Amy Fairchild returns for Northampton show with Mikey Sweet tomorrow
"I've got lots of interesting and varied gigs coming up including a benefit for Right Turn (an addiction recovery program) at the Berklee Performance Center that includes Warren Haynes, Simon Kirke and other luminaries; a Linda Rondstadt tribute, and … Read more on MassLive.com

Safe Communities Youth Coalition speaker shares journey from athlete to heroin …
Egan is in long-term recovery, to which he credits the Drug Court program and support from family and friends. He will earn his college degree from Rutgers-Newark this spring, and also serves as a speaker for Minding Your Mind, a non-profit … Read more on NJ.com

What Syracuse's NCAA case revealed about academic fraud
Syracuse's NCAA violations span back to 2001 and hit the trifecta of college sports no-nos: extra benefits to payments, failure to follow its own drug-testing policy, and academic fraud. As high-profile NCAA cases go, this is a rare one with so many … Read more on CBSSports.com

Wilson, Browning recognized for community service
A native of Huntington and graduate of Marshall University, Browning is coordinator of Marshall Medical Outreach, a three-year-old medical outreach program where medical students and faculty provide free care to Huntington's homeless and indigent. She … Read more on Huntington Herald Dispatch

Rick Perry says changes in drug laws led to lowest Texas crime rate since 1968
Lawmakers created local drug courts, Perry said, also creating "diversion programs that treat alcoholism and drug addiction as a disease and not a moral failing." "And because of these changes in policy, we've … Generally, Texas Christian University … Read more on PolitiFact

Strawberry's journey a long, twisting one
He has spent time in Jail and at drug treatment centers and he has overcome all those issues, as well colon cancer and the removal of a cancerous kidney, and today lives a totally different life. Now an ordained minister, Strawberry said in an 2013 … Read more on Macon Telegraph (blog)

CERENIS THERAPEUTICS Announces the Appointment of a New Chief Medical …
BUSINESS WIRE)–Cerenis Therapeutics, the biopharmaceutical HDL company developing CER-001, an engineered human apoA-I-containing pre-? HDL mimetic for the treatment of cardiovascular disease, today announced the appointment of a new … "The Board … Read more on Business Wire (press release)

It's Been A Hard 12-Step Road For Zanzibar's Heroin Addicts
He not only stopped using drugs but also made amends to friends and family he'd harmed as an addict. "And before you make … But the program's Christian connection turned out to be a sensitive topic in Zanzibar, where the mostly Muslim population has … Read more on NPR (blog)

Addiction recovery center on track to open
Funded by a state Department of Justice grant, the center will offer an alcohol and drug treatment program, Keatley said. The program will be offered during a three-year period. Organizers hope the center will be able to support itself by the time the … Read more on Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Jefferson County Family Drug Court selected as a peer-learning court
The Jefferson County Family Drug Court has been selected to be part of the Peer Learning Court Program developed by the Center for Children and Family Futures, with the support of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, part of the U … Read more on UAB News

Taiwan, China attack Internet addiction
“Technology itself is extremely addicting because it provides immediate feedback,” says Hilarie Cash, PhD, founder of reSTART, which claims to be the first inpatient Internet addiction treatment center in the U.S. “Children are growing up with so much … Read more on ConsumerAffairs

Fitness calendar for Tuesday, February 3
Acupuncture for cancer caregivers – Missoula Community Acupuncture, located in the Radio Central Building, 127 E Main St., Suite 314, offers free acupuncture treatments for friends, family, nurses, doctors or anyone who takes care of cancer patients on … Read more on The Missoulian

Incoming Attorney General Maura Healey sets priorities: Child protection, drug …
Healey said she supports the creation of more drug courts, which can send non-violent drug offenders to treatment rather than prison. She would look at issues related to the marketing of addictive drugs by … like how the police treat people with … Read more on MassLive.com

Synthetic cannabis deaths show case for controlled sale of marijuana, expert says
Dr Alex Wodak said it was extremely difficult to determine the substances in synthetic cannabis, making its effects unpredictable and treatment for unwanted reactions difficult. The men died after smoking a product called Full Moon, sold in sex shops … Read more on The Guardian

Maine finds pain therapies can beat pills
Maine has a reputation as a national leader in painkiller prescription and addiction rates. Now, it's trying to reverse the trend with a new type of treatment. The state recently overhauled its approach to long-term pain management for MaineCare … Read more on Press Herald

Atheist jailed for denying 'higher power' in Calif. drug rehab gets M
An atheist in Northern California has been awarded nearly $ 2 million in a settlement with the state and a nonprofit drug rehab organization for violating his religious liberty by sending him to jail for refusing to submit to a “higher power” as part of … Read more on Al Jazeera America

California inmates line up for release under Prop. 47
By converting all simple drug possession crimes to misdemeanors, some drug rehab programs—especially Drug Courts which set aside felony convictions following successful rehab, will likely shutdown. "I expect to see an increase in property crimes … Read more on The Willits News

NEWS FROM ACROSS CALIFORNIA
REHAB CENTER SUED IN FATAL DRUNK DRIVING CASE: LOS ANGELES (AP) — The family of a man struck by a drunk driver who drove with the dying victim on her windshield is suing the Southern California drug rehab center where she worked. The Los … Read more on Manteca Bulletin

Who heeds the heeding presumption?
We've made no secret of our distaste for the so called “heeding presumption” – that juries may presume that any alternative “adequate” warning would have been heeded by the plaintiff (or, in prescription medical product cases, the prescriber). We have … Read more on Lexology (registration)

For the Record
He also presided over numerous major criminal trials involving white collar offenses, organized crime, public corruption and large-scale drug distribution rings. Nevas was appointed to head the committee that will allocate $ 7.7 million in funds to … Read more on Greenwich Time

Parents warned about growing risk of addiction for kids
Judge Victoria Campbell told her about drug court, alternative sentencing that requires rehabilitation, with the possibility that the offense will be expunged. The mother thanked Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler, who also attended the … Read more on Times Herald-Record