Christie Calls War On Drugs Ineffective, Announces Program To Send Some …
As WCBS 880?s Levon Putney reported, Christie explained why he prefers helping drug offenders through treatment. “First of all … Christie said the state is phasing in a program to send non-violent drug-addicted first-time offenders to rehab instead … Read more on CBS Local

Narconon Arrowhead Launches Wellness Campaign for National Fitness and …
Narconon Arrowhead values the importance of physical fitness, and it integrates exercise into every part of its world-renowned program of drug and alcohol rehabilitation. In honor of National Fitness and Sports Month, Arrowhead will be working to … Read more on Broadway World

Study Says Legal Marijuana Encourages Teens to Smoke—Suncoast Rehab …
Florida drug treatment center Suncoast Rehabilitation Center says that the legalization of recreational marijuana has created a society in which drug use is viewed nonchalantly by young adults—a trend largely to blame for the expected increase in … Read more on PR Web (press release)

Chapters Capistrano Urges Women to Seek Addiction Recovery, Offers Flexible …
While many addiction recovery professionals are encouraged by the diminishing stigma surrounding treatment, Chapters Capistrano—a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center in Southern California—notes that there is still a lot of work to be done to … Read more on DigitalJournal.com

New Helpline in Webster provides adolescents with accurate substance abuse …
Admitting to a substance abuse problem is the first step on the road to recovery. For many years, people with drug and alcohol addiction issues in Webster had no place to go for help. It's a particularly difficult dilemma for teenager struggling with a … Read more on Your Houston News

Drug and alcohol recovery center won't be allowed near Woodside, supes decide
A drug and alcohol recovery center cannot open in a forested area of unincorporated Woodside, the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors unanimously decided Tuesday. The board's decision struck down the planning commission's approval of the project. Read more on San mateo county times

Experts discuss addiction recovery in Naples
About 23 million Americans are in long-term recovery for addictions to drugs and alcohol. Karen Casey, a New York Times best-selling author who's been in long-term recovery since 1976, said she has always been open about her struggles. "I don't ever … Read more on The News-Press

Jesse Jackson Jr. Could Be Out Of Federal Prison Much Sooner Than Expected
But Montgomery has one thing Butner does not: a residential drug and alcohol treatment program. Jackson, CBS 2 has learned, requested the transfer to enroll in the special nine-month program. There was no announcement of the move, only a change to the … Read more on CBS Local

Long-term care options seen as gap in drug treatments
“After the five-day spin dry, we're stuck again,” he said. “That's the missing piece,” said Nick Costello, executive director of John Ashford Link House, which has residential addiction treatment programs in Salisbury, Newburyport, Amesbury and Gloucester. Read more on Gloucester Daily Times

Treatment center proposes expanded facility in Hobe Sound
Unity Recovery Group, the parent company of four drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities on the Treasure Coast, wants to create an addiction recovery compound in Hobe Sound. In a pre-application meeting Thursday, Martin County Growth Management … Read more on TCPalm

Heroin 'filled the hole': For kid from suburbs, pot was first stop on road to …
Though his mother tried different approaches — punishment, lectures, praise when he entered rehab — nothing stuck. About a month after his release from a court-ordered, 8½-month residential treatment program, Lewis, then 17, reverted to his old ways. Read more on Omaha World-Herald

This Drug Court Judge Is Going To Rehab For Substance Abuse
Broward County Court Judge Gisele Pollack—removed from the bench for substance abuse—will be in rehabilitation for as long as six months. Broward Public Defender Howard Finkelstein, himself an admitted recovering alcoholic, said that if Pollack, 55, … Read more on Daily Business Review (registration)

Don't Let Thugs Abuse the System
Instead of being packed off to serve jail or prison terms, some offenders are being told they can escape cell time by completing drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs. Many have done so. But some do not take advantage of the deal. A Charleston man … Read more on Wheeling Intelligencer

Tylox Addiction and Tylox Abuse

New Adolescent Helpline Provides Valuable Information for Young Addicts
Treatment options available at rehab facilities can help any addict regardless of age, gender or social standing get the proper help they need. Accredited treatment facilities can provide drug detox, individual and group therapy, dual diagnosis and … Read more on Ticker Report

From the Publisher: Election Week Approaches
Lou La Monte has taken a strong leadership role in connection with trying to get some control over all the drug and alcohol rehab facilities that have popped up in Malibu. This, again, is a very complex issue against a well-funded opposition that makes … Read more on Malibu Times

Leaving Few Clues Behind
His father confirmed that Mr. Ott had been treated for alcoholism in the past and that “it's something that he continues to struggle with.” Rehab facilities and sites of Alcoholics Anonymous meetings have been a focus in the search. Asked whether drugs … Read more on New York Times

Smartphone App Can Help Alcoholics Stay Sober
A new app aims to prevent alcoholics and drug addicts from relapsing, and researchers say it actually helps. The A-CHESS app features audio relaxation, communication with support groups, and even sends an … featuring a variety of options for trying … Read more on Sci-Tech Today

Dear Harvard: You Win
Several weeks ago, in a grey room on the fourth floor of the Holyoke Center, my psychiatrist officially diagnosed me with depression. … I developed an anxiety disorder shortly after moving back to my House this fall, and running into my assailant up … Read more on Harvard Crimson

Overdose-reversal drug starting to be available to more people
In a presentation at last weekend's Hope for Recovery from Addiction program at the Trumbull Career and Technical Center, Dr. Joan Papp of MetroHealth Center in Cleveland and the Free Medical Clinic there, said Mahoning Valley residents can come to the … Read more on Youngstown Vindicator

Mental health care a wise investment
However, mental health treatment and drug and alcohol rehabilitation have been kept at tight funding levels through the recession and recovery years, even as surpluses began to appear. Funding could have been worse, mental health officials concede, but … Read more on South Lake Press