Drug addiction pill costly for Ky.

Kentucky is spending millions of Medicaid dollars on a prescription drug used to help people with drug addictions while refusing to pay for the counseling necessary to complete the treatment.

UCLA psychologist explains measure to overcome drug addiction

Millions of Americans suffer from severe addictions that can ruin lives and are extremely difficult to control. Nearly 2 million enter roughly 12,000 addiction treatment programs in the U.S. each year.

Illegal drug usage in older people reduces quality of life: Research

Health and social services are facing a new challenge, as many illicit drug users get older and face chronic health problems and a reduced quality of life. That is one of the key findings of research published in the September issue of the Journal of Advanced Nursing.

Ex-addict honored at Will County's new drug-treatment house

Miller Taylor overcame his addiction with help of drug-court program, for which he now volunteers A Joliet man who went from decades of drug abuse to nearly a decade of helping other addicts complete Will County's drug-court program has received an unexpected honor — his name on the county's new drug-treatment house.

Doctors: Smokers trying to quit need to find the right treatment for them

Addiction to nicotine is hardly a one-size-fits-all problem.

Millions go to drug addiction pill in tight times

Kentucky is paying millions of Medicaid dollars on a prescription drug used to help people with drug addictions while at the same time refusing to pay for the counseling necessary to complete the treatment.

Recovery celebrations revved up this year

Communities nationwide celebrate addiction treatment success during Recovery Month, and Casper has more than usual to celebrate this September.

Elvis impersonator gets second chance, avoids prison in drug case

A federal judge in Oklahoma City put an Elvis impersonator on probation because of evidence he has overcome his own pain pill addiction and helped others to get treatment.

Body and soul

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – “I want to give back,” said Tisha Moore, Rosebud Sioux, who had just heard she’d been hired as an addiction technician at a drug-treatment facility. Moore, who has been out of prison for 16 months, has been employed since her release, but her new position is special. She said that it will allow her to pass on what she learned from Judy Morrison, Cherokee/Osage, Native American ...

Lehighton drug dealer gets state prison term

A Lehighton man was sentenced to a state prison term on Tuesday for drug dealing while another Carbon resident was sentenced to a long county term also on drug charges. They were among several defendants appearing in Carbon County court before Senior Judge Richard W. Webb.