Treatment center planned for BHC
Treatment referrals for the residential substance abuse center will be through Mohave County Mental Health Clinic or through Southwest Behavioral Health Services. The planned 10-bed adult facility will provide a clinician and case manager for each … Read more on Mohave Valley News

S. Ogden neighbors line up to oppose drug rehab center
… surrounding the gated property at 6000 S. 1075 East came out in force Thursday night to let South Ogden planning commissioners know that they object to the recent buyer's plans to convert existing buildings into a residential addiction treatment … Read more on Standard-Examiner

ACLU Seeks To Challenge Law Targeting Pregnant Drug Addicts
Opponents of the bill say it actually deters women from seeking medical care and does nothing to help drug addicts access treatment. The two residential drug treatment facilities in Tennessee where women don't have to give up their children to enroll … Read more on Huffington Post

Foster, Maloney Introduce Legislation To Combat Heroin Abuse, Increase …
This legislation removes barriers to addiction treatment by providing grants for residential/in-patient opioid addiction treatment for qualified individuals. For an individual to qualify, they must either lack health insurance or have health insurance … Read more on Insurance News Net

Hope By Song turns pain into musical therapy
Fort Myers couple Mellissa Shiflett and Will Soto both submitted writings to Hope By Song, including poems and other things they'd written as part of their addiction-recovery treatment. They're both recovering drug addicts. Then Metts, Hannam and other … Read more on The News-Press

'Dharma Punx' author Noah Levine offers a Buddhist approach to addiction …
His latest book, "Refuge Recovery," takes on the topic of addiction, as a kind of guide book for an effective addiction treatment program based on fundamental Buddhist practices and precepts. He comes to Bookshop Santa Cruz on Monday. Levine offers the … Read more on Monterey County Herald

Governor Patrick Announces Opioid Task Force
Gov. Deval Patrick announced a series of actions to address the opioid addiction epidemic in Massachusetts that will strengthen the state's ability to respond to the opioid crisis with a focus on prevention, intervention, treatment and recovery. Over … Read more on Chelsea Record

New outpatient drug treatment center opens in Austin
Anschutz has worked in the mental health and substance abuse industry in Austin for a decade. She saw a need for an outpatient treatment center in Austin and created the Sage Recovery and Wellness Center. It provides the extra support and services for … Read more on KVUE

Students studying abroad can get covered for bail bonds, drug, alcohol …
Indian insurers such as ICICI Lombard, Bajaj Allianz General and Tata AIG General Insurance offer plans that cover unexpected expenses on almost anything that a student could face abroad – bail bonds and drug and alcohol rehabilitation to abortion … Read more on Economic Times

Aid in Recovery Comments on Reported Heroin Crisis Skyrocketing Among …
Aid in Recovery, a full service drug and alcohol treatment center servicing South Florida, released a statement today highlighting a report concerning the increasingly worsening heroin and opioid addiction and drug abuse crisis among young people ages … Read more on PR Web (press release)

Foundation awarded grant to study best ways to treat pain, combat drug abuse
Challenging health care providers in West Virginia is the issue of how to treat chronic pain without leading to prescription drug abuse. Once a person has been on chronic pain medication for three months, he or she is technically a chronic pain … Read more on Huntington Herald Dispatch

Biocorrx Hits A High Note With Opioid Addiction Treatment
Publicly-listed BioCorRx (OTCQB: BICX) is an addiction treatment and rehabilitation company on the leading edge of substance in alcohol and substance abuse treatment. BioCorRx is known for its Start Fresh Program that combines life-coaching services … Read more on SmallCap Network

Give more help to 'hidden' gambling addiction services, government urged
The government needs to plough more cash into services that treat adults with gambling problems, says the Royal College of Psychiatrists in a discussion paper on the topic, published today. Gambling is a 'hidden' addiction, which is set to worsen with … Read more on OnMedica

City's methadone funds could cover broader addiction plan
City government still has a vital role to play in responding to the addiction crisis, but its most effective role is the one Walsh, a forceful advocate for addiction services, has envisioned: coordinating services and connecting patients to the … Read more on Boston Globe

Loeb Midtown Center Now Fully Leased
BHG, a provider of opioid addiction treatment services, leased a total of 7,608 square feet at two different locations. BHG, which has 37 locations in Colorado, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas, leased 5,322 square … Read more on Memphis Daily News

Ritalin Addiction and Ritalin Abuse

Maintenance, not abstinence, wills save addicts' lives
It is regarded as the first-line treatment for opioid addiction by the World Health Organization, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, and the U.S. departments of Veterans Affairs, Defense, and Health and Human Services. On the other hand, there is … Read more on Minneapolis Star Tribune

Olympic swimmimng champion Thorpe checks into alcohol rehab
Australian media reports say five-time Olympic champion swimmer Ian Thorpe has checked into a rehabilitation facility in Sydney while battling depression and alcohol abuse. News Corporation says the 31-year-old Thorpe was admitted to hospital on … Read more on Hindustan Times

Advocates:Treatment, not prison, for non-violent offenders
County-based drug and mental illness treatment centers can save taxpayers $ 27,000 per non-violent offender every year by treating minor crimes as health problems and not criminal problems, according to Citizens for the Greater Good, a community group … Read more on The News Journal

Last dry town in Connecticut reconsiders ending Prohibition
RELATED: DENNIS RODMAN SPEAKS OUT FROM REHAB. Repeal has … Cynthia Bennett, whose grandmother led an effort to keep Bridgewater dry after Prohibition ended in 1933, said she believes many fellow longtime residents will join her in voting against … Read more on New York Daily News