Tulsa Mulls a New Approach to Address Public Drunkenness
City officials are in talks with the Tulsa nonprofit addiction recovery center 12&12 about creating a “public inebriate alternative." Both city and 12&12 officials say any deal is likely a ways off. Police and substance abuse professionals believe it … Read more on Oklahoma Watch

There's a Drug That Prevents HIV. Let's Use It
In the study, conducted at two clinics treating sexually transmitted diseases and a community health center in three different cities, 437 men and transgender women took PrEP, which consists of emtricitabine and tenofovir (together called Truvada), for … Read more on TIME

Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers Orlando launches Painkiller Addiction and …
Alcohol Treatment Centers Orlando are promoting their prescription drug addiction rehab in the Orlando area to help those suffering become aware of recovery programs that are available to them. Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers Orlando has provided … Read more on PRUnderground (press release)

The St. Louis heroin epidemic: barriers to treatment
St. Louis Public Radio surveyed area drug treatment centers to find out what type of care they provided. The survey found that outpatient therapy is much more prevalent than residential care. Options are especially limited for people who don't have … Read more on St. Louis Public Radio

Be Vulnerable, Share Your Pain, and Begin to Heal
Then, I continued to work there as a clinical therapist for a few more years before moving on to a treatment center for men called Renaissance Ranch which is strictly drug and alcohol addiction. Now, I'm with Renaissance Ranch Outpatient and we work … Read more on The Good Men Project

PBHC executive director earns recognition from Attorney General at Law …
… the material several months ago on the nomination process, the first person who came to mind he said, was Theressa Snyder, executive director of Perry Behavioral Health Choices, an outpatient drug and alcohol treatment center, located in New Lexington. Read more on Perry County Tribune (registration)

Was jail the only place she could find help?
Ashley Gibbons had been holding it together, or so she told herself. Sure, she had sold off her electronics, stolen money from her mother and slept with guys who gave her money. But it wasn't as if she was an actual prostitute: “I didn't go and find … Read more on Washington Post

San Jose Seeks Greater Local Control over Sober Living Homes
According to the league's resolution, state law supersedes local zoning rules for licensed drug and alcohol treatment centers. Cities have to treat them as single-family homes. But with more residents than the average home, these facilities generate … Read more on San Jose Inside (blog)

To help combat opioid abuse epidemic, new methadone clinics to open up in Ann …
You can get a year of treatment for approximately $ 4500/ year; you couldn't get a week of residential for that. We do accept insurance but unfortunately, even with the parity act, addiction treatment is still the least funded of insurance programs. If … Read more on Detroit Metro Times (blog)

Photographs lead to charge
The victim had obvious bruises and cuts from a domestic dispute that involved alcohol, but refused medical treatment. The victim did allow … Jamie McKenzie was charged with residential burglary and felony theft of property. He did not have a definite … Read more on El Dorado News-Times

Wayne Co. begins process for needle exchange
The state health commissioner will make the final decision on the request. So far, three Indiana counties have been approved for needle exchange programs and each first held a public hearing before their commissioners declared a health emergency, which … Read more on Richmond

New St. Elizabeth CEO shuffles executive team
… Edgewood, Fort Thomas and Williamstown) as well as a Covington ambulatory center with a 24/7 emergency room, a Falmouth drug and alcohol treatment center, and more than 110 primary care and specialty office locations in Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana. Read more on Cincinnati Business Courier

Race and the Drug War
Not too many West Burro Baptist protests in Compton Planned Parenthood's, just Indiana and Caucasian districts. As the of color races increase and Caucasians decrease …. So long as they truly WANT help, So that it's not mandatory (jail or rehab … Read more on Drug WarRant

Twin addiction: A vow to beat addiction after sister didn't
In this Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013 photo, Faye Medema smokes a cigarette outside a recovery center in Houston. She had been a mess much of her life, dragged down by the same hard-core addiction that had plagued both her parents. She and her fraternal twin … Read more on mySanAntonio.com

David Mineta: Tragedy like Michael Tyree's jail death can be prevented
If you or a loved one has drug or mental health issues, the point of entry to get help shouldn't have to be the criminal justice system. By expanding capacity in the community — inpatient care, outpatient services, residential treatment, and … Read more on Santa Cruz Sentinel

Event to support drug treatment programs in Birmingham set for S – WSFA.com …
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Centers is behind Olivia's House, which provides transitional care to women with dependent children. The program also includes Pearson Hall, which provides crisis residential treatment to men and women and Zukoski … Read more on WSFA

Solutions Recovery Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary
Solutions Recovery Inc., is Southern Nevada's premier licensed residential drug and alcohol treatment center. The organization serves as a qualified, Joint-Commission accredited vendor licensed to operate residential facilities by Clark County and the … Read more on Nevada Business Magazine (press release)

10 Ways to Try to Prevent Drug Addiction in Your Child
We know personally the pain of addiction. Addiction is a disease based on biochemical abnormalities, and it should be treated as a disease, not a crime. The epidemic is a combination of biochemical abnormalities, potency of the drug available, the … Read more on Parenting Magazine

Hillary Clinton says '23 million Americans suffer from addiction, but only 1 …
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton recently announced a $ 10 billion proposal for treating drug and alcohol addiction. While addiction and treatment has not traditionally been a top-tier issue in presidential races, it has attracted … Read more on PolitiFact

Reversal in 'War on Drugs': Treatment, not time
Capretto said he supports more robust treatment programs to deal with heroin and opiate addiction instead of continuing to churn people through the criminal justice system, in part because of lessons learned in the past 30 years. “I think we've learned … Read more on Tribune-Review

Sanford addiction treatment clinic to close, cites LePage Administration policies
"We're in the business of treating the disease of addiction," Spectrum President and CEO Charles Faris said in a statement. "In Massachusetts, we're seeing law enforcement helping addicts get into treatment. In Maine, Gov. LePage is discussing the … Read more on WMTW Portland