Rehab facility plans bigger facility on Florence Road
The plaintiffs contend that Voyage is a business used for commercial purposes of rehabilitating people from a mental institution and drug and alcohol treatment center that deemed them capable of living and functioning in the community as long as they … Read more on Murfreesboro Post

New Medicaid enrollees are younger and fitter, but many need addiction treatment
In Washington state, for example, the health agency invested in a drug and alcohol treatment program in 2005 and found that for every dollar spent, the state saved $ 2 in medical and nursing facility costs in the first four years. “It's hard for … Read more on Redding Record Searchlight

Drug, alcohol treatment services to be made available at Carbon County …
JIM THORPE — Carbon County Commissioners entered into an agreement Thursday with the Carbon-Monroe-Pike Drug & Alcohol Commission to provide drug and alcohol treatment services at the Carbon County Correctional Facility for 2015 starting on Jan … Read more on Standard Speaker

Breaking: Jon Jones tests positive for cocaine, enters drug rehab following …
"With the support of my family, I have entered into a drug treatment facility. I want to apologize to my fiancée, my children, as well as my mother, father, and brothers for the mistake that I made. I also want to apologize to the UFC, my coaches, my … Read more on MMAmania.com

Dana White 'proud' of Jon Jones' decision to enter drug rehab, confident he …
Nonetheless, "Bones" has a problem, revealing that he would enter a drug-treatment facility to correct his "mistake." Before he retreats into seclusion, he might find solace in the public support of White, who released the following statement (via UFC … Read more on MMAmania.com

Jon Jones Tests Positive For Cocaine Metabolites, Enters Rehab
UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones failed a drug test prior to UFC 182 due to cocaine metabolites in his system, according to multiple reports. Jones, who defeated Daniel Cormier via decision, has already entered into a drug rehab facility. This … Read more on FightLine.com

Why not just put addicts in prison? Not treating heroin abuse is costlier than …
Next year, the state will expand Medicaid eligibility under the Affordable Care Act, which means that roughly 600,000 uninsured residents in the state will be covered by the program. The expansion should significantly reduce the cost … Jack Carroll … Read more on PennLive.com

New Roads Behavioral Health opens second treatment facility in Fort …
New Roads Behavioral Health based out of Sandy, Utah announces the opening of their new drug and alcohol rehab facility in sunny Fort Lauderdale, Florida. New Roads' Florida location is a therapeutic, residential drug treatment center that treats young … Read more on PR Web (press release)

Marion Barry, District Council Member and Former Mayor, Dies at 78
Ward 8 D.C. Council member and former Mayor Marion Barry left a rehab facility in the District on Wednesday afternoon and took the opportunity to address his health, rumors and political future. News4's Mark Segraves reports. (Published Wednesday, Mar … Read more on NBC4 Washington

Link Between Underage Substance Use & Problems in Adulthood (SAMHSA …
“Knowing the age a person starts the use of a substance can inform treatment facilities so that they can better provide timely and appropriate prevention and treatment programs.” Adolescent years can be … Among those are the Partnerships for Success … Read more on The Roundup

Surviving the Secret Childhood Trauma of a Parent's Drug Addiction
When my mother explained his absence by telling us that he was volunteering at a fire station (which I'd later find out was part of a rehab program), I'd tell myself lies in order to cope with the embarrassment. He was too busy fighting wildfires in … Read more on Pacific Standard

Barry A. Hazle Jr., Atheist, Wins Nearly Million In Settlement Over Faith …
Barry A. Hazle Jr., 46, served time for a conviction of methamphetamine possession in 2007. As a condition of his parole, he was enrolled in a drug treatment program where participants were required to acknowledge a "higher power," according to the … Read more on Huffington Post

Rehab was right decision for Abraham
League sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter that between the time of Abraham's DUI arrest and his return to the Cardinals, Abraham spent some time in a rehab facility. Abraham has a problem with alcohol, and he's getting help. And that's why Cardinals … Read more on ESPN (blog)

The Rise of Beefcake Yoga
Diamond Dallas Page, a former W.W.E. wrestler, leading a yoga session in his home outside Atlanta. Credit Amy Lombard for The New … His use of pills, alcohol and cocaine, once recreational, turned into feverish addictions. He became depressed. He and … Read more on New York Times

Tiny babies have big dreams at a NICU unit in Atlanta
… Question Of The Day: Tuesday · Snowbirds and their money return to South Florida · Gun range that sells alcohol opens for business · One man dead after overnight shooting in Boyton Beach · Former Orlando Magic star Dwight Howard investigated for … Read more on WPEC

The world's most peculiar drug rehab centers
This rehab center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, follows a spiritual approach. These former drug users are gathered in a circle outside their shelter for morning prayer, shouting “Glory to God!”. All of them are offered accommodation in the shelter next to … Read more on Deutsche Welle

Englewood Residents And Parents Want Drug Rehab Facility Moved
I am not against drug treatment centers, but what sense does it make to bring people, who are trying to get off drugs, into a community with a drug problem?" Foulkes said she met with Walter Carlson, executive director of Southwood Interventions, and … Read more on DNAinfo

Teacher at NJ Rehab Center Accused of Sex With Patient, 18: Prosecutors
Donna D. Pierce-Faley, a teacher at the Daytop New Jersey drug treatment facility in Mendham, is charged with second-degree sexual assault after the alleged relationship with a teen undergoing court-ordered rehab at the center, according to the Morris … Read more on NBC New York