'We're all paying:' Heroin spreads misery in US
Before 9 o'clock every weekday morning, the secret to one of the most successful drug rehabilitation clinics in Portland, Ore., waits behind a locked door. Meet David Fitzgerald, leader of the mentor program at Central City Concern, which claims a 60 … Read more on Bradford Era

Newscaster Laurie Dhue is guest speaker for Drug Education Council Luncheon
Now a recovering alcoholic, Dhue serves on Caron's New York Advisory Board and the boards of the National Youth Recovery Foundation and the Bridge Way School in Philadelphia. She gives frequent speeches on the nature of addiction and reality of … Read more on The Huntsville Times – al.com (blog)

US OKs portable antidote for painkiller overdoses
The Food and Drug Administration said making the cellphone-sized device with the recovery drug naloxone available for wider use could help save lives as opiod drug overdoses increase. The approval means emergency responders or even family members … Read more on Reuters

Cocaine defendant seeks help for 'definite addiction problem'
A cocaine defendant who sought rehabilitation on her own was placed on three years of intensive probation Thursday. Desiree M. Collins, 55, of 16 E. Main St., Apt. C (back), Wakeman, must reimburse the Huron County Sheriff's Office $ 40 for the cost of … Read more on Norwalk Reflector

New Rumson Helpline Provides Hope for Teenage Addiction Recovery
Unfortunately, a large portion of young adults who develop a substance abuse problem are unaware of their disease and lack the resources to find proper treatment. Many attempt to get advice from their parents and friends. But when it comes to … Read more on Ticker Report

FDA approves drug overdose treatment
In an effort to combat the growing epidemic of prescription drug abuse, the Food and Drug Administration approved an injection-style device Thursday that gives family members and caregivers of users the ability to administer medication to reverse the … Read more on Daily Helmsman

Collegiate Recovery Community safe haven for students with addictions
Alcohol. The Community Recovery Community is a program where students who have had addiction problems can find peer and staff support on campus to prevent their likelihood of relapsing. … Prince said most students who are in the CRC have already been … Read more on Red and Black

community listings
We are women and men who share our experience, strength and hope to overcome and recover from compulsive eating, food addiction, anorexia, bulimia and other food related disorders. We model our meeting on the 12 steps first discovered by Alcoholics … Read more on Belleville Intelligencer

FDA chief defends Zohydro as criticism intensifies
WASHINGTON — Debate over a powerful new painkiller ratcheted up Thursday as the head of the Food and Drug Administration defended the drug's approval and a West Virginia Senator responded with a bill to force it off the market. FDA Commissioner … Read more on Boston Herald

Health Notes
St. Vincent's Medical Center is offering “Food for Life: Kickstart your Health” live cooking class, a cancer survivorship program designed to advance cancer prevention and survival through nutrition education, research and live cooking demonstration … Read more on Monroe Courier

Skittles Sends Two People to Hospital After Sharing Contaminated Candy
The Indiana State Department of Health joined forces with the Indiana Department of Homeland Security, the United States Food and Drug Administration and the Indiana State Police and started an investigation. Skittles sent two people to hospital after … Read more on Guardian Liberty Voice

DODD: The heroin epidemic
Heroin is an epidemic in southern Indiana. For $ 15-20 … Anyone who has ever tried to get help for a substance abuse problem knows of the shortages of treatment centers, halfway houses and other necessary services to get back on the road to a normal life. Read more on Newsandtribune

Chronicle AM–March 7, 2014
Oregon's medical marijuana dispensary regulation bill has passed the legislature with only temporary local bans allowed, more CBD medical marijuana bills are moving, an Indiana hemp bill has passed the legislature, and more. … The paper, Cocaine … Read more on Drug War Chronicle

Kabul clinic offers rare shot at hope for Afghanistan's rising drug addict …
It is a spartan life of dormitory beds, communal eating and prayer, but the Jangalak treatment centre in Kabul offers a rare glimmer of hope for heroin addicts caught in Afghanistan's spiralling drug problem. About 250 male addicts at a time undergo a … Read more on Raw Story

Health & Fitness calendar
Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous — 9 a.m. Saturdays at Frederick Memorial Hospital, Volunteer Conference Room, 400 W. Seventh St., Frederick. A 12-step program for food addiction. 240-354-3337; foodaddicts.org. Gamblers Anonymous — 7 to 8:30 … Read more on Frederick News Post (subscription)

Powerful new painkiller causing controversy
BAY VILLAGE — Dozens of public health groups, 29 state attorneys general and some members of the Greater Cleveland- Cuyahoga Community-Wide Heroin/Opiate Task Force are urging the Food and Drug Administration to revoke approval of a powerful new … Read more on WKYC-TV

Newly approved painkiller long-acting, but it can be abused
More than 40 groups, including many in addiction treatment, are pressuring the Food and Drug Administration to reverse its controversial approval of the drug, saying its release this month amounts to an invitation for deadly overdoses and addiction … Read more on Columbus Dispatch

Closing Whoville
Homeless advocates say the Northwest Expressway site is too far from downtown and the social services that are vitally important to the homeless, including the White Bird drug treatment center and FOOD For Lane County's Dining Room. … Other … Read more on The Register-Guard

Heroin in Flagstaff a new challenge to drug treatment
Heroin in Flagstaff a new challenge to drug treatment. Saved. Save Article; My Saved Items · Print Email … National statistics show 16,000 overdose deaths a year from prescription painkillers like OxyContin, Oxycodone and Vicodin, and the number of … Read more on Arizona Daily Sun

Treatment centers show support for medicaid expansion
Among those, substance abuse treatment. The LePage administration says we can't afford to help everyone, but a local drug treatment facility argues addiction is a disease that should not be overlooked. Substance abuse falls in the gray area, where it … Read more on WCSH-TV