North County Mansions Targetted By Local Teens For Massive Parties RANCHO SANTA FE, Calif. -- Multi-million dollar homes in the North County are being raided by local teenagers for underground parties. 10News reports that in the month of April alone, ...

State Assembly Public Safety Committee Voted Bill Down 3-2 CHULA VISTA, Calif. -- A State Assembly committee has rejected a bill that would have made it illegal to possess synthetic drugs called bath salts and spice. The attempt to keep bath salt...

Submitted by Tahoe Mountain News on Thu, 04/26/2012 By Heather Gould If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, then... well, the answer is clear. That's basically what the South Lake Tahoe City Council decided when it ...

LONDON, March 27 (Reuters) - People in Europe drink more alcohol than in any other part of the world, downing the equivalent of 12.5 litres of pure alcohol a year or almost three glasses of wine a day, according to report by the World Health Organisati...

by Ingrid Mathieu - March 14, 2012 - SoberInfo.com Health and healing is not a linear process.  The path of spiritual and psychological development is not linear. In short, this means that we can toss out the idea that we are supposed to get bet...

latimes.com - March 28, 2012 - by Dan Turner Those who think we're already living in a nanny state probably aren't going to like the nanny cars of the future. Cars already sometimes behave like a nagging mom who's seemingly more concerned about o...

HealthDay News - 02 April 2012 15 percent qualified as substance abusers, and initiation may be start of lifelong troubles Alcohol and drug use is common among American teens and more than 15 percent of them meet the criteria for substance abuse,...

Medical News Today - 02 April 2012 Subjects in a cohort in Sweden, some of whom had been exposed to a community intervention program to prevent diabetes, were evaluated 8-10 years after baseline for the presence of diabetes mellitus or impaired glu...

by Ray Steele (rsteele@wibc.com) 3/28/2012 Young people have used inhalants to get high for some time, but the most popular inhalants right now are small canisters of nitrous oxide, or laughing gas. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Serv...

WEDNESDAY, March 28 (HealthDay News) -- Just one alcoholic drink a day can boost a woman's risk of breast cancer by about 5 percent, according to a new review of existing research. Heavier drinking -- three or more drinks a day -- can increase risk ...

www.drugabuse.gov, March 2012 New research on the adolescent brain provides support for laws, existing in some locales, that prohibit teen drivers from having peers as passengers. Drs. Laurence Steinberg and Jason Chein at Temple University in Phila...

SAN DIEGO -- Three high school students were hospitalized Thursday following a rollover crash on state Route 52 that left two teens dead and one in custody, authorities said. The double fatality on eastbound state Route 52 at Convoy Street was repor...

www.health.usnews.com March 23, 2012 The connections youth have with their teachers may help prevent kids from experimenting with alcohol and drugs at an early age, a new study suggests. The researchers found that students in middle school who f...

By Maria Puente, USA TODAY Singer Whitney Houston's death last month from accidental drowning from the effects of cocaine use and heart disease throws bright light on a dark corner of the world of celebrities who wrestle with substance abuse. ...

By JUAN CARLOS LLORCA 03/27/12 www.huffingtonpost.com EL PASO, Texas -- Two men with Army ties – including an active-duty sergeant – sought to work with a Mexican drug cartel in a murder-for-hire scheme in which they would kill rival gang memb...

BY JENNIFER GARCIA People.com Chris Klein became an overnight heartthrob after starring inElection and the 1999 breakout hit American Pie. "It was nothing short of magic," says the actor, of his early stardom – something he quickly learned ...

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Last night's Open House at the Temple Adat Shalom was attended by Poway City Council member Merrilee Boyack, PUSD Student Services Director Elaine Cofrancesco, Town Hall Meeting coordinator Steve Vaus, Temple Director Jeffrey Frankel, as well as parent...

By Maia Szalavitz, April 11, 2011, healthland.time.com In the late 1980s and early ’90s, it was almost impossible to avoid hearing about the plight of “crack babies” — infants born to mothers who had used crack cocaine during pregnancy. The...

by Maia Szalavitz, January 30, 2012, healthland.time.com The question of how best to help babies who have been exposed to drugs in the womb — including prescription pain medications, antidepressants and illicit drugs like methamphetamine and coca...

healthland.time.com, by Maia Szalavitz, March 13, 2012 Treating heroin addiction with more heroin may be cheaper than methadone What’s the best way to treat the most serious heroin addiction? Giving addicts therapeutic doses of heroin itself ma...

abcnews.com, March 9, 2012 Parents already panicky about the amount of time their teenage children spend online may now have something new to worry about: All those hours spent Web surfing, chatting, gaming, texting and posting to Facebook could...

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mydesert.com, March 10, 2012 Strapped for cash? Maybe you should start reporting drunken drivers. State Sen. Robert Calderon, a Montebello Democrat, has proposed legislation that would give tipsters $100 if they report a drunken driver who is con...

by Josh Sanburn, March 14, 2012, moneyland.time.com So say the latest reports about a “crime wave” sweeping the nation. According to multiple news sources, theft of Tide Detergent is soaring across the country, forcing retailers like CVS to consi...

Written By Jennifer Welsh, Published March 16, 2012, Live Science After a night of heavy partying, you might need a few clues to piece together your night. New research suggests that some people are more susceptible than others to blackouts and me...

Join us for our new Poway Family Support Group which begins March 28th at 6:30p at the Temple Adat Shalom!

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  nzherald.co.nz, March 1, 2012 A congressional commission partially approved a bill yesterday regulating the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, but congressmen remained divided on whether to allow the sale of alcohol at games during the month-long t...

  GlobalPost, March 2, 2012 A drunken man in an SUV briefly closed Philadelphia International Airport by driving through a chain-link fence and onto several runways, according to news reports. A passenger jet was just seconds away from la...

  Friday Mar 2 2012, Belfasttelegraph.co.uk Belfast man Joby Murphy, whose funeral took place yesterday, is a high profile victim of our cheap booze culture but, as Jane Hardy finds out, it poses as great a risk to young girls as to men W...

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JFK Airport search of drug mule who said she was three months pregnant reveals she carried $20,000 worth of heroin A Customs search of Nigerian woman who flew in from France showed she carried 25 pellets of heroin in her intestinal tract   BY�...

www.soberinfo.com   posted March 6, 2012   The Costa Concordia and other cruise ships owned by the same company were hotbeds of sexual harassment, drinking and drug abuse, former crew members have claimed. Two female ex-crew members have...

www.soberinfo.com   posted March 6, 2012   By: Nathan Hodge NORFOLK, Va.--The Navy and Marines said Monday they plan to introduce random breath tests of personnel on duty as part of a broader health-and-safety push, a move officials conc...

  Union Tribune, March 6, 2012, by Kristina Davis SAN DIEGO — The San Diego police unit that focuses solely on DUI enforcement has been disbanded due to its shrinking size, a move that agency officials say is not expected to have an effect ...

www.SoberInfo.com by Sue Scheff on February 7, 2012 Does it start with marijuana?  Advance to pills?  On to needles? There can be so many different paths your teen can take to the road to addiction, but the one path they need to realize is they...

“Will Wooton, CADC, has established himself as one of the top clinicians treating Adolescent Chemical Dependency in southern California over the last decade. Now he has written a book that establishes him as one of the top authors. Bring Your Teen Ba...

Press Release - Poway welcomes the newest partnership between Temple Adat Shalom (TAS) and Pacific Treatment Services (PTS). Rabbi David Castiglione of TAS recently learned of a call-out from Poway City Council Member Merrilee Boyack to congregations a...

We are very excited to announce that Temple Adat Shalom has graciously offered us a meeting room in their facilities to host an additional Family Support Group.  This group will meet Wednesdays from 6:30-8:00p beginning March 28th. The Temple's su...

WBAL Radio - February 20, 2012 The tragic death of 13 year old Michael Truluck in Parkville has led a local substance abuse expert to urge parents to "wake up". Truluck's mother says her son had been drinking Four Loko, an energy d...

SAN DIEGO (CBS 8) - It's been almost two years since the FDA approved a new time-release design of Oxycontin to prevent illegal misuse and abuse of the pain relieving drug. But the new version is causing San Diego authorities new stress. They're seeing...

... as members of New Life House will be joining us for our Family Support Group at Mt. Carmel High School at 6:30 in room Z-5.

BBC News - 9 February 2012 Drivers who use cannabis up to three hours before driving are twice as likely to cause a collision as those not under the influence of drugs or alcohol, says a Canadian study. This is because cannabis impairs brain and ...

By Martin Henderson - Rancho Santa Margarita Patch - December 28, 2011 Two football coaches from Santa Margarita Catholic High – and another from St. Margaret's Episcopal – coached most of the recently completed season after pleading guilty to ...

Chris Tobolski  - January 30, 2012 - Southern California Volleyball Report Parker Brown poses for the camera at his home. (Jeff Antenore)   Knowing it’s difficult to get stoned at an airport, Parker Brown did what any teenager with a...

By Alcohol Justice on January 27, 2012 First it took over every street corner in America; now it's trying to corner the market on alcoholic beverages. That's right: Starbucks is bringing alcohol to more of your neighborhood cafes. It all starte...

By Lance Dodes, M.D. on January 18, 2012 In addiction, things are often not what they seem. How common it is for people to say that things are "addictive"! Scratch lottery tickets, pornographic videos, foods, even exercising have all been said t...

Pomerado News, February 2, 2012 SAN DIEGO (CNS) – San Diego County’s district attorney and sheriff todayTuesday announced letters are being sent to nearly 100 businesses, warning of criminal or civil penalties if they ignore a new state law bann...

By Frank Bartolomeo, PhD on January 6, 2012 As a social scientist, I have a lot of knowledge about the short and long-term consequences of substance use, whether alcohol, drugs, or nicotine, during adolescence. As the father of a 14 year old daug...

Lacrosse Players Used Drugs Most Among Athletes, NCAA Says By Curtis Eichelberger - Jan 19, 2012 9:44 AM PT Men’s lacrosse players were the biggest illicit drug users among athletes competing in the National Collegiate A...

Video excerpts from the Town Hall meeting have been posted to the site.  I encourage you to click the link below and view the video shared that night. http://powaytownhall.com/Poway_Town_Hall/Media.html

Drug expert tells Twin Peaks parents to communicate By Pat Kumpan Twin Peaks Middle School parents who gathered Thursday night for advice on how to keep their children drug-free were advised by an expert to create situations that might encourage tw...

Editorial:  Beyond a Town Hall meeting on teens and drugs Many positives came out of last week’s well-attended “Town Hall” meeting in Poway regarding teen drug and alcohol use. Public interest in “doing something” about “the problem”...

Poway Revises Teen Drug Arrest Numbers By Hailey Persinger, Union Tribune January 25, 2012 POWAY— Poway sheriff’s officials are trying to figure out who in the department compiled a report released to the public late last year riddled wi...

Poway Chieftain By Pat Kumpan Wednesday night’s multi-agency “Tip the Scale” operation netted marijuana plants, firearms and led to the arrests of 32 people in Ramona, Poway and neighboring communities for violating terms of probation or paro...

Members of New Life House, a premiere residential program for young men, will be attending our Thursday night multifamily group at Mt. Carmel High School.  If you, or someone you know, would like to see just how effective good treatment can be, please...

Hundreds attend Town Hall on Poway juvenile drug, alcohol use   (UPDATE: On Friday afternoon Town Hall organizers posted on their website a poll asking for the public’s opinions on a number of issues related to teen drug and alcohol usage. T...

The Poway Town Hall Meeting held last night at Templar's Hall in Old Poway Park was a huge success with nearly 300 attending. Present were the Superintendent, school board members, law enforcement, teachers, parents, and teens telling their experience...

Union Tribune article on the growing evidence of brain damage in teen drinkers - Teen Drinkers

The Associated Press © December 31, 2011 By Julie Watson SAN DIEGO U.S. TROOPS ARE increasingly using an easy-to-get herbal mix called "Spice," which mimics a marijuana high, is hard to detect, and can bring on hallucinations that last for day...

Dec 28 U-T Article

By: Marcus E. Howard MARIETTA -- Thanks to a local Eagle Scout, women recovering from addiction at The Extension's Barbara J. Crafton Center in Marietta, now have a "Field of Dreams" where they can grow vegetables, meditate, reflect and dream. He...

PTS Newsletter - Dec 2011

Self-Care During the Holidays By Ingrid Mathieu Tips and tricks to save yourself this holiday season. I've heard from many clients over the years that they have an irrational fear that if they take care of themselves--no one else will. It's as...

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SAN DIEGO -- A Lemon Grove man is in custody after two people were killed in a fiery four-car crash that closed southbound state Route 125 in La Mesa, just south of Interstate 8, according to the California Highway Patrol. According to the CHP, 39-y...

Union Tribune - Nov 30, 2011 Scores of medical marijuana dispensaries in San Diego County have closed in the wake of a federal crackdown announced eight weeks ago. Through last week, 139 of 222 medical marijuana outlets - or 62% - have shut down sinc...

North County Times - Nov 22, 2011 The Navy announced that it plans to kick out 28 sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan for using a synthetic drug called Spice that mimics marijuana. The announcement comes only a month after a simila...