New St. E clinic to treat heroin addicts with meds
Vivitrol is a non-narcotic that blocks the effects of heroin and decreases the desire for the drug. Suboxone is the brand name … Northern Kentucky has limited addiction intervention with these medicines used as treatment for heroin addiction even … Read more on Cincinnati.com

Final certainty
Rather than let the illness take its dreadful course she moved to Oregon, where a “Death with Dignity” law exempts doctors from prosecution, with some safeguards, if they prescribe life-ending drugs to terminally ill patients who ask for them. … Not … Read more on The Economist

Jailhouse nation
Californians voted last year in a referendum to downgrade several non-violent felonies to mis-demeanours. Other states are experimenting with better education in prisons (so that ex-convicts have a better chance of finding work), and drug treatment or … Read more on The Economist

Browns QB Manziel closes chapter on "˜Johnny Football"™
It played a part in his nightmarish rookie season with the Browns after they drafted him 22nd overall last year, and it ultimately contributed to him spending more than 10 weeks this offseason in an inpatient rehabilitation facility specializing in … Read more on GoErie.com

Slew of New Studies Spot Links Between Psychiatric Medications and Bone …
Four different studies conducted in different ways examining different groups have linked use of certain psychiatric drugs, particularly SSRI antidepressants and antipsychotics but also benzodiazepines, to bone fracture risks and negative impacts on … Read more on Mad In America

Carbondale drug treatment center defies order to shut down
The owner of a controversial drug treatment center in Carbondale is defying a cease-and-desist order that directed her to close the facility. The city's zoning officer directed the Just Believe Recovery Center to shut down based on zoning board … Read more on Scranton Times-Tribune

Scott Storch, Producer and One-Time Millionaire, Files for Bankruptcy
A native of Long Island, New York, Storch has struggled with a cocaine addition since at least 2009, the year he checked into an inpatient rehab program in Florida. At his peak, Storch owned a $ 10 million mansion on Miami's Palm Island, a yacht … Read more on Newsmax

County Officials Talk About Drug Problem
… release of about $ 180,000 in capital outlay funds to renovate an area of the drug treatment compound to be used for in-house detoxification. The money would also facilitate an expansion of the facility to increase the number of inpatient beds from … Read more on Rio Grande Sun

FDLE to review Palm Beach County juvenile facility
Last year, the department canceled the company's contract to run the Santa Rosa Substance Abuse Treatment Center, a 40-bed residential facility for 14- to 18-year-old boys in Santa Rosa County. In a June 2014 letter to Youth Services International, the … Read more on Orlando Sentinel

Pulaski County judge issues battery warrant for Jermain Taylor after treatment …
Taylor entered the treatment program in March after his arrest in January on charges of threatening a family and firing a gun during a parade in Little Rock. A judge in April reversed a ruling that allowed Taylor to leave the substance-abuse facility … Read more on Fox News

Tijuana Mandates Drug Treatment For Hundreds Of Homeless
But when he went cold turkey off heroin and methamphetamine, he almost changed his mind. “When you arrive here, you're like, I want to leave!” he said, when talking about his detox, which did not include methadone. “I want to leave! Get me out of here! Read more on KPBS

Taking action against heroin
But it is the philosophy that continued action is needed, viewing the heroin epidemic as a public health concern requiring the dedication of legislators, law enforcement, health professionals, and community members coming together. Parents need to know … Read more on The Bugle

Newborns struggle when moms use drugs
It also may be the pain of drug withdrawal. Many Seacoast communities are seeing a rise in heroin and prescription opioid addiction. With it, area hospitals are seeing an increase in the number of newborns who enter the world drug dependent. These … Read more on Seacoastonline.com

Indiana governor overrides law to authorize needle exchange
Without drug treatment or syringe-exchange programs, these areas "are ripe for outbreaks, and we should expect more of them unless we really ramp up our HIV-prevention services in those areas," he said. The county's 79 HIV cases represent more than … Read more on Chicago Tribune

Medical marijuana issue is scrambling party lines
House Majority Leader Dave Reed, R-62, Indiana, said he anticipates a floor vote soon on a medical marijuana bill that helps those in need under a tightly regulated framework. “I think there is widespread support for the concept, but folks are … Read more on Standard Speaker

NFL: Browns' Manziel released from rehab
The 2012 Heisman Trophy winner from Texas A&M entered the undisclosed clinic, which specializes in drug and alcohol rehabilitation, on Jan. 28 for treat-. ment of an unspecified problem. Manziel is expected to participate in Cleveland's offseason … Read more on Indiana Gazette

Indiana's religious freedom law was inspired by a controversial Supreme Court …
Smith, two Native Americans in Oregon, who worked as counselors at a drug rehab facility, ingested peyote, a small cactus known to contain mescaline, a powerful hallucinogen. The Native American Church, also known as Peyotism or Peyote Religion, … Read more on Business Insider Australia

Kentucky Sued In Federal Court Over Drug Treatment Practices
Two law firms have teamed up to file a federal lawsuit against the state of Kentucky for its practice of forbidding opiate addicts from receiving medical treatment while under the supervision of the criminal justice system. The plaintiff, Stephanie … Read more on Huffington Post

League must hand illicit drugs policy to clubs to police
It combines a conscientious out-of-competition testing of players for drugs such as cocaine and ice with confidentiality guaranteed and thorough rehabilitation resources. It was the work of a … Enough to scrutinise the playing list for drug abuse … Read more on The Australian

"Pilot Program In Seattle Could Hold The Key To Keeping People Convicted Of …
Low-level drug and prostitution offenders are significantly less likely to reoffend if they are sent to rehabilitation rather than to jail, according to the results of a pilot program in Seattle and King County in Washington. … After an intake … Read more on ThinkProgress