

Philip Seymour Hoffman Dead — Dies of Apparent Heroin Overdose … Needle …
Details surrounding his death are unclear … but the actor had struggled with drug problems … most recently checking himself into a rehab facility for heroin back in May. TMZ broke the story of Hoffman going to rehab. We were told he did it as a … Read more on TMZ.com

Question by Ithilrien F: About how many people are arrested on marajuana charges each year?
I’ve done a lot of searching, but people in favor of legalisation don’t tend to cite their sources, and anti-drug people are oddly evasive about the numbers. I just need a straight answer, because it’s holding me up in a school project.

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Answer by El Scott
Good luck finding anything official. I found a CBS article that claimed 734,000 Americans were “arrested” in 2001 for marijuana. You can find all kinds of numbers from other sources and the FBI doesn’t print totals in it UCR for drug arrests, just percentages by region.

I have arrested in parenthesis because many people just receive a citation for small amounts. Many of these cite and release encounters get reported as arrests because of the nature of the paperwork that is done by the charging agency.

According to the UCR there were 1,379,987 arrests for “drug abuse” in 2006 but that is not limited to marijuana.

Edit:
Actually if you do some math with the UCR you can get the number. The number of arrests for Sale/Manufacture of Marijuana were 4.8% which would be 68,999 (I rounded) and for Possession of Marijuana it would be 39.1% or 538,194. Those are the 2006 stats which are the most current.

FBI Uniform Crime Report:
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2006/arrests/index.html

The UCR is the not the know all-end all but it should be a good ballpark figure.

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Professor Probes Psychedelic Drugs for a Cure to Nicotine Addiction
Bespectacled and bearded, he has an earnest, reserved demeanor befitting a man whose CV is loaded with dense journal articles like “Replacing Relative Reinforcing Efficacy With Behavioral Economic Demand Curves.” Johnson grew up in Landover, the son of … Read more on Washingtonian.com

Demi Lovato on Her Drug Abuse: I Would Sneak Cocaine onto Planes
Demi Lovato has been very open about the issues that landed her in rehab three years ago, but now reveals shocking details about the extent of her addiction. The X Factor judge was still a teenager when her problems spiraled out of control, and she … Read more on People Magazine

Lupica: Chiara de Blasio's substance abuse admission was orchestrated by de …
Somehow, on Christmas Eve, the incoming mayor of New York City, Bill de Blasio, managed to turn his teenage daughter's struggles with alcohol and drugs into one last campaign ad, even though this was the darker, flip side of the television commercial … Read more on New York Daily News

De Blasio: People touched by Chiara's depression, substance abuse confession
Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio said Sunday people worldwide have been touched by his daughter Chiara's Christmas Eve video opening up about her struggles with drug and alcohol abuse. “Since it was released, people all over the country, people all over the … Read more on New York Daily News