Is substance abuse coverage as equal as required?
Insurance plans that cover substance abuse treatment must provide the same level of care and cost sharing as they do for other medical issues, but treatment centers say disagreement over what this means leaves many alcoholics and drug addicts without …
Read more on Journal and Courier

by floodllama

Addiction begins easily; recovery takes effort
“Methadone treatment is 100 percent voluntary,” said Victoria Charleston, director of addiction at Edgewater Systems at The Turning Point building, which is the organization's addiction services center, at 1110 W. 5th Ave. in Gary. “Addiction is a …
Read more on nwitimes.com

State unveils easier access to overdose-reversing drug
In addition, officials plan to distribute that drug, naloxone, at opiate addiction treatment centers and make it available on ambulances. Eventually the state wants to allow doctors to prescribe Narcan to patients who would be able to pick it up at the …
Read more on vtdigger.org

Hazelden-Betty Ford Center Psychologist Tapped to Lead Colorado Treatment …
… Hazelden-Betty Ford Foundation and Hazelden Graduate School of Addiction Studies, has been chosen as the new Chief Clinical Officer (CCO) of Harmony Foundation, Colorado's longest running residential alcohol and drug addiction treatment center.
Read more on PR Newswire (press release)

Pregnant women's rights under attack? Legislation, conference address concerns
Three of those states — Wisconsin, Minnesota, and South Dakota — allow pregnant women to be forced into mental health or substance abuse treatment facilities. “It's absolutely insane what happened to her,” Taylor said. “They treated her like a criminal.
Read more on Capital Times (blog)

Homeward Pikes Peak's Holmes planning private addiction recovery clinic
"It was a good time for me to depart – and very positively," Holmes said. Holmes' new program is a 30-day treatment center that can house up to 16 people who could receive treatment from a staff of clinicians including a physician, a physician's …
Read more on Colorado Springs Gazette

Drug rehab plans revived, neighbors protest
The message is clear, neighbors just don't want to live next to recovering drug addicts and alcoholics. They say building a drug rehab center at the corner of NW Zenith Drive and East Torrino Parkway would put their property values and families at risk.
Read more on WPEC

Chief Keef Kidnapped, Forced Into Medical Center In "F*ck Rehab" Clip [Video]
Chicago rapper Chief Keef is riding the momentum from his "F*ck Rehab" anthem by releasing an accompanying music video which features him going through extremes to escape a treatment center. Keef's new Blood Money-assisted music video premiered …
Read more on SOHH

Report details sex trade
Young women and girls sold into sexual slavery in southwest Florida, victims of human trafficking. We're getting a clearer picture of just how big of a problem … "The typical day here in southwest Florida may look like them starting somewhere between …
Read more on (multiple names)

Jasper Youth Treatment Center a no go
Jasper — The Jasper Youth Treatment Center (JYTC) has been officially scrapped by the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (FDJJ), according to Hamilton County Superintendent of Schools Thomas Moffses. Moffses said he received an e-mail from the …
Read more on Branford News

Man Headed To Rehab Disrupts JetBlue Flight
He also told the lead flight attendant, “I'm in the military, what can I get for free?” However, Koshinsky has never been in the armed forces, according to federal prosecutors. In fact, he was headed to Florida to check into a drug and alcohol …
Read more on The Smoking Gun

Noted Addiction Expert from Elements Behavioral Health to Deliver Keynote …
The Recovery Place is one of Florida's premier drug and alcohol treatment centers. The Recovery Place provides individualized, client-centered addiction treatment with multiple programs to fit clients' needs, including detox, day treatment, intensive …
Read more on PR Web (press release)

New Beginnings CEO Unravels Top Four Myths Surrounding Teen Heroin Use
New Beginnings Adolescent Recovery Center, the leading teen drug rehabilitation program in the Southwest and one recognized nationwide, has been helping teens overcome addiction for more than 30 years. New Beginnings offers a continuum of care for …
Read more on Insurance News Net (press release)

'To New Beginnings': Bell named Citizen of the Year
“(Bell) surrendered his life, including his drug addiction to Christ, and this new man in Christ became passionate for those who struggle with addition,” Glaize said of Bell. “God gave him a vision – a vision to found a faith-based treatment center in …
Read more on Brewton Standard