Brown: Senior housing operator tells residents it's time to go
By intervening as early as possible, the child has a better chance of overcoming the problem and heading off the need for more expensive treatment when the child's care becomes the responsibility of the local school district at 3. Katie O'Mahoney … Read more on Chicago Sun-Times

The Solution to Seattle's Homeless Problem Is Painfully Obvious
That was a long time ago. I'd like to get back there someday. Just need a little dough.” “Don't listen to him, he's a crazy asshole,” yells a camp compatriot kiddingly. With that, Ray, with several top teeth missing, smiles like a jack-o'-lantern, and … Read more on Seattle Weekly

Antipsychotic drugs linked to brain tissue loss in patients with schizophrenia
Antipsychotic medications are the most common treatment for individuals with schizophrenia, helping to relieve some of the debilitating symptoms caused by the disorder. But according to a new study, long-term use of these drugs may also negatively … Read more on Medical News Today

Measuring treatment effectiveness for the quiet epidemic of addiction
Treating it and making real, long-term headway against the problems of drug and alcohol addiction will require evidence-based solutions that show positive outcomes not just when the patient leaves the rehabilitation center, but for months and years … Read more on Sun Sentinel

Feds give million to drug treatment programs
The federal government is contributing $ 24 million to drug abuse treatment initiatives under a two-year program announced Wednesday in London. The funding will be distributed to 14 provincial and territorial providers across the country and will help … Read more on CTV News

How The Alleged Neglect of a Patient in 2010 Lead To One of the Nation's …
The A Better Tomorrow drug and alcohol treatment center is one of seven similar facilities operated across the country by a company named American Addiction Centers. American Addiction Centers is itself the main operating unit of AAC Holdings, a … Read more on ThyBlackMan

States find their own path on medical marijuana policy
Dr. Anthony Anzalone is a New Jersey doctor who paved the way for more than 1,000 of the state's medical marijuana patients. This "My Dr. Greenleaf" soothing cream, shown here, is just one of the many all-CBD medical marijuana products the doctor and … Read more on Center for Public Integrity

Discussing drug use with your preteen and teens
SalusCare, Inc has a variety of programs suited to address the various levels of drug use disorders in adolescents and teens. Screening is available as well as a full continuum of treatment services from outpatient services to residential service for … Read more on The News-Press

Greenfield Energy Park vigil honors those who have died from drug and alcohol …
Pavline Boyer-Jensen, a Greenfield resident and fully recovered substance addict, said as she stood under the pavilion at the Energy Park during a community ceremony Saturday evening to support families affected by substance abuse. Boyer-Jensen's life … Read more on The Recorder

Hamilton Stuck as Villain in Anaheim – Today's Knuckleball
Many members of the media, myself once again included, feel that the Angels treated Hamilton poorly once he came forward and admitted that he had suffered a relapse on cocaine and alcohol. His addiction was something long known by both the Texas … Read more on Today’s Knuckleball (blog)

The faces of addiction: A father-son story
Addiction was in the family. He had had one uncle with an alcohol problem who took his own life, and another uncle who died early due to the effects of alcohol. Manlove, an administrator at Indiana University for more than 20 years, loved scotch, wine … Read more on 4029tv

'New recovery' changes everything for addicts, their loved ones
In the last few years, the addiction universe has been changing, as evidenced by the very presence of CARES and the fact that citizens without mental health degrees are recovery coaches. Both are part of a … In her new book, “Unwelcome Inheritance … Read more on Daily Record

AAC Holdings (AAC) Scheduled to Post Quarterly Earnings on Tuesday – Dakota …
AAC Holdings, Inc. is a provider of inpatient substance abuse treatment services for individuals with drug and alcohol addiction. The Company operated six substance abuse treatment facilities located throughout the United States, focused on delivering … Read more on Dakota Financial News

RLS Drug May Be Likely To Stop Alcohol Abuse
The National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) announced the initiation of a clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of gabapentin enacarbil as a potential treatment for alcohol use disorder. The multi-site, randomized … Read more on Neurology Advisor

Mental Health Care: 'A Very Difficult System to Navigate' | Valley News
Vermont's newly enacted fiscal 2016 budget treated mental health care “reasonably well,” Frank Reed, the interim commissioner of the Vermont Department of Mental Health, said in an interview in late May. “We did not see …. Right now the state is … Read more on Valley News

Insurance Coverage for Substance Abuse Improving But Still Limited
Aetna says that while treatment of drug and alcohol abuse traditionally amounted to a 28-day inpatient or residential program, that has given way to an “array of treatment settings.” In a written statement sent by spokesman Matthew Clyburn, the company … Read more on Juvenile Justice Information Exchange

Selling Sobriety – Weld for Birmingham
For addicts without insurance—roughly 41 million Americans are uninsured — the prospect of seeking help can seem financially hopeless. After all, for those in the grip of addiction, it's much more cost effective to score more dope than to check into … Read more on Weld for Birmingham (blog)

Flavor Flav faces driving under the influence of cocaine charge after Las …
Drayton in 1993 was charged with domestic violence along with cocaine and marijuana charges and later checked into the Betty Ford Centre for treatment of a crack cocaine addiction. He also went to rehab in 1997 at the Long Island Center For Recovery. Read more on Daily Mail

MOVIE REVIEW: 'Amy' tracks singer Winehouse's soaring talent, tragic demise …
Before she won six Grammys (including a trio for her massive breakout hit "Rehab"), before she descended into a morass of addiction and public humiliation, before she died of alcohol poisoning at age 27, bravura British songwriter and vocalist Amy … Read more on Duluth News Tribune

With no money for drug rehab, 'some people just disappear'
County-run drug and alcohol offices, which have contracts with treatment service providers, are often the first stop for uninsured or underinsured people battling addiction. As heroin and opiate addiction in central Pennsylvania spiraled into full … Read more on PennLive.com

What's happening in Central Jersey: June 15 and later
Carriage House Poetry Series invites the public to hear readings by five local poets on Tuesday in Fanwood. …. Freedom House of New Jerseyprovides three major programs for those suffering from substance abuse and co-occurring disorders: long-term … Read more on MyCentralJersey.com

Tasmanian band inspired by poem written by Forth man about battle with ice …
Meaningful art often comes from suffering and there is no doubt that Mark Bramich conveyed the pain and damage of ice addiction when he wrote Tough Times in a prison cell. The poem, as was his time behind bars on ice-related charges, was part of Mr … Read more on ABC Online

Former Oak Creek resident honored in poetry contest
The Arts Center's At-Risk Youth art program brings teaching artists into low income schools, alternative schools, drug and alcohol treatment centers, youth homeless shelters and other institutions where at-risk youth can be found. More information … Read more on Albany Democrat Herald

'Heaven Knows What' shows life on the streets as life passes by
The repetitive, deadening routine of a drug addict's life makes "Heaven Knows What" kind of a bore — appropriately so — and filmmakers Ben and Joshua Safdie make it even less compelling by filming it in the same improvisational, naturalist style they … Read more on Houston Chronicle (subscription)