New Court Program Lends Helping Hand to Parents Addicted to Drugs

Published October 20, 2013

New court program lends helping hand to parents addicted to drugs
Using a state grant, Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit Juvenile Court Judge Philip B. Spivey is using the circuit's new Family Dependency Treatment Court to give parents a chance to kick their addiction and have children return home faster. Like other … Read more on Macon Telegraph (blog)

Clark Center dedicates Monett building to Compton
Huntress explained the 12,000-square-foot facility now houses the Clark Center's alcohol and drug abuse program, plus its psycho-social program. … Board of Education, chairman of the Windham Northeast Supervisory Union Board, a director for the … Read more on Cassville Democrat

New center in Buffalo will train doctors on treating addiction
The grant was awarded to the American Board of Addiction Medicine Foundation, which will locate the center in Buffalo. The center will provide the expertise to increase the number of physicians trained in addiction medicine, with an emphasis on … Read more on Buffalo News

Addiction is a health issue (Kaiser Foundation PSA)
Addiction is a health issue, not a moral issue according to this commercial by the Kaiser Foundation.