New residential drug and alcohol treatment center opens
A new faith-based residential treatment center that helps adult women recover from drug and alcohol addictions has opened in Willard. Teen Challenge of the Firelands — which despite its name treats women of all ages 18 and over — opened a few weeks … Read more on Sandusky Register

County Jail Programs Tackle Addiction Across US
A spell in the county lockup gives inmates plenty of time to think and some jails give them plenty to think about, as they assess — voluntarily or not — the roles alcohol and drugs have played in their lives with substance abuse treatment programs … Read more on PublicCEO.com

New White Paper Published by Innovative Detox Compares Conventional …
Using this extensive documentation, this study found that traditional alcohol and drug rehab programs, based on the 28-day residential treatment program pioneered by Hazelden more than 35 years ago — a flawed approach that is totally dependent on the … Read more on Marketwired (press release)

Drug Treatment Court Participation Down
Their All Rise Philosophy and public service announcement persuade advocates that judges and lawyers know more about drug and alcohol addiction than the medical community. In the over 20 years of these expanding courts, there is not … Although we … Read more on Huffington Post

Legalized marijuana might be the best thing to ever happen to heroin addicts
Among drug treatment specialists, marijuana remains controversial. Although some research has shown marijuana to be an alternative treatment for more serious drug addiction, addiction treatment specialists still view marijuana as highly addictive and … Read more on Quartz

Opinion: Students react to “Moving Dartmouth Forward” plans
As a Drug and Alcohol Peer Advisor, an aspiring addiction physician and someone who has been researching alcohol policy for almost five years, I strongly support the ban on hard alcohol. Studying the epidemiology of college alcohol use and abuse … Read more on The Dartmouth

Poor sleep 'early warning sign' for drink and drug issues
Poor sleep in teenage years could be an early warning sign for alcohol problems, illicit drug use and "regretful" sexual behaviour, research suggests. US scientists found adolescents with bad sleep habits were more likely to engage in risky behaviour … Read more on BBC News

Antidote For Cocaine Addiction? We're Closer To Drug That Can Block …
A recent Danish study has provided a glimmer of hope for those living with addiction. Researchers developed a new drug that would be used in addition to recovery therapy, and although it would not be able to make the cravings disappear completely, … Read more on Medical Daily

Crownsville detox center at risk of closing
Hope House in Crownsville helps, on average, about 1,500 drug and alcohol addicts get treatment, but because of a drop in Medicaid funding, that treatment is in serious jeopardy. Earlier this week, Anne Arundel County Executive Steve Schuh declared a … Read more on WBAL Baltimore

Punjab Politics: Millions wasted on Dharnas, while De-addiction Centers lie …
Out of the two Govt run centers, one is totally useless as in the absence of doctors there no addict could be admitted the staff told us that conditions had been like this for quite a while now. Whereas the main de-addiction centers in civil hospital … Read more on SikhSiyasat.Net

We Are Treating Heroin Addiction Wrong Even Though We Know Better …
Why heroin addiction treatment is stuck in a “scientific dark age.” Standard treatment for heroin addicts is not all that different today than it was decades ago: willpower over chemistry. It's a 12-step program. It's a rigid 30-day drug detox center … Read more on The Ocean Signal

Lauded for a Hard Look at Tough Topic
Phoenix House is one of the largest not-for-profit substance-abuse treatment centers in the U.S.. Through her time at HBO, Ms. Nevins has shepherded such projects as “Addiction,” a 14-part series that was given out as DVDs to guests such as Michael … Read more on Wall Street Journal

How to find drug and alcohol abuse treatment in NJ
New Jersey currently has about 825 licensed facilities for substance abuse along with several free outlets for information and assistance if you or a loved one is suffering from addiction to drugs or alcohol. While there is a shortage of residential … Read more on NJ.com

Ocean State addresses high drug, alcohol addiction rates
Rhode Island has recently found itself at the top of some undesirable lists — the state came in third in alcohol poisoning deaths and first in illicit drug use, according to findings from the Centers for Disease Control. Topping both lists has … Read more on The Brown Daily Herald

Innovatively Treating Residents with Alcohol and Drug Addictions
Baby boomers have comprised a unique generation in our nation's history and in American life. They were the first wave of births after the end of the Second World War, and witnessed the transformative decade of the 1960s, disco and rollerblades of the … Read more on Illinois Nursing Home Abuse Blog (blog)

America Tonight's highlights of 2014
This was America Tonight's first full year on air and online, and we kept busy. Our reporters told stories from every state in the country, from a heroin-ravaged small town in New England to a sex offender detainment center in Southwest Florida … Read more on Al Jazeera America

Gulf dead zone could be shrunk, but at high cost
BATON ROUGE – At an eye-popping price tag of $ 2.7 billion every year, a new report says the country could meet the national goal of reducing the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico. The dead zone — an area of low oxygen that can't support marine life … Read more on Opelousas Daily World

Harry?s Daddy, and Diana?s ?Murder?: Royal Rumors In a New Play
Born in 1971 in Bossier City, Louisiana and raised within a “hippie communal” movement, Leto initially planned to study visual arts at Philadelphia's prestigious University of the Arts. Later, he transferred to the School of Visual Arts in New York … Read more on Daily Beast

Per Wickstrom Adds New “Strategy” Section to PerWickstrom.com
Per Wickstrom is the President and Founder of Best Drug Rehabilitation, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center focused on helping individuals through holistic and natural methods. Per believes that it's never too late to turn your life around and do … Read more on PR Web (press release)

North Ridgeville pursuing drug treatment facility
This is why the county's chief drug and alcohol treatment agency plans to explore opening treatment and recovery centers outside Lorain. Lorain County Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services Director Tom Stuber plans to sit down with North Ridgeville Mayor … Read more on Chronicle-Telegram

Glitch leaves thousands of Pennsylvania Medicaid beneficiaries without …
But instead of enrolling these beneficiaries into Healthy Plus, the new program for those in need of drug and alcohol treatment centers, these individuals were enrolled in private plans that don't offer such treatment. When treatment centers realized … Read more on FierceHealthPayer

Shelby, NC Addiction Hotline Assisting Addicts in Finding Effective Recovery …
People can learn about treatment options available at various rehab facilities. Friends and family can use the helpline to learn more about which treatment centers give their loved ones the best opportunity to overcome a drug or alcohol dependency. Read more on Ticker Report

North Carolina Drug and Alcohol Addicts Finding Help Through Abuse Helpline
Treatment centers can provide addicts with several treatment options including drug detox, dual diagnosis, individual and group therapy along with mandatory education programs. The helpline's goal is to provide much-needed access for those who need … Read more on Ticker Report