Hopefest music festival full of fun, fellowship and celebrating sobriety
In the case of Chris Macomber, his founding of the Hope All Day Recovery Center was born out of personal experience, a gratefulness for having reversed a life that was spinning out of control, and a willingness to assist those whose places to turn for … Read more on Atlantic City Weekly

Strategies shift to recovery
There are more recovery centers and support services for those in recovery, faith-based programs, preventative measures and efforts underway to solve the problem from all angles. That being said, it's no secret that more needs to be done to prevent new … Read more on Huntington Herald Dispatch

Ron NaVarre to Offer Tai Chi for Actors, 5/26-6/30
… The Smithers Center for Alcoholism, The Pacific Institute of Oriental Medicine, The Dorot Center for senior citizens, The Regent Hospital Drug Rehabilitation Division, The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, The Mattel Corporation, Bally's Total … Read more on Broadway World

Alcohol-free 'Paint Nite' at Gallery by the James to be held Friday, May 22
There will be painting but with no alcohol. Go home with a finished … Mildred Cochran Dickerson, 95, passed peacefully into the arms of Her Lord on Monday, May 18, 2015, at the Waddell Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Galax, Va.She was born May 20, … Read more on Roanoke Times

Jets agree to terms with LB Erin Henderson: source
Henderson, 28, told multiple outlets last May that he had completed a 30-day drug and alcohol rehab program and was sober after battling an alcohol problem. "There would be times where I would come to practice hung over," Henderson, 27, told USA Today … Read more on New York Daily News (blog)

Inside Peace Goes Behind Bars At SA's Dominguez State Jail
For someone who has spent much of his adult life in and out of the prison system for drug and alcohol-related crimes, it isn't a place he wants to return to anytime soon. "I was ready for … The Peace Education Program (PEP), which started at … Read more on San Antonio Current (blog)

Brookline doctor with ties to Quincy, Weymouth pleads guilty to multi-million …
MassHealth is Massachusetts' Medicaid program, which provides health insurance to the poor. Kishore's … Before his arrest Kishore, who founded his for-profit company in 1996, had been widely quoted in newspaper stories about drug treatment methods. Read more on The Patriot Ledger

Best Drug Rehabilitation Helps Pennsylvania Musician to Overcome Addiction
The treatment program at Best Drug Rehabilitation has many options that the patients can choose from, with guidance from the professional substance abuse treatment counselors and case managers employed there. The result is a personalized program that … Read more on Press Release Rocket

Drug Rehabilitation Centers Brace For Budget Cuts
The Gateway Foundation is one of many rehabilitation programs that falls under a facility that is meant to assist in the treatment of substance abuse. The operation has been around nearly 20 years and currently assists just over 300 people with … Read more on WICS-TV

Amid Rising Concern About Addiction, Universities Focus On Recovery
The center is largely run by the students themselves. … For UT students like Zach Edgerton, who became addicted to drugs and alcohol in high school and is among those stepping forward in recovery, the results have been heartening and life-changing. Read more on NPR

Residents Worried About Proposed Rehab
In Hazle Township, some residents are saying `no` to a proposed drug and alcohol rehab center, that would be next to their homes. “My backyard, I have a firepit that I use in the summertime. My wife is scared of the people they are going to recruit her … Read more on wnep.com

One Way to Stop Overzealous Prosecutors: Defund State Prisons
When a local prosecutor sends a convicted felon to prison, the cost of keeping him locked up—an average of $ 31,286 per year—is paid for entirely by the state, not the county where the prosecutor holds office. The problem with this setup, some argue … Read more on Slate Magazine

Skid row patients die as clinic lacks OK to dispense methadone
In theory the forces of change are finally in sync: California has stopped putting drug addicts in prison, leaving them free to get help. And Obamacare has put help in reach by providing insurance that covers drug abuse treatment. But in real life … Read more on Los Angeles Times

Three infected with measles at Las Vegas seafood restaurant
All told, more than 150 people across the United Sates have recently been diagnosed with measles, 126 of them in California. Nevada public health officials believe the … Sizemore said none of the newly diagnosed patients was hospitalized, but one … Read more on Raw Story

Beverly Hills Tip Jar Bandit Sentenced to Year of Rehab
A woman charged last week with stealing money from tip jars at various businesses in Beverly Hills was sentenced today to a year in a live-in residential drug rehabilitation facility in connection with her no contest plea to stealing money from a cash … Read more on Patch.com

New adult drug rehabilitation center to open in Luzerne County
The Pocono center purchased the property through an entity named Clearbrook Treatment Centers Land Corp. LLC, but Lavelle said it will have no affiliation with Clearbrook Treatment Center, which will continue to operate an adult drug and alcohol … Read more on Wilkes Barre Times-Leader

Region's first recovery high school is planned in Worcester
"It is not for all students who are drug-addicted. I don't want people to think of it as a recovery program where that is the sole focus of the work there. It is truly a high school with academic requirements. It also has a component that supports … Read more on Worcester Telegram

Headline: Olmsted officials discuss future of addiction recovery
"About the only thing I'm completely adamant on is that I hate the disease of addiction," said Steve Coddington, a recovering addict and now counselor at Fountain Centers, a center for substance abuse recovery with both residential and outpatient … Read more on Post-Bulletin

N.H. The Only State In Region With No Addiction Recovery Services
Actually New Hampshire is the only state in New England that does not have recovery centers in the state. It's an absolutely invaluable tool, for people to be able to go to a place where they know that they can get the support they need, that no one … Read more on New Hampshire Public Radio

Health Insurance Companies Say No To Allowing Addiction Treatment …
Seabrook House is an internationally recognized private CARF-accredited, inpatient alcohol and drug rehabilitation treatment center with locations in Bridgeton, NJ , Cherry Hill, NJ , Northfield, NJ , Morristown, NJ , and Westfield, PA. Founded by … Read more on Insurance News Net

Medical clinics promote ketamine injections as treatment for depression
Sydney University Brain and Mind Research Institute executive director Professor Ian Hickie said the "off label" use of ketamine reflected the demand for more immediate treatment for depression but there were known risks of using the drug. Experts say … Read more on Sydney Morning Herald

Do K-9 drug sweeps treat kids like criminals?
Police and the dogs were there to respond to a growing concern among educators about drug use at Ridge. But after all that effort, they made only one arrest — of an 18-year-old student police say had marijuana and numerous narcotic pain pills in her … Read more on NJ.com

Could medicinal marijuana be used to treat drug addiction? Some say yes
Compare that to methadone — a common treatment for heroin addiction. According to the Centers for Disease Control, methadone contributed to nearly 1 in 3 prescription painkiller deaths in 2009. Every year about 5,000 people die of overdoses related to … Read more on KOAA.com Colorado Springs and Pueblo News