Category: News Releases

TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. – Recovery experts from Footprints Beachside Recovery Center in Treasure Island are offering encouragement and helpful tips to help those considering kicking unhealthy habits for the start of the new year. “With the approach of the new year, many people are beginning to consider making healthier lifestyle choices and one of the most common […]

TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. – Experts from Footprints Beachside Recovery Center in Treasure Island are sounding the alarm following a new study released Wednesday by the Cleveland Clinic where researchers discovered that heart infections related to drug abuse, specifically opioid abuse, are climbing at an alarming rate. According to the study, every region of the U.S. […]

TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. – With only a few days until the observance of International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD), drug treatment experts in the Tampa Bay area are encouraging people who are struggling with substance abuse and addiction to seek help. Team members from Footprints Beachside Recovery Center, a rehabilitation facility specializing in alcohol and opioid […]

FOOTPRINTS BEACHSIDE RECOVERY CENTER ACHIEVES BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE ACCREDITATION FROM THE JOINT COMMISSION    Treasure Island, Florida – July 19, 2018 – Footprints Beachside Recovery Center today announced it has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for Behavioral Health Care Accreditation by demonstrating continuous compliance with its performance standards. The Gold Seal of […]

TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. – Experts from Footprints Beachside Recovery Center, a rehabilitation facility specializing in alcohol and opioid substance abuse and addiction treatment in the Tampa Bay area, are encouraging people struggling with substance abuse and addiction to make positive changes for the New Year. According to a new report published in Nov. by Trust […]

TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. – Experts from Footprints Beachside Recovery Center, a rehabilitation facility specializing in alcohol and opioid substance abuse and addiction treatment in Treasure Island, announced their support for the new legislative proposals Florida Gov. Rick Scott announced Tuesday. According to Gov. Scott, the new proposed legislation would institute a three-day limit for opioid […]

TREASURE ISLAND, Fla., – Yes, you read that right. Experts at a Tampa Bay Area drug and alcohol treatment center are appalled at a recent decision by the Food and Drug Administration, which expands the availability of OxyContin to children as young as 11. OxyContin is the brand name of oxycodone, a narcotic prescription pain-killer. […]

  TREASURE ISLAND, Fla., – A joint report issued this week by the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cited a major increase in heroin deaths and overdoses in the U.S., but one local treatment center says the number of people seeking treatment has leveled off. Last year, the addiction […]

TREASURE ISLAND, Fla., – Recovery experts from a Tampa Bay area recovery and rehabilitation center are offering tips to help people knock their bad habits this new year. “Most importantly, people need to understand they can get the help they need if they are interested in ending their addictions,” said John Templeton Jr., president of […]

TREASURE ISLAND, Fla., – Footprints Beachside Recovery Center, a local addiction and abuse recovery center, is scheduled to hold an open house on Dec. 11, from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m.The open house will be held at the treatment center located at 151 107th Ave, Suite 13, in Treasure Island. It will be an opportunity for members of […]

TREASURE ISLAND, Fla., – Prescription painkillers are a leading cause of death and have surpassed the amount of deaths caused by automobile accidents and firearms in the U.S. according to a new report published last week. More than 92,000 overdoses were caused by prescription pain medication costing hospitals an estimated $1.4 billion the JAMA(Journal of […]

TREASURE ISLAND, Fla., – According to a report issued Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, deaths caused by heroin overdoses have more than doubled since 2010. In the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report issued by the CDC, 28 states reported seeing an increase in deaths caused by heroin. “While prescription pain medications […]