Putting recovery in the light Addiction too destructive to ignore
A former heroin addict who believes that going to jail saved her life, the energetic 37-year-old Exeter woman is now the regional coordinator for Allies in Substance Abuse Prevention for the United Way. She is working with the nonprofit group Hope for … Read more on Foster’s Daily Democrat

Free Vivitrol therapy starts for Florida drug addicts ordered to seek treatment
"This is a tool in their tool belt to help better engage substance abuse treatment services and get the most out of their treatment." Florida experienced a surge of prescription pain-killer related deaths in the early 2000s. Federal authorities said 98 … Read more on Tampabay.com

Troubled veterans get treatment, not jail
And one run by the state Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services shows a 36 percent drop in illegal drug use among its veterans and a 44 percent decrease in symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder. "So many people are getting what they … Read more on Danbury News Times

Treating China's Internet Addicts
In 2008, China became the first nation to declare Internet addiction a clinical disorder. Recently, the Spanish photographer Fernando Moleres spent three days documenting patients at an Internet-addiction treatment center outside of Beijing. Residents … Read more on The New Yorker

Substance abuse: prevention and support
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – There is a very strict zero-tolerance policy in the Department of Defense regarding substance abuse. There is also a policy of mentorship and leadership, for all ranks of the Marine Corps, developed to provide … Read more on DVIDS

PLEASANTVILLE COMMUNITY FUNDRAISER FOR A SUBSTANCE ABUSE …
Both programs are highly effective, school-based substance abuse prevention and early intervention programs. Project SUCCESS is a program that prevents and reduces adolescent substance use and abuse. It works by placing highly trained professionals … Read more on HamletHub

Tecumseh piloting new anti-drug mentoring program
DEFY, targeted to begin in early October, will use Tecumseh High School students to mentor their middle school counterparts on the dangers of substance abuse and prevention. DEFY Program Coordinator Leslie Nurton said the program, made possible by a … Read more on Springfield News Sun

Think 'The Roosevelts' sound familiar? It's because of Peter Coyote
He moved around a lot, helped harvest 29,000 bales in one farm commune, slept with lots of women, had some heady and frightening moments with the Hells Angels, developed a "serial addiction" to heroin, and, for a decade, never made more than $ 2,500 a … Read more on SFGate

Prep Football Star Jayru Campbell Again Charged With Assault A Day After …
Jayru Campbell waits to hear his sentence after pleading guilty to misdemeanor aggravated assault. Campbell was caught on camera, body-slamming a security guard at his Detroit high school. (Credit: Mike Campbell/WWJ Newsradio 950) … Read more on CBS Local

PLEASANTVILLE COMMUNITY FUNDRAISING FOR A SUBSTANCE ABUSE …
Project SUCCESS is a program that prevents and reduces adolescent substance use and abuse. It works by placing highly trained professionals (Project SUCCESS counselors) in the schools to provide a full range of substance abuse prevention and early … Read more on HamletHub

Question by : Can My Brother recover from his Bipolar state?
We dont know exact cause for his bipolar cause, As he was outstanding in acadmic and in professional degree. In 3rd of his college he started all these stuf, But medicated him , He completed hi degree with good marks, And got placement by his owneffort, But suddently he was again in mental trauma after 2.5 year, he never skipped his med, We visited many doctors, was not able to recover, He(now turned to 26 yr) has to left his lob for his abusing behaviour in office. So he stoped taking medicine now, How to convince him for his recovery , he wants to recover and do a lots to be succcessful, His only problem is not able to sleep in night, ANd because of it he behaves like that. No sleeping pills is helpfull, Can we tae him on Omega 3 as i read most of the blog for mood stabler.
Please suggest.

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Answer by jamie a
Absoloutly i myself am bipolar and staying on the RIGHT med i cannot stress that enough, will help i am a brain and spinal assistant in surgery

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Heartbreaking war tales sometimes mask VA fraud
Away from doctors, he didn't use a wheelchair. He taught martial arts. Yet the government says he collected … Crane, 33, obtained VA-paid medical care after falsely claiming he had been shot six times, had 24 plates in his face and had lost vision in … Read more on Tampabay.com

What I Would've Missed Out On If I'd Committed Suicide
I also wrote it so that I could impart the lessons I learned on the long, rocky, winding road that eventually led to recovery – so that people could learn from my mistakes as well as my victories – particularly with regards to relationships; substance … Read more on Huffington Post UK

NARBHA wins .43M grant
The grant will be administered under NARBHA's Prevention Program, which provides substance abuse prevention services and efforts in northern Arizona. The prevention program is part of NARBHA's innovative Recover Wellness Integrated Healthcare … Read more on Arizona Daily Sun

States Battle Asthma as Numbers Grow
“Missouri is doing the most innovative policy interventions on asthma at this time,” said Charlotte Collins, senior vice president for policy and programs at the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA). “There is lots of buzz inside the … Read more on Gant Daily

Sovaldi: Who's to Blame for the 00 a Day Cure?
based Gilead Sciences was developing its hepatitis C treatment, Sovaldi, the medical community was wowed by the 90% cure rate the drug racked up in clinical trials. …. statement to K@W that the company has established “one of the most comprehensive … Read more on Knowledge@Wharton

Substance abuse prevention program heading to Rockaway
The Rockaway Borough Municipal Alliance Committee and the Morris County Prevention is Key, Community Trials Intervention program will host the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey's "15 Minute Child Break" program on Wednesday, May 21 from 7 … Read more on NJ.com

Bordentown Township does its part to combat drug and alcohol abuse
Every alliance plans and implements substance abuse prevention programs for their community using Drug Enforcement Demand Reduction funds and money raised through local fundraising efforts. Each year, several hundred programs and events that … Read more on Burlington County Times

Program to prevent drug abuse expands
Three drug-prevention Reality Tours are being added to the three tours in Westmoreland County in an effort to educate and forewarn parents and youths, said the director of the Butler County-based program. Program founder Norma Norris, executive … Read more on Tribune-Review

LePage wants to add 22 state jobs to fight drug trafficking
Flanked by law enforcement officers from around Maine, LePage again detailed the large number of Maine babies that are born drug-affected and also criticized the state's methadone treatment clinics meant to help those addicted to painkiller medication … Read more on Bangor Daily News