Disturbing Details of Jim Irsay's Arrest
The Carmel, Indiana Police Department case that is coming into focus, nearly raises more questions than answers. Excerpts from the March 16th police report have Irsay not only driving while intoxicated, but holding multiple types of prescription drugs … Read more on Naptown’s Finest

Irsay's arrest is the latest glimpse at his battle with addiction
Retired detective Irene Conder told The Star in a June 2003 interview the league offered to help Irsay get the proper treatment for his possible addiction in the mid-1990s, but he refused. “I went to the Colts training complex with a physician who is … Read more on Muncie Star Press

Support Groups Erie Times-News
The free program offers assistance in gaining independence from addictive behavior, including substance addiction like drugs or alcohol or activity addiction like gambling or overeating. SMART Recovery promotes the idea of self-empowerment … The … Read more on GoErie.com

Women Who Sought Treatment for Drug Addiction at Caron Treatment Centers …
The online survey polled former female patients at Caron and Hanley Center who were treated for addiction. The survey was conducted to better understand what motivated the women to seek treatment. Respondents cited alcohol and prescription drugs as … Read more on PR Newswire (press release)

Obamacare Puts Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs in Jeopardy
Washington Alcohol and Drug Treatment programs are in jeopardy as Obamacare threatens to close their doors. … Outpatient centers now find themselves making tough decisions, including the possibility of closing their doors because of financial woes. Read more on Washington Free Beacon

Heroin fast becoming Ulster County's 'most prevalent' drug (VIDEOS)
Sullivan goes to the clinic five days a week for methadone and also attends The Bridge Back of Kingston Hospital, a treatment center at 10 Barbarosa Lane that provides medically-supervised alcohol and substance abuse treatment. At the center, a team … Read more on Kingston Daily Freeman

Historic Shift in Drug Research
So far, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), which has a DEA-protected monopoly on the only legal supply of marijuana that can be used for FDA-regulated research, has refused to sell them cannabis. However, it seems that could be about to … Read more on Good Times

Phillip Hodson: Heavy drinking, workaholism and road rage can all mask …
And that is how the Duke of Westminster came to take three months off in order to recover from a major depressive breakdown. Would that other men could be so well-advised or in a position to finance the opportunity. By and … I contend that the … Read more on The Independent

Brown pays So. Md. daylong visit to talk issues
Brown said he increasingly has heard concerns in rural communities about the growing prevalence of heroin abuse related to addiction to prescription drugs. To that end, Brown said the state needs to invest more in substance abuse treatment and … Read more on So Md News

Monday's letters: Need new leaders
Doctors, pharmacists and families of those suffering from alcoholism, and/or addiction to prescription drugs need to stop avoiding the problem, get informed, and get help for their loved ones before it's too late! We commend Anna Huneycutt's mother for … Read more on BlueRidgeNow.com

Prescription Drug Use on the Rise With Teens
The National Institute on Drug Abuse says every day an average of 2,000 teens use prescription drugs without a doctor's guidance for the first time. From there, the results are staggering, with nearly 15-percent of high school seniors reporting non … Read more on NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

France is the Latest Nation Grappling With Online Drinking Game
According to 2011 statistics from the French Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction, 53 percent of 17 year olds reported having engaged in binge-drinking (consuming five or more drinks in one sitting) during the previous month. The National … Read more on Boise Weekly

Desert base, deadly highway
Other deaths were caused by illness, training accidents, on-duty vehicle crashes, drownings, drug use and homicide. One Marine was shot to death during a drunken altercation with Palm Springs police. …. drinking and alcohol abuse. According to a 2012 … Read more on Marine Corps Times

Medical marijuana research hampered by Federal rules
First, she had to apply to the Department of Health and Human Services to purchase the research-grade samples from the one farm in the United States — housed at the University of Mississippi and managed by the National Institute on Drug Abuse — that … Read more on Standard-Examiner

Senate passes welfare drug-testing pilot program
The legislation would require the Department of Human Services to screen FIP applicants and recipients for suspicion of substance abuse. Individuals whose screening results raised suspicions would have to take a drug test. If a recipient's first test … Read more on TheNewsTribune.com

Film screenings shine a spotlight on teenage prescription drug abuse
To raise awareness for the often untold threat that prescription drugs can pose, particularly to teenagers and young adults, the National Coalition Against Prescription Drug Abuse is helping sponsor four free screenings of the documentary, "Behind the … Read more on Contra Costa Times

Lafayette addiction treatment center dispensing anti-overdose kits
Rovero is the founder of the National Coalition Against Prescription Drug Abuse, a nonprofit raising awareness of the problem. The group is hosting a screening and discussion of the documentary film "Behind the Orange Curtain," which explores … Read more on Contra Costa Times