Posts Tagged ‘substance abuse and mental health services administration’
#14Days on the Wagon
Nearly 23 million Americans need treatment for a drug or alcohol problem, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) reports. If you're not one of these people, chances are you know someone who is. In response to these … Read more on CBS News
Azzura Lalani, Special to The Free Press
“It's about having a whole continuum of services — so, treatments for those that are change-ready. But not everyone is at the moment,” he said. Others see the program as enabling drug users. “To use public health funds to elongate addiction to crack … Read more on London Free Press
Study: Youth experiment less with alcohol, drugs when plugged into church
It appears in the journal Alcohol Treatment Quarterly. Juvenile offenders in the study were referred by a court, mental health professional or physician to a two-month residential treatment program and were assessed by researchers at intake and … Read more on Associated Baptist Press
Bedford County man gets 7.5 years in bicyclist's death
A Bedford County man will serve seven years and six months in prison on charges he fled the scene of a hit-and-run crash that killed a bicyclist. Michael Wayne Jenkins, 27, pleaded no contest Friday afternoon to charges of aggravated involuntary … Read more on Lynchburg News and Advance
'Not my pants' excuse doesn't work with DA
With methamphetamine and heroin trafficking on the increase, Nisley wants drug users to know that the law doesn't care where the pants come from, just who has custody of the drugs. “They very well … He wants to see more treatment centers opened to … Read more on Dalles Chronicle
Report: Most Americans with drug or alcohol addictions don't get treatment
… Survey on Drug Use and Health. The survey, released by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, reported that of the 22.7 million people with substance use disorder in 2013, only 2.5 million received treatment at specialty … Read more on PBS NewsHour
Freedom Recovery Center starts counseling service
DRM will operate the Freedom Recovery Center (FRC) at 62 Division St. to provided personalized drug rehabilitation and alcohol treatment. "The focus at FRC is a private, customized recovery program that's designed for each of our clients' specific … Read more on Coldwater Daily Reporter
Stopping America's Hidden Overdose Crisis
“If you don't use the system, you're not going to detect misuse,” says Melissa Weimer, an assistant professor of medicine at Oregon Health and Science University and medical director at the substance-abuse treatment center CODA Inc. Weimer is an … Read more on TIME
New Drug Law Tests Infants, Sends Moms to Jail
This is a step in the right direction, but it also underscores the problem. What we need are more drug treatment facility beds, not more beds in prisons. That's not only humane, it saves money. In one particularly rigorous study, researchers found that … Read more on Thomson Reuters Foundation
September is National Recovery Month
Designated as a national observance by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Recovery Month is celebrated to raise awareness about the benefits of prevention, treatment and recovery for people with substance use and mental … Read more on Sierra Vista Herald
5 Ways California Can Imprison Fewer People
One key lesson to learn from Texas' success is their investment in health solutions for the health problems that many incarcerated people share: substance abuse disorders and mental illness. The state allocated hundreds of millions of dollars to … Read more on TIME
Deeper Denver Broncos cut Vickerson, Ihenacho
Elway added depth to his defense through free agency and the draft in the aftermath of Denver's Super Bowl debacle, and two veterans who paid the price Saturday were Kevin Vickerson and Duke Ihenacho. Vickerson, a nine-year veteran defensive tackle … Read more on Belleville News Democrat
Resource center offers Strengthening Families
The Strengthening Families Program has been rigorously evaluated and is one of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's “Evidenced Based” programs, indicating it has been proven to be effective. Past grant funding enabled the … Read more on Hometownlife.com
Pot is becoming legal in more places, but we should drug test employees anyway
If successful, this movement will damage the safety and productivity of U.S. workplaces and take away one proven way to reduce substance abuse. Workplace drug testing became commonplace in the 1980s as employers sought to reduce the negative effects of … Read more on Washington Post
Heroin epidemic hitting Medina County families
Children without family members to take them in most often go into a foster care program with the hope of them being adopted. He said occasionally children are returned to the parent or parents under court-ordered drug-free conditions. Wilkins said the … Read more on Medina County Gazette
Drinking – and Dying – in South Africa
Heroin use was highest in Mpumalanga and Limpopo, while alcohol abuse dominated in-patient centres in KwaZulu-Natal, the Northern Cape and the North West. "Substance abuse impacts negatively on the physical, social, spiritual and mental wellbeing of … Read more on AllAfrica.com
Women face challenges in fighting addiction, alcoholism
A report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services found that in 2012 there were more than 1.7 million substance abuse treatment admissions domestically. Alcohol was the … Read more on GoErie.com
Women face gender-specific challenges in fighting addiction and alcoholism
Double that number for men, said Dr. John Eustace, medical director at the South Miami Hospital Addiction Treatment and Recovery Center. Alcohol abuse can result in liver damage, hepatitis, brain disease, breast cancer and heart disease. A report from … Read more on Centre Daily Times
Nonprofit aims to reduce drug addiction
Lindsey Greinke, a recovering drug addict from Everett, started Hope Soldiers in December. After January's successful launch event at Jackson High in Mill Creek, Greinke said, she decided to hold another. Read more on HeraldNet
Familylinks supports recovering abusers
Recovery is a word that has the power to change lives, giving people addicted to alcohol and other drugs the space to acknowledge the past, heal and grow into a new path. This is why Familylinks' Community Support Center program is now re-named the … Read more on Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Lindsay Lohan Relapse? Drug Use Sparks Addiction Recovery Concerns After …
After damaging a dental veneer, Lohan's cosmetic dentist received permission to give her drugs after she convinced her regular dentist in LA that she needed to be sedated for surgery. But the drug use has sparked concern that a relapse could happen in … Read more on Hollywood Take
'The Anonymous People' screening will shed new light on addiction
According to a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration national survey, 23.5 million Americans needed treatment for drug or alcohol addiction in 2011. However, the survey showed that only 11.2% of those in … “The people in the film … Read more on Wilton Bulletin