Possible recovery center in Latah County
MOSCOW, ID – People in Latah County are asked to attend a meeting Tuesday to discuss starting up a drug, alcohol and mental illness recovery center. The Latah Recovery Center would be a drop-in center run by volunteers who are also in recovery. Read more on KLEW

Touchstone Ranch Recovery Center Offers Dual Diagnosis Services
Touchstone Ranch is also a different kind of recovery center because the underlying principles are based on dual diagnosis protocols, which means that our professionals assess our clients for both drug or alcohol addiction as well as any underlying … Read more on Newswire (press release)

Freedom House to host 15th annual Distinguished Citizens award banquet
Freedom House, a New Jersey-based nonprofit statewide organization with facilities in Hunterdon, Mercer, Morris and Warren counties, is a national leader and an international model for the long term treatment of adult men and women with alcohol and … Read more on NJ.com

Pacific Coast Detox Opens New Drug And Alcohol Detox Center in Encino …
PCD offers drug and alcohol detox services for men and women in a residential setting, staffed by a team of committed and compassionate treatment professionals. Specializing in alcohol and drug detox, their staff creates personalized detox services … Read more on PR Web (press release)

Heartbeats: Hospital to hold dedication
The nearly three-year-long project has included the construction of one of the largest pediatric emergency departments in New Jersey — opened in 2013 — special treatment bays for women's health, acute-care and rapid-treatment patients, a redesigned … Read more on MyCentralJersey.com

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Drug Use Is Criminal?
Disregarding medical advancements in drug and alcohol treatment, the court must provide society with a newly abstinent individual. Those that cannot graduate with an abstinence diploma from the court-forced medical care are left to finish their … Read more on Huffington Post

9 Things You Need to Know About Vertigo
“And severe use of alcohol can affect balance permanently,” she says. According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, women face greater health risks if they drink three or more drinks daily, and men if they drink four or more … Read more on Hornell Evening Tribune

Detoxes and cleanses: Are they a science or a scam?
Detoxification and Toxins. The term 'detox' is a medical term that refers to the safe discontinuation from a substance, usually dangerous levels of drugs, alcohol or poisons, which usually takes between a few days and a few weeks to complete in a … Read more on Irish Independent

The world's most peculiar drug rehab centers
This rehab center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, follows a spiritual approach. These former drug users are gathered in a circle outside their shelter for morning prayer, shouting “Glory to God!”. All of them are offered accommodation in the shelter next to … Read more on Deutsche Welle

Englewood Residents And Parents Want Drug Rehab Facility Moved
I am not against drug treatment centers, but what sense does it make to bring people, who are trying to get off drugs, into a community with a drug problem?" Foulkes said she met with Walter Carlson, executive director of Southwood Interventions, and … Read more on DNAinfo

Teacher at NJ Rehab Center Accused of Sex With Patient, 18: Prosecutors
Donna D. Pierce-Faley, a teacher at the Daytop New Jersey drug treatment facility in Mendham, is charged with second-degree sexual assault after the alleged relationship with a teen undergoing court-ordered rehab at the center, according to the Morris … Read more on NBC New York

Avoiding addiction when you're prescribed painkillers
Experts say opioids can be the gateway drug to other addictive drugs such as heroin, but there are few public facilities in Delaware that specialize in opioid treatment and detox. … Environmental factors and habit are the key to opioid abuse. "People … Read more on The News Journal

Christie pledges million to expand 'Mommy & Me' drug rehab programs to …
The $ 12 million will be allocated this way: • $ 1.8 million to expand similar “Mommy and Me” residential substance abuse treatment programs administered by the state's Dept. of Children and Families into the “lower eight” counties of southern New Jersey. Read more on Hunterdon County Democrat

Bigger treatment center for Native teens opens
A new substance abuse treatment center designed to help Native youth ages 13 to 18 overcome alcohol and drug addiction opened Monday in Tahlequah, according to a media report. … It's one of only 10 centers of its kind in the country. “This is … Read more on Muskogee Daily Phoenix

With drug treatment, the governor has the will but not the wallet: Editorial
But the underlying reality is this: New Jersey's treatment facilities simply do not have enough capacity to meet demand. More public investment is needed at a time when the state is wrestling with second-worst budget crisis in the nation, behind Illinois. Read more on NJ.com

Union County opens Recovery High School aiding students battling to stay sober
UNION — More than 200 youths from Union County are sent to in-patient drug programs each year, say advocates for substance abuse treatment. “After treatment, on the first day they return to their schools, (the youths) are approached by somebody … Read more on The Star-Ledger

Addiction funding includes S.J. program
An estimated 805,000 state residents have alcohol or drug problems, according to the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence-New Jersey. More residential treatment facilities are needed in South Jersey, according to Mary Lynne Reynolds, … Read more on Cherry Hill Courier Post

Grants allow Cheektowaga schools to make hires, set up programs
The board on Tuesday also approved the administration of a drug use and attitudes survey through the state Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services. The survey, which comes at no cost to the district, was last performed in 2009. OASAS will … Read more on Buffalo News

Police continues to battle campus crime
“Drug and alcohol prevention programs sponsored by the University are coordinated by the Drug and Alcohol Resource Center, located in Schwartz Hall,” said Tyree. “The Drug and Alcohol Resource Center (DARC) also serves as the campus resource for … Read more on The Southern News

Brookfield High grads discuss 'tornado' effect drugs had on their lives
Case, Bellano and Morelli now live in Florida where they attended rehabilitation programs. For Bellano, alcoholism and drug addiction were not family traits. She was not a party-goer in high school. She didn't even discover alcohol until she was 17 … Read more on Danbury News Times