The Medical Minute: The path from prescription painkillers to addiction
“But if they don't have an exit strategy and get referred for alternate treatment, addictions counseling or rehabilitation, they can become desperate as they go through withdrawal.” Without a renewing prescription for narcotics, the patients may turn … Read more on Penn State News

Traditional healing to help tackle addiction
About an hour's drive east of Adelaide, the non-medical rehabilitation facility is set on former farmland, with a gym out the back and a community garden out the front. It's a temporary home to dozens of men battling drug and alcohol addiction each year. Read more on SBS

Israeli Program to Send Women Ex-convicts to College on Verge of Cancellation
A program that has helped around 100 women ex-convicts go to college will end after this academic year unless more funding can be found. The project, called Catching the Wave, is run by the Prisoner Rehabilitation Authority, but since its inception in … Read more on Haaretz

Health-Care Investors Succumb to M&A Addiction
Mergers across the health-care sector show no signs of slowing. Investors are reveling in the frenzy, but the risk of acquirers overpaying has rarely been higher. Last week saw generic-drug makers in the spotlight. Mylan MYL 0.10 % offered to pay a 24% … Read more on Wall Street Journal

State Senate committee hears testimony from mayors, SIUE on budget cuts
Belleville Mayor Mark Kern and Edwardsville Mayor Hal Patton (backs to camera) speak Friday at a meeting of the Illinois Senate's Appropriations Committee. Facing the camera, from left, are Sen. Chapin Rose, R-Mahomet; Sen. Pat McGuire, D-Joliet; … Read more on Belleville News Democrat

Bridgewater, Raynham first responders on the frontlines in drug addiction crisis
Donovan urged family members to watch out for the warning signs of addiction. “People don't just go from normal everyday life to being a junkie,” he said. “Huge red flags” include: missing pills from the medicine cabinet; excessive partying; hanging … Read more on Taunton Daily Gazette

Wolf tours Bucks County training center, talks wind subsidies
Subsidies to Penn State and Temple University could also rise by 20 and 10 percent, respectively, if a GOP-controlled legislature signs off. “This is a big, … “Whatever we do, the idea should not be to create this permanent addiction to government … Read more on Bucks County Courier Times

UNH ranks high in college arrest statistics
It's more than just a simple numbers game when trying to figure out the validity of UNH's party school reputation. A recently published report on Rehabs.com named the colleges and universities in the United States that hold the highest drug and alcohol … Read more on UNH The New Hampshire

Local universities in the top 50 for on-campus alcohol arrests – WQOW TV: Eau …
(WQOW) – Two local universities find themselves on a list they'd rather avoid. Rehabs.com recently released a study ranking UW-Stout and Eau Claire in the top 50 for on-campus alcohol arrests. "Alcohol abuse is probably the number one issue all of us … Read more on WQOW TV News 18

Rankings unfairly portray UWO
After an article published by rehabs.com named UW Oshkosh the top University in the nation for alcohol-related arrests and near the top for drug-related arrests, Oshkosh rightfully began defending itself as being proactive on dealing with drugs and … Read more on Advance Titan

Penn State sorority closes following offensive photo
Colleges with the most drug and alcohol arrests. See which colleges and universities have the highest number of per capita drug and alcohol related arrests in a new report published by Rehabs.com. More … Read more on WTAE Pittsburgh

Ohio task force seeks 9M to help treat painkiller habit
COLUMBUS—Members of a legislative task force delving into a growing epidemic of painkiller and heroin addiction on Tuesday called for spending $ 180 million to create county-based treatment housing and $ 9 million to bolster courts' specialty-drug … Read more on Toledo Blade

Florence drug court graduates grateful for life rehabilitation
They focus on treatment and are judicially supervised dockets that handle the cases of nonviolent substance abusing offenders under the adult, juvenile, family and tribal justice systems. Drug courts operate under a specialized model in which the … Read more on SCNow

Nine grad students get Dean's Graduate Assistantships from College of Education
As an intern there, he led a technological team to design and develop an online learning system for the college, which was one of the earliest virtual learning environments online in China. More than 70,000 undergrads are using it to pursue their … Read more on Penn State News

Drunk student streaks, record number sent to detox at Penn State game
The streaker, Cade Peregoy, was cited for both entering the playing surface and underage drinking, UWPD spokesperson Marc Lovicott said. UWPD is still trying to determine where he came from and how he entered the field, Lovicott said. “[The student] … Read more on UW Badger Herald

Queen Elizabeth Sends Camilla Parker-Bowles To Alcohol Detox In India …
I love the fact that the royal family is just as dysfunctional as any other family out there. You know how we all have that family member that we wouldn't mind not seeing and so of course they show up to wreck every family gathering? Well, say hello to … Read more on Celebrity Dirty Laundry

No alcohol in this bar–just pure, organic veggies
There's a bar at Eastwood, Quezon City, that's frequented by today's hottest celebrities and personalities. It's so popular that the joint gets orders from as far away as Las Piñas. But before you get any ideas, this place does not serve alcohol … Read more on Inquirer.net