Tulsa Mulls a New Approach to Address Public Drunkenness
City officials are in talks with the Tulsa nonprofit addiction recovery center 12&12 about creating a “public inebriate alternative." Both city and 12&12 officials say any deal is likely a ways off. Police and substance abuse professionals believe it … Read more on Oklahoma Watch

There's a Drug That Prevents HIV. Let's Use It
In the study, conducted at two clinics treating sexually transmitted diseases and a community health center in three different cities, 437 men and transgender women took PrEP, which consists of emtricitabine and tenofovir (together called Truvada), for … Read more on TIME

Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers Orlando launches Painkiller Addiction and …
Alcohol Treatment Centers Orlando are promoting their prescription drug addiction rehab in the Orlando area to help those suffering become aware of recovery programs that are available to them. Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers Orlando has provided … Read more on PRUnderground (press release)

Shining a Light | Families share their pain to prevent more lives lost too soon
Lauren moved back to Topeka, where she ended up in a residential treatment facility. November 8th, 2012, Erin called Lauren, but Lauren was having a … Add drugs and alcohol to the situation and it can become worse. "When these stresses hit kids, it's … Read more on WIBW

Heroin: Road to Recovery
The Sunrise Centre in Alpena specializes in drug or alcohol rehabilitation, with a primary focus on substance abuse treatment. Over the years, the Centre has seen a shift from when it mainly saw patients who suffered from alcohol abuse. "Currently, our … Read more on WBKB-TV

Solutions Recovery Announces Expanded Services
LAS VEGAS — Solutions Recovery Inc., a leading addiction treatment center in Las Vegas, announced it has launched multiple initiatives to provide expanded and improved services for clients across Southern Nevada. These efforts include opening a new, … Read more on Nevada Business Magazine

Addiction Among Teens Can Be Prevented
“Addiction is a pediatric disease,” according to John R. Knight, M.D., the founder and director of the Center for Adolescent Substance Abuse Research at Boston Children's Hospital. “When adults … Despite some improvements in the national youth … Read more on Youth Today

Study: 1.5 percent of UConn students have reported using heroin at least once
In the American College Health Association's National College Health Assessment it was found that 98.5 percent of UConn students who responded had never used heroin, 0.9 percent of individuals had used heroin, but not in the last 30 days, 0.5 percent … Read more on UConn Daily Campus

This Is Where You Find Chris Christies Heart
That was when he met Craig Hanlon, a former crack cocaine addict who had recovered at Daytop and was, in 2002, in his first year at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and returning to the rehab center to speak. Hanlon would later tell an audience at … Read more on Daily Beast

Tracing the Path from Pills to Heroin
Once that started to happen, this was created out of that," said Carole Kuklis, substance abuse counselor at the Addiction Center of Broome County. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, in 2004 70,000 people who were dependent on pain … Read more on FOX 40 News WICZ TV

Substance Abuse Treatment Remains Low for Opioid Use Disorders
Newswise — During the decade from 2004 to 2013, use of treatment remained low for individuals with opioid use disorders, according to a study in the October 13 issue of JAMA. During the last decade, nonmedical use of opioid analgesics and heroin … Read more on Newswise (press release)

Baker would give hospitals the power to hold addicts
Peterson's son has been sober for nearly seven years now. Government has wrestled with how to treat substance abuse for centuries, a challenge long wrapped up in the fraught debate about whether addiction is a malady, a failure of will — or, perhaps … Read more on The Boston Globe

Amid heroin crisis, South Jersey may lose 42 percent of its treatment beds
As a speech on substance abuse reform by Gov. Chris Christie went viral Wednesday, back home, one of the largest providers of inpatient treatment in New Jersey was making plans to close. The CEO of John Brooks Recovery Center in Atlantic City, the … Read more on NJ.com

Health officials feel state struggles in offering addiction treatment
CLARKSBURG — A total of 769 treatment and recovery beds for substance abuse are a part of the public health system in West Virginia, but many state residents are left with nowhere to turn for treatment. “According to the Department of Health and Human … Read more on The Exponent Telegram (press release) (registration)

Suburban heroin changes drug debate from crime to treatment
All this activity has helped create what Timothy Rourke, the chairman of the New Hampshire Governor's Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, said is a perfect storm for change, not unlike the confluence of events that finally produced a response to the … Read more on Columbus Dispatch

Obama Announces Steps to Fight Prescription Drug Abuse and Heroin Overdoses
President Barack Obama is due in Charleston on Wednesday to discuss the heroin and prescription drug epidemic. President Obama traveled to West Virginia on Wednesday to hear directly from individuals and families affected by this epidemic and the … Read more on wwntradio

Following Fort Leonard Wood whistleblower tip, McCaskill proposes reforming …
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 27, 2009) — Following Defense Secretary Robert Gates' testimony today that he will investigate the problems plaguing drug abuse treatment in the military, U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill announced today that she soon will introduce … Read more on Pulaski County Daily News

World-Herald editorial: A familiar conversation on behavioral health
Addressing facility needs at the Lincoln Regional Center. Improving coordination among the different institutions involved in Nebraska behavioral health issues. Giving proper attention to substance abuse treatment. Exploring options to strengthen … Read more on Omaha World-Herald

Reclaiming life, one day at a time
“After sleeping in the homeless shelter, enduring drug withdrawals, depression and isolation, I became more willing than I ever have before and finally asked my younger brother to take me to rehab,” he said. Ayala said he encourages others to find … Read more on The Collegian

Point of view: New mental health law good for Indiana
The new law, HEA 1006, will work to reduce recidivism through educational and vocational programs, substance abuse treatment and cognitive behavioral therapies. The Indiana Division of Mental Health and Addictions notes that 15 percent of men and 31 … Read more on The Elkhart Truth

G&G Holistic Addiction Treatment Program Provides Free Lifelong Aftercare …
As part of its inpatient program, G&G Holistic Addiction Treatment provides a comfortable, safe and secure Zen-like environment located on a peaceful, serene campus in North Miami Beach, Florida. The program utilizes innovative treatments, and provides … Read more on PR Newswire (press release)

Drug use may cause prison term for robber
Derrick D. Powell, 31, of Dysinger Road, drew Sheldon's ire for taking Suboxone while he was in an inpatient drug rehabilitation program. Powell was sent there after his Aug. 28 guilty plea to third-degree robbery for stealing $ 60 during a drug deal in … Read more on Buffalo News