New St. E clinic to treat heroin addicts with meds
Vivitrol is a non-narcotic that blocks the effects of heroin and decreases the desire for the drug. Suboxone is the brand name … Northern Kentucky has limited addiction intervention with these medicines used as treatment for heroin addiction even … Read more on Cincinnati.com

Final certainty
Rather than let the illness take its dreadful course she moved to Oregon, where a “Death with Dignity” law exempts doctors from prosecution, with some safeguards, if they prescribe life-ending drugs to terminally ill patients who ask for them. … Not … Read more on The Economist

Jailhouse nation
Californians voted last year in a referendum to downgrade several non-violent felonies to mis-demeanours. Other states are experimenting with better education in prisons (so that ex-convicts have a better chance of finding work), and drug treatment or … Read more on The Economist

NKY to get residential teen drug treatment
"It is so clearly evident that Northern Kentucky needs us to address youth and addiction, with a special emphasis on addiction," said Children's Home Executive Director Rick Wurth. "We are not audacious enough to think we have all of the answers. We … Read more on Cincinnati.com

Home-Based Rehab Offers New Hope for Recovering Addicts
Eacott was a teen when the downward spiral started. “If you were to ask my parents, it would probably be around 13, when I started experimenting with alcohol and … “My identity was really drug use. That's what I thought I was for the rest of my life … Read more on NBC Connecticut

Robert Crown Center educates parents on signs of drug use
It included an exhibit of used shoes that were decorated by teen-aged patients in an art therapy program at Rosecrance, a behavioral health and substance abuse treatment center with locations in the Chicago area. The theme of the exhibit is "Before you … Read more on Chicago Tribune

'Unguarded' event at Northern Highlands to tell story of drug abuse struggle
He plans on sharing his experiences of life as a teen, an athlete and a speaker who lived a life of desperation in the form of addiction. The program will highlight the dangers of substance abuse and importance of living a healthy lifestyle and making … Read more on NorthJersey.com

In Ky., teaching kids optimism, empathy, gratitude
Hedrick said Core Life is just one of several substance-abuse prevention strategies that are being developed in Northern Kentucky. Other programs will address students in middle school and high school. To learn more about the NKY Prevention Alliance … Read more on Cincinnati.com

Framingham day center for homeless to close
The center was launched as a pilot program conceived by the nonprofit organization, town officials, the local Police Department, and the Salvation Army to give homeless adults a place to congregate indoors during daytime hours, when many overnight … Read more on Boston Globe

Obesity, alcohol abuse, mental health named as top health concerns in Kent …
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Obesity, alcohol abuse and mental health issues emerged as the top health concerns in Kent County, according to surveys and forums with residents. Depression and stress also were named as significant concerns, according to a report … Read more on MLive.com

Kentucky's St. Elizabeth Healthcare names Lori Ritchey-Baldwin CFO
The Northern Kentucky health system is the 10th largest employer in Greater Cincinnati, with more than 7,200 workers. Ritchey-Baldwin, who had been vice president of finance for the past two years, helped develop St. Elizabeth's strategic and financial … Read more on Healthcare Finance News

Substance and alcohol abuse rising among elderly
… who noted that a third of elderly alcoholics develop a substance abuse problem after age 50. Brenda Iliff?is executive director of Hazelden, an addiction treatment center in Naples, Fla., whose BoomersPlus? program targets older adults. She said … Read more on Dallas Morning News

Northampton County ends it prison drug treatment program
Two weeks after Northampton County Council slashed the funding for a controversial drug treatment program in the prison, County Executive John Brown said he had no choice but to end it. Brown this week sent a 30-day … Baratta said more than 30 … Read more on Allentown Morning Call

Family: Homeless Petaluma man who died struggled with alcoholism
Patton had spent many of the past 15 years living outdoors, in and out of shelters and treatment programs for alcohol addiction before he died last week. Remembered as a loving, kind man by his family, Patton died Dec. 16 from apparent natural causes … Read more on Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Help pours in for addicted mothers-to-be in Covington
Stephens Elementary first-graders Carly Schroder and Lauren Timmerding pack baby items for use by drug-addicted pregnant women. The Enquirer/Patrick Reddy … center in Northern Kentucky. The class goal is to acquire state grant funding for such a … Read more on The Courier-Journal

Drug recovery a 'sink or swim' struggle for South Jersey addicts, families …
Stabeno — executive director at Lakeside Recovery Center and executive director of the Prodigal House Foundation, a nonprofit he founded to help treat addicts — is quick to caution parents and those dealing with addictions about the pitfalls he's … Read more on NJ.com

Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman found dead after apparent drugs overdose
Hoffman, who had spoken only last year about his lifelong battle with alcohol and drug addiction, was found by a screenwriter lying on the bathroom floor of his apartment with a needle and syringe still stuck into his arm, according to several reports … Read more on Telegraph.co.uk

Bedford Heroin Rally: 'People Need Help'
BEDFORD TOWNSHIP — After losing a cousin to a heroin overdose last year, Laurie Goss brought her two young children to a first-ever rally to fight drug abuse Saturday at the Francis Family YMCA. The children — ages 5 and 9 — sat through the nearly … Read more on bedfordnow

Heroin treatment funding a big hurdle
The Kentucky attorney general swung through Northern Kentucky on Thursday making it clear that he's leading a way toward treatment for drug addiction. But a leader in the Northern Kentucky fight against heroin questioned whether $ 32 million that … Read more on Cincinnati.com

Women's self-pay rehab will replace Crossroads halfway house in Portland
It is now renovating the house to open next month as a 30-day residential program for women who can pay out of pocket or through private insurance. John Martins, spokesman for the … Kimball, who is also the executive director of Wellspring substance … Read more on Press Herald

We're investing in mental health
John Kasich's leadership, our state recently extended health benefits (including access to mental-health and addiction treatment) for low-income Ohioans. This is a huge step forward for people who are working and paying taxes, but … Far from … Read more on Columbus Dispatch