After middle-school football injury, prescription led to decade-long addiction …
Eighteen months ago, he sought treatment at Caron Texas, a rehabilitation facility near Princeton in Collin County, after a decade of addiction to pills, drugs and alcohol. “My life today doesn't look anything like what it was a year and a half ago … Read more on Dallas Morning News

Police: Another ambush suspect sighting reported
The various drug related charges are a result of a long-term operation. A two-day drug … 12 shooting that killed Cpl. Bryon Dickson and wounded Trooper Alex Douglass, who was transferred from a hospital to a rehabilitation facility on Friday. Frein … Read more on WBTW – Myrtle Beach and Florence SC

Massachusetts health czar resigns to lead Cape drug rehab
Cheryl Bartlett, the state's public health commissioner who has faced criticism amid its roll-out of long-awaited medical marijuana licenses, is stepping down in December to run a substance abuse program on the Cape, state officials announced today … Read more on Boston Herald

Gisele Pollack, Broward DUI Judge, Fights to Save Her Career
Subsequently you took a leave of absence from the Court and you enrolled in an inpatient substance abuse treatment. 5. On May 1, 2014 you walked away from the inpatient substance abuse program. You drove from the inpatient substance abuse program … Read more on New Times Broward-Palm Beach (blog)

Editorial: Lacking substance
Improving access to substance abuse treatment is a laudable goal but let's face it — this is law-making at its laziest, and sadly par for the course on Beacon Hill. Of particular concern are the new mandates that require insurers to cover inpatient … Read more on Boston Herald

Aldon Smith Receives Nine-Game Suspension for Off-Field Problems
A statement Friday from the league said Smith had violated the N.F.L.'s substance-abuse and personal-conduct policies. Smith will not be eligible to return until Nov. 10. The 24-year-old Smith, one of the N.F.L.'s top pass rushers, missed five games … Read more on New York Times

Sauk Rapids treatment center fined in infant's death
Journey Home is a residential treatment center for chemically dependent women and their children that has operated for 25 years. Mothers receive … She emailed a statement that read, "Journey Home and all CentraCare Health services regularly review … Read more on St. Cloud Times

Treating drug addiction with other drugs
Treating drug addiction with other drugs. Roberto M. Esquivel | Herald-Standard. Dr. Paul Hartley speaks with a patient at Addiction Specialist Inc., North Union Township. The success of … Hartley is a proponent of the use of suboxone to transition … Read more on Uniontown Herald Standard

Vermont Has More Addicts Than It Can Treat, So Why Are Inpatient Facilities …
Officials at Vermont's two other big residential treatment homes for drug addicts, Serenity House in Wallingford and Maple Leaf Farm in Underhill, are also struggling with state funding cuts. Serenity House is down $ 100,000 in a $ 1.8 million budget. Read more on Seven Days

SAMHSA to host upcoming public listening session on substance abuse …
Under these regulations, a federally assisted substance abuse program generally may only release identifiable patient information related to substance abuse treatment services with the individual's express consent. It has been more than 25 years since … Read more on Lexology (registration)

Science Proves That Nothing Will Ever Change Conservative and Republican …
What results of the several studies demonstrate is that once a partisan is confronted with unwelcome facts about their beliefs, the centers of their brain associated with emotional distress light up and remain active until their defective brains … Read more on PoliticusUSA

Not-So-Quick Fix
According to Richard Rawson, codirector of UCLA's Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, blaming the victim is not just wrong—it's counterproductive. Research conducted in the 1990s on the neurobiological roots of dependence found that drug use … Read more on LA Magazine

Asbury Park, surrounding community look to improve outcome for city schools …
Residents, stakeholders and educators have offered solutions ranging from restructuring the education system to offering more support programs for Asbury Park school families. On Thursday, those interested parties will have a chance to meet and discuss … Read more on www.app.com

Defiance OH Alcohol Drug Rehab Launches Updated Substance Abuse Program
Defiance OH Alcohol Drug Rehab is launching an updated substance abuse program for adults and adolescents dealing with the power of drug addiction in Defiance and surrounding cities. For too many people, the power of drug addiction has taken them … Read more on PR Web (press release)

FitzGerald: Local cuts hurt drug war
“For Ed FitzGerald to try to divide Ohioans and play politics with drug abuse is beyond sad and is yet another indication that he isn't ready to lead our state,” he wrote. “Sheriffs, local government officials, and advocates for Ohio's mentally ill and … Read more on Chillicothe Gazette

Uruguay's prisoners could get stoned, but not with rocks
… treating various ailments. The US National Institute on Drug Abuse, which serves as a gatekeeper to cannabis researchers since it controls access to marijuana and chemicals derived from it, says it funded 28 studies into cannabis as a medicine in … Read more on GlobalPost