Challenge college-rape culture
There is something seriously wrong with college culture in the United States when teenage girls leaving home for higher learning are equipped with rape whistles, knockout-drug detectors and the phone number of the nearest sexual-assault treatment … Read more on Honolulu Star-Advertiser

The Hidden Consequences Of Domestic Violence Linger For Decades
But experts in the area say there's still a long way to go. While most of the discussion about domestic violence typically centers on the immediate crisis, and the issues facing victims as they decide whether to leave their abuser, there's perhaps less … Read more on ThinkProgress

Drugs a concern: Opiates on the rise locally, but so is help
The hub and spoke program began in the early 2000s and includes a wide scope of treatment. Hubs are larger treatment centers like Windham County's Habitopco and the Brattleboro Retreat, and provide psychiatrists and physicians, as well as prescriptions … Read more on Deerfield Valley News

The broken cure – Part I: Docs, drug abusers cheat system
While remaining autonomous, every state but Missouri has independently created a PDMP to meet the objective of curtailing prescription drug abuse and catching doctors and patients who abuse the system. Patients like those who have died of overdoses in … Read more on Press Tribune Newspaper

How 'magic mushroom' chemical could free the mind of depression, addictions
But he stresses that psilocybin should be administered with professional support as part of medical therapy. Psilocybin is illegal in many countries and in the United States it is considered a Schedule 1 drug. Schedule 1 drugs "have a high potential … Read more on CNN

Ky. judge: Health rules block help for addicts
And the fact is that most people, especially those in the deepest throes of opiate addiction, are probably spending what money they have on illegal drugs rather than seeking treatment. The financial cost of Vivitrol is one of the biggest hurdles for … Read more on Cincinnati.com

Ketamine: The Future of Depression Treatment?
Of those who seek treatment, 30% to 40% will not get better or fully recover with standard antidepressants. That puts them at greater risk of alcohol and drug abuse, hospitalization, and suicide attempts. Now, though, a growing body of research shows … Read more on WebMD

Chaminade coach Ed Croson readies for emotional return to Birmingham
Simi Valley QB Davis Pinkston continues to be a massive dual threat, throwing for 725 yards, 8 TDs and 3 INTs on 63-of-93 passing while also posting a team-leading 364 yards and 2 TDs on 45 carries. Camarillo QB Jake Constantine has thrown for 599 … Read more on LA Daily News

The Changing HCV Landscape:
1-4 In 2010, there were an estimated 2.7 to 3.9 million cases of chronic HCV in the United States alone, with up to 75% of individuals unaware of their diagnosis. 5 Due to the high prevalence … Pegylated interferon (PegIFN) and ribavirin (RBV) have … Read more on Infectious Disease Special Edition

BioCryst receives additional money to ramp development of Ebola drug
But the World Health Organization has said that the official toll is probably a gross underestimate and that most patients are at home, infecting others, when they should be in treatment centers. Many of those infected have not sought treatment out of … Read more on WNCN

Toronto mayor hospitalized with suspected tumor
Ford, 45, became an international celebrity last year after he acknowledged using crack in a "drunken stupor" following months of denials. The mayor returned to work in June after a rehab stint for drug and alcohol abuse and is running for re-election … Read more on KOAA.com Colorado Springs and Pueblo News

Change Of Habit: How Seattle Cops Fought An Addiction To Locking Up Drug …
The idea has always been controversial, particularly in the United States, with critics arguing that the best way to address addiction is to insist on total abstinence from drugs at every stage of the recovery process. Nevertheless, government-backed … Read more on Huffington Post

Florida's Medical Marijuana Amendment: Forced Choices or Freedom to Treat?
She went to the Chicago area to visit my sister, and fell ill while still there, and was hospitalized and subsequently brought to a rehab facility. I could have gotten the … Many parents whose kids have that intractable epilepsy and over 100 seizures … Read more on Huffington Post

Why Strangers Are Coming Together To Discuss Tough Subjects Over Dinner
Early this year, Hebb's girlfriend, Angel Grant, a yoga and meditation instructor who has worked with at-risk youth and addicted populations, and friend Jamison Monroe, founder of teen rehabilitation center the Newport Academy, urged Hebb to make drug … Read more on Huffington Post

Thai junta targets drug users to tackle trafficking
Tuesday's operations led to the arrests of 83 drugs users, who were sent to rehabilitation centers located in military camps – some voluntarily, some against their will. A total of 22 small dealers, implicated by drug users, were also arrested. Other … Read more on www.worldbulletin.net

State-run programs help nurses detox together and stay in their scrubs
Between 10 and 15 percent of nurses in the United States have a substance abuse disorder, according to the American Nurses Association. For the general population, … Karolyn Crowley, a nurse and recovery advocate in Boise, Idaho, also battled … Read more on Newsworks.org

Janitor charged with sexually assaulting 3 women at drug rehabilitation center …
BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut — Bridgeport police say a man charged with sexually assaulting three women at a drug rehabilitation center where he worked as a janitor told investigators he had a "lust problem" and succumbed to "temptation." Forty-year-old … Read more on Greenfield Daily Reporter

State audit confirms weak oversight, potential fraud at rehab clinics
The review of the Drug Medi-Cal system validates the findings of a yearlong investigation by The Center for Investigative Reporting and CNN. The 2013 investigation found a man convicted of organized crime running one clinic and other rehab centers … Read more on Center For Investigative Reporting

Nova Recovery Center Publishes New Blog Post Series on Drug Abuse and …
Nova Recovery Center, an inpatient drug and alcohol rehabilitation center, has published a new series of blog posts which highlight emerging trends in illegal drug use and the dangers of new designer drugs. September 11, 2014. Austin, United States … Read more on Free Press Release Center (press release)