Age apparently no limit to exemption on 'investigatory' records
7, a drug bust caught up a young, popular Bloomington High School teacher named Chuck Walls and a faculty spouse named Myriam Champigny. She was French, 47 and married to an existential poet and professor at Indiana University. He was in his early … Read more on The Herald-Times (subscription)

Companies saving billions through offshore tax havens, report says
That would equal the entire state budgets of California, Virginia and Indiana combined. Several major … n Pfizer, the world's largest drug and pharmaceutical manufacturer, operated 128 subsidiaries in tax havens that reported $ 69 billion in profits … Read more on Charleston Gazette

A SOBERING STORY: Perceptions on addiction slow to change
All are labels that speak to the stigma surrounding drug and alcohol addiction, which often is a hurdle for people seeking treatment, according to Barb Miklos, an Armstrong-Indiana-Clarion Drug and Alcohol Commission case manager. She also is president … Read more on Indiana Gazette

State bans Recovery Center in Sullivan County from accepting new patients
The Sullivan County Recovery Center is unable to accept new patients while under investigation by the state Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services. The center is Sullivan County's major facility for alcohol and drug treatment, and many are … Read more on Times Herald-Record

Heroin use, treatment on rise in Indiana
Among people seeking treatment for addictive behavior, the percentage of those seeking help for heroin addiction has risen significantly, according both to the state health department and the Indiana University Center for Health Policy. The … Read more on WLFI.com

'We're all paying:' Heroin spreads misery in US
It remains a small part of America's drug problem; cocaine, Ecstasy, painkillers and tranquilizers are all used more, and the latest federal overdose statistics show that in 2010 the vast majority of drug overdose deaths involved pharmaceuticals, with … Read more on Chronicle-Telegram

Grant helps fund new Detox Center in San Angelo
The abuse council provides residential substance abuse treatment services for adults, outpatient treatment, community education and youth education and prevention programs in schools, but San Angelo been without a detox center since the late '90s. Read more on San Angelo Standard Times

Human Rights Watch Submission to Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs …
The arrest of Tohti, a peaceful, moderate advocate of the rights of Uyghurs in China, who was prevented in 2013 from taking a position as visiting scholar at Indiana University, further closes avenues for the expression of peaceful dissent in Xinijang … Read more on Human Rights Watch

Prescription drug abuse task force makes progress
In late December, the Indiana Attorney General's Prescription Drug Abuse Task Force made efforts to tackle the prescription drug abuse problem in Indiana, prevent abuse from happening and heal those already affected by it. Joan Duwve, chief medical … Read more on Purdue Exponent

Pseudoephedrine prescription is no answer to the problem of meth
Truth: The retail and pharmaceutical industries have joined with the Indiana State Medical Association, the Indiana Academy of Family Physicians, the AFL-CIO, the Indiana Pharmacists Alliance and the Indiana Minority Health Coalition, among others, to … Read more on News Sentinel

Common practice: Doctors with abuse problems allowed to continue practicing
“It's a bit like playing roulette,” said Dr. Sidney Wolfe, founder and senior adviser of Public Citizen's Health Research Group in Washington, D.C. “With the best of intentions of a rehab program, such a person is more likely to go back to drugs or … Read more on Jamestown Sun

Welfare drug screening bill divides lawmakers
Welfare abuse such as Boster's is driving an Indiana effort to require recipients to be screened for the likelihood of addiction and limit food stamps to the purchase of only "nutritional foods. … "It can be thousands of dollars to treat an addiction … Read more on Houston Chronicle

Democrats facing uphill fight on nixing gay marriage ban; elusive leak leaves …
Also, the United States Department of Agriculture gets to designate treatment areas for forest lands hard hit by disease and insects. The package also gives state foresters a …. About 150 regional police officials were expected to be on hand from … Read more on River Towns

Manic Researchers Announce They Are Hours Away From Cure For Depression
BLOOMINGTON, IN—Speaking loudly and quickly without any notable pauses, a team of manic researchers at Indiana University announced at a press conference Wednesday that they are mere hours away from a permanent cure for depression. … the podium … Read more on The Onion (satire)

13 Awe-Inspiring Facts About The Environment
A man holds a crocodile with tape around its mouth, as workers from the Natuurhulpcentrum, a wildlife rehabilitation center, collect several crocodiles at a villa in Lapscheure, near the Dutch border, on Dec. 22, 2011. …. the way to their feeding den … Read more on Huffington Post

Mark Cuban: NBA should discuss allowing HGH use
If it were ever allowed — and it's safe to say that won't be happening anytime soon — Cuban, an Indiana University graduate, sees a major benefit for teams and their fans like. "The issue isn't whether I think it should be used," Cuban told … In … Read more on Indianapolis Star

CPD officer involved in shooting
… Indiana Department of Corrections for the felony conviction and one year for the OWI charge. The sentence was suspended in favor of probation and a suspended drivers license. Serrano was in and out of the Montgomery County Jail and treatment … Read more on Journal Review