New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie Visits Drug Treatment Center in UK
The Duchess has helped financially support Action on Addiction, an organization that provides funding for the 22-bed facility for women. Stateside, Mr. Christie has made drug treatment one of his main social-welfare programs. The Republican has … Read more on Wall Street Journal (blog)

There's an effective medicine for heroin addiction, but anti-drug warriors are …
There's a drug that could save the lives of thousands of heroin addicts. But the US is so mindlessly anti-drug that many treatment programs refuse to use it. The Huffington Post on Wednesday published an in-depth look at one of the best treatments for … Read more on Vox

SMART Recovery program to debut Feb. 4 on Athens Campus
The program helps people recover from all types of addiction and addictive behaviors, including: alcohol abuse, alcohol addiction, drug abuse, drug addiction, substance abuse, gambling addiction, prescription drug abuse, sexual addiction and other … Read more on Athens Messenger

Some correctional facilities treating addicts with medication
Scott Nolen, director of the drug addiction treatment program at Open Society Institute-Baltimore, a non-profit organization whose goals include increasing access to substance-abuse treatment, said correctional facilities also provide an opportunity … Read more on Baltimore Sun

Mother of drug–addicted infant going to prison
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Jamillah Falls, the first woman to be arrested under a Tennessee state law for giving birth to a drug-addicted baby, is going to prison. She opted for the court-mandated treatment program and was in rehab for several months, but she … Read more on wreg.com

Dying To Be Free
Most treatment programs haven't accepted medically assisted treatments such as Suboxone because of “myths and misinformation,” said Robert Lubran, the director of the pharmacological therapy division at the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health … Read more on Huffington Post

Lawsuit: Jail Let Teenage Girl Die From Drug Overdose, Staff Covered It Up
At the time, there was a warrant out for Gonzales because she had violated her probation by escaping from a rehabilitation center, the Albuquerque Journal reported. As a result, police officers came to the hospital. The lawsuit claims that the hospital … Read more on Huffington Post

Drug Treatment Moguls Lived in Luxury on Medicaid Cash, Say Prosecutors
Prosecutors say the father and son who ran one of New York's largest drug treatment programs committed fraud and spent taxpayer millions on luxury cars and vacation homes while their patients lived amid rats and bedbugs, but authorities fear shutting … Read more on NBCNews.com

How Your Menstrual Cycle Could Affect Attempts To Quit Smoking
… Mendrek concludes that “taking the menstrual cycle into consideration could help women to stop smoking,” and calls for more studies that investigate the biological differences in men and women when it comes to cigarette smoking and addiction … Read more on Huffington Post

How to Feel Adequate and Worthy
Adam was a very competent dentist until a brain injury from a hiking accident caused him to lose his ability to practice dentistry. Not only could he no longer use his hands effectively, but his speech was sometimes slurred and he could not walk … Read more on Huffington Post

Giving and receiving: On the road to recovery; Couple addicted to drugs gave …
A very pregnant Nu Contreras and her husband, Ricardo, were driving toward the Salvation Army's Depot Family Crisis Center in Marysville from Arizona in October 2013 to get help for their drug addictions when their third child arrived in Riverside … Read more on Appeal-Democrat

TN third in prostitution, Ketron tells commissioners
MURFREESBORO – Tennessee ranks third in the nation in prostitution, state Sen. Bill Ketron told county commissioners Monday. A Republican from Murfreesboro, Ketron said he's learned from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation that human trafficking is … Read more on The Daily News Journal

Drug rehab facilities struggling to meet demand – Fritz
Cape Town – Recent reports of a drug rehab “crisis” in the Cape has set off alarm bells. Has drug abuse got worse, and if so why? News24 finds out. Albert Fritz, minister for social development in the Western Cape, admits the government is struggling … Read more on News24

Addiction and Death: Who Wants to Talk About It?
However, there are other topics that seem even more taboo because regardless of your nationality or creed, discussing addiction and death are (pardon the pun) buzz killers. Why? The brave people at The Biscuit Factory have chosen these topics for their … Read more on Huffington Post

Meth Addiction Made Witness Against Ex-Judge Vulnerable
"She struggles every day with her addiction. She is thankful she had the opportunity to share her story in court, all of it." Garmley also told him she was "proud of the jury for insuring justice was done and the facts came out. … It proves that … Read more on Daily Report (registration)

We Need to Own Our Drug Problem
Until we tackle our drug problem, we'll see no growth nor positive change in the Valley. New businesses do not want to move here and take part in our drug problem. Whether the local newspaper writes about it or not, it's still a fact and prospective … Read more on Rio Grande Sun

Teaching Friends And Family How To Reverse A Drug Overdose
Graham-Farmer knew what to do that day because, as of 2012, the whole staff at the residential drug treatment program where she works (Samaritan Village in Richmond Hill, Queens) has been trained to use Narcan, and to keep a rescue kit containing two … Read more on WFAE

What drug treatment in Delaware looks like
Additionally, the state's health department has requested more than $ 4 million in next year's budget to support programs aimed at expanding the bed space and access to treatment centers statewide as well as curbing teenage prescription drug use. Read more on The News Journal

Philly is 'mecca for people in recovery'
Ford has spent 20 years as a community liaison for the city's Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services on 8th Street near Market, where he gets uninsured and under-insured drug and alcohol addicts into recovery programs. Read more on Philly.com

Riverview Hospital Will Host New Rehab Program For Addiction, Mental Health
Client services will include programs for ongoing support, assessment, crisis intervention, co-ordinated psychiatric and medical treatment, life-and-social skills, drug-and-alcohol recovery, jobs skills, education and peer support, said Lake. "By … Read more on Huffington Post Canada