Church News
For almost 30 years, MN Adult and Teen Challenge has been restoring hope to adults and teens struggling with drug and alcohol addiction with effective and affordable shorter-term programs called Life Renewal, as well as the distinctive long-term faith … Read more on Brainerd Daily Dispatch

Manchester Group Home Task Force Agrees On Key Points
The facilities serve clients who include mentally ill people, paroled prisoners, teenagers with chronic behavior problems and others with alcohol and drug addictions. The town … •When the state closed mental health facilities years ago, the state did … Read more on Hartford Courant

Orthopedic Surgeon's License Suspended for Working Under the Influence
Dr. Strasburger completed 1 month of residential addiction treatment for healthcare professionals and submitted to 1 year of professional aftercare, health department records show. But on July 8, 2014, notes the health department, Dr. Strasburger … Read more on OutpatientSurgery.net

MN DWI Task Force Wants Stricter Penalties
Beyond that it's a manifestation of a bigger social ill and that's substance abuse and substance addiction,” said Moorhead Police Chief David Ebinger. The proposal by the Minnesota DWI Task Force includes lowering accepted Blood Alcohol Concentration … Read more on Valley News Live

House of Hope Helps Women and their Children
The House of Hope in Provo was a co-ed addiction treatment center from 1959 until 2003. By 2003, societal and demographic changes necessitated its transformation into a residential substance abuse treatment program that serves women and children. Read more on Good4Utah

Verdict is in: Potter County's DUI specialty court making large impact
A Potter County court program is helping to free individuals from alcohol addiction and make the roads safer at the same time. It's all part of the county's rigorous DUI specialty court, which county Senior Judge John Leete calls lifechanging for the … Read more on Bradford Era

Drug disposal program coming to Indiana
The Yellow Jugs Old Drugs Program works together with local pharmacies and the Indiana Prescription Drug Abuse Task Force to provide secure drug disposal. Pharmacies across Indiana will receive letters this week inviting them to join the program, which … Read more on WTHI

Drug program expands to Indiana
"I think any program that allows people more options is great, we saw a need, it's great that the state is actually seeing a need that way they can expand this out throughout the state," says Under Sheriff Sean Holmes of the Elkhart County Sheriff's … Read more on Fox 28

Indiana addicts trapped in rehab backlog
I-Team 8's investigation found just five Hoosier substance abuse programs receive the bulk of state funding designated for low-income inpatient substance abuse treatment. Combined, those five facilities have a total of just 88 beds available at any … Read more on WISH-TV

Smoking Not 'Lesser Evil' in Mental Health Treatment Settings
Smoking is often seen as a "lesser evil" in mental health and addiction treatment settings, explained Ryan Coffman, tobacco policy manager for Philadelphia's Department of Public Health. It's not a priority, and some providers assume it helps their … Read more on NBC 10 Philadelphia

NH to fight glut of heroin overdoses by availing reversal drug
It also seeks to expand access through health care and treatment programs and facilities, and to protect those who administer naloxone from civil liability. The task force also recommended other courses of action that fell outside the scope of the … Read more on Concord Monitor

WHIV-FM wants to be your community radio station
"Will there be talking about health care? Will HIV be a thing? … Funding is private for now, but NOSIDA will apply for grants and is partnering with Odyssey House, the largest nonprofit for addiction recovery services in Louisiana. Dery will have a … Read more on bestofneworleans.com

Christie unveils task force aimed at improving drug treatment options
Christie made his announcement outside Catholic Charities Diocese of Trenton after meeting with three women who have been participating in its drug and alcohol recovery program. While Christie has pushed to address drug addiction throughout his tenure, … Read more on NorthJersey.com

Jake: Abuse, addiction, and love with a sociopath
BETHESDA, Maryland, October 10, 2014 — Jake* is a survivor of drug addiction and sociopath abuse living and recovering in The United States. … I had been in a 12-step program for addiction and had been clean and sober for 8 years when I met Sean. Read more on CommDigiNews

Virginia Tech awarded .7 million to study social networking for addiction …
"Knowledge is not enough to change behavior," said Bickel, director of the Addiction Recovery Research Center at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute. "Addictive disorders are chronic, but they're treated as acute problems. We need to find … Read more on Phys.Org

Abbeycare Clinics Now Providing Multiple Detox Options For Addiction Recovery
Abbeycare provides uncompromising treatment programs for alcohol detox and rehab. These programs are offered to individuals who are aged 18 or above with the condition that they be totally committed to rehabilitate themselves seriously from alcohol … Read more on MENAFN.COM

Ex-Player Charged in Sale of Pills to Derek Boogaard
Two weeks before he died of an overdose in 2011, Derek Boogaard of the Rangers was excused from his substance-abuse rehabilitation in California and returned to New York. He drove to Long Island, as he had done many times in the months … After five … Read more on New York Times

Recovery Month speaker tells of journey from addiction to social work
It wasn't until she lost custody of her son and faced her second felony conviction that she entered recovery. McKenna, now a licensed social worker at the Rogers Memorial Hospital campus in West Allis and alcohol and drug abuse counselor, has been … Read more on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Kenton leaders: We must move faster to fight heroin
The greatest needs are for more in-patient beds and continued care for people in recovery, said Bonnie Hedrick, co-chair of the task force and coordinator for the NKY Agency for Substance Abuse Policy/Prevention Alliance. “In-patient programs in … Read more on Cincinnati.com