SALINE: Man dead as police respond to two suspected heroin overdoses on …
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration provides some resources sharing facts about drug abuse. One resource, the website JustThinkTwice.com, is aimed at teens and has information of a variety of topics, such as a section on the facts and fiction … Read more on Heritage Newspapers

Best of 2013: GoodTherapy.org's Top 10 Websites for Addiction
There are also basic drug facts, lesson plans and activities materials for educators, and informational pages to guide parents in keeping their children drug free. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): SAMHSA, a U.S. … Read more on GoodTherapy.org (blog)

Michael McCaul, Second-Richest Member Of Congress, Laments Obamacare …
As anyone who's fortunate enough to have employer based health care or unfortunate enough to have a pre-existing condition can tell you, health care for ordinary people already involved all of those things that we were told would be a feature of the … Read more on Huffington Post

Fremont County Bulletin Board
5-8 p.m. First Friday Event will feature "Home Tweet Home" at the Fremont Center for the Arts. A joint fundraiser with FCA and habitat for Humanity starts with reception. Art, food, music and fun. For more information, call 275-2790. 5-8 p.m. First … Read more on Canon City Daily Record

Gulf Restoration Projects, Paid For By BP Fund, Announced By Interior …
A dead fish is seen on the beach May 5, 2010 in Pass Christian, Mississippi as the gulf coast is still threatened by the oil spill from the BP Deepwater Horizon platform disaster. Emergency crews rushed to protect fragile …. Oil covered brown … Read more on Huffington Post

Josh Henderson Out for Season With Torn ACL, MCL, Meniscus
Veteran center Josh Henderson, who had been having the best season of his career in 2013, will miss the rest of the year thanks to a torn ACL, MCL, and meniscus in his left knee. Vanderbilt basketball will have to deal with a costly loss despite … Read more on Anchor of Gold (blog)

Weekly Calendar, December 6, 2013
PETERSBURG – The monthly meeting of the Western Hills-Dinwiddie Court Neighborhood Watch will be held at 6:30 p.m. in the fellowship hall of Zion Apostolic Christian Memorial Church, Young's Road. All are welcome. If you have questions, contact Barbara … Read more on Progress Index

Is the driver in the lane next to you high? Drugged Driving Kills
This December, National Impaired Driving Prevention Month, state narcotics agents remind you that drugged driving is a serious problem with deadly consequences. The use of … The National Roadside Survey of Alcohol and Drug Use by Drivers. In 2007 … Read more on Hamburg Reporter

Number Of Children On Medical Marijuana Patient Registry Surges In Colorado
Americans have the <a href="http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/files/serve/?File_id=81b53476-64a3-4088-9bae-254a84b95ddb">highest rate of illegal drug consumption in the world</a>, according to the National Survey on Drug Use and … Read more on Huffington Post

Prosecutors face tough choices in NYC derailment
Legal experts say drowsy driving isn't necessarily a crime, and it can be tough to prosecute drivers who nod off unless there are extra factors at play, such as drug use or brazen disregard for passenger safety. … "There's a sentiment that when … Read more on NBC4i.com

'Recovery High' a Respite for Young Addicts
Fortunately, Steve, who bounced back and forth between using alcohol, marijuana, prescription painkillers and heroin since he was 12, found his way into a new, unique high school built just for teens battling the same demons – a recovery high school … Read more on NBC 10 Philadelphia

James Gandolfini Honored In New Jersey Town
Cast members Steve Schirripa, Vincent Curatola, Tony Sirico, Dominic Chianese, Vincent Pastore and John Ventimiglia were among the hundreds of people who turned out Sunday in the northern New Jersey town where Gandolfini grew up and returned often. The … Read more on Huffington Post

Lunch with Peter
Though Richardson was raised in Bayonne, New Jersey, where her father—who died when Mary was 12—was a professor at Hoboken's Stevens Institute of Technology and her mother, a public-school English teacher, she told people, including her husband, that … Read more on Daily Beast

Peter Kaplan Remembered: Former Colleagues Share Their Best Memories …
Some of the many journalists who were fortunate enough to work for, and learn from, Peter Kaplan appeared on HuffPost Live on Monday to remember the legendary former New York Observer editor, who died on Friday at 59. …. He died of a heart attack in … Read more on Huffington Post

Trinny Woodall: how I became a cocaine addict — and how I beat it
In the past I filled that hole with drugs, and now I have to fill it with a more spiritual path. My recovery has been difficult at times. But what kept me going was being able to go to meetings and talk with people who had been through addiction, who … Read more on Spectator.co.uk

What the gossip mags say
Lawson became the centre of a storm of controversy last week when a court heard allegations from her ex-husband Charles Saatchi, of her being a "habitual criminal" and of a decade of alleged cocaine abuse. The Women's weekly produced a "special report … Read more on Auckland stuff.co.nz

BC Man Arrested After Calling Police During Home Invasion
<a href="http://www.nwfdailynews.com/local/crime/police-blotters/naked-man-declares-he-loves-cocaine-and-needs-more-1.106369" target="_hplink">Powell is accused</a> of running naked around a Florida apartment complex in February, 2012. A police report … Read more on Huffington Post Canada

Heroin overdose antidote training at addiction treatment center in Vernon Hills
Training on how to use naloxone on someone experiencing an opioid overdose will be offered for free from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Kiva Recovery, 935 Lakeview Parkway. Nonprofit drug-awareness advocacy group Live4Lali Inc. will co-host the session. Read more on Chicago Daily Herald

Visiting rehab was must for Colin Farrell
Los Angeles, Nov 29 (IANS) Actor Colin Farrell says that it had become important for him to visit a rehabilitation centre back in 2005 because he feared that his addiction would leave him out of job. The 37-year-old entered rehab in December 2005 for … Read more on Newstrack India

Jane Kean Dead: 'Honeymooners' Revival Star Dies At Age 90
<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