Surf City Recovery Offers Faith Based Recovery Program
(Newswire.net — February 24, 2015) Huntington Beach, CA — Surf City Recovery (SCR), a drug and alcohol rehab center in Orange County, utilizes a number of different methods to help their clients rehabilitate from drug addiction and alcohol abuse … Read more on Newswire (press release)

Is Marijuana Safe? It's More Complicated Than You Think
There are at least 10 drugs that are more deadly than marijuana, including some that are legal, such as alcohol and nicotine, a new study by researchers in Germany and Canada finds. In fact, drinking alcohol — the deadliest drug on the list — is … Read more on Live Science

Drugs for Alcoholism Don't Have to Lead to Sobriety
“While total abstinence from alcohol is desirable, reducing heavy drinking to within 'low-risk' daily limits presents an alternative goal in drug development so more treatments may be developed,” Pahon said. Industry, researchers and addiction and … Read more on Bloomberg

Treatment community mixed on pot legalization
It pains Joseph Sullivan to watch someone who has recovered from drug addiction slip back into the habit. It's even sadder when the relapse comes because of a drug prescribed by a doctor. "I know so many people who have relapsed after a hip replacement … Read more on CT Post

Criminal justice: ACLU report details problems, concern statewide with county …
The elevator ride to the second floor of the Lewis and Clark County Law Enforcement Center where the detention center is located may be the start of a journey that can last several months. However, Lewis … For some, they're incarcerated because of … Read more on Helena Independent Record

NASCAR News: NASCAR: Kyle Busch breaks leg, Kurt Busch loses final appeal
Kurt Busch went through two unsuccessful rounds of appeal on Saturday against a suspension from the sanctioning body over allegations of domestic abuse, while his younger brother Kyle suffered a violent accident during the first race of the new Xfinity … Read more on crash.net

Off the Wire
16 for at least 10 games for violating the league's substance abuse policy. He ended up serving a 12-game suspension. The team made the move Saturday night. The 6-11 center was inactive for the team's first game back from the All-Star break on Friday, … Read more on Arkansas Online

Soul Searching
The defunct strip mall coin laundry occasionally is used as a safe-party venue for residents of the Carter Hope Center, an alcohol and drug rehab center and, for this special occasion they have been allowed to invite family members, but only a handful … Read more on Chattanooga Times Free Press

Man At Center Of MLB Steroid Scandal Sentenced To 4 Years
The message is clear: cheating doesn't pay and individuals like Bosch, who distribute performance enhancing drugs to athletes and, more importantly, to our children, will be held accountable for their actions.” The sentencing began Tuesday with Bosch's … Read more on CBS Local

Man proposing to open drug rehab center in S. Fort Myers speaks – ABC-7.com …
We are finally hearing from the man trying to open a drug rehab center in a South Fort Myers neighborhood. We spoke with the man behind the plan and those trying to stop it. "We are requesting a zoning change to CFPD," Tom Mouracade said. Mouracade is … Read more on WZVN-TV

Fort Myers orders drug rehab center to cease and desist
Marcey Chrysler called it "foul" that the city's zoning board declined to decide Thursday whether to close Sovereign Health Drug rehab Center. Attorney Neale Montgomery read from the city's Cease and Desist Order and said that Sovereign Health never … Read more on NBC2 News

DeWine wants rebate to state for high cost of Narcan
In November, The ADAMHS Board of Montgomery County began disbursing 500 blue nylon bags containing Narcan kits to those with drug addiction histories who are being released from jail or treatment centers. The local pilot, Project DAWN for “Deaths … Read more on WHIO

New Meds Block Heroin Craving, But Reporter Finds Treatment Centers Don't …
I want to try my best to stick with the teachings of The Big Book, and he did. He went to meetings every night. He could quote The Big Book from memory to his mother at the dinner table. But at the end of the week he wasn't doing so well and he … Read more on KCUR

Oregon refuges: Rehab work is a bear of a job
Right now no one is good enough to rehabilitate black bears in Oregon, where no rehab centers have the facilities, staff and policies in place to meet the meticulous protocols for ensuring that cubs raised in captivity don't turn into nuisance bears … Read more on Daily Astorian

The best and worst nursing homes in Central Jersey
It was dinnertime at the Bridgeway Care and Rehab Center in Hillsborough when the staff heard a patient shouting, "Help me! Help me!" The patient, described in a federal Health Department inspection report only as Resident No. 14, had poured a bowl of … Read more on MyCentralJersey.com

Lacking Funds, Springfield Inmate Treatment Center Faces Eviction And An …
As MGM prepares to build its casino in Springfield's South End, it's bought up a cluster of properties, evicting businesses and organizations. Among them is the Western Massachusetts Correctional Alcohol Center. It's a substance abuse treatment center … Read more on New England Public Radio

Addiction Treatment Goes Public: AAC's Recovery-Center Empire
Late one afternoon in September 2013, Jeremiah Jackson stopped in at his drug dealer's house to pick up heroin. While waiting around, he checked his voice mail and found a message from American Addiction Centers, a chain of drug and alcohol treatment … Read more on Bloomberg

Johnny Manziel in Rehab: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
From cleveland.com: “Manziel's partying was chronicled over the last year, from floating on swans to rolling up a bill in the bar of a bathroom, which the Browns found most 'disturbing.'” The name and location of the rehab center has not been disclosed. Read more on Heavy.com

Experienced Drug and Alcohol Detox Center Opens its Doors in Georgia, Fully …
In light of the current drug and alcohol dependency epidemic hitting communities across our nation, Sunrise Detox, an experienced industry-leader in drug and alcohol detox, opened the doors of its newest detox center in Alpharetta, Georgia on Wednesday … Read more on PR Web (press release)

Budget squeeze forces downsizing at Minnesota Dept. of Human Services
The state program most deeply affected is Community Addiction Recovery Enterprise, or CARE, which helps people suffering from both chemical addictions and mental illness. Overall, the … A CARE center in Carlton, Minn., near Duluth, will close by April. Read more on Minneapolis Star Tribune

Harbor Village Now Accepts Most major Insurance Companies
JCAHO signifies that the addiction treatment center allows a wider range of insurance companies to grant coverage, and in some cases, 100% financing for detox treatment is now available. JCAHO is acquired through a gauntlet of stringent facility … Read more on Press Release Rocket

Alpha Rehab Center Launches New Addiction Treatment Program with a Non …
Alpha Rehab Center is a newly launched treatment center that focuses on treating people who suffer from an alcohol or drug addiction, in a non-traditional way. Alpha centers its treatment approach around evidenced based practices, namely Cognitive … Read more on Free Press Release Center (press release)

Heroin deaths in Snohomish County a serious problem
One only needs to look at Venezuela for the lesson we refuse to learn in this country. They decriminalized all drugs and opened treatment centers for those needing to detox and seek help. They treated drug addiction as a medical issue, not a legal … Read more on KOMO News