SAMHSA Proposes Updates to Substance Abuse Records Security and …
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has released proposed changes to the Confidentiality of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Patient Records regulations (45 C.F.R. Part 2) for … Read more on Lexology (registration)

Why Are All the Candidates Talking About Addiction?
Donald Trump talked about his brother, Fred, who died in 1981 from complications of alcoholism, telling CNN's Anderson Cooper, “He got hooked and there was nothing, there was nothing we could do about it.” Ted Cruz spun stories on the trail about his … Read more on New Republic

Losing His Son And Facing His Own Addiction, Kim Learned Recovery Is A Way Of Life
But when Kim's 16 year-old son David lost his life to alcohol and drug addiction, it drove Kim into pattern of heavy drinking and prescription drug abuse. Grief over David's death pushed him deeper into his disease but ultimately was the … After … Read more on WBAA

Heroin's fatal grip worsens a mother's pain
“He even told me that he had even shot alcohol in his veins as well. He was not only …. Googins said there is a correlation that can be made between crimes driven by drug addiction and a lack of health services to treat substance abuse. “There's … Read more on Sentry

Prescription drug abuse a dangerous trend in Cavalier, police chief says
Prescription drug abuse is the fastest-growing drug problem in the nation, according to the Office of National Drug Control Policy. The number of people in treatment at North Dakota Human Service Centers reporting prescription drug abuse is increasing … Read more on Grand Forks Herald

Local roundtable helped spur opioid legislation
CHILLICOTHE — A roundtable on opioid addiction and prescription drug abuse conducted in Chillicothe in October has played a significant role in the introduction of new legislation designed to help fight the problem all the way from initial addiction … Read more on Chillicothe Gazette

ASAP's Strutner named 2016 Advocate of Year by anti-drug coalition
Strutner, executive director of Allies for Substance Abuse Prevention of Anderson County, accepted the award on Thursday, February 4, during CADCA's 26th annual National Leadership Forum. The forum was at the Gaylord National Hotel and Convention … Read more on Oak Ridge Today

Opioid Drug Screenings May Dissuade People from Treatment
In that same year, more than 2 million Americans were addicted to opioid pain relievers, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Doctors write 259 million prescriptions for opioids each year. The CDC recently published a number of guidelines … Read more on GoodTherapy.org (blog)

CDC Over-Counted Opioid Overdoses
… Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly. Drug overdose deaths have increased 137 percent — 200 percent for opioids — since 2000, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced in its January 1 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report … Read more on Pain News Network

Dove House rescues women from addiction
The woman once warned her that addiction starts with cigarettes, then progresses to pot, pills and meth. "I looked … She is sitting in a cramped office at Dove Recovery House, the largest substance abuse recovery center for women in Indianapolis. She … Read more on Indianapolis Star

Grant County overdoses, drug deaths doubled in the past year
Marion's General Hospital also has seen an epidemic like increase in the number of HIV and Hepatitis C cases because addicts are sharing needles. And for now, in Marion and across Indiana, resources and rehab facilities have not kept pace with people … Read more on WRTV Indianapolis

Dover Heroin Anonymous offers hope to addicted
“I hope we can work together this year on some bipartisan problems like … helping people who are battling prescription drug abuse and heroin abuse,” Obama said. According to an American Society of Addiction Medicine report, … “Most recovery programs … Read more on Foster’s Daily Democrat

'I don't work it, I live it': Program champions recovery for Auburn drug …
The mentor program is funded through a three-year grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration that was awarded in September 2014 and implemented in April 2015. Partnership for Results hosts the grant. The program … Read more on Auburn Citizen

First Lady Michelle Obama To Deliver Remarks To Mayors
… Rawlings-Blake, nearly 300 of the nation's mayors will convene in Washington, D.C. at the Capital Hilton Hotel to engage with Administration officials, Congressional leaders business leaders to ensure the health and economic recovery of America's … Read more on PR Newswire (press release)

Senators push for 600 million to fight the drug crisis
New Hampshire Senator Jeanne Shaheen is sponsoring the bill, which would fund enforcement, prevention, intervention, treatment and recovery programs across the country. The bill calls for distributing 225-million to the states in a block grants. The … Read more on WCSH-TV

Obama's Heroin Pledge Has A Huge Obstacle, Senator Says
However, in his public health role as Director of the Duke Clinical Research Institute, he had oversight of Coordinating Center activity for a major grant from the National Institute of Drug Abuse (a branch of NIH) to develop effective approaches to … Read more on Huffington Post

Misguided war on drug leaves many victims with scars
Nationwide, the number of deaths from heroin rocketed from fewer than 2,000 in 2001 to more than 10,000 in 2014, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. And experts say that nearly 90 percent of those who tried heroin for the first time in … Read more on Montgomery Advertiser

Drug to curb marijuana use comes with scary side effects
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, “overstimulation of the endocannabinoid system by marijuana use can cause changes in the brain that lead to addiction.” Frequent marijuana use is linked to mild withdrawal symptoms, including headaches … Read more on Extract

College student reveals she nearly died from underage binge-drinking
A college student from Nevada has issued a stark warning to young adults about the dangers of binge drinking, revealing how an underage drinking session at a concert left in a coma and nearly killed her. Hanna Lottritz, a journalism student at the … Read more on Daily Mail

Cleaning up lives: First sober living home settled in Tyler
Additionally, the Supreme Court ruled in 1995 that those recovering from alcoholism and drug abuse were a protected class under the handicapped provisions of the Federal Fair Housing Act Amendments of 1988, spurring the opening of more sober living … Read more on Tyler Morning Telegraph

New alcohol guidelines: How is drinking linked to cancer?
After much media build-up, Professor Dame Sally Davies, the Government's Chief Medical Officer, has announced updated guidelines on low-risk drinking for the UK. Today's announcement has been in the pipeline since the previous government announced … Read more on The Independent