Opioid crisis creating nonprofit demand
With the belief that yoga and mindfulness are essential to recovery for drug addicts and alcoholics, McCausland established Prana Recovery Centers, a Marlborough drug and alcohol treatment center focused on relapse prevention. The program is centered … Read more on Worcester Business Journal

Grace Centre Adult Treatment Facility Officially Opens
A new adult treatment centre for people dealing with complex alcohol and drug addictions was officially opened this morning in Harbour Grace. Cindy Clarke is … Clarke says the 28 day residential program takes a holistic approach to conquering addictions. Read more on VOCM

Business Spotlight: Addicted to Rescue
Ozark-based Teen Challenge actually got its start in Manhattan, N.Y. – in the thick of a late 1950s murder trial of seven teenage gang members. Pennsylvania pastor Dave Wilkerson was reading Life magazine's two-page spread of the case in his study 265 … Read more on Springfield Business Journal

Mother who lost son to heroin: Talk about it
The former Shrewsbury man died Sunday from a heroin overdose after being released from a drug rehabilitation facility in Florida. Kevin's mother, Michelle Outen, chose to disclose the … Ultimately, the short stays in rehab weren't nearly long enough … Read more on York Dispatch

Why addiction is suddenly a hot investment sector in Philly
Federal changes boosting access to care for alcoholics and drug addicts as well as people with mental illness, and growing attention to deaths from prescription painkillers and heroin, are luring investors to buy into addiction treatment. Plus … Read more on Philly.com

O'Malley urges Iowans to "shift the dynamic of the race"
We worked on addiction and drug treatment. I learned if you treat the physical component without the mental component, you're playing a game of whack-a-mole, you … Now we have the most unrepresentative House of Representatives in modern times." He … Read more on Spencer Daily Reporter

Medicaid managed care plans may get financial boost to cover addiction treatment
Chris Benedetto, a 30-year-old who started using heroin when he was 13 years old, in Scranton, Pennsylvania, says he needed much more than 15 or even 30 days in rehab to kick his drug habit. "I was really young," Benedetto said. "I actually was … Read more on Healthcare Payer News

Telehealth Takes the Lead in Addiction Treatment
Texas-based MAP Health Management is adding 1,200 counselors to its national MAP Recovery Network, with the goal of creating programs that connect providers with the estimated 22 million Americans with addiction problems on a continual basis, rather … Read more on mHealthIntelligence.com

Helping Drug–Addicted Inmates Break The Cycle
About two-thirds of the nation's 2.3 million inmates are addicted to drugs or alcohol, compared to 9 percent of the general population, according to a study by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. Yet only 11 … Read more on Huffington Post

'I was completely and utterly addicted to hurting myself'
Soon, she was dabbling in tobacco, alcohol and huffing fly spray and petrol. … Police arrested her at the scene and after a court appearance, she was sentenced to seven years and nine months behind bars on three separate charges. Jail was a wake-up … Read more on Stuff.co.nz

Plymouth health news
Narcotics Anonymous is an international, community-based association of recovering drug addicts with more than 33,500 weekly meetings in over 116 countries worldwide. Narcotics Anonymous sprang from the Alcoholics Anonymous program of the late … Read more on Wicked Local

Inside China's first rehab hospital for contagious disease patients in Zhongshan
Ankle chains, heavy locks and unforgiving handcuffs – these are the harrowing scenes to be found inside China's first rehab hospital. Zhongshan City Second People's Hospital Southern Branch in southern China was specifically built for patients with … Read more on Daily Mail

Family, friends hope Ron Hynes' death shines light on drug addiction
White, Morris and Joel Hynes all say there should be more help and treatment services for drug addicts in the province, which they say has seen a spike in crime and drug use in recent years. "Newfoundland and Labrador needs help. We are crying out for … Read more on CTV News

Life Testimony: Founding Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Center, Drug Addict …
Editor's note: This story talks about the life testimony of Li Ming, the founder of the Faith Hope Love Family. It tells of how God successfully led him out of drugs, called him to establish a drug rehabilitation center ,and to help lots of drug … Read more on China Christian Daily (press release)

Maine plan to attack drug crisis would spend equally on treatment, enforcement
AUGUSTA — Legislative leaders on Wednesday unveiled a $ 4.8 million proposal to fight the state's drug crisis that includes more agents to crack down on dealers and more treatment for people already addicted. The plan, backed by three of the four … Read more on Press Herald

Playing Hot Potato With Pregnant Drug Addicts In Florida
Medlin, 25 years old, was an opiate addict when she got pregnant. Withdrawal during pregnancy is dangerous, in part because the baby goes through withdrawal, and in part because detoxing mothers will sometimes turn to dangerous street drugs. Read more on WMFE

Jail death's questions need answers
When the Adams County Jail staff put Tyler Tabor in a medical unit to detox from heroin, his Johnstown family assumed it would be a place he could be safe while the drug left his system. Instead, he died there from dehydration on May 17, three days … Read more on Loveland Reporter-Herald

Boston: Local Group Says Gov. Baker's Opiate Legislation Fails to Address …
Instead of reversing overdoses and finding more beds for detox, we should be helping people sooner,” said Galvin. “Scituate FACTS was founded about four years ago as a grassroot community-led coalition, working on the opiate crisis and really on … Read more on 95.9 WATD-FM (blog)

With spread of heroin antidote, attention turns to treatment
ATLANTIC CITY – Narcan seems to be everywhere. First responders , police and even private individuals without a prescription can now get — and administer — the drug that reverses an opiate overdose. The growing abuse of heroin and prescription drugs … Read more on Vineland Daily Journal

Scarborough Police: Drug Addicts Seeking Treatment Won't be Charged with Crime
SCARBOROUGH, Maine — The Scarborough Police Department announced this week that it's taking action to get people addicted to opiates into treatment. The department is … But the plan didn't cover detox, so he had to do an online fundraising campaign. Read more on Maine Public Broadcasting

Sunday September 6, 2015: CityLine on the Opioids Crisis
BOSTON —It's a crisis of epic proportions. The opioid epidemic in Massachusetts has led Governor Charlie Baker to declare a public health emergency. MA Department of Public Health Commissioner Monica Bharel joins the program for a special CityLine in … Read more on WCVB Boston

He helped others fight heroin, died of overdose at 24
Many of them, he knew, shared his bitter enemy: heroin addiction. Johny was fresh from his latest round of rehab and pursuing a path from halfway house to college to a career in nursing. On Feb. 27, he relapsed one last time. He was 24. Johny … Read more on Press & Sun-Bulletin

The new face of heroin calls for compassion, but the old was a scourge
In Gloucester, Mass., for instance, the police chief has offered to help opiate addicts who walk into the police station and hand over the drugs. “We will walk them through the system toward detox and recovery,” the chief wrote on Facebook. “We will … Read more on Washington Post