State drug courts boost treatment for addicts
Heffernan presides over a specialty court where defendants with substance abuse problems are closely supervised, subjected to random drug testing and required to participate in support groups and treatment programs as an alternative to jail … Read more on GazetteNET

Tazewell County grand jury hands down drug indictments
as an example of the work done by the prevention and treatment programs. He called on the medical community to use more caution in prescribing drug s for their patients. He said reformulating opana ended overdose deaths from use of that drug. Read more on Southwest Virginia Today

California Poised to Lead the Nation in Innovative Overdose Prevention Effort
AB 1535 is supported by a long list of public health organizations, drug treatment providers and advocacy groups including: California Pharmacists Association (co-sponsor); Drug Policy Alliance (co-sponsor); California Narcotic Officers' Association … Read more on Drug Policy Alliance (press release) (blog)

Patients face 'hoop-jumping' to gain medical marijuana
Julie Falco was active in lobbying Illinois to legalize medical marijuana, a drug she credits with "saving my life" since she started eating pot brownies to treat to multiple sclerosis 10 years ago. Yet now that the state has enacted a medicinal … Read more on Chicago Tribune

Bland County man convicted of reduced charges in fatal wreck
After his release, Griggs will be on intensive supervised probation with an emphasis on alcoholism treatment. He will get credit for the time he's already served in the New River Valley Regional Jail while awaiting trial. DeHart told the judge that the … Read more on Southwest Virginia Today

A SOBERING STORY: Some users can mask their problem
… not an immediate implosion. “But eventually it's going to catch up with them as their body starts to break down and they start to have problems,” said Vince Mercuri, executive director of The Open Door Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Center in … Read more on Indiana Gazette

Does diet really help in reducing risk for getting cancer?
Anthony Perre, M.D., is Director of New Patient Intake and Vice Chief of Administrative Affairs at Cancer Treatment Centers of America ® in Philadelphia. In addition to his special interest in cancer survivorship, his clinical expertise includes … Read more on Philly.com

West Brazos Alcoholism Treatment Helpline Assists Addicts in Finding Therapy
LIGHTNING RELEASES 04/21/14 –The innovative new West Brazos Alcoholism Treatment Helpline is a wonderful resource for adolescents who need assistance finding a reliable drug and alcohol rehabilitation center offering a variety of treatment methods. Read more on Ticker Report

W.Va. addiction treatment facility seeks funds
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A $ 10 million fundraising campaign is under way to build West Virginia's first residential treatment facility for addiction. Officials for the T-Center say there's a need for residential, family and outpatient services in the state … Read more on Bellingham Herald

Holistix by the Sea Now Offers Acupuncture for Addiction Treatment
Holistix by the Sea, an addiction treatment center that helps individuals overcome drug and alcohol addiction, now offers acupuncture as part of its comprehensive addiction rehabilitation programs. Acupuncture is a proven method of flushing toxins from … Read more on DigitalJournal.com

Fighting heroin addiction / Treatment beds needed
And most of Atlantic County's treatment beds are at the John Brooks Recovery Center in Atlantic City – where most of the recent discussion has not been about expansion but about how to hide the recovering addicts from tourists. Certainly, New Jersey is … Read more on Press of Atlantic City

Rob Kardashian rehab: Rob Kardashian checks into treatment center
Rob Kardashian has entered rehab according to multiple sources. On April 16, Radar Online reported that Rob has checked into The Meadows trauma and addiction treatment center in Arizona to get help. The reality star has been struggling with depression … Read more on Examiner.com

Foundation awarded grant to study best ways to treat pain, combat drug abuse
Challenging health care providers in West Virginia is the issue of how to treat chronic pain without leading to prescription drug abuse. Once a person has been on chronic pain medication for three months, he or she is technically a chronic pain … Read more on Huntington Herald Dispatch

Biocorrx Hits A High Note With Opioid Addiction Treatment
Publicly-listed BioCorRx (OTCQB: BICX) is an addiction treatment and rehabilitation company on the leading edge of substance in alcohol and substance abuse treatment. BioCorRx is known for its Start Fresh Program that combines life-coaching services … Read more on SmallCap Network

As Peter Young Center drug rehab closes, doctor plans wellness center
GUILDERLAND — The Peter Young Center, in Altamont, last week closed the doors to its alcoholism and substance abuse rehabilitation program, but a local doctor hopes to revive the facility as a health, wellness, and community center. Father Peter Young … Read more on The Altamont Enterprise

Russian annexation of Crimea threatens drug therapy for people suffering from …
“Without this program we would have buried our children by now. If it stops, we'll be back in hell.” Opioid Substitution Therapy is a medically-based response to long-term drug addiction. People who have tried and failed to stop drug use can receive a … Read more on Kyiv Post

Effort launched for new drug rehab unit
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — If the crisis of drug addiction is anything like war, one local surgeon believes West Virginia is "Ground Zero" – and he and many other state and local officials have launched the latest weapon to combat it. A group of business … Read more on Charleston Gazette

How We Won the War on Dungeons & Dragons
How We Won the War on Dungeons & Dragons S. It sounds crazy in our world today, where there are Dungeons & Dragons movies and a rich game industry full of titles inspired by those old paper-and-dice games we played back in the twentieth century … Read more on io9

Mobile app may help people recovering from alcohol abuse: study
More recovering alcohol abusers also reported total abstinence from drinking when using the app, which has guided relaxation techniques and alerts users when they're near bars and other places that may be risky to their recoveries. "The system we have … Read more on Reuters India

As coal fades in West Virginia, drugs fill void
… of prescription pill addiction has been a game changer, she said. “When it escalated into drug abuse, the addiction got so bad that, on average, about 43 percent of my students had lost a biological mother or father,” either from overdose or … Read more on Al Jazeera America

Tollefson to get out of jail; slated for drug treatment
Former Philadelphia sportscaster Don Tollefson will be released from jail Thursday and transferred to an inpatient drug-treatment facility as he awaits trial on felony fraud charges involving an alleged ticket-selling scam, officials said. The petition … Read more on Philly.com