2700+ Substance Abuse Prevention Specialists Convene at CADCA's National …
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — More than 2,700 substance abuse prevention and treatment specialists from throughout the country will convene at Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America's (CADCA) 26th Annual National … Read more on PR Newswire (press release)

Grant enables DV Middle School to start Life Skills Training
According to the press release, LST has been recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as an “exemplary program.” The National Institute on Drug Abuse added the program to a list of “programs that work” and the White House Office of National Drug … Read more on NEagle

A vaccine for drug addiction is in the works
A vaccine, which has undergone tests in animal subjects so far, holds promise, said Dr. William Compton, deputy director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse. The vaccine would “produce an antibody response which would latch onto the drug of use … Read more on Medill Reports: Chicago

Baldwin County law enforcement waging daily battle in 'War on Drugs'
Tetreau is also heading up the Baldwin County Drug Abuse Resistance Awareness Program, which began this year with a pair of pilot programs, at Swift School and Magnolia School. D.A.R.E. is a community-oriented police program. It allows police officers … Read more on Gulf Coast News Today

Prison Without Punishment
The broader implication of Marcantel's point—that prisons should take rehabilitation seriously in order to alleviate crime and protect the public—has become a primary talking point within our current moment of criminal justice reform, a moment in … Read more on The Marshall Project

The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration
Examining a sample of states, Neal found that from 1985 to 2000, the likelihood of a long prison sentence nearly doubled for drug possession, tripled for drug trafficking, and quintupled for nonaggravated assault. …. As African Americans began … Read more on The Atlantic

Local doctors observe rise in infants exposed to drugs
In Louisiana, the increase can be seen in the number of Medicaid babies the state tracks — though medical officials say the drug problem isn't isolated to poor mothers. According to the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, the number of … Read more on Shreveport Times

Heroin, Murder, and the New Front in the War on Drugs
Louisiana already has the highest number of nonviolent offenders serving life without parole, according to a 2013 American Civil Liberties Union report, and state drug sentences tend to be extraordinarily harsh. Last year, Governor Bobby Jindal signed … Read more on VICE

10 Ways to Try to Prevent Drug Addiction in Your Child
We know personally the pain of addiction. Addiction is a disease based on biochemical abnormalities, and it should be treated as a disease, not a crime. The epidemic is a combination of biochemical abnormalities, potency of the drug available, the … Read more on Parenting Magazine

Hillary Clinton says '23 million Americans suffer from addiction, but only 1 …
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton recently announced a $ 10 billion proposal for treating drug and alcohol addiction. While addiction and treatment has not traditionally been a top-tier issue in presidential races, it has attracted … Read more on PolitiFact

Reversal in 'War on Drugs': Treatment, not time
Capretto said he supports more robust treatment programs to deal with heroin and opiate addiction instead of continuing to churn people through the criminal justice system, in part because of lessons learned in the past 30 years. “I think we've learned … Read more on Tribune-Review

Sanford addiction treatment clinic to close, cites LePage Administration policies
"We're in the business of treating the disease of addiction," Spectrum President and CEO Charles Faris said in a statement. "In Massachusetts, we're seeing law enforcement helping addicts get into treatment. In Maine, Gov. LePage is discussing the … Read more on WMTW Portland

At NFL scouting combine, a new emphasis on character
INDIANAPOLIS — Jameis Winston won the Heisman Trophy, reeled off 29 consecutive victories and managed a pro-style offense during the past two seasons at Florida State. He possesses every physical attribute NFL teams desire in a franchise quarterback … Read more on Washington Post

AZ lawmaker wants sober living homes to be licensed
"I call them drug rehab drop houses, where they stash people," said Rep. Noel Campbell. "There's no treatment going on. They're inundating our city." Campbell, who is a resident of Prescott, has sponsored a bill that some worry could put sober living … Read more on KPHO Phoenix

Everything You Think You Know About Addiction and the War on Drugs Is Wrong
I went in Arizona to a prison called Tent City, where I went out with women who were forced to go out on a chain gang wearing t-shirts saying "I was a drug addict." When I …. It's not drug treatment the way we normally think of it — some of it is … Read more on Mic

Seeking help: Egg Harbor Township facility offers another option for substance …
Of 23.2 million people needing treatment for drug or alcohol use in 2007, only 2.4 million received treatment at a hospital, drug or alcohol rehabilitation or mental health center, the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's … Read more on Press of Atlantic City

Hospital visits due to substance abuse up 63 per cent in Vancouver area
A recent study from Columbia University found that more than 70 per cent of people who have a chronic condition such as hypertension are getting appropriate treatment, while only ten per cent of people with chronic substance abuse problems receive … Read more on Vancouver Sun

Christie: The war on drugs has failed, treat NJ heroin addiction as an illness
To combat New Jersey's growing heroin and opioid crisis, Gov. Chris Christie says the state needs to embrace a dramatically different approach to substance abuse, but cautioned that he will not write a blank check to get it there. In his time as … Read more on NJ.com

Responsible Pot Use, Responsible Parenting: What's The Problem?
I suspect most of us have personally witnessed the disruption to someone's life that results when, for any of a number of possible reasons, a parent's marijuana smoking becomes known to the state's child welfare agency. Sometimes it is because the … Read more on Marijuana.com

When racism wears a badge
Enormous numbers of African Americans have been victimized by the "war on drugs" that has resulted in the literal criminalization of African American communities. To take only one statistic illustrating the disparities, African Americans are 13 percent … Read more on Socialist Worker Online

The Task: Find Ways To Fight Heroin
National health agencies, the Drug Enforcement Administration and others have reported an increase in heroin addiction throughout the nation. And they say it's fueled by people looking for something to replace the high of prescription pain pills that … Read more on WYPR