Faced With Backlog of Teens Not Getting Treatment, Officials Expand Youth Center

Faced with backlog of teens not getting treatment, officials expand youth center
Despite a state policy to send troubled teens to small, regional facilities for treatment, the Maryland Board of Public Works on Wednesday voted to allow a Carroll County treatment center to double its size to 96 beds — twice the state cap of 48. "It … Read more on Baltimore Sun

AP IMPACT: Snowden's life surrounded by spycraft
He returned home, enrolling again in classes at the community college and working through most of 2005 as a security guard at the University of Maryland's Center for Advanced Study of Language, a mile off campus. The center, affiliated with the … Read more on Mason City Globe Gazette

New Therapy Offers Hope as Heroin Use on the Rise in OC
“Studies suggest that the use of Vivitrol generates greater cost savings than most other medications,” said Chalk, a social worker with a doctorate who was a top official at the federal Center for Substance Abuse Treatment in Maryland. In a 2011 study … Read more on VoiceofOC