0K grant will go to helping more Minnesotans with their addictions
A drug and alcohol recovery center that works to keep costs low received a grant that will allow the nonprofit to help nearly 100 more people seeking recovery. The Retreat, a residential recovery program in Wayzata, received $ 250,000 from the Otto … Read more on Rick Kupchella’s BringMeTheNews

Community Calendar
Bible study, Lighthouse Recovery Center for Women, 311 E. Main St. Drug and alcohol class, 6 p.m., at Lighthouse Recovery Center for Men, 1276E 250N. Discussion/life skills class, 6 p.m., at Lighthouse Recovery Center for Men. In-house meeting drug and … Read more on Washington Times Herald

For addicts, finding treatment is its own battle
The center, headquartered in the New Hampshire Community Health Institute in Bow, was launched by the Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Services, a division of the N.H. Department of Health Human Services. It's funded through the U.S. Substance Abuse and … Read more on Eagle-Tribune

A Dangerous Trend: The Move Away from Abstinence Based Addiction Treatment
The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act ensures that insurance will pay for a 30-day inpatient program for those who require it. Originally, practitioners within the field of drug and alcohol rehabilitation had hope that access to treatment … Read more on Science 2.0 (blog)

Why not just put addicts in prison? Not treating heroin abuse is costlier than …
Next year, the state will expand Medicaid eligibility under the Affordable Care Act, which means that roughly 600,000 uninsured residents in the state will be covered by the program. The expansion should significantly reduce the cost … Jack Carroll … Read more on PennLive.com

New Roads Behavioral Health opens second treatment facility in Fort …
New Roads Behavioral Health based out of Sandy, Utah announces the opening of their new drug and alcohol rehab facility in sunny Fort Lauderdale, Florida. New Roads' Florida location is a therapeutic, residential drug treatment center that treats young … Read more on PR Web (press release)

Plans for Rehab Center in Carbondale Moving Forward
Plans are moving forward to turn a former hospital in Lackawanna County into a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center. The proposal for Marian Community Hospital in Carbondale isn't without controversy. Last month, a judge said plans for the rehab … Read more on PA home page

Gilbert ranch provides drug, alcohol rehab to young men
If you take the long way home in the east Valley, near Val Vista Drive and Hunt Highway, you'll find the Welcome Home Ranch. But it's not any ranch. It's also a drug and alcohol treatment center. So what inspired a Canadian millionaire to open up a … Read more on KPHO Phoenix

It's not the size of the government that's the problem
For example, it repeals part of the Dodd-Frank Act designed to stop Wall Street from using other peoples' money to support its gambling addiction, as the Street did before the near-meltdown of 2008. Dodd-Frank had barred banks from using commercial … Read more on Baltimore Sun

Former Philadelphia sportscaster Don Tollefson seeks counsel for upcoming trial
… makes $ 30,000 a year from social security disability which is above the threshold to be assigned a public defender. In March 2008, Tollefson was in a car crash on the turnpike. He said the aftermath of that crash led him to begin his pill addiction … Read more on Main Line

Drug and alcohol rehabilitation scheme given £5000 funding by Breckland Council
Breckland Council has granted the money to DAAT (the Drug and Alcohol Addiction Team) and Norfolk County Council for a new service, the 'Thetford Recovery Through Art Project'. The project will be set up by Keystone Development Trust to support those … Read more on Norfolk Eastern Daily Press

Midwood Rehab Center Sounded Early Alarm On Heroin Abuse, Now Tackling It …
The associate director of a Midwood-based drug rehabilitation and counseling center said she was among the first to sound the alarm about an impending spike in heroin abuse in the community, and now the group is turning to the radio to bring it to an end. Read more on Sheepshead Bites

Prosecutors offer additional rebuttal witnesses in Lasley murder trial
Lasley Jr. entered the drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility when 15 years old on the recommendation of his parole officer. Skorey testified … Hansen noted in weekly reports Lasley Jr.'s primiary concern was substance abuse and dependency … Read more on Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier

Fort Myers parents concerned about proposed drug rehab center
In the zoning application sent to the Lee County Department of Community Development, it says it would be a "holistic medical center with in-patient and out-patient longer-term treatment for recovering addicts." Residents in the area said notices have … Read more on WZVN-TV

Treatment centre volunteer now its patron
Supporting people who want to make positive changes in their lives is what Ian Cameron loves most about his involvement at the St Marks Adult (alcohol and other drugs) A & D Treatment Centre. His association with it goes back to the year it opened in … Read more on Marlborough Express

Raise legal drinking age to 21
Of the more than 11 000 patients treated at SA National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (Sanca) centres around the country in the 2013/2014 financial year, 29 percent of them were addicted to alcohol. This was exceeded only by patients with a … Read more on Independent Online

Tributes paid to Rhos on Sea man Stephen Chilton
Between 2010 and 2012 Mr Chilton worked with the Rhoserchan Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Unit, and also worked as a carer for Hafan y Waun Nursing Home, Aberystwyth. The funeral for Mr Chilton will be held at St Joseph's RC Church, Colwyn Bay on … Read more on North Wales Pioneer