Critic Faults Alcoholics Anonymous For Lack Of Evidence
On the dominance of AA and the 12-step approach in the treatment of substance abuse in the United States. There was a book that came out in 2013 called Inside Rehab by Anne Fletcher, and that book found that up to 80 percent of all rehabs rely on AA … Read more on NPR (blog)

Scott Disick Checks Into Rehab: Five-Star Costa Rica Facility Uses …
As Scott Disick checks into rehab into Costa Rica, the long-time boyfriend of Kourtney Kardashian is coming clean about why he's getting help. And Disick is … But Scott headed off to rehab only after a heavy drinking bout during his Atlantic City … Read more on The Inquisitr

Bancroft site should become open space not rehab center
And the latest redevelopment plan – a Pennsylvania businessman's proposal for an addiction-treatment center on the Haddonfield campus – has rocked the borough to its historically prosperous core. A rehab for alcoholics and drug addicts? At a gateway to … Read more on Philly.com

Killing of Pasco police officer cast 'dark cloud' over city 60 years ago
He battled alcoholism, entering rehab twice before getting completely sober in the late '70s. “He really of course regretted things, but he couldn't change it,” she said. “I know if he could have undone his past he would have, naturally. Who wouldn't … Read more on Mid Columbia Tri City Herald

Life of Purpose: Substance abuse treatment center for college students
Life of Purpose Treatment aims to serve as a bridge between a person's issues with addiction and substance abuse and a successful experience as a student. It is believed to be the only program of its kind on a college campus in the United States … Read more on WPTV.com

Treatment centers, insurance work to agree on heroin care
When someone wants treatment to end a heroin addiction, insurance shouldn't hold him back. That's the perspective of addiction treatment professionals who say the biggest issue they face with insurance companies is disagreements over whether a patient … Read more on Chicago Daily Herald

Treating heroin addiction
Community mental health centers are experts at addiction treatment and therapy and are ready to work collaboratively with the Department of Corrections to provide needed treatment and wrap around services to reduce the recidivism and relapse rate and … Read more on The Courier-Journal

Todd Frazier, Frankie Edgar, others warn athletes about drug abuse
More than 1,300 student-athletes went to Pine Belt Arena Thursday night for “Playing It Clean,” a sports forum for student-athletes about how local professional athletes made it without the use of steroids, painkillers and other kinds of drugs. “What … Read more on Asbury Park Press

Riverside Police Host 'Recognizing Drug Use in Your Teenager' Discussion
The Safe Environment Commission of Riverside and the Riverside Police Department will hold a public discussion titled “Recognizing Drug Use in Your Teenager” to help parents with several topics of drug abuse. The meeting will take place at 7 p.m. on Feb. Read more on Patch.com

North Dakota receives substance abuse grant
An interdisciplinary team of UND faculty members was awarded a $ 550,000 grant to train students in North Dakota in an evidence-based program which screens patients for alcohol and drug abuse. The United States Department of Health and Human … Read more on UND The Dakota Student

El Paso County to begin screening some TANF recipients for drug use
DHS said if there is "reasonable suspicion that an individual may be abusing substances," the person may be required to participate in a substance abuse screening by an addiction counselor. DHS said if a recipient meets one of the following criteria … Read more on KXRM

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

A man with a past now a top official at Midlands drug treatment center
Jeremy Martin was once addicted to drugs. Now, he is a top official at one of the largest drug rehabilitation centers in Lexington and Richland counties. The story of his success to those who know him is what they say nothing short of amazing. KIM KIM … Read more on The State

2 more women join suit against Bill Cosby
Traitz was either 18 or 19 at the time, she said; she did not recall exactly. But she was fresh out of high school and new to the city, she said. Cosby offered her a ride home but on the way, told her he'd like to swing by the beach with her in his … Read more on KEYT

Illinois pulls wards from Sadie Waterford Manor residential center
State child welfare officials have removed all juvenile state wards from a troubled south suburban residential treatment center after Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart angrily complained that girls were frequently running away, then being sexually assaulted … Read more on Chicago Tribune

US survey: Rhode Island tops nation in marijuana, drug use
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A government study says Rhode Islanders use marijuana and illicit drugs at the highest rates in the United States. The Providence Journal reports (http://bit.ly/1tJHZs5 ) that the National Survey on Drug Use and Health says 14 … Read more on WLNE-TV (ABC6)

NIH medical research funding is vital in Louisiana and across the nation: Dr …
LSU Health New Orleans research programs address some of the most important health issues today — cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, childhood obesity, Alzheimer's disease, stroke and substance abuse. Recent discoveries made by our faculty … Read more on The Times-Picayune – NOLA.com

From jail cell to voting booth, ex-prostitutes and drug addicts find a voice …
"I've never voted in my life," the 30-year-old Louisiana native said with a shrug. "I don't even understand politics." Fisher came to Houston five years … Those who do are moved to a "tank" at the jail where they all live, and where specialists visit … Read more on Houston Chronicle

Fighting an Epidemic With Hands Tied
Organizing workers in West Africa has been a problem. Credit Daniel Berehulak for … Although there are currently no drugs or vaccines approved in the United States to treat or prevent Ebola, health officials have used several experimental drugs in … Read more on New York Times

L.A. County backs laws allowing access to experimental drugs for the …
“Terminally ill patients should not have to navigate the FDA's bureaucratic process to access a drug and treatment that may help save their life,” Antonovich, who is in Washington, D.C., and did not attend today's board meeting, said in a statement … Read more on MyNewsLA.com