Robert Drew's Portrait of a Jazz Trumpeter
Its title character is David Allen, a young jazz trumpeter who has checked himself into Synanon House, a communal drug-treatment center in Santa Monica, California, founded by Chuck Dederich (the man in the white shirt, in the clip above, who runs the … Read more on The New Yorker

Robin Williams' Autopsy Found No Illegal Drugs
According to the coroner's report, his wife told an investigator Williams did not go there because of recent drug or alcohol abuse, but rather to reaffirm the principles of his rehabilitation. According to his wife, Williams was having trouble sleeping … Read more on FOX 11 Los Angeles

FOX 11 Investigates: Heroin, The Middle Class Addiction
Ryan told me he was 12-years-old when he started smoking pot, sneaking away from his upscale family home in Connecticut. He was a teenager when he started drinking. Then a friend's grandmother died and she left behind a full prescription bottle of the … Read more on FOX 11 Los Angeles

Questions raised about turning sheriff's office into treatment center
In addition, the move would allow McKinley Hall, a drug addiction treatment and rehabilitation facility in Springfield, to establish Clark County's only women's residential drug treatment center. It would also result in the sheriff's detectives and … Read more on Springfield News Sun

Ex-addict: Region is facing a drug crisis
What the region desperately needs, she said, is a 14-month program to help heroin and opiate addicts recover. “Chenango County doesn't really have a lot to offering the way of treatment,” she said, adding that the county's drug and alcohol treatment … Read more on Oneonta Daily Star

Father, son who ran NY drug treatment centers face fraud charges
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A father and son who ran New York City substance abuse clinics were accused on Wednesday of stealing tax money meant to treat addicts and using it to fund a lavish lifestyle that included luxury cars. Alan Brand and his son, Jason … Read more on WHTC

Holiday Movie Release Schedule
When she returns to her Louisiana childhood home to recuperate from a car accident, a tormented spirit there decides she ought to stay — forever. THE LOOKALIKE John Corbett and Steven Bauer play crooks who have to keep their drug-lord boss happy. Read more on New York Times

AP IMPACT: If Ebola batters US, we are not ready
Since 2007, Ebola has been identified as a potential threat requiring priority attention under the Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise, which coordinates the development, stockpiling and dispensing of drugs during a massive … Read more on Lynchburg News and Advance

No On 91 Campaign Makes The Case FOR Legalization
More telling was the presence of law enforcement and drug treatment professionals joining in to protect the drug war grants and easy forced rehab clients they get from prohibition. …. People like me that live in captive states like Louisiana are … Read more on The Weed Blog (blog)

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

Jail not the answer to drug abuse, judge tells Pillars Club
Hillyer recently completed a month of advanced training in mental health, drug addiction and substance abuse at the National Judicial College. He is married and has three children. Hillyer said jail is not the answer for treatment of drugs or substance … Read more on New Philadelphia Times Reporter

Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez confessed to his performance-enhancing drug …
Absent from baseball in 2013, Alex Rodriguez was giving the feds a master class on steroid abuse and drug test evasion. On Tuesday the Daily News revealed that Rodriguez had agreed to cooperate with federal agents investigating the Biogenesis doping … Read more on New York Daily News

Worthy Women Recovery Home Has Goal to Reduce Drug Abuse in La Porte …
worthy-women-progress 5 Unfortunately, there are many women in La Porte County that are in a toxic environment that leads them to drugs, crime, and ultimately, jail. And more times than not, when they leave jail, they tend to return to that environment … Read more on LaPorteCountyLife.com

Oakland students warned of prescription drug addiction
Walled Lake – — High school students heard a different message Tuesday about the dangers of drug abuse and how it's no closer than the family medicine cabinet. Robert Stutman, retired U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency agent and … Deaths from prescription … Read more on The Detroit News

Derry forum focuses on solution to heroin epidemic
DERRY — With rising opiate overdoses in Derry, it was an emotional night for many as residents and officials discussed the growing heroin problem. Between statistics and heartfelt stories of loss and recovery, many on hand realized they have their … Read more on Eagle-Tribune

Just Say No, Yes or Maybe
Honesty about drug use is encouraged by Dr. Donald A. Misch, medical director at the University of Colorado, Boulder, who oversees the health of nearly 30,000 students on a campus long considered marijuana-friendly. … “every once in a while” posed … Read more on New York Times

'We'll continue to fight the battle'
Batesville police Chief Stan Holt reported on statistics regarding BPD drug arrests. In 2011 … "Treatment needs to be available and quick …. and effective treatment attends to the multiple needs of the individual, not just his or her drug/alcohol … Read more on Batesville Herald Tribune