VIDEO: Founders of threatened rehab centre in emotional plea to save it
Manager Fiona Dunwoodie and her mother Dorothy set up the centre in 1987. It helps 100 people each year with abstinence-based treatment for alcohol or drug addiction. But is due to be closed next Tuesday after its council funding was stopped as the … Read more on East London and West Essex Guardian Series

KZN youth fall under whoonga spell
“Do not keep quiet if your child has a problem – there are organisations and rehabilitation centres to assist them in recovering.” According to the SA Police Service, up to 60% of crimes are directly related to substance abuse. The Central Drug … Read more on The Citizen

Brigitte Bardot offers to send alcoholic Russian BEARS to rehab
Brigitte Bardot's animal rights charity has offered to help send two alcoholic Russian bears to rehab after they became addicted to beer because customers were allowed to buy them drinks. A court ordered the bears to be confiscated from the restaurant … Read more on Daily Mail

Dublin drug treatment centre pilots scheme for rural clients
One of the main rehabilitation centres for adolescent drug users in Dublin is piloting a new scheme offering one-off assessments to young people with similar issues in other parts of the country. Dr Gerry McCarney, consultant child and adolescent … Read more on Irish Examiner

US study on ramen noodles causes emotional heartburn in S. Korea
… instant noodles at a shopping center in Seoul, South Korea. By value, instant noodles were the top-selling manufactured food in South Korea in 2012, the most recent year figures are available, according to South Korea's Ministry of Food and Drug … Read more on Centre Daily Times

Cooking Has Helped Turn Recovering Addicts' Lives Around
… from alcohol and substance abuse. Launched by Noreen Oliver, a former alcoholic, and connected to the treatment center she runs, BAC O' Connor, Langan's Tea Rooms offers paid and voluntary work to ex-users who have received treatment at the center. Read more on Munchies_ Food by VICE

Parish passes ordinance blocking rehab center location
As a standing room only crowd applauded when the St. Landry Parish Council Wednesday night unanimously approved a new ordinance designed to block the establishment of a drug rehabilitation complex in the Sunset area. Homeowners in South St. Landry … Read more on Opelousas Daily World

HC to hear plea to regulate alcohol de-addiction centres
New Delhi, Jul 2 (PTI) The Delhi High Court today agreed to hear a plea seeking montoring and regulation of drug and alcoholic de-addiction and rehabilitation centres. A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice R S Endlaw while agreeing to hear the … Read more on Press Trust of India

How alcohol almost killed Olympic champion, Wilfred Bungei
As Samuel Wanjiru, Kenya's first Olympic marathon gold medalist, lay dying on a cement slab in his home on May 15, 2011, fellow Olympian and track hero Wilfred Bungei, one of the world's fastest 800-metre runners, was not running for gold, but death: … Read more on The Standard Digital News

Award-winning aid to end life of crime
The Five-Wards project was launched in March and created a new community-based centre that is helping to reduce crime, turn people's lives around and save money. The project is seen as a flagship for community rehabilitation and could become a … Read more on Swindon Advertiser

NDLEA Advocates Drug Treatment, Rehabilitation Centre for C'river
Calabar Cross River State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has appealed to the state government to establish a model drug abuse treatment and rehabilitation centre in the state to assist persons with drug abuse problems. Read more on AllAfrica.com

No rehab for Shia LaBeouf, just addiction treatment
(CNN) — The "I AM NOT FAMOUS ANYMORE" actor of "Transformers" fame, Shia LaBeouf, is not going into rehab, but he is getting treatment for alcohol addiction, according to a statement by his representatives. LaBeouf ran into trouble with the law in New … Read more on CNN

Drug, alcohol treatment services review tipped to boost patient results
Last week, local police called for increased services, including more drug and alcohol counsellors, to tackle the region's growing drug problem. The Naracoorte-based drug rehabilitation facility, Karobran, is also seeking a long-term funding solution … Read more on ABC Online

Vacant S. Ogden monastery may become rehab center
SOUTH OGDEN, Utah — A South Ogden monastery that's been vacant since a group of five nuns moved to Minnesota last summer could soon become a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center. The Standard-Examiner reports (http://bit.ly/1muHmxK ) Steps … Read more on News & Observer

HC to hear plea to regulate alcohol de-addiction centres
The court was hearing a PIL filed by Rajiv Boolchand Jain, who himself claims to be an ex-alcoholic, seeking directions to lay down a "coherent policy and procedures" for the drug and alcoholic de-addiction and rehabilitation centres so that they are … Read more on Business Standard

Destination Hope Drug Rehab for Women Recognizes Women's History Month …
Destination Hope: The Women's Program is a full service addiction, drug, alcohol and dual diagnosis drug rehab for women treatment facility in Florida for women suffering from substance abuse and mental health issues. Treatment programs include: drug … Read more on PR Web (press release)

High-End Alcohol Treatment Center to Open in Camden
Plans to open a high-end alcohol treatment center in Camden are moving forward again after the developers scaled them back to avoid a zone change or planning board approval. Officials with Fox Hill Real Estate and McLean Hospital say they'll operate an … Read more on WABI

Push for improved security at mandatory alcohol rehabilitation centres
"In Tennant Creek, the EOI is calling for a service provider to operate a 12-bed treatment service at the NT government-owned alcohol and other drug facility." The Tennant Creek sobering-up centre is being moved out of the facility and will be found … Read more on Yahoo!7 News

Why does Karnataka have the most child alcohol addicts?
"Many rehabilitation centres that are not registered under The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000, are flourishing on the outskirts of Bangalore. What is worrying is that these rehab centres don't have expert counsellors to … Read more on Times of India

Group airs fears over potential rehab centre site
A Port Augusta community group is concerned about the possibility of a drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre being located in the suburbs of Port Augusta. One of the potential sites for a rehabilitation centre in Port Augusta is a former detention … Read more on ABC Local

NT alcohol crackdown makes gains, but questions over mandatory rehabilitation …
People taken into police protective custody more than three times in two months can be ordered to go through a mandatory three-month alcohol rehabilitation program. … Aboriginal legal aid services have criticised the orders for criminalising alcoholism. Read more on Yahoo!7 News