2014: Year of mystery, events & triumphs
The women are slowly recovering from their wounds. The Nebraska … Keenan Lambert, 18, the second teenage assailant in a knife attack on workers at the Nebraska Boys Home on the north side of town, was convicted of first-degree assault and use of a … Read more on North Platte Bulletin

Promise of drugs a given in Yuma, where heroin network thrives
And even if users do recover, they stay in the heroin community as peer mentors or staff members at local methadone clinics and rehabilitation centers – the only places of employment where former addicts and drug felons are seen as qualified workers. Read more on Cronkite News

Drug abuse bills now await governor's signature
"The state Legislature has taken on the task of reversing this epidemic through prevention options that educate our residents of the dangers of both prescription drug and heroin abuse and through effective treatment options that assist users in … Read more on NorthJersey.com

Immigration Reform News and Impact on US Homeland Security January 13, 2015
Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers (R-KY) praised the bill, calling it "a responsible bill that makes the most out of each dollar — making the necessary investments to harden our borders, protect against terrorism, and respond and recover from natural … Read more on Right Side News

Beaufort doctor sentenced to 1 year for role in cocaine, prescription pills …
"Dr. Rhodes suffered from alcohol and drug addiction and his addiction is responsible for where he is today. Following his arrest, which Dr. Rhodes admits saved his life, he entered Talbott Recovery Campus in Atlanta, Georgia, on June 25, 2012, where … Read more on Hilton Head Island Packet

Addiction treatment options growing
… Recovery, a Christ-centered recovery program with four meetings across Butler County. “It's a tremendous additional resource for recovering people,” said John Bohley, executive director of Butler County Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services Board. Read more on Hamilton Journal News (subscription)

Alcohol addiction remains an issue
Jody Demo-Hodgins, executive director of the Crawford-Marion Board of Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services, agreed that the issue of alcohol abuse has been “put on the back burner” as the community puts an emphasis on fighting illegal … Read more on Marion Star

Addiction expert hopeful for new treatment options
The peer recovery coaches at HER Place work directly with women to fill in the gaps in care by providing pre-treatment outreach services necessary to sustain long-term recovery for women and their children. The majority of proceeds from Saturday's … Read more on Huntington Herald Dispatch

Event connects heroin addicts, families with help
The session was led by Domenica Personti, director of adolescent services and prevention at Brandywine Counseling & Community Services, which has drug treatment facilities throughout the state. Personti was sorry to see the room at Brandywine Springs … Read more on The News Journal

Recovering addicts as role models
The interview-style videos will focus on people in recovery, community statistics and the impact on social services, the medical community, treatment facilities and police, Hester said. One will be three minutes long and another, produced to air as a … Read more on Seacoastonline.com

Pilot Program Offering Treatment to Drug Addicts Surprisingly Successful
Brown County – A new program to offer treatment options to drug addicts being housed in the Brown County Jail is turning out to be more successful than anyone expected. We first told you about the pilot program in a Target 2 Investigation in May, and … Read more on WBAY

Experimental Ebola Drug Puts Its Maker, Chimerix, Back in the Spotlight
That same antiviral drug has suddenly become the medicine of choice for Ebola, being used on an emergency basis to treat both the Liberian patient in Dallas and the NBC News cameraman in Nebraska. What is … That is a sign of the paucity of options. Read more on New York Times

Connersville needs treatment options for heroin addicts
The benefits of substance abuse treatment far outweigh the cost of incarceration. There are no methadone clinics in Connersville; when patients have no options for work and no options for treatment, guess what they do? And now the drugs, mainly heroin … Read more on Indianapolis Star

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

The hunt for Ebola medicines is being accelerated
Interferon drugs have an antiviral effect and statins might help treat the complications of Ebola, such as organ failure. Experts at the WHO worry about the potential for harm with statins. But it is possible that some doctors, lacking alternatives … Read more on The Economist

Autoimmune Drugs May Treat a Form of Baldness
Drugs developed to treat autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and a rare form of leukemia can also help people with a different rare condition grow their hair back, researchers reported on Sunday. Just four to five months of treatment with … Read more on NBCNews.com

Prescription drug abuse: There is help
The process to recovery can be one ridden with pain, denial and shame. If you search on the Internet for "Where to get help for prescription drug abuse?" search results are in the millions. Trying to find the best treatment options for yourself or a … Read more on CNN