Juno, GA is Home to New Drug and Alcohol Recovery Helpline for Teenagers
LIGHTNING RELEASES 10/22/14 A teenager in Juno, GA who struggles with substance abuse needs to get help from professional addiction specialists at teen rehabilitation centers as soon as possible. Drugs and alcohol are powerful forces which can … Read more on Ticker Report

Champion of Louisiana Juvenile Justice Award to Marchman
As the focus of drug court is rehabilitation similar to the focus of juvenile court, she also agreed to serve as juvenile judge presiding over delinquency, Child in Need of Care, Families in Need of Services and adoption cases. In 2004, Judge Marchman … Read more on Monroe News Star

Former Atlanta Hawk goes to prison in traffic death
Once he is released from prison, Blaylock will serve the remainder of his 15-year sentence on probation, which includes 1500 hours of community service, drug and alcohol counseling and random drug tests. Blaylock cannot drive while on probation, … Read more on News-Daily.com

Prison Drug Treatment Unit marks a milestone
Christchurch Men's Prison's Drug Treatment Unit (DTU) celebrated the completion of its 50th six month Drug and Alcohol Programme today, with the graduation of a further twelve offenders. In total 451 prisoners have graduated from the DTU's six month … Read more on Scoop.co.nz (press release)

Former Miss USA shares addiction story in San Antonio
SAN ANTONIO – Tara Conner might be one of the most controversial figures in the beauty pageant world, but for Rise Recovery, the home of the Palmer Drug Abuse Program, she's the perfect person to spread the message of addiction prevention and … Read more on KSAT San Antonio

Drug Program established in Van Wert
Those participating in Drug Court must participate in an evidence-based intensive outpatient substance abuse treatment program through Westwood Behavioral Health Center and also attend existing community based support programs such as Alcoholics … Read more on Delphos Herald

Drug screenings sought for all pregnant women
As the number of drug-dependent babies skyrockets, prominent groups of doctors, health officials and drug-control professionals are pushing to have all pregnant women screened for substance abuse so that the nation's opioid epidemic isn't passed on to … Read more on The Courier-Journal

#14Days: Moderation, a radical option in treating addiction
The center also offers abstinence and harm-reduction models of treatment. "Most people come to us ready to change," Jaffe says. Jaffe openly discusses his past as a former methamphetamine addict who was locked up in prison for dealing drugs. While … Read more on CBS News

Panel in Paramus says changing behavior is key path to recovery from drug and …
That was the common message Thursday night during a panel discussion on drug abuse and rehabilitation, held by The Foundation at Bergen Regional Medical Center at its facility in Paramus. The discussions, moderated by Bergen County drug court Judge … Read more on NorthJersey.com

Drug rehab, recovery advocates not losing hope
Studies show nearly 75 percent of drug addicts relapse. The Libertas Treatment Center, based in Green Bay, works with 500 to 700 adults a year on substance and drug abuse issues. “Relapse is simply the symptom that the recovering person still needs … Read more on Fox11online.com

NJ Senate OKs nine bills as part of package dealing with heroin, painkiller …
The bills approved Thursday – all unanimously, with few abstentions – include measures to require health care workers to inform patients of the addiction potential of certain drugs before prescribing them, expand prescription drug disposal services and … Read more on NorthJersey.com

State drug courts boost treatment for addicts
Heffernan presides over a specialty court where defendants with substance abuse problems are closely supervised, subjected to random drug testing and required to participate in support groups and treatment programs as an alternative to jail … Read more on GazetteNET

Tazewell County grand jury hands down drug indictments
as an example of the work done by the prevention and treatment programs. He called on the medical community to use more caution in prescribing drug s for their patients. He said reformulating opana ended overdose deaths from use of that drug. Read more on Southwest Virginia Today

California Poised to Lead the Nation in Innovative Overdose Prevention Effort
AB 1535 is supported by a long list of public health organizations, drug treatment providers and advocacy groups including: California Pharmacists Association (co-sponsor); Drug Policy Alliance (co-sponsor); California Narcotic Officers' Association … Read more on Drug Policy Alliance (press release) (blog)

Patients face 'hoop-jumping' to gain medical marijuana
Julie Falco was active in lobbying Illinois to legalize medical marijuana, a drug she credits with "saving my life" since she started eating pot brownies to treat to multiple sclerosis 10 years ago. Yet now that the state has enacted a medicinal … Read more on Chicago Tribune

HIV Diagnoses Down, Except for Young Gay Males
The report estimates that HIV infections due to injection drug use fell by roughly 70 percent and from heterosexual contact by more than one-third for men and women. Distribution of sterile needles, increased HIV testing and drug-treatment programs … Read more on WebMD

Father Martin's Ashley's Pain Recovery Program Head Comments in Baltimore …
Ashley created its Pain Recovery Program in response to a growing incidence of patients with addiction to prescription pain medications, including opiates and other addictive drugs. Many of these patients present the special challenge of needing to … Read more on Marketwired (press release)

While sentencing reform a subject of national debate, Alabama courts continue …
The ultimate goal is to help people deal with their addiction before it leads to further criminal activity. Drug court is composed of three phases. … The program consists of treatment, regular court visits and drug testing. Participants must also pay … Read more on whnt.com

Middlebury center is fourth in state to distribute emergency kits for opioid …
Bankrolled at $ 50,000 for year one, the program is already up and running at the Howard Center in Burlington, the Good Neighbor Health Clinic in White River Junction, and the West Ridge Center for Addiction Recovery in Rutland, locations where free … Read more on vtdigger.org

Pike County lawyer: Cure for substance crimes needs personal touch
Just across the border in New York, Orange County has a drug court that gives nonviolent offenders with first-time misdemeanor drug-related crimes a chance to clear their record by going through a rehab program and remaining drug-free for a year. The … Read more on Pocono Record

Cafe turns coffee into changed lives
The cafe, at Seventh and H streets in downtown Sacramento, is run by volunteers and people in recovery from drug or alcohol abuse. The proceeds … Clean & Sober is a registered nonprofit spun off the larger Loaves & Fishes homeless support program. Read more on Sacramento Bee

Founders of defunct drug rehab program involved in teen drug war
In suburban neighborhoods throughout Florida, behind neatly manicured lawns, were host homes for a controversial drug rehabilitation program called STRAIGHT, Inc. Jason Fielder, who was sent to program in 1987 when he was just 14 years old, says the … Read more on First Coast News