How My Addiction Helps Me Win and May Eventually Kill Me
Merriam-Webster defines addiction as "a strong and harmful need to regularly have something or do something." I believe the human mind can become addicted to anything that yields pleasure. My addiction to work stems from the rush my accomplishments … Read more on Huffington Post

New Helpline for Teens in Broward County Aims to Help Addiction Recovery
Talking it over with family and friends is often a good idea, but it takes the support and supervision of a real addiction expert to help a young adult triumph over substance abuse. The new Broward County Adolescent Rehab Helpline aims to give … Read more on PR Web (press release)

New drug in Japan aims to help alcoholics quit addiction
Several doctors in Japan are hopeful that a new drug licensed from a French pharmaceutical company may be part of the solution that alcoholics need to kick the habit. Regtect went on sale earlier this year in Japan, becoming the first alcohol … Read more on The Japan Daily Press

New Helpline for Young Adults Can Help with Substance Abuse
Talking to family and friends can be helpful, but it takes the care and guidance of a legitimate addiction professional to truly help someone overcome drug and alcohol addiction. Thanks to the new Aventura Adolescent Rehab Helpline, there is now a … Read more on PR Web (press release)

A year of disasters: Top ten local stories of 2013
Peoria's two UnityPoint-Health facilities have about 4,000 employees and serve more than 100,000 patients through their physicians' practices. The affiliation also brought Proctor's Illinois Institute for Addiction Recovery and Hult Center for Healthy … Read more on Peoria Journal Star

Groton man's struggles fuel his drive to help others
Gardner bought a pair of slippers, visited his family in Chicago, and used the rest to start a fund to help recovering addicts. John Haugabook, off-campus coordinator for Stonington Institute, said he's called Gardner eight or nine times to help people … Read more on TheDay.com

Gun Control Battle Shifts To States After Newtown Massacre
In scores of statehouse battles, both gun-control and gun-rights advocates have notched wins since a mentally unstable gunman killed 20 first-graders and six adults at Newtown's Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, 2012. … That includes $ 2.2 … Read more on Huffington Post

How area schools educate kids about drugs and handle abuse
“The reality is that if a teen is dealing with a drug addiction, then it is more than likely that they are also involved in other criminal activity. Oftentimes, they might steal from other students, may sell drugs to support their drug habit, etc … Read more on Burlington County Times

The Biggest Celebrity Scandals Of 2013
With her breasts freshly augmented, "Teen Mom" star Farrah Abraham shot a porno with none other than adult film icon James Deen. … Odom recently accepted a deal of three years probation and three months of alcohol abuse treatment for his August DUI. Read more on Huffington Post

Talking to your tween about substance abuse
The more comfortable you appear talking to your tween the more comfortable they will feel opening up to you about alcohol or drugs. Making substance use taboo can sometimes close off communication with your teen or not prepare them for the time when … Read more on Charlotte Observer

Labor, sex traffickers, modern slavery in Colorado
The FBI's Rocky Mountain Innocence Lost Task Force rescued 59 teen prostitutes from flesh peddlers in Colorado this year, up from 49 in 2012. In July, Operation Cross Country, a nationwide sweep … An undercover FBI agent came to buy drugs at a room … Read more on Daily Herald

At Narconon New Life Retreat Recovery from Drugs Sparks Success
Narconon Louisiana New Life Retreat Inc., located in Denham Springs, is a non-profit alcohol and drug rehabilitation center licensed by the State of Louisiana. In 1966 founder William Benitez started the Narconon program using the drug-free … Read more on PR Web (press release)

Does U.S. approach to truants, runaways do more harm than good?
She came home briefly, and her parents sent her to a drug treatment facility, from which she ran away from five times. In 1993, living on the streets, she was horrifically murdered by a prostitution client. Becca was 13. … and education resources for … Read more on Deseret News

Ricky Lawson Dead: Celebrated Drummer Dies At 59
Lawson was being treated at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center in Long Beach, Calif., about 25 miles south of Los Angeles. The Detroit native learned to play … 18 in a message saying, "praying for his recovery." Drummer Sheila E. tweeted Tuesday: "We … Read more on Huffington Post

Question by Sally: NEED HELP! How do I get my sister into Rehab??? 5150?
My sister is a meth addict and is literally deterioating by the second. I need help because I am afraid Im going to loose my little sister. Shes 26 years old and has been doing Meth everyday. She thinks theres nothing wrong with her. Shes skin and bone. My family is literally in pain over this because its like our hands are bound and we cant do anything. She is now talking to herself…threatening all of this that we’re plotting against her or that the government is hiding cameras all around the city looking for her…shes talking crazy and she says she hears voices thats making her do things. She has a son that she will literally take with her on her “joy rides”. We’ve got the Father involved to keep her son away from her and terminate custody until she gets help. She still wont. How in California can I save my sister??? She wont voluntarily help herself. I’m not trying to bury my sister…I’ve tried calling courts, rehab centers…no one can give me a straight answer…I’ve heard of the Marchman Act…but is that available in Los Angeles County??? Please someone help or guide me in the right direction…this DRUG is literally killing my sister.

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Answer by Bill
I would try calling AL-ANON. They should surely be able to give you some advice. Just Google ” AL-ANON Los Angeles” and you’ll find 3 different phone numbers for LA.
Everything I read about the Marchman Act suggests that it applies only to Florida. Sorry.

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Paul Walker's 'Fast & Furious 7' Part Will Be Included In Upcoming Film
NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES, Dec 23 (Reuters) – The release of "Fast & Furious 7," the big-budget action film that was shut down in November after the death of actor Paul Walker in a car crash, has been pushed back nine months to April 2015, Universal … Read more on Huffington Post

Dodgers agree with relievers Wright, Perez
LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers added Jamey Wright after reaching recent agreements with Chris Perez and J.P. Howell, according to a baseball source, to round out one of their deepest bullpens ever. Wright returns the long-man role he filled for the Dodgers … Read more on Anaheim Angels

Yusef Lateef Dead: Grammy-Winning Musician Dies At 93
<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/19/lee-thompson-young-dead_n_3780781.html?ref=topbar" target="_blank">"The Famous Jett Jackson" star was found dead</a> in his apartment by his landlord in Los Angeles on Aug. 19, 2013. Young's rep … Read more on Huffington Post

Question by Me: Need advice step son is coming to live with my husband and i after being in rehab for heroin addiction….?
My husband and i have been married for about 6 years he has a 13 year old son from a previous relationship. Well his son is coming to live with us he just got out of Rehab for Heroin addiction and his mom wants nothing to do with him at all. Well hubby and i have three son’s of our own 2.4,6 and so as you can imagine i am concerned for there safty and well being but at the same time i also believe in Redemption so to speak everyone makes mistakes and i understand that so i am trying not to hold any preconceived notions about the kid but at the same time never had to really be a step parent to this kid and everything. I mean honestly i am more worried about him relapsing into it because he got into it to begin with because his gf was into it heavily and then she introduced him to it and then she died because of in OD so he got into it heavily trying to block out his pain and everything. Sorry for blabbing i just don’t know what to do with the kid hubby thinks there isn’t a threat and that he will be fine and that we just need to love on him but at the same time i don’t want him here =/. Advice?

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he will murder all of you in your sleep

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Drug Court Judge Gisele Pollack Enters Rehab After Erratic Behavior At Work
A judge who presides over a drug court in Florida is entering rehab after unprofessional acts on the job. Broward County Judge Gisele Pollack, who has been open about her past troubles with alcohol, admits she suffered a relapse, the South Florida Sun … Read more on Huffington Post

Drug court judge acts erratically, admits she needs help
The judge who oversees Broward County's misdemeanor drug court is headed for rehab herself after sources say she acted erratically at work on Tuesday. Broward County Judge Gisele Pollack, who has been open about battling alcoholism in the past, was … Read more on Sun-Sentinel

US Rep. Radel will not resign after coke bust
Trey Radel of Florida refused to resign Thursday, saying he wants to "rebuild the trust" of voters. At a news conference held the same day he left a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center, the 37-year-old freshman told reporters at his Cape Coral … Read more on Salt Lake Tribune