America Tonight's highlights of 2014
This was America Tonight's first full year on air and online, and we kept busy. Our reporters told stories from every state in the country, from a heroin-ravaged small town in New England to a sex offender detainment center in Southwest Florida … Read more on Al Jazeera America

Gulf dead zone could be shrunk, but at high cost
BATON ROUGE – At an eye-popping price tag of $ 2.7 billion every year, a new report says the country could meet the national goal of reducing the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico. The dead zone — an area of low oxygen that can't support marine life … Read more on Opelousas Daily World

Harry?s Daddy, and Diana?s ?Murder?: Royal Rumors In a New Play
Born in 1971 in Bossier City, Louisiana and raised within a “hippie communal” movement, Leto initially planned to study visual arts at Philadelphia's prestigious University of the Arts. Later, he transferred to the School of Visual Arts in New York … Read more on Daily Beast

Per Wickstrom Adds New “Strategy” Section to PerWickstrom.com
Per Wickstrom is the President and Founder of Best Drug Rehabilitation, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center focused on helping individuals through holistic and natural methods. Per believes that it's never too late to turn your life around and do … Read more on PR Web (press release)

New drug treatment center opens in Deer Park
The treatment center is staffed by licensed professionals who are trained and experienced in drug treatment methodologies that follow a specific medical model used by the Cenikor Foundation in other clinical settings. The focus, of the treatment center … Read more on Your Houston News

Women's drug rehab center planned for Kanawha
The Healing Place of Huntington, one of West Virginia's largest residential drug treatment facilities for men, announced plans Tuesday to establish a 100-bed treatment facility for women in Kanawha County. Healing Place Executive Director Bob Hansen … Read more on Charleston Gazette

Huye Rehab Centre to Offer Addicts Specialised Treatment
Rwanda is set to launch a specialised treatment and medical centre that will seek to provide care and treatment to drug addicts. The Isange Rehabilitation Centre is an initiative of the Rwanda National Police (RNP) in partnership with the ministries of … Read more on AllAfrica.com

Harbor Village Now Accepts Most major Insurance Companies
Harbor Village Florida is an affordable drug rehabilitation center. The residential drug and alcohol treatment center specializes in detox therapy, which is the process drug addicts and alcoholics must undergo before checking themselves into a … Read more on Insurance News Net

Florida Helpline Providing Assistance For Those in Need of Substance Abuse …
The alcoholism recovery hotline for Florida is assisting drug and alcohol abusers in locating a recovery program which offers the best chance at success with sobriety. LIGHTNING RELEASES 01/22/15 — Plenty of people in Florida don't think they have a … Read more on Press Release Rocket

Recovering addicts spread word of fatal batch of drug
“We have a lot of connections now to the recovery community who have been very helpful in getting the word out about just how dangerous this type of heroin is,” said Juile Dostal, director of the LEAF Council on Alcoholism and Addictions, with … Read more on Oneonta Daily Star

Deputy PM calls Vietnam's drug rehab programs a 'failure', calls for revoking them
"That figure is optimistic," Dam said. "We have to be frank: We've failed." If it is a failure it is a costly one since, according to Dam, the government spends more than VND10 million (US$ 468) on each addict at rehabilitation centers every year, not … Read more on Thanh Nien Daily

Jon Jones was in drug rehab for one night
Earlier this week, Jones' mother Camille revealed in an interview with WBNG in New York that Jones only stayed one night in the rehabilitation facility but is continuing his “education” with the program. “As far as treatment went. It was an overnight … Read more on Larry Brown Sports

Gina Myracle embraces position as cancer center director
The treatment is totally dependent. Drugs are based on the tumor and the stage." Myracle said the center is more relaxing than threatening. "We wanted it to be very non-institutional, circular, not just another clinic building," Myracle said. "It gives … Read more on Jackson Sun

Penn Medicine Bioethicists Call for Return to Asylums for Long-Term …
In addition, economics and federal policies accelerated the transformation because outpatient therapy and drug treatment were less expensive than inpatient care, and the federal legislation like the Community Mental Health Centers Act and Medicaid led … Read more on HealthCanal.com

Judge Won't Let Tony Bosch Delay His Sentencing Again For More Drug Rehab
… his drug rehab programs. The faux doctor was led away in handcuffs from federal court back in October after the failed tests came to light, and spent a month in a court-mandated facility; since then, Lewis says, he's been in a voluntary outpatient … Read more on Miami New Times (blog)

Time running out to fix state's drug treatment 'crisis'
In 23 years of active addiction, she stole to buy drugs, was on welfare, spent time in jail, served prison sentences and couldn t take care of her child. After in-patient treatment and outpatient services afterward, she s led a productive, drug-free … Read more on KING5.com

Jon Jones Speaks For First Time Since Drug Test Failure; Talks Past Drug Use …
They put me in an outpatient house and I stayed there for the day. I was willing to stay there as long as I needed to be there" Jones said that he was told he didn't need to be there, but he'll continued to be drug tested and will undergo counseling … Read more on Wrestling Inc.

Last-minute donations roll in before 2015
BATON ROUGE – The Salvation Army and other charities across Baton Rouge saw a last-minute surge of donations Wednesday, the last day for this year's tax deduction. The Salvation Army says it's one of the busiest days of the year for donations. The … Read more on WBRZ

Business notes: Industry news across East Texas, Jan. 12
Drake Real Estate & Investments is a commercial real estate and investment firm offering expert advice and representation to clients in all areas of commercial real estate throughout Northeast Texas and Western Louisiana. For more, visit … Drug … Read more on Tyler Morning Telegraph

East of Palo Alto's Eden
With a father who was an alcoholic, he had few role models and dropped out. He ended up in jail for 17 years for various convictions of drug use and robbery before beating his habit and starting a nationally renowned drug rehabilitation program in East … Read more on TechCrunch