WBEZ: Puerto Rican Drug Addicts Sent to Chicago Likely Victims of Identity Theft
WBEZ: Puerto Rican Drug Addicts Sent To Chicago Likely Victims of Identity Theft
A story by WBEZ and This American Life in April revealed that heroin abusers from Puerto Rico were being sent to unlicensed drug rehab programs in Chicago. The addicts were promised state-of-the-art treatment, but reporter Adriana Cardona Maguigad … Read more on Chicago Tonight | WTTW
How crowded are private prisons in the West?
He added that only a small fraction of Arizona's prisoners are enrolled in drug treatment programs, even though a large number suffer substance abuse problems. That means inmates are often no better off when they're released, increasing the likelihood … Read more on High Country News
Valley Hospital Using EMT House Calls to Cut Down on Readmissions
Valley Hospital using EMT house calls to cut down on readmissions
Nearly every hospital in New Jersey is being penalized by the federal government this year because too many Medicare patients have returned for additional care within a month of discharge. The state has the worst rate in the nation, and Valley … in … Read more on NorthJersey.com
9/11 survivor known as 'Dust Lady' dies at 42
Borders battled depression and drug addiction following the attacks, the Jersey Journal reported, but she checked into rehab in 2011 and found sobriety. She had recently found work again as well — on a local political campaign in her native New Jersey … Read more on WCVB Boston
Synthetic Marijuana Challenges Court System
Synthetic marijuana challenges court system
Led by Brent Blevins of the Boyle County Health Department and Kathy Miles of the Boyle County Heroin Task Force, the forum sponsored by Boyle County Agency for Substance Abuse Policy, Boyle County Community Education and SelfRefind gave … Read more on Central Kentucky News
Man allegedly kills himself with bailiff's gun
Mr. Barnett was able to knock down the bailiff, and retrieve his service weapon,” said Trooper, Shane Jacobs, with Kentucky State Police. We're told it happened in an elevator, inside the Farmer Helton Judicial Center, as Barnett was being escorted … Read more on WKYT
VCAT Rejects Narconon Bid for East Warburton Drug Rehab Centre
VCAT rejects Narconon bid for East Warburton drug rehab centre
A BID for an East Warburton drug and alcohol rehabilitation clinic to move into the centre of town and near a primary school has been rejected by the Victorian Civil Administrative Tribunal (VCAT). On Thursday, VCAT refused to overturn a Yarra Ranges … Read more on Herald Sun
Breakthrough drug puts terminally ill cancer patients into remission
And St Vincent's haematologist Dr Hang Quach said the cancer of all 15 had been at least halved since beginning treatment with the drug, Daratumumab. This mirrored promising results from an international trial involving thousands more patients. Read more on Herald Sun
Nick Gordon Enters Rehab for Drug Abuse After Dr. Phil Intervention: Report
Nick Gordon Enters Rehab for Drug Abuse After Dr. Phil Intervention: Report
… boyfriend has checked into rehab for drug abuse after ranting about suicide, TMZ is now reporting. The decision was allegedly made following his sit-down intervention with Dr. Phil and amid Bobbi Kristina's hospitalization. PHOTOS: Celebrity rehab … Read more on Us Magazine
Workers Seeking Productivity in a Pill Are Abusing ADHD Drugs
The agency also reported that from 2010 to 2012, people entering substance rehabilitation centers cited stimulants as their primary substance of abuse 15 percent more often than in the previous three-year period. Just how stimulants like Adderall might … Read more on New York Times
Momentum Continues to Build for Historic Federal Medical Marijuana Bill
Momentum Continues to Build for Historic Federal Medical Marijuana Bill
It's been five months since the historic medical marijuana bill — the CARERS Act — was introduced in the Senate, and as Congress enjoys its summer recess, it's a good time to reflect on where the bill is positioned as we head into the second part of … Read more on Huffington Post
Compliance Packaging: One Way to Help the Medicine Go Down
For example, a Palm Springs, California, hospital pharmacy using the PASS system as a cornerstone of its medication adherence program for congestive heart failure patients reported adherence rates over 95%, dramatic improvements in patients' health … Read more on Pharmacy Times
New York City Police Endorse Scientology Cult Anti-Drug Program in Schools
New York City Police endorse Scientology cult anti-drug program in schools
Parents are outraged after a Scientology-backed group held anti-drug presentations at 30 New York City public schools last year. “We didn't know anything about that, but Scientology, to me, it's a kind of ungodly thing that I don't really support … Read more on Examiner.com
In Turnabout, N.Y. Moves to Shut Troubled Rehab Clinic
In New York City, these residences are places where indigent alcoholics and addicts typically live four or more to a room while they undergo treatment. Beds squeezed into closets, vermin infestations, fire hazards and drug-dealing house managers were … Read more on ProPublica