Aging Baby Boomers Bring Drug Habits Into Middle Age
“If you have a trigger, and your youth is caught up in that Woodstock mentality, you're going to revert back,” said Jamie Huysman, 60, clinical adviser to the senior program at Caron Treatment Centers, a residential drug treatment organization that … Read more on Wall Street Journal

Ex-Boxing Champ Steps Back Into Spotlight As A Face Of Addiction
But that hasn't stopped him from telling his story or from helping out addicts. At Clinica Bajo del Sol in Tijuana, a rehab center Chavez opened, some 40 men and women say a prayer before dinner. The spectacular view of the Pacific Ocean contrasts with … Read more on WGBH NEWS

Christie could find agreement with rivals over drug abuse
The center, which Oberman estimates is one of perhaps two centers in southern New Jersey, is affected by Atlantic City's broader economic woes and needs an additional $ 6 million appropriation or grant to keep the long-term treatment operation going. Read more on Vineland Daily Journal

Drug addicts struggling to reintegrate after rehab
Official figures estimate that one out of every hundred Chinese is a drug user. In the run-up to the "Two Sessions", CCTV is reporting on different aspects of Chinese society. Reporter Han Peng has spoken with drug addicts at a state-run rehab center … Read more on CCTV

Elgin Chamber honors best member businesses, brightest volunteers
Today, what once started out as a small, one-counselor agency known as the Community Concern for Alcoholism has grown into a multifaceted, outpatient treatment center that offers a wide-range of substance abuse treatment and prevention education … Read more on Chicago Daily Herald

Violent arrest of black U-Va. student sparks scrutiny of Virginia ABC
CHARLOTTESVILLE — The violent arrest of a University of Virginia student sparked new scrutiny of Virginia's Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control on Thursday as university officials and Richmond lawmakers questioned the tactics and approach of the … Read more on Washington Post

Residential and out-patient treatment programs for drug/alcohol abuse
Addiction to alcohol and other drugs can impact a person in any walk of life. What people often underestimate is the complexity of drug addiction – that it is a disease which impacts the brain and because of that, stopping drug abuse is not simply a … Read more on LubbockOnline.com

Advocates Want Noland, Moeller to Reverse Rauner Drug Treatment Budget Cuts
In a letter from Latino Treatment Center executive Director Adriana Trino to State Senator Michael Noland (D-Elgin) and State Rep. Anna Moeller (D-Elgin), the Elgin-based advocate warns that the non-profit's funding … Rauner is aiming to slice $ 27.6 … Read more on Chicago Tribune

Model for Ohio
DART refers minor drug offenders to treatment. Some of them will land in Zepf's recovery housing program. Lucas County not only has created a unique treatment unit run by the sheriff's office, but also has developed a growing network of treatment … Read more on Toledo Blade

Problems worsen for two drug treatment centers
Time stopped in October for two drug treatment centers on Boston's Long Island, when the city shut down the bridge that was the only route to their facilities. Both had to abandon their offices on the island. Their clients — poor and trying to kick … Read more on Boston Globe (subscription)

Huntington Mayor Williams Announces Multi Agency Addiction Treatment …
LEAD (Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion) – LEAD is a pre-booking diversion program that allows officers to redirect low-level offenders engaged in drugs or prostitution activity to treatment services instead of jail and prosecution. The city is … Read more on HNN Huntingtonnews.net

Veterans Courts trending in Arizona
With more military men and women returning from the battlefield with physical and mental wounds, courts that cater only to veterans — focusing on rehabilitation rather than punishment — are operating across the country, and Arizona is on the vanguard … Read more on azcentral.com

Ellenton health resort pulled from planning commission agenda; family says …
Steve Bedi, a former Tampa Bay doctor who now lives in Palmetto, had run-ins with the law in the 1980s and early 1990s, leading to the suspension of his medical license by the Florida Board of Medicine and time in federal prison. … Bedi used "faulty … Read more on Bradenton Herald

How special interests killed Utah's medical marijuana bill
“If medical marijuana can advance in Utah—with significant support from Mormons in and out of the legislature—it can advance anywhere in the U.S.,” said Ethan Nadelmann, executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance. “Medicine is …. Cathy is a … Read more on SFGate (blog)

Former Governor Rick Perry Joins Right on Crime Campaign
Over his fifteen years as Texas' longest serving Governor, Perry supported and signed into law multiple reforms, including expanding alternatives to incarceration like drug treatment programs and community supervision for low risk and first time non … Read more on Breitbart News

American arrested on Lanta for DUI worked at Thai hallucinogenic drugs clinic
However, the Daily Mail Online revealed she is also linked to another fatality involving a man who died after undergoing an experimental drug treatment at an unregistered Thai clinic. Australian Brodie Smith, 33, checked into the Ibogaine Thailand … Read more on The Phuket News

Cory Booker's BFFs in Washington: Rand Paul, Newt Gingrich and Ted Cruz
Mike Lee (R-Utah) in introducing legislation to reduce some mandatory sentences for nonviolent drug offenders, allow judges to waive others, and enable some prisoners convicted of crimes involving crack cocaine to seek reviews of what they feel are … Read more on NJ.com

Justice advocate wages his own battle with crime
#SALT LAKE CITY — The CEO of a Utah company that has emerged as a key player in a national movement to overhaul the justice system is a repeat offender himself. … Just like tens of thousands of defendants undergoing this process known as risk … Read more on Walla Walla Union-Bulletin

Restrictions proposed on police seizure of property in drug trade
Utah, for example, removed the enticement of revenue from law enforcement by directing all seized asset funds to public education and drug treatment programs. Police departments can also earn cash from seizures by using an equitable sharing program … Read more on MarylandReporter.com

forum gives hope for recovery to addicts
He worked for Community Solutions in Warren, the Ohio Department of Youth Services, Valley Counseling, and Compass, and is now the executive director of First Step Recovery, an alcohol and drug treatment center. The center has 16 beds for detox and 24 … Read more on Youngstown Vindicator

Montgomery County drug overdose taskforce recommends prevention through …
According to the preliminary report presented to commissioners Chairman Josh Shapiro and Vice Chairwoman Valerie Arkoosh March 2, there were 134 drug-related deaths in 2013 in Montgomery County. More specifically the county saw 46 heroin deaths in … Read more on Montgomery Newspapers

Farmington nonprofit to provide alcohol addiction services
FARMINGTON, N.M. — A Farmington nonprofit has obtained tribal and federal contracts to provide a new residential treatment service for alcohol addiction. The Daily Times (http://goo.gl/mSyRAS ) reports that Four Winds Recovery Center secured the … Read more on Macon Telegraph (blog)

Lots of drug-related news the day addiction letter ran
My letter, “Addiction is a powerful dragon on a person's back,” was printed on Feb. 24. The same day, on the front page, was an article about the Maine Recovery Center for alcohol and drug abuse, “These people deserve to be treated,” and on page A4, … Read more on Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel