Addressing the plight of those seeking refreshments and fresh haircuts, a law authored by Assemblyman Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, is awaiting Gov. Jerry Brown’s signature. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. Assembly Bill 1322 would add beauty salons and barbershops to the list of businesses allowed to serve an alcoholic beverage without ...

This year, 2015, marks the 15th anniversary of the Blue Ribbon Task Force in the Santa Clarita Valley. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. Formed in 2000, the Blue Ribbon Task Force provides information and education to the community about drug, alcohol and tobacco use by teens. “We’ve promised to be as current ...

A new study is finding that 14 percent of American adults currently have an alcohol use disorder, officials said Thursday. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. The new study, which was published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry, looked at the prevalence of drinking issues based on a new definition for alcohol use disorders ...

Santa Clarita Valley is on pace to see double the drug overdoses from 2014 if the current pace continues, according to Sheriff’s Station officials. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. This year, there have been three confirmed drug overdoses and four more pending confirmation from the Coroner’s Office, Wachsmuth said. Last year there ...

Police and doctors are warning the public about the dangers of a new synthetic drug called “Flakka,” a local drug expert said Thursday. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. The warning comes after a man on the drug tried to break into a police department in Florida by any means necessary. “We hear ...

Substance abuse costs the United States over $600 billion annually and treatment can help reduce these costs, according to the National Institute of Drug Abuse. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. “Treatment is more affordable than ever before,” said Cary Quashen from Action Family Counseling in Santa Clarita. The average cost for one ...

According to a recent study, 40 million Americans ages 12 and older—or more than 1 in 7 people—have addiction involving nicotine, alcohol or other drugs, and all of those people have family members and friends being affected by the addiction as well. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. “When anyone is addicted to ...

Santa Clarita’s Action Family Counseling is offering one person a free treatment at one of their several intensive outpatient treatment programs, officials said Thursday. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. Action Family Counseling is granting a randomly selected person, or a friend or family member of that person, free treatment on April 20, ...

Interventions can be the final step to get a friend or family member clean and sober, and how and when you go about doing that intervention is important, a local a substance-abuse specialist said Thursday. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. There are many reasons to set up an intervention, it’s for the ...

According to Cary Quashen, a high-risk teen counselor and president and founder of Action Family Counseling in Santa Clarita, the holiday season is often portrayed as a time for family unity and closeness. “The holidays tend to foster false expectations of perfection,” said Quashen. “It’s the holidays and everyone assumes families should be happy, but if your family includes a ...