Addiction Recovery News 02/2006 (Page 3)

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Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) appealed to non-governmental organizations working in the Batticaloa district to expedite their tsunami rehabilitation and reconstruction work as large number of affected families are living temporary structures fourteen months after the disaster. Mr.S.Elilan, Trincomalee district political head of the LTTE made this appeal at a conference held Friday in (Feb 5, 2006)

The Summit County Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board swore in three new members in January -- Jules F. Sauvageot of Akron, Alane L. Boffa of Copley Township and Milan Salchak of Akron. Sauvageot, appointed by the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services, retired in 2002 as director of education at Interval Brotherhood Home. Boffa, a CPA with Cohen and Co., and (Feb 5, 2006)

Alternative programs that divert felony drug offenders to substance abuse treatment programs rather than prison terms could save the U.S. criminal justice system millions of dollars and reduce recidivism, according to a study. (Feb 5, 2006)

It’s Tuesday evening, and the Maury County Courthouse is alive with cheers celebrating the newest graduates of a program that places an emphasis on treating drug offenders rather than locking them away in prisons. (Feb 5, 2006)

The mother of Welsh pop star CHARLOTTE CHURCH is afraid her rehab treatment for self-harm problems may be jeopardised by missing her daughter too muc (Feb 5, 2006)

Four children aged 11 have been treated for addiction to heroin, and 70 youngsters under 16 have been arrested for drug dealing in Scotland, it has emerged. (Feb 6, 2006)

The Summit County Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board swore in three new members in January -- Jules F. Sauvageot of Akron, Alane L. Boffa of Copley Township and Milan Salchak of Akron. Sauvageot, appointed by the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services, retired in 2002 as director of education at Interval Brotherhood Home. Boffa, a CPA with Cohen and Co., and (Feb 6, 2006)

NATCHEZ — When Youth Court Judge John Hudson sees a new face in his courtroom, it’s usually one he never sees there again. The sentences Hudson hands down are not always jail time or fines, but more frequently an invitation to one of numerous rehabilitation programs the court offers. (Feb 6, 2006)

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Singer-actress Courtney Love won a release from home detention monitoring on Friday from a Los Angeles judge who praised her progress in recovering from drug addiction. (Feb 6, 2006)

It’s Tuesday evening, and the Maury County Courthouse is alive with cheers celebrating the newest graduates of a program that places an emphasis on treating drug offenders rather than locking them away in prisons. (Feb 6, 2006)

Binge drinking is fast becoming an epidemic among young people in the UK. As pubs and clubs are allowed to remain open 24 hours, excessive drinking is sanctioned if not encouraged. As a result, drinking has become second nature to young people, and before they know it, their binge drinking leads them to a life of alcohol addiction. [PRWEB Feb 6, 2006] (Feb 6, 2006)

Elmira hopes system helps addicts kick their habits. Elmira City Court added a drug court last month in hopes of helping people beat their addictions. (Feb 6, 2006)

Jay Leno says it's easy to spot the difference between the Chip Foose Overhaulin' dream-machine transformations and those from other car-rehab shows. (Feb 6, 2006)

Scientists are developing a new sleeping pill that may not only increase dreaming and boost memory levels, but also tackle obesity. The drug could work by regulating the hormone associated with feeding and addiction (Feb 6, 2006)

Scientists are developing a new sleeping pill that may not only increase dreaming and boost memory levels, but also tackle obesity. The drug could work by regulating the hormone associated with feeding and addiction (Feb 6, 2006)

Success at treatment for a meth addiction, a desire to help others struggling with drugs and the lack of a significant criminal record justified probation rather than prison for a 32-year-old Merrill man, a judge explained at the man's sentencing hearing last month. (Feb 6, 2006)

Four children aged 11 have been treated for addiction to heroin, and 70 youngsters under 16 have been arrested for drug dealing in Scotland, it has emerged. (Feb 6, 2006)

Lancaster Area Habitat for Humanity, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and area Lutheran congregations are teaming up to renovate two homes on Green Street. (Feb 6, 2006)

February 6: A drug that could help people get a better night's sleep while improving their memory is being tested by scientists. (Feb 6, 2006)

Humorist Andy Borowitz is a regular commentator on CNN and National Public Radio. Here is his latest twisted take on the news of the day: After claiming that ‘‘America is addicted to oil" in his State of the Union address, President Bush stunned the nation by confessing that he is personally battling a petroleum addiction and is entering rehab immediately. (Feb 6, 2006)

By Katie Backma U-Wire LINCOLN, Neb. - Prostitutes can't simply stop selling their bodies for sex because it becomes an addiction, said a proponent to a legislative bill that would create a prostitution intervention, treatment and education fund. Bill supporter Mary Raynovich, director of Omaha, Neb. (Feb 6, 2006)

Therapy beyond imagination! By Martha Lundin, Inside Tucson Business Posted: Friday, Feb 03, 2006 - 01:56:51 pm MST Water has long been believed to be a healing power. (Feb 6, 2006)

The public is invited to join Saline County Adult Drug Court officials and participants to celebrate the program's second birthday on Monday at the courthouse. (Feb 6, 2006)

Drug addict criminals will reoffend once freed from prison because they are not getting rehabilitation while behind bars, a leading drug counsellor says. (Feb 6, 2006)

SESTRIERE, Italy (AP) — U.S. skier Kristina Koznick might miss the Turin Olympics with a knee injury, although she's putting off surgery in hopes of being able to rehab enough to compete. (Feb 6, 2006)

U.S. skier Kristina Koznick might miss the Torino Olympics with a knee injury, although she's putting off surgery in hopes of being able to rehab enough to compete. Koznick wrote on her website that she partially tore a knee ligament during training in Ofterschwang, Germany, on Saturday. (Feb 6, 2006)

National Drug Control Minister Wayne Perinchief says former dealers are helping him in his bid to curb the Island’s drug habit. Big-time drug barons have flagged him down to offer help, he said. (Feb 6, 2006)

Courtney Love told a California court on Friday that she has beaten what she describes as "a very gnarly drug problem." The judge congratulated the rocker on her progress and ended her required treatment in an outpatient drug program. Love will be back in court on May 12th. (Feb 6, 2006)

SESTRIERE, Italy (AP) -- U.S. skier Kristina Koznick might miss the Turin Olympics with a knee injury, although she's putting off surgery in hopes of being able to rehab enough to compete. (Feb 6, 2006)

The rocker continues to improve her life. Courtney Love has continued her good work in 2006 overcoming drug addiction - so much so a judge last week decided to release her from a home detention order. (Feb 6, 2006)

It looks like Vancouver Canucks defenceman Ed Jovanovski will be out for longer than anticipated. Jovanovski's agent Pat Morris told Mojo Sports Radio in Vancouver that his client will be sidelined with an abdominal injury for at least eight weeks. "It's a matter of every player reacts differently to surgery and the rehab cannot start, I believe, for the next two or three weeks," he told the (Feb 6, 2006)

UK supermodel Kate Moss has been helping Hollywood star Colin Farrell stay clean. The Irish bad boy was reportedly in Miami on a two-day break from rehab for a reported addiction to painkillers. (Feb 6, 2006)

DAYTON, Ohio -- Drug agents said methamphetamine addiction is hitting the Miami Valley hard, and it is not just junkies getting high. Believe it or not, there are a lot of suburban housewives hooked on the highly addictive stimulant. (Feb 6, 2006)

Courtney Love has completed her six-month rehab and house arrest sentence for violating probation on a handful of charges — including assault, possession of an illegal prescription and being under the influence of a controlled substance — stemming from 2003 and 2004. (Feb 6, 2006)

Organisers of a protest rally planned for this Sunday claim they will attract more than 1,000 residents who are concerned over the planned Royal Rehabilitation Centre Sydney (RRCS) development at Putney. (Feb 7, 2006)

Kate Moss has been helping Colin Farrell staying clean. The Hollywood Wildman was in Miami on a two day break from rehab for a reported addiction to painkillers. (Feb 7, 2006)

(Greenwood) February 6, 2006 - The highly addictive street drug meth is a dangerous drug that destroys and doesn't discriminate. Meth addicts are men and women, old and young, and WIS' Angie Goff had the chance to speak with a teenager who made the decision to use meth. (Feb 7, 2006)

NATCHEZ — Therapists from Key Rehab met with Medicaid officials in Jackson Monday to try to reverse a recent Medicaid directive that could affect 200 children receiving physical, occupational and speech therapy. (Feb 7, 2006)

NATCHEZ — When Youth Court Judge John Hudson sees a new face in his courtroom, it’s usually one he never sees there again. The sentences Hudson hands down are not always jail time or fines, but more frequently an invitation to one of numerous rehabilitation programs the court offers. (Feb 7, 2006)

The U.S. may be “addicted to oil,” but President Bush’s State of the Union speech last week was hardly our country’s much needed intervention. (Feb 7, 2006)

Nobody wants to quit smoking, according to Richard Clayton, a drug addiction expert who created a stop smoking programme with a fellow University of Kentucky professor. “It’s hard for them to see themselves not smoking,” Clayton said of heavy smokers. (Feb 7, 2006)

Two University psychologists have discovered a drug that they say effectively and safely treats gambling addiction. The American Journal of Psychiatry published the findings of Jon Grant and S.W. Kim in its February edition. The two-year study consisted of more than 200 patients at 15 centers around the nation. (Feb 7, 2006)

RACINE - Repeat drunken driving offenders in Racine County now have another option, with the official start of the drug and alcohol treatment court this week. (Feb 7, 2006)

ELGIN — The city council is set to discuss at its Wednesday meeting awarding some $864,000 in federal grant money intended to help low- and moderate-income people. (Feb 7, 2006)

By Laurence Hammack laurence.hammack @roanoke.com 981-3239 "OxyContin has really changed the entire landscape." Dennis Lee | Commonwealth's attorney, Tazewell County The death toll from prescription drug abuse in Western Virginia is on the rise again. (Feb 7, 2006)

U.S. skier Kristina Koznick might miss the Turin (Italy) Olympics with a knee injury, although she has decided to put off surgery in hopes of being able to rehab enough to compete. (Feb 7, 2006)

BERLIN (Reuters) - A fatal road accident will provide a fitting start on Thursday to what critics say is a strong yet morbid Berlin Film Festival line-up featuring brutal murder, drug addiction, political corruption, exorcism and rape. (Feb 7, 2006)

A community health screening will be held from 8 to 10 a.m. Saturday at Harrison County Hospital's Rehab Services, 245 Atwood St. in Corydon. (Feb 7, 2006)

A fatal road accident will provide a fitting start on Thursday to what critics say is a strong yet morbid Berlin Film Festival line-up featuring brutal murder, drug addiction, political corruption, exorcism and rape. (Feb 7, 2006)

TV presenter Davina McCall says her wild past will help in her new role as a chat show queen. The Big Brother host was almost killed by drug and alcohol addiction when she was younger, but then cleaned up her act. (Feb 7, 2006)

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