Treatment court addresses the issue of drugs, their effect on crime
Drug courts combine intensive judicial supervision, mandatory drug testing, treatment and incentives to help offenders with substance abuse problems break the cycle of addiction and crime. Masland said the program returns clean and sober individuals to … Read more on The Sentinel

Jack Conway: Settlement against drug firms must fund Ky. drug treatment
When I was elected your attorney general six years ago, I made stopping prescription drug abuse one of my top priorities. I created Kentucky's first statewide prescription drug task force and helped craft landmark legislation that has shut down half of … Read more on Lexington Herald Leader

Four Corners deals with complexities of drug abuse
Like trying to combat an infectious organism that mutates constantly, the substance abuse professionals who battle drug addiction must regularly evaluate their methods, endlessly searching for the best way to fight a disease that as yet does not have a … Read more on Price Sun Advocate

New Helpline for Teenagers Can Assist with Addiction Recovery
There are a variety of options when it comes to substance abuse recovery and with the helpline, a young adult can find the drug rehab center that gives them the best chance at sobriety. The number for the helpline is (407) 374-0790 and people are … Read more on PR Web (press release)

Man charged with selling heroin out of nonprofit addiction recovery home in …
After a months-long investigation, officers with the county's drug task force and city police detectives on Wednesday raided the second-floor apartment of 46-year-old Carlos Rafael Almestica-Serrano, a drug addiction recovery patient in the Spanish … Read more on PennLive.com

Question by Rhythmm: Why did people hate on eminems album recovery?
People don’t even care about his health it’s just like saying ” I just want him to make as much old style rap as possible and I don’t care if he has a stroke and dies from all those drugs.” All people want is his old music.

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Answer by AirYeezy
i don’t give fugg about his health. i only care about music and if it ain’t worth a fugg its fugging crap. – Larsn

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Suspected drug dealer busted at addiction recovery house
A suspected drug dealer, Carlos Rafael Almestica-Serrano, 46, is busted at an addiction recovery house for adult male drug addicts in Lancaster. Yesterday Lancaster County Drug Task Force detectives executed a search warrant room #1 on the second floor … Read more on FOX43.com

Overnight police report: prescription drug snorting mom, drug sales at …
Overnight police report: prescription drug snorting mom, drug sales at recovery home. Print · Joe Elias | [email protected] By Joe Elias | [email protected] The Patriot-News Email the author | Follow on Twitter on January 10, 2014 at 7:01 AM … Read more on Penn Live

Funds to benefit recovery centers
Steve Beshear, first lady Jane Beshear, and House Speaker Greg Stumbo announced the state will use $ 32 million from a drug settlement with pharmaceutical companies to combat drug addiction in Kentucky, including building a Recovery Kentucky Center … Read more on Times Tribune of Corbin

How area schools educate kids about drugs and handle abuse
“The reality is that if a teen is dealing with a drug addiction, then it is more than likely that they are also involved in other criminal activity. Oftentimes, they might steal from other students, may sell drugs to support their drug habit, etc … Read more on Burlington County Times

The Biggest Celebrity Scandals Of 2013
With her breasts freshly augmented, "Teen Mom" star Farrah Abraham shot a porno with none other than adult film icon James Deen. … Odom recently accepted a deal of three years probation and three months of alcohol abuse treatment for his August DUI. Read more on Huffington Post

Talking to your tween about substance abuse
The more comfortable you appear talking to your tween the more comfortable they will feel opening up to you about alcohol or drugs. Making substance use taboo can sometimes close off communication with your teen or not prepare them for the time when … Read more on Charlotte Observer

Labor, sex traffickers, modern slavery in Colorado
The FBI's Rocky Mountain Innocence Lost Task Force rescued 59 teen prostitutes from flesh peddlers in Colorado this year, up from 49 in 2012. In July, Operation Cross Country, a nationwide sweep … An undercover FBI agent came to buy drugs at a room … Read more on Daily Herald

Ohio task force seeks 9M to help treat painkiller habit
COLUMBUS—Members of a legislative task force delving into a growing epidemic of painkiller and heroin addiction on Tuesday called for spending $ 180 million to create county-based treatment housing and $ 9 million to bolster courts' specialty-drug … Read more on Toledo Blade

Florence drug court graduates grateful for life rehabilitation
They focus on treatment and are judicially supervised dockets that handle the cases of nonviolent substance abusing offenders under the adult, juvenile, family and tribal justice systems. Drug courts operate under a specialized model in which the … Read more on SCNow

Nine grad students get Dean's Graduate Assistantships from College of Education
As an intern there, he led a technological team to design and develop an online learning system for the college, which was one of the earliest virtual learning environments online in China. More than 70,000 undergrads are using it to pursue their … Read more on Penn State News

Amid prescription pill crackdown, heroin takes hold
Louisiana's crackdown on prescription pill abuse is shaping the illegal drug scene across the state — for better and for worse. The Prescription Monitoring Program, state and local … Including Louisiana, 19 states are currently participating in the … Read more on NOLA.com

Covanta Honors Indiana Attorney General and Drug Enforcement Administration …
"My office sincerely appreciates the recognition for its commitment to cracking down on the state's prescription drug abuse epidemic," Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller said. "Prescription drug take back programs are critical to keeping these drugs … Read more on Marketwired (press release)

Regional cooperation key to success
They also believe the need for a proactive approach to crime prevention through community involved programs. … Many region-wide initiatives have been in place for years including The Northwest Indiana Major Crimes Task Force and Drug Enforcement and … Read more on nwitimes.com