Giving the tools to kick heroin
The influx of cheap heroin caused many in the community to become addicted to the drug. Whether for possession or trafficking or other crimes committed in an effort to obtain more heroin, the vast majority of cases since 2013 have been rooted in heroin … Read more on Times Bulletin

Sycamore City Council could revisit sober house vote
… their vote against granting a special-use permit to allow the county to operate the group home in a house at 491 E. State St. The facility would house male alcoholics and drug addicts who are working to rehabilitate themselves through the county's … Read more on DeKalb Daily Chronicle

Formerly incarcerated activist fights to give people a chance to change
Clean for eight years now, he was coaxed into a new life by the rehab center that Nunn also co-founded — just after kicking his own crack habit a quarter-century ago. …. Drug use in his teen years mixed with feelings of "extreme indignation over … Read more on Los Angeles Times

New Guidance on Screening, Intervention for Alcohol Misuse
New guidance for physicians and policy-makers describes screening and intervention for high-risk alcohol drinking, based on a review published online March 2 in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. The evidence-based review targets healthcare … Read more on Medscape

Addiction recovery program seeks to lease The Breakers in Long Beach
LONG BEACH >> The future of The Breakers of Long Beach, a senior living facility doing business in a historic downtown building, is in question amid recent concerns and rumors that addiction treatment providers may be attempting to lease the facility. Read more on Long Beach Press Telegram

Teen drug treatment center accepting only girls
(AP) — A Spokane treatment center for teen drug addicts is now accepting only girls at its inpatient facility. It had been coed. The executive director of Daybreak Youth Services, Annette Klinefelter, told The Spokesman-Review the gender-specific … Read more on Q13 FOX

One Way to Stop Overzealous Prosecutors: Defund State Prisons
When a local prosecutor sends a convicted felon to prison, the cost of keeping him locked up—an average of $ 31,286 per year—is paid for entirely by the state, not the county where the prosecutor holds office. The problem with this setup, some argue … Read more on Slate Magazine

Skid row patients die as clinic lacks OK to dispense methadone
In theory the forces of change are finally in sync: California has stopped putting drug addicts in prison, leaving them free to get help. And Obamacare has put help in reach by providing insurance that covers drug abuse treatment. But in real life … Read more on Los Angeles Times

Three infected with measles at Las Vegas seafood restaurant
All told, more than 150 people across the United Sates have recently been diagnosed with measles, 126 of them in California. Nevada public health officials believe the … Sizemore said none of the newly diagnosed patients was hospitalized, but one … Read more on Raw Story

Beverly Hills Tip Jar Bandit Sentenced to Year of Rehab
A woman charged last week with stealing money from tip jars at various businesses in Beverly Hills was sentenced today to a year in a live-in residential drug rehabilitation facility in connection with her no contest plea to stealing money from a cash … Read more on Patch.com

Putting recovery in the light Addiction too destructive to ignore
A former heroin addict who believes that going to jail saved her life, the energetic 37-year-old Exeter woman is now the regional coordinator for Allies in Substance Abuse Prevention for the United Way. She is working with the nonprofit group Hope for … Read more on Foster’s Daily Democrat

Free Vivitrol therapy starts for Florida drug addicts ordered to seek treatment
"This is a tool in their tool belt to help better engage substance abuse treatment services and get the most out of their treatment." Florida experienced a surge of prescription pain-killer related deaths in the early 2000s. Federal authorities said 98 … Read more on Tampabay.com

Troubled veterans get treatment, not jail
And one run by the state Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services shows a 36 percent drop in illegal drug use among its veterans and a 44 percent decrease in symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder. "So many people are getting what they … Read more on Danbury News Times

Treating China's Internet Addicts
In 2008, China became the first nation to declare Internet addiction a clinical disorder. Recently, the Spanish photographer Fernando Moleres spent three days documenting patients at an Internet-addiction treatment center outside of Beijing. Residents … Read more on The New Yorker

Open house slated for Potter County Women's Rehabilitation Center
The new facility and programs complement the specialty courts, beginning as DUI and now looking to expand to cover individuals with drug addiction issues, that are being operated in Potter County, and continue a partnership between the county courts, … Read more on Bradford Era

What's Goin' On
Harlan Health & Rehabilitation Center will be SELLING COOKBOOKS to raise money for the Resident Christmas Fund. Cookbooks are ….. For a free brochure on the signs of addiction for all drugs, call 800-431-1754 or visit DrugAbuseSolution.com. Narconon … Read more on The Harlan Daily Enterprise

New lease of life for 56 drug addicts in Sharjah
Official says Sharjah Rehabilitation Centre conducted drug and alcohol tests on 1,456 government employees in 2014. Of the 56 drug addicts who received treatment at the Sharjah Rehabilitation Centre affiliated to the Sharjah Police last year, 48 were … Read more on Yahoo! Maktoob News

Scientology-based company going to OMB after application for Milton drug and …
A Church of Scientology entity called Social Betterment Properties International has appealed a decision made by the Town's Committee of Adjustment and Consent to use a property located at 7651 Milburough Line as a drug and rehabilitation facility … Read more on InsideHalton.com

Addiction Recovery Project at Centenary College and 'STOP' to sponsor …
"The Anonymous People" is a feature documentary film about the more than 23.5 million Americans living in long-term recovery from alcohol and drug addiction. Deeply entrenched social stigma have kept recovery voices silent and faces hidden for decades. Read more on NJ.com

Tolerance call for recovering drug addicts
There are more drug addicts relying on benefits in Bristol than any other UK city, new figures show. Drugs recovery agencies are urging understanding from both the public and employers after it was revealed that 340 people in Bristol are receiving … Read more on Western Daily Press

Babes in Toyland Bassist Maureen Herman on Addiction, Recovery and …
It was the worst time to be introduced to a drug that gives you vending machine euphoria. I am actually really grateful that I found crack though. Because it escalated my addiction and I believe made it so that I got to my bottom quicker. It was a … Read more on LA Weekly