Opioid crisis creating nonprofit demand
With the belief that yoga and mindfulness are essential to recovery for drug addicts and alcoholics, McCausland established Prana Recovery Centers, a Marlborough drug and alcohol treatment center focused on relapse prevention. The program is centered … Read more on Worcester Business Journal

Grace Centre Adult Treatment Facility Officially Opens
A new adult treatment centre for people dealing with complex alcohol and drug addictions was officially opened this morning in Harbour Grace. Cindy Clarke is … Clarke says the 28 day residential program takes a holistic approach to conquering addictions. Read more on VOCM

Business Spotlight: Addicted to Rescue
Ozark-based Teen Challenge actually got its start in Manhattan, N.Y. – in the thick of a late 1950s murder trial of seven teenage gang members. Pennsylvania pastor Dave Wilkerson was reading Life magazine's two-page spread of the case in his study 265 … Read more on Springfield Business Journal

Punjab's de-addiction centres empty out
Swami Vivekanand drug de-addiction and treatment centre in Amritsar Government Medical College has registered poor turnout of drug addicts in the past three months due to cold weather and the state government's new guidelines on prescription of … Read more on Times of India

Prevention advocates: Suffolk's new drug treatment plan is good, but it's not …
Lori Shore, who lives in Mattituck and is also the executive director of the Retreat of Lancaster County, a substance abuse treatment center, said her reaction to Bellone's new initiative was 'Finally? Are they kidding?' We need more than that. I'm … Read more on RiverheadLOCAL

After the big bust, treatment or new dealers
The impact of that drug bust may result in further calls for treatment." But Naura Slivinsky, director of community relations at Arms Acres, thinks there is no reason to believe the bust will have people flocking to the facility's Carmel location. "I … Read more on Poughkeepsie Journal

Rehab Centre to Be Put Up in Nyandarua
Ndemi Health Centre in Kipipiri will be expanded to accommodate a rehabilitation centre for drug addicts. The rehab centre will be put up jointly by the Nyandarua county government and National Authority for the Campaign against Alcohol and Drug and … Read more on The Star

Patient beaten to death in Ctg drug rehab centre
On Tuesday, a man from the rehabilitation centre informed Sujit that his brother was sick and needed treatment in a hospital. On arrival at the centre, the family found Sujit unconscious with severe injuries to his body. Later, he was declared dead at … Read more on The Daily Star

Narconon: The Church of Scientology's secret answer to drug rehabilitation
In 2013, the Narconon of Georgia Drug and Alcohol Treatment centre in the United States closed amid an investigation into financial irregularities involving insurance, after a former patient claimed the centre charged her insurance company $ 166,000 for … Read more on International Business Times UK

Giving addicts a Fresh Start
Fresh Start, established in 1992, runs a 50-bed residential drug and alcohol addiction treatment centre for men in the city's northeast. And the need for treatment is great. In 2006, the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse estimated the societal cost of … Read more on Calgary Herald

Forum focuses on anti-addiction accomplishments
The county took the comments from that forum and put them into various categories, including Prevention and Education, Treatment and Recovery Support. At the third forum, March 6, participants were asked to prioritize the comments and concerns under … Read more on Shore News Today

It's Time to Reclaim the Word 'Recovery'
The addiction field has struggled with defining recovery at least as long and as fiercely as it has with defining addiction: Since we can't even agree on whether it's a disease, a learning disorder, or a criminal choice, it becomes even harder to … Read more on Pacific Standard

Rehab and recover
The Cabin is an exclusive Western-style inpatient treatment centre for chemical (drugs and alcohol) and process addictions (such as sex, gambling, impulse spending and overeating). Since its establishment in 2009, the centre has treated over 1,000 from … Read more on New Straits Times Online

Fears Chelmsley Wood charity chickens stolen
“At the end of the day these chickens were therapeutic animals, used as rehabilitation by our service users recovering from drug and alcohol problems. “We had a dedicated service user who would come in every day to look after the chickens. “They are … Read more on Birmingham Mail

Belconnen lolly shop burglar 'heartbroken' over crime, court hears
Jeremy William Schwalm, 30, pleaded guilty to several charges of burglary and theft in the ACT Magistrates Court after he took a safe and tills from the Sugar Station lolly stand in the Belconnen shopping centre in May. The safe held about $ 2360 and … Read more on Sydney Morning Herald

Booze buses to scour Croydon's streets this holiday
Specially adapted ambulances will be monitoring the streets of Croydon this weekend as London braces itself for festive drinking. The booze buses, modified ambulances that allow up to three patients to be transported to alcohol recovery centres, are … Read more on EastLondonLines

Treatment centre volunteer now its patron
Supporting people who want to make positive changes in their lives is what Ian Cameron loves most about his involvement at the St Marks Adult (alcohol and other drugs) A & D Treatment Centre. His association with it goes back to the year it opened in … Read more on Marlborough Express

Raise legal drinking age to 21
Of the more than 11 000 patients treated at SA National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (Sanca) centres around the country in the 2013/2014 financial year, 29 percent of them were addicted to alcohol. This was exceeded only by patients with a … Read more on Independent Online

Tributes paid to Rhos on Sea man Stephen Chilton
Between 2010 and 2012 Mr Chilton worked with the Rhoserchan Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Unit, and also worked as a carer for Hafan y Waun Nursing Home, Aberystwyth. The funeral for Mr Chilton will be held at St Joseph's RC Church, Colwyn Bay on … Read more on North Wales Pioneer