New funding for drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre to be built at Port Augusta
After several years of uncertainty, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre will be built at Port Augusta. Funding was announced in 2007, but a tender process failed and no suitable site was found. Now the Federal Government has allocated $ 1.5 million …
Read more on The West Australian

Specialist doctor quits NT alcohol rehabilitation program in protest
Map: Alice Springs 0870. A doctor who played a key role in establishing the Northern Territory Government's new mandatory alcohol rehabilitation program has quit in protest at the way the program has been run, as well as the treatment of Aboriginal …
Read more on ABC Online

Pyramid Healthcare Publishes Video About Alcohol Withdrawal & Detox
COM) Pyramid Healthcare, an owner and operator of drug and alcohol detox centers as well as other rehabilitation facilities across Pennsylvania, released a short video about alcohol detox. The video is … This can be dangerous because some people may …
Read more on PR Leap (press release)

Soapbox: Marijuana isn't the drug we should be fighting
Benzo withdrawal is said to be worse than opiate withdrawal. This class of drugs disinhibits people, enabling us to act on our impulses to hurt, kill and slaughter other humans. According to Benzo.org, benzos are reportedly involved in well over 75 …
Read more on The Coloradoan

Lucida Addiction and Mental Health Treatment Center Opens in Florida
Elements Behavioral Health opens Lucida, a substance abuse and mental health treatment center that blends evidence-based and alternative therapies, exceptional clinical and medical staff, personalized care, and resort-style amenities in a safe, private …
Read more on PR Newswire (press release)

Lakeview Health, a Florida-based drug and alcohol rehab center, has hired Chef …
Chef Marco is a recognized expert in this expanding culinary discipline and has worked to develop other recovery-focused menus for addiction treatment centers nationally. This marks the latest expansion by Lakeview Health under its new leadership in 2013.
Read more on PR Web (press release)

Fremont Treatment Center Announces Program to Ease Abusive Dependence …
A Fremont treatment center is announcing that new adult and adolescent programs aimed at tackling substance abuse issues, mainly drugs and alcohol, are now available for people through Drug Addiction Treatment Centers. A report from the U.S. …
Read more on PR Web (press release)

Drug and alcohol treatment facility opens in Middle Smithfield
A historic inn and landmark has returned to its roots, in a sense, with the Dec. 13 official opening of the Pyramid Healthcare drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility at Hillside. The 110-acre property in Middle Smithfield Township, bought in 1953 by …
Read more on Pocono Record

New funding for drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre to be built at Port Augusta
After several years of uncertainty, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre will be built at Port Augusta. Funding was announced in 2007, but a tender process failed and no suitable site was found. Now the Federal Government has allocated $ 1.5 million …
Read more on ABC Online

Bid to turn St Wilfrid's School site into drug and alcohol rehab unit
The plans state: “The new alcohol and drug rehabilitation centre will provide medical assistance, support and counselling services to the residents of Preston, suffering from substance abuse.” The new 'facilities' would include consultation rooms …
Read more on Lancashire Evening Post

Famous Ex Monk Santikaro Delivers a Buddhist Interpretation of Addiction …
Santikaro, who retired from monkhood in 2004 but still continues to practice and teach the work of the late monk The Venerable Buddhadasa at his Buddhism centre in Wisconsin, Liberation Park, first became interested in the 12 Step program upon his …
Read more on PR Web (press release)

Planned luxury rehab for Red Hook worries locals
Locals are up in arms over a plan to open a high-end drug and alcohol abuse rehab center in Red Hook. Urban Recovery House, a for-profit provider, plans on opening an upscale 25 to 30 bed inpatient treatment facility on an industrial stretch of Beard St.
Read more on New York Daily News

Women's drug treatment center to open in March
Recorder/Paul Franz Following renovation o the former Pioneer Valley Rest Home on Montague City Road (pictured), the Center for Human Development hopes to open a facility in March that would help area women in recovery from drug and alcohol …
Read more on The Recorder