Rehab facility plans bigger facility on Florence Road
The plaintiffs contend that Voyage is a business used for commercial purposes of rehabilitating people from a mental institution and drug and alcohol treatment center that deemed them capable of living and functioning in the community as long as they … Read more on Murfreesboro Post

New Medicaid enrollees are younger and fitter, but many need addiction treatment
In Washington state, for example, the health agency invested in a drug and alcohol treatment program in 2005 and found that for every dollar spent, the state saved $ 2 in medical and nursing facility costs in the first four years. “It's hard for … Read more on Redding Record Searchlight

Drug, alcohol treatment services to be made available at Carbon County …
JIM THORPE — Carbon County Commissioners entered into an agreement Thursday with the Carbon-Monroe-Pike Drug & Alcohol Commission to provide drug and alcohol treatment services at the Carbon County Correctional Facility for 2015 starting on Jan … Read more on Standard Speaker

Rehab Centre to Be Put Up in Nyandarua
Ndemi Health Centre in Kipipiri will be expanded to accommodate a rehabilitation centre for drug addicts. The rehab centre will be put up jointly by the Nyandarua county government and National Authority for the Campaign against Alcohol and Drug and … Read more on The Star

Patient beaten to death in Ctg drug rehab centre
On Tuesday, a man from the rehabilitation centre informed Sujit that his brother was sick and needed treatment in a hospital. On arrival at the centre, the family found Sujit unconscious with severe injuries to his body. Later, he was declared dead at … Read more on The Daily Star

Narconon: The Church of Scientology's secret answer to drug rehabilitation
In 2013, the Narconon of Georgia Drug and Alcohol Treatment centre in the United States closed amid an investigation into financial irregularities involving insurance, after a former patient claimed the centre charged her insurance company $ 166,000 for … Read more on International Business Times UK

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

Inadequate Drug-Addiction Treatment Available in NJ has Many Roots
They range from the lack of inpatient beds, availability of outpatient services, inconsistent modes of addiction treatment (or lack of agreement whether to use methadone or other substances to tame heroin addiction), and a general a lack of funds and … Read more on NJ Spotlight

Gaudenzia addiction treatment facility coming to Bristol Twp.
A new drug and alcohol treatment center will open in the new next few months in Bristol Township. Gaudenzia Lower Bucks will open on the grounds of Lower Bucks Hospital, possibly in December or January, officials said. An open house with tours will be … Read more on Bucks County Courier Times

Self-help: Addicts buying Suboxone on street
In a plea deal, Evers was sentenced to a secured treatment facility, STAR in Scioto County, instead of prison. He was sent for a second time in 2010, but was back before the judge within a year. "When I was at STAR, I never treated my addiction. You do … Read more on Zanesville Times Recorder

Addiction problem is 'solvable'
Drugs and the way addiction is battled have evolved, according to Highland County Common Pleas Court Judge Rocky Coss who, along with Family Recovery Services (FRS) Director Joe Adray, spoke at Thursday's meeting of the Greenfield Rotary Club. Read more on Hillsboro Times Gazette

Grass-roots heroin fighters move into Ohio
She has organized meetings to educate the community, provided resource lists for those suffering from addiction and created the Community Recovery Project, a support and resources group on opiate and heroin addiction because, as the website says … Read more on Cincinnati.com

Woman faces aggravated vehicular homicide charges
Derbyshire's grandmother and Lowe's ex-wife, Ruth Derbyshire, told The Eagle-Gazette that her granddaughter should recover but will most likely have neck problems for the rest of her life. Derbyshire and Lowe … She also is facing two first-degree … Read more on Lancaster Eagle Gazette

Planning Commission recommends rehab clinic, tattoo studio
Matt Bell, owner of Phoenix Recovery Center, applied for a conditional use permit to allow a drug and alcohol treatment clinic in support of the chemical-free transitional housing facility established in the Brown Subdivision in 2012. “This permit will … Read more on Log Cabin Democrat

Three faces of addiction, recovery
Three Sturgeon Bay residents shared their stories about addiction and recovery during the Door County Alcohol and Other Drug Coalition's Faces of Recovery event Thursday. The event … Knipfer ended up at Nova treatment center later that day. “I … Read more on Green Bay Press Gazette

DARA Announces First Scholarship Fellow
DARA, which has two campuses in Thailand, is one of Asia's foremost drug and alcohol treatment centers, welcoming clients from throughout the world. It promotes a philosophy of providing holistic treatment to address the physical, mental, emotional and … Read more on PR Web (press release)

Life inside Limerick Prison
Its mission policy is 'to provide safe and secure custody, dignity of care and rehabilitation to prisoners for safer communities'. While its vision is simply for 'a safer community …. I was quickly struck by the holistic approach to care and … Read more on Limerick Post

The face of addiction is not always what you think
She went into autopilot, looking at rehabs, and decided upon The Cabin for its holistic approach, incorporating yoga, meditation, a high-intensity exercise regimen as well as cognitive behavioural therapy and a secular adaptation of the 12 steps program. Read more on Sydney Morning Herald

Treat insomnia with acupuncture
Acupuncture is a holistic medicine that addresses both the symptoms in this case, poor sleep- as well as the underlying cause of the symptoms. Acupuncture works by normalizing … Many doctors prescribe sedative-hypnotic drugs. According to a recent … Read more on India Today