UMF certificate program aims to prepare students for a career in addiction …
FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington has established a new certificate program that aims to prepare students to be substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors. Courses in the Addiction Rehabilitation Certificate program were first … Read more on Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel

Task Force Announces Ambitious Poverty Reduction Action Plan for Oswego County
Teams are working on economic development, social services, youth and schools, community development, policy, and mental health, substance abuse. … vice chair, District 19, Oswego; Daniel LeClair, District 8, Pennellville; Jacob A. Mulcahey, District … Read more on Oswego Daily News

Dubuque counselor's state license revoked
The Iowa Board of Behavioral Science has revoked the license of Amanda Brune after she failed to disclose that her certification as a substance abuse counselor was permanently revoked a decade ago, according to board documents released Thursday. Read more on Dubuque Telegraph Herald

Wilderness therapy could battle addiction, is lacking in Alaska
Larry Olson, a licensed master addiction counselor in Juneau, said that many of the patients he sees started using prescription drugs in high school. With time, the habits spiraled into full addictions. He said there is no formula; some of his patients … Read more on KTOO

Collins, King back increased access to treatment for opioid addiction
Collins and King said the federal DHHS has the authority under the Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000 to increase the caps so physicians would be allowed to treat more patients. The letter didn't specify what would be an appropriate cap. MAT … Read more on Press Herald

22 Arrested in Newburgh Drug Sweep
Patients who were being treated at the clinic were being accosted by drug dealers trying to sell them drugs as they left the clinic. The sweep was conducted by the Orange County Drug Task Force which is run under … Some of the drugs sold to the … Read more on Hudson Valley News Network

Soap Lake woman sentenced to prison, drug treatment for carrying meth
“It was clear from her prior record, and the confessions she made to the arresting (Moses Lake police) officers that she was addicted to methamphetamine,” he stated. A Moses Lake police officer tried to stop a Honda Accord driven by Cushman on April 3. Read more on iFIBER One News

EXCLUSIVE: Cincinnati drug treatment center to build second facility
The Center for Addiction Treatment plans to build a $ 3.7 million outpatient facility on its campus in the West End. The project would create up to 36 full-time jobs, boosting the staff of 66 by nearly 55 percent. And it might increase the number of … Read more on Cincinnati Business Courier

"Day of Hope" Celebrating Drug-Free Lifestyle in WV Set for September
The Ohio County Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition (OCSAPC) and West Virginia Council of Churches are teaming up for this prevention and recovery on that Sunday. All agree, its important to have a day to focus on solutions and activities in as many … Read more on WTRF

Massachusetts Public Health Commissioner Monica Bharel tells Congress state …
Charlie Baker's administration has made addressing opioid abuse a priority and has convened a task force to make recommendations for policy changes. According to state statistics, more than 1,000 Massachusetts residents died of opioid overdoses in 2014 … Read more on MassLive.com

Heroin tops list of Lebanon County's drug-rehab cases
A day after the announcement of Lebanon's largest drug bust in recent history, the executive director of the Lebanon County Commission on Drug and Alcohol Abuse delivered a sobering message to the Lebanon County commissioners on Thursday. Read more on Lebanon Daily News

Nearly 10 years since Harrisburg State Hospital closed, state officials tout …
Marion is the deputy secretary for the Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Service. … "She has her own apartment, her own pet, she could choose when she wanted to eat, she had access to peers and other kinds of recovery resources," he said. Read more on PennLive.com

Drug Testing in the Workplace
See 42 U.S.C. § 12114(b) (1994); see also Williams v. Widnall, 79 F.3d 1003 (10th Cir. 1996) (stating that alcoholism is a covered disability). Additionally, an employee's use of prescription drugs to treat a disability may be protected by the ADA … Read more on Human Resource Executive Online

City Health's HIV prevention tactic gets questioned by anti-drug abuse council
“For injection drug users who cannot or will not stop injecting drugs, the once-only use of sterile needles and syringes remains the safest, most effective approach for limiting HIV transmissions,” the CDC paper said. The CADAC, however, has passed a … Read more on Sun.Star

'Worrying trend' of more young drug abusers caught: Masagos
Some also are buying drugs online or consuming them overseas. The Government is also "keeping an … A multi-agency task force looking into this problem of young drug abusers will release its findings and recommendations later this year. It will build … Read more on Channel News Asia

In Cresskill, more frank talk about fighting the tragedy of drug abuse
A proposal to install random drug testing at the high schools failed. But before it did, it launched a tumultuous year-long debate about whether educational programs or drug testing is the preferred method of combating the problem among teens. In the … Read more on NorthJersey.com

Local law enforcement addresses new drug trends
Cmdr. Justin Wood and agent Russ Jude, both of the East Central Drug and Violent Offenders Task Force, came to the Hazelden addiction treatment center in Center City Jan. 28 to talk to a group of addiction specialists about the ever-changing realm of … Read more on ECM Post Review

Christie signs bill to address growing heroin, prescription drug epidemic
… of Mental Health and Addiction Services to prepare an annual report detailing the performance of treatment providers, and mandate that the state provide mental health and substance-abuse treatment programs for inmates in state-run or contracted … Read more on NorthJersey.com

Top local news stories of the week
ELKO – The world's No. 1 healthiest sport – according to Forbes Magazine – has finally come to Elko. Squash professional Robby Testa, in conjunction with Powerhouse Gym and Fitness Center and US Squash, are responsible for bringing the sport to the … Read more on Elko Daily Free Press

Fighter of city's heroin abuse to attend State of the Union
CONNERSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — The leader of a drug treatment center in an eastern Indiana city hit hard by heroin abuse will be U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly's guest for the State of the Union address. Donnelly says he invited Sharon Cranfill of Connersville to … Read more on WISH-TV

Andrae Crouch, Grammy-winning gospel singer and pioneer, dies at 72
Although he had studied elementary education and worked as a counselor for recovering drug abusers, he was driven to a musical career. He formed the Disciples in the mid-1960s and released his first album, “Take the Message Everywhere,” in 1971. Read more on Valdosta Daily Times

City cops use Narcan, save 3 suburban residents
City police and later city firefighters began carrying Narcan in the first few months of 2014 and on several occasions now, police or other emergency crews have revived unconscious drug addicts with the antidote. Sadly, officials say … “Within two … Read more on Buffalo News

Berkshire chapter of opioid support network a godsend for families
According to the Taunton Daily Gazette, Learn to Cope founder and executive director Joanne Peterson was also tapped at the start of the month to provide input to Attorney General Maura Healey's task force on opiate and prescription drug abuse. Julian … Read more on Berkshire Eagle