New drug treatment center opens in Deer Park
The treatment center is staffed by licensed professionals who are trained and experienced in drug treatment methodologies that follow a specific medical model used by the Cenikor Foundation in other clinical settings. The focus, of the treatment center … Read more on Your Houston News

Women's drug rehab center planned for Kanawha
The Healing Place of Huntington, one of West Virginia's largest residential drug treatment facilities for men, announced plans Tuesday to establish a 100-bed treatment facility for women in Kanawha County. Healing Place Executive Director Bob Hansen … Read more on Charleston Gazette

Huye Rehab Centre to Offer Addicts Specialised Treatment
Rwanda is set to launch a specialised treatment and medical centre that will seek to provide care and treatment to drug addicts. The Isange Rehabilitation Centre is an initiative of the Rwanda National Police (RNP) in partnership with the ministries of … Read more on AllAfrica.com

Rehab Centre to Be Put Up in Nyandarua
Ndemi Health Centre in Kipipiri will be expanded to accommodate a rehabilitation centre for drug addicts. The rehab centre will be put up jointly by the Nyandarua county government and National Authority for the Campaign against Alcohol and Drug and … Read more on The Star

Patient beaten to death in Ctg drug rehab centre
On Tuesday, a man from the rehabilitation centre informed Sujit that his brother was sick and needed treatment in a hospital. On arrival at the centre, the family found Sujit unconscious with severe injuries to his body. Later, he was declared dead at … Read more on The Daily Star

Narconon: The Church of Scientology's secret answer to drug rehabilitation
In 2013, the Narconon of Georgia Drug and Alcohol Treatment centre in the United States closed amid an investigation into financial irregularities involving insurance, after a former patient claimed the centre charged her insurance company $ 166,000 for … Read more on International Business Times UK

Morton says south-west drug rehab centre plans to be revealed soon
Western Australia's Minister for Mental Health, Helen Morton, says plans for a drug rehabilitation centre in the south-west will be released soon. Ms Morton said the Government was considering the proposal for a 36-bed south-west facility. However … Read more on ABC Online

More Bad News for Drug Rehab Center with Counselor Facing Murder Charge …
A Costa Mesa drug and alcohol recovery center that had a counselor charged with DUI murder in October is dealing with more negative press this month: the city claims one of its group homes in a residential neighborhood had 11 more beds than legally … Read more on OC Weekly (blog)

County Commissioners moving forward with drug rehab project
Commissioners last Monday heard a presentation by an architect working on the design for the Youth Village Rehabilitation Center. Commissioner Jaime Canales said the county has set aside $ 2.5 million to pay for construction. He said building costs … Read more on KGNS.tv

Drug rehabilitation: The fix
Initially, MST was a 25-bed rehabilitation institute known as the Public Welfare Society for the control of Drug Abuse. Some locals say Milo was a former drug addict who kicked his habit and formed the centre to help others do the same. For others … Read more on The Express Tribune

Children as young as 12 treated for drug abuse at Abu Dhabi centre
ABU DHABI // Children as young as 12 years old are being treated for drug abuse at the National Rehabilitation Centre. In addition to the adults it deals with, the centre, which was launched in 2002, treats mostly male Emirati minors between the ages … Read more on The National

BNN needs 30 more rehabilitation centers for drug addicts
"Right now we only have four units in four provinces while 30 other provinces have not yet had one and the facility is still very limited to accommodate four million narcotic drug addicts," BNN chief Commissioner General Anang Iskandar said after … Read more on ANTARA

Dinner raises funds
A fundraising dinner was the first step in a mission to raise $ 650,000 to upgrade a Blenheim alcohol and drug addiction rehabilitation centre. About 300 people attended the dinner and auction at the Convention Centre, which raised almost $ 40,000 for St … Read more on Marlborough Express

Dual-purpose drug and alcohol support centre officially opens in Carnarvon
The 24-bed Turner River rehab facility opened in July and is also the first residential drug and alcohol rehab facility in the Pilbara. Ms Rodenburg says the two facilities work hand-in-hand to support addicts. "People who come in are supported through … Read more on ABC Local

Ghanaians cautioned against stigmatising addicts
Inaugurating the House of Saint Francis Alcohol Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Centre at Ashiaman near Accra, Most Reverend Palmer Buckle asked Ghanaians to deprive themselves of their comfort zone and identify with people who find themselves in … Read more on GhanaWeb

Pot should be legalized, sold like alcohol, says addiction centre
TORONTO – Canada's largest mental health and addiction treatment and research centre is calling for the legalization of marijuana, with strict controls that would govern who could buy weed, from where, and in what quantity. In a policy statement … Read more on Macleans.ca

Bury St Edmunds brewery to host charity ball in aid of Focus12
Bury St Edmunds brewery Greene King will host its annual charity ball this month in aid of drugs and alcohol rehabilitation charity Focus12. … Tickets are available from the Greene King Visitor Centre on 01284 714297 and cost £400 for a table of eight. Read more on Bury Free Press

FOCUS: An injection of life
“We figure that if we're nice to people when they're using and they don't harm themselves, one day when they're ready to move along in treatment then they'll be open to it,” she says. These days there is a surfeit of prescription drug abuse, which … Read more on Surrey Now

Gauteng MEC shuts down illegal rehab centre
"Records of meetings between the organisation and the department indicated disregard of decisions that were intended to help them to comply with legislation that govern centres that run services on alcohol and substance abuse," the department said in a … Read more on Times LIVE

Meth use on the rise in the Kimberley
Milliya Rumurra Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centre, just outside Broome, was initially set up to combat deep-seated problems with alcohol and cannabis. Chief executive Andrew Amor says the centre is now seeing a steady trickle of meth addicts, some … Read more on SBS