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)

Teaching Friends And Family How To Reverse A Drug Overdose
Graham-Farmer knew what to do that day because, as of 2012, the whole staff at the residential drug treatment program where she works (Samaritan Village in Richmond Hill, Queens) has been trained to use Narcan, and to keep a rescue kit containing two … Read more on WFAE

What drug treatment in Delaware looks like
Additionally, the state's health department has requested more than $ 4 million in next year's budget to support programs aimed at expanding the bed space and access to treatment centers statewide as well as curbing teenage prescription drug use. Read more on The News Journal

Philly is 'mecca for people in recovery'
Ford has spent 20 years as a community liaison for the city's Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services on 8th Street near Market, where he gets uninsured and under-insured drug and alcohol addicts into recovery programs. Read more on Philly.com

Riverview Hospital Will Host New Rehab Program For Addiction, Mental Health
Client services will include programs for ongoing support, assessment, crisis intervention, co-ordinated psychiatric and medical treatment, life-and-social skills, drug-and-alcohol recovery, jobs skills, education and peer support, said Lake. "By … Read more on Huffington Post Canada

The Life and Times of an Addict in Myanmar
He wasn't the first drug addict I had seen locked up in Kachin State. At other rehab centers in the area, I had seen drug addicts locked in cages, some of them ironically called “prayer rooms.” Rehab centers in this religious area have little in the … Read more on New York Times

Drug Abuse Helpline for Independence, OH Offering Support and Advice for …
LIGHTNING RELEASES 12/23/14 — The new drug rehab abuse helpline for Independence, OH is changing how people in the area locate a reliable drug and alcohol recovery center. By calling (216) 242-14414 right now, anyone can find the substance … Read more on Ticker Report

Families of addicts were deceived about Goshen's New Day Home treatment …
… balanced residential treatment program focused on giving the addicted individual time and resources to help them stay free of substance abuse,” and lists services including detoxification programs, drug addiction counseling, psychological services … Read more on The Elkhart Truth

Affordable Care Act and addiction
Routine physicals may soon include questions about frequency or extent of drug and alcohol use. As a result, conditions considered less than severe addiction may be identified and treated with a variety of approaches, some currently in use, some not … Read more on Dodge City Daily Globe

Addiction Psychiatry: Clinical Insights
One of the highlights of the conference was an excellent symposium on “Pharmacogenetically Driven Treatment for Drug and Alcohol Dependencies” by luminaries in the addiction psychiatry field, including Henry Kranzler, MD, Thomas Kosten, MD, and Dave … Read more on Psychiatric Times

Need for elderly addiction treatment rises
NEW YORK – A surge in baby boomers has driven up the number of elderly people abusing drugs or alcohol, bringing more attention to the sometimes-delicate problems involved in treating addiction in the aging. Last summer, the Jewish Home Lifecare … Read more on Ithaca Journal

Advocates choose Decatur County woman for award
Scalf says that during the past twelve years, Meyer's cases have included drug exposed infants, domestic violence, parents cooking meth, homeless families, extreme physical abuse and neglect and parents with untreated mental health issues. Advocates … Read more on NewsTalk 1010 WCSI

Fort Campbell civilian to retire on 'high note'
At 15, he cleaned the bricks from the deconstructed barracks on Indiana Avenue at a penny apiece. A year later, he … With a degree in sociology, Davila began working for the Army Substance Abuse Program as a drug and alcohol counselor. Gradually, he … Read more on The Fort Campbell Courier

The Promise and Perils of Brain Training
Seniors striving to stay sharp, parents looking for drug-free ways to help kids with learning disorders, brain injury patients, burn victims, business executives, and athletes are all turning to computer apps, games, and programs for a mental edge … Read more on WebMD

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