Parking woes at Navy hall
He purchased the former Navy League hall, at 19 Regent St., in trust to make money for Caritas (www.caritas.ca), a Vaughn-based drug and alcohol rehab program. “It saved my son's life,” the retired lawyer said Monday. … The residential program … Read more on The Sudbury Star

The ice age: 12-year-olds are slaves to the drug but school counselling …
… from the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre revealed that amphetamine related hospital admissions are at a 19-year high among 10-19 year olds. Last week, The Sun-Herald spent time with six teenagers, aged 16 and under, who as ice addicts, … Read more on Sydney Morning Herald

Salvation Army reports 88pc rise in Townsville ice treatment numbers
The Salvation Army, which runs treatment centres, said there had been an 88 per cent increase of people treated at their recovery centre in Townsville in the past year. Brisbane saw a 40 per cent rise. … Those presenting with alcohol as a problem was … Read more on ABC Online

Substance abuse, prevention spending plan approved
The St. Mary's County Commissioners on Tuesday approved a plan for spending the budgeted $ 100,000 extra funding to address substance abuse and prevention. The plan was outlined to the commissioners by Health Officer Dr. Meenakshi Brewster, Sheriff … Read more on Bay Net

Savings force temporary closure of substance abuse treatment centres
Savings force temporary closure of substance abuse treatment centres. A-Clinic Foundation has announced that it will lay off staff in its Eastern Finland service area in a bid to save money. Both the South Kymenlaakso and Kouvola inpatient units will … Read more on YLE News

'We can make a difference': Walk spotlighting drug treatment and recovery …
The Walk for Recovery was sponsored by the Staten Island Council on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse (SICASA) and the Tackling Youth Substance Abuse (TYSA) program of the Staten Island Partnership for Community Wellness. It featured a two-mile walk … Read more on Staten Island Advance – SILive.com

How Obamacare could reduce crime and incarceration
Researchers at Emory University found that expanding health care coverage increases the use of substance abuse treatment and reduces aggravated assault, robbery, and larceny, according to their new working paper for the National Bureau of Economic … Read more on MSNBC

Desoxyn Withdrawal and Desoxyn Detox

My friend's daughter illegally admitted to psychiatric illness centre: journalist
Nilima is currently under treatment at Tulasi Healthcare, a mental, alcohol, and drugs rehabilitation centre in Mehrauli. In the letter, Mr. Gupta claims Gulmohar Park resident Nilima – who is the daughter of his now deceased friend M.R. Warerkar – had … Read more on The Hindu

Watch: Strangeways prisoners helped by ex-criminals to beat addictions
… new rehabilitation scheme aimed at helping them beat drugs. Criminals who have done their time will be taken to a rehabilitation centre around the corner and will be mentored by specially-trained ex-offenders, known as 'gate buddies'. The … Read more on Manchester Evening News

Preview: Les McKeown's Bay City Rollers
They stop off at Livingston's Howden Park Centre on Sunday, the closest his tour comes to bringing him home to the Capital, where fans can once more don their tartan and relive the hormone-fuelled days of their youth while singing along to classics … Read more on Edinburgh Evening News

Taking super-strength booze off shop shelves
A joint initiative will be launched tomorrow uniting organisations across the city in a bid to help reduce alcohol-related harm. Backers include homelessness charity Shekinah Mission and Harbour, the city's alcohol and drug treatment centre. John … Read more on Plymouth Herald

Counselor available to discuss, promote addiction recovery
There is a clear stigma attached to seeking treatment for addiction, and he wants to help break through the misconceptions that plague those going through the process of addiction recovery. He notes that when people are in the aftercare portion of … Read more on Cape Gazette

Being an addict's mom: 'It's just a very, very sad place'
Viewing addiction as a disease was instrumental, many mothers say, in helping understand they didn't cause their child's addiction and couldn't fix it either. …. He entered a detox program and is starting again on the road to recovery, his mother said. Read more on CNN

New Addiction Treatment Centre Challenges the Status-Quo for Recovery
Whole Life Institute founders Jim Bradshaw and Stacey Grantham, who are both recovered addicts, have assembled a team of highly-experienced addiction and wellness experts to provide a treatment program that heals the 'Whole' person, by addressing four … Read more on Marketwired (press release)

Dublin drug treatment centre pilots scheme for rural clients
One of the main rehabilitation centres for adolescent drug users in Dublin is piloting a new scheme offering one-off assessments to young people with similar issues in other parts of the country. Dr Gerry McCarney, consultant child and adolescent … Read more on Irish Examiner

US study on ramen noodles causes emotional heartburn in S. Korea
… instant noodles at a shopping center in Seoul, South Korea. By value, instant noodles were the top-selling manufactured food in South Korea in 2012, the most recent year figures are available, according to South Korea's Ministry of Food and Drug … Read more on Centre Daily Times

Cooking Has Helped Turn Recovering Addicts' Lives Around
… from alcohol and substance abuse. Launched by Noreen Oliver, a former alcoholic, and connected to the treatment center she runs, BAC O' Connor, Langan's Tea Rooms offers paid and voluntary work to ex-users who have received treatment at the center. Read more on Munchies_ Food by VICE

Parish passes ordinance blocking rehab center location
As a standing room only crowd applauded when the St. Landry Parish Council Wednesday night unanimously approved a new ordinance designed to block the establishment of a drug rehabilitation complex in the Sunset area. Homeowners in South St. Landry … Read more on Opelousas Daily World

Not exactly harm reduction Why Iran has a progressive drug rehab program …
So, alongside the market for illegal drugs, the field of addiction, treatment and rehab has become a profitable business—confirmed by the large numbers of private centres working in this area. However, this has been mainly driven by non-state sectors. Read more on Quartz

George Michael has 'shut himself off from the world and become a recluse'
Last year George – who has fought a public battle against drug and alcohol addiction – mysteriously fell out of a car hurtling down the fast lane of the M1 motorway and was airlifted to hospital with a head injury. A friend revealed: “Since splitting … Read more on Mirror.co.uk

No easy cure for rehab costs
Some of the clients being treated for substance abuse at the De Novo Treatment Centre participate in an art class. Photo: Courtney Africa. Cape Town – The Western Cape government is struggling to meet the increasing demand for rehabilitation facilities … Read more on Independent Online