Clubs & Meetings: Week of Feb. 2
Alcoholics Anonymous Sunday Solutions Group 7:30 a.m., 2nd Sunday 601 Miller Valley Road, Prescott. 928-445-7578. … Rejoice in Recovery for Women at 7 p.m. Monday, The Solid Rock Center, 114 S. Marina St. Pat, 928-300-2095. S-Anon meets 7 p.m. … Read more on The Daily Courier

Rod McKuen, mega-selling poet and performer, dies at 81
FILE – In this Feb. 18, 1985 file photo, Jill St. John, right, with Robert Wagner, center, and Rod McKuen, left, attend a party for "Night of 100 Stars II," in New York. McKuen, the husky-voiced "King of Kitsch" whose music and verse recordings won him … Read more on Worcester Telegram

America Tonight's highlights of 2014
This was America Tonight's first full year on air and online, and we kept busy. Our reporters told stories from every state in the country, from a heroin-ravaged small town in New England to a sex offender detainment center in Southwest Florida … Read more on Al Jazeera America

Gulf dead zone could be shrunk, but at high cost
BATON ROUGE – At an eye-popping price tag of $ 2.7 billion every year, a new report says the country could meet the national goal of reducing the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico. The dead zone — an area of low oxygen that can't support marine life … Read more on Opelousas Daily World

Harry?s Daddy, and Diana?s ?Murder?: Royal Rumors In a New Play
Born in 1971 in Bossier City, Louisiana and raised within a “hippie communal” movement, Leto initially planned to study visual arts at Philadelphia's prestigious University of the Arts. Later, he transferred to the School of Visual Arts in New York … Read more on Daily Beast

Per Wickstrom Adds New “Strategy” Section to PerWickstrom.com
Per Wickstrom is the President and Founder of Best Drug Rehabilitation, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center focused on helping individuals through holistic and natural methods. Per believes that it's never too late to turn your life around and do … Read more on PR Web (press release)

Vietnam vet Charles Bellizana hopes his story will inspire others to seek …
GIBSON, Louisiana — Charles Bellizana doesn't like to dig up memories about his time in Vietnam but hopes his story will inspire other veterans to seek support when it's needed. Bellizana, 69, of … "I was drinking and doing drugs. These young guys … Read more on The Republic

Son Of A Secret Smuggler Digs Up The Truth About His Dad
At his peak in the mid-1980s, which was also the peak of the drug war, an impossibly late date for pot smuggling, he broke a weeks-long national dope panic, a drought that New York Magazine dubbed reefer sadness. In a single load, …. He ended up … Read more on WABE 90.1 FM

Cornish, William D. 'Bill'
… of all trades”: which included ranch hand, cowboy in the Arizona mountains, pipe fitter, pole climber, heavy equipment operator, over the road truck driver, oil field truck dispatcher and driver, store clerk, prison guard, and mental health/drug … Read more on Rapid City Journal

Deputy PM calls Vietnam's drug rehab programs a 'failure', calls for revoking them
"That figure is optimistic," Dam said. "We have to be frank: We've failed." If it is a failure it is a costly one since, according to Dam, the government spends more than VND10 million (US$ 468) on each addict at rehabilitation centers every year, not … Read more on Thanh Nien Daily

Jon Jones was in drug rehab for one night
Earlier this week, Jones' mother Camille revealed in an interview with WBNG in New York that Jones only stayed one night in the rehabilitation facility but is continuing his “education” with the program. “As far as treatment went. It was an overnight … Read more on Larry Brown Sports

Gina Myracle embraces position as cancer center director
The treatment is totally dependent. Drugs are based on the tumor and the stage." Myracle said the center is more relaxing than threatening. "We wanted it to be very non-institutional, circular, not just another clinic building," Myracle said. "It gives … Read more on Jackson Sun

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

Butner, NC Addiction Helpline Assisting Addicts in Finding Effective Recovery …
People can learn about treatment options available at various rehab facilities. Friends and family can use the helpline to learn more about which treatment centers give their loved ones the best opportunity to overcome a drug or alcohol dependency. Read more on Ticker Report

Are celebrities promoting drugs and alcohol on Instagram?
Addiction-treatment.com, a website for those looking to help themselves or a friend recover from substance addiction, took a long look at the most influential celebrities on Instagram to dissect how often they are photographed with drugs and/or alcohol … Read more on New York Post

Agency battling drug crisis has big job, little state money
After six years of inaction, in 2010 the Pennsylvania General Assembly created the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs, formerly a modest bureau tucked into the Department of Health. Then they piled on a huge workload and gave it little money … Read more on Main Line

US Painkiller Abuse 'Epidemic' May Be Declining
While the dip in painkiller abuse is good news, more "global efforts" — including better access to addiction treatment — are needed, said Bisaga, who was not involved in the study. "You can't get rid of addiction just by decreasing the supply of … Read more on WebMD