Lawmakers say they're fixing roads and fighting drugs and diseases. They just …
They're not so good at providing money to pay for things,” said Richard Nance, who directs alcohol and drug treatment programs in Utah County, south of Salt Lake City. Like public health officials, law enforcement leaders and clinic operators … Read more on Los Angeles Times

Four injured when car crashes through Billerica daycare center
The driver of the vehicle was transported to Lahey Clinic in Burlington for treatment of unspecified injuries. Two other children were treated at the scene for minor injuries and released to their parents. There were a total of four toddlers and two … Read more on Wicked Local

Family of Worcester State overdose victim speaks openly at funeral
Everything about Emmett Scannell was bathed in bright light at his midweek memorial service in the center of Bridgewater: the good, the bad and the ugly truth about what killed him. Scannell, 20 … He fit homework in around Alcoholics Anonymous … Read more on Worcester Telegram

Cory Booker's BFFs in Washington: Rand Paul, Newt Gingrich and Ted Cruz
Mike Lee (R-Utah) in introducing legislation to reduce some mandatory sentences for nonviolent drug offenders, allow judges to waive others, and enable some prisoners convicted of crimes involving crack cocaine to seek reviews of what they feel are … Read more on NJ.com

Justice advocate wages his own battle with crime
#SALT LAKE CITY — The CEO of a Utah company that has emerged as a key player in a national movement to overhaul the justice system is a repeat offender himself. … Just like tens of thousands of defendants undergoing this process known as risk … Read more on Walla Walla Union-Bulletin

Restrictions proposed on police seizure of property in drug trade
Utah, for example, removed the enticement of revenue from law enforcement by directing all seized asset funds to public education and drug treatment programs. Police departments can also earn cash from seizures by using an equitable sharing program … Read more on MarylandReporter.com

Time Running Out to Relocate Western Mass. Alcohol Center
Today, all eyes focused on the alcohol treatment program and what needs to be done to keep it operating somewhere else. The Western Mass. Correctional Alcohol Center treats addicted offenders from the four western Mass. counties, as well as Worcester … Read more on abc40

Utah's Chief Justice urges lawmakers to fund more drug and
SALT LAKE CITY — During his annual State of the Judiciary Address Monday, Chief Justice Matthew B. Durrant urged Utah lawmakers to provide adequate resources for drug or alcohol treatment or mental health treatment to all offenders who need it. Read more on Standard-Examiner

Proposed Ohio budget boosts addictions treatment for inmates
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Gov. John Kasich's (KAY'-siks) proposed $ 72 billion budget would boost the number of state workers helping prison inmates beat drug and alcohol addiction. The proposal shifts such treatment from the state prisons agency to the … Read more on The Olympian

Program using fitness to help treat addictions opens new facility
SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake City's first sober gym opened its doors Saturday morning; Fit to Recover is a boot camp specifically designed for those in treatment. What began as just a few people working out in Sugar House Park has turned into a … Read more on fox13now.com

Helping Healing Place
The non-medical treatment facility runs largely on the concept of peer support from other recovering addicts, and services are offered at no cost to residents in the program. It is now serving 70 men and has served 200 to 250 this year. The ongoing … Read more on Huntington Herald Dispatch

Free program tackles addiction, suicide prevention
The organization provides a continuum of treatment services and recovery support for people with chemical dependency. The program is for anyone interested for any reason, personal or professional. There is a high prevalence of suicide among people with … Read more on Livingston Daily