Stairway to Heroin substance abuse series set for Oconomowoc on Sept. 29
The exhibit presents more than a dozen shoes that have been embellished to explain a particular journey with substance abuse. See the traveling exhibit in the OAC, 641 E. Forest St., until Sept. 30. Hours for the center are noon to 5 p.m. Monday … Read more on Lake Country Now

Gateway Alcohol & Drug Treatment Centers Support Red Ribbon Week with Free …
Gateway Alcohol & Drug Treatment Centers offer a comprehensive approach to drug rehab. With facilities throughout the state, including Lake County, Chicago, St. Louis Metro East, and Carbondale, its staff creates personalized treatment plans for each … Read more on Press Release Rocket

Jackson: Recent 'Call to Action' highlights prescription drug abuse
The Centers for Disease Control have classified Rx Drug Abuse as a national epidemic. So who is affected? For one, our youth – and Chandler is unfortunately higher than average: 7.6 percent of youth in Chandler reported using Rx drugs in the last 30 … Read more on Ahwatukee Foothills News

After Mysterious Absence, Dallas DA In Treatment For Mental Illness
After two terms, Dallas voters decided it was time for a change and elected Republican Susan Hawk to take over. To the Democratic city, Hawk's winning … But, months later, the Dallas Morning News broke the story that Hawk had actually been in drug … Read more on NPR

2015 "Music With A Mission" Sponsor Best Drug Rehabilitation Releases Artist …
Best Drug Rehabilitation was founded with the principle of giving people a choice in treatment options. Founder Per Wickstrom, after a long struggle with his own addiction and going through several treatment programs before finding one that worked for him. Read more on Midland Daily News

Amid heroin epidemic in New Hampshire, candidates talk substance abuse
The Republican presidential hopeful touched on his efforts in New Jersey to expand recovery services, including mandatory treatment for nonviolent, first-time drug offenders. Christie was one name on a long roster of speakers at the rally, including … Read more on Concord Monitor

When life begins in rehab: A baby heals after a mother's heroin addiction
BALTIMORE — After a month of painful withdrawal that bunched her body into a tight ball, after tremors and diarrhea and sleeplessness and difficulty eating, Makenzee Kennedy went home to her bed in a drug rehab facility to celebrate a milestone … Read more on Washington Post

Former meth, heroin addicts to celebrate completion of drug rehab program
After a grueling 18-month program of tests, court hearings and therapy, 11 former heroin and methamphetamine addicts will graduate from the Humboldt County Adult Drug Court Program on Friday to celebrate their transition back to a life outside the … Read more on Eureka Times Standard

Cabell overdoses, deaths slowing
Johnson also said users who relapse after drug rehab can't use the same amount of heroin they were using before going through detox, which reduces the chance of an overdose. Whatever the case, no one is celebrating yet. "We could have 15 overdoses … Read more on Huntington Herald Dispatch

These 5 Celebrities Have All Hit Rock Bottom and Came Back Fighting
Between 1996 and 2001, Downey Jr's drug habit spiralled out of control and he was arrested numerous times for drug possession and even spent a stint in jail. He entered drug rehab many times, but after he relapsed over and over again, many suspected … Read more on moviepilot.com

Confronted! 'Teen Mom' Leah's Ex Corey Accuses Her Of Abusing Drugs …
In an explosive preview clip from the upcoming season of Teen Mom 2, the father of Messer's 5-year-old daughters Ali and Aleeah confronts the troubled 23-year-old about the rampant rumors while discussing her upcoming 30-day stint at a treatment facility. Read more on RadarOnline

Midland native transforms from drug dealer to traveling evangelist
But MacDonald was further convinced the encounter was real when a counselor came over to him and told the teen that she knew the Lord just spoke to him. From that day on he devoted his life to God. He also earned his high school diploma while in rehab. Read more on Midland Daily News

'Teen Mom 2' Star Leah Messer Calvert Goes To Rehab For Drugs; Wants Daughters …
“Teen Mom 2” star Leah Messer Calvert checked into rehab to get help with her supposed pill problem, In Touch Weekly reported Wednesday. The 23-year-old mother of three has been rumored to be struggling with substance abuse ever since she … Read more on International Business Times

Portage forced to move its teen drug rehab program out of West Island
After over a year of uncertainty, a teen drug rehab centre catering to Quebec's English-speaking community is leaving the West Island, although an admissions and after-care office is being set up in Pointe-Claire. Portage's English-language teen … Read more on Montreal Gazette

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

DA: Homeless woman broke into parents' Natick home
A homeless woman who authorities say broke into her parents' Meetinghouse Lane home in Natick on Saturday will be committed to a drug rehabilitation center after admitting she is a heroin addict. Natick Police arrested Rebecca Hayes, 26, on Saturday at … Read more on MetroWest Daily News

QUIZ: Are you addicted to the Internet? New healthcare facility's program …
A healthcare center in Windsor has a 21-day program to help treat Internet addiction. Only one of three in … We are one of three residential based treatment programs [in the U.S. and Canada] for internet and video game dependencies.” At Hotel Dieu … Read more on WXYZ

Giants' bullpen staggers again in 3-0 loss to Mets
Mets: Right-handed reliever Jenrry Mejia made his final rehab appearance Sunday and is expected to be activated in time for Tuesday night's game. Mejia completed his 80-game suspension for testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs. Giants: OF … Read more on Belleville News-Democrat