Bryan community development board seeks feedback on funding use
The city does help fund local nonprofit organizations like Project Unity, Brazos Valley Rehab Center, Brazos Valley Counseling Services, Family Promise and the Brazos Valley Council on Alcohol and Substance Abuse. The client count for those programs is … Read more on Bryan-College Station Eagle

Gerald and Betty Ford's daughter continues their projects
Well, my mother went to treatment for her drug and alcohol addiction on Jan. 1 of 1978. They were living in the desert at the time, and there was a group of people that were encouraging her and Leonard Firestone to do a drug and alcohol treatment center. Read more on The Tennessean

Lawmakers talk drug abuse care options
One indicator of the problem, the group was told, is the rise in so-called Section 35 petitions, named after state laws that allow the courts, often acting at the behest of friends or family members, to order the commitmentof a person at risk of a drug … Read more on Attleboro Sun Chronicle

Northampton County Prison study finds specialty courts and community …
The county has focused on lowering recidivism rates at the prison in recent years by hiring Community Education Centers to offer alcohol treatment and parenting classes at its new West Easton Treatment Center. While the recidivism rate for inmates who … Read more on The Express-Times