Addiction Recovery News 02/2006 (Page 4)

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The drug court system is designed to treat addiction problems, hopefully keeping the defendant from continued problems stemming from substance abuse. "From what the research shows, people will stay in treatment as long as you stay with them," said Kerry Connelly, district court administrator. (Feb 7, 2006)

Community centers planned there and at old YMCA; building rehab part of $2.3 million streetscape project Renovations are to begin this month on an aging apartment complex on Dundalk Avenue in an area where work has begun on a streetscape improvement project. (Feb 7, 2006)

MOUNT VERNON — According to the American Heart Association, 33 percent of people in Knox County will die from cardiovascular disease. That’s every third person who reads this article. (Feb 7, 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 7, 2006)

BERLIN: A fatal road accident will provide a fitting start yesterday 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)

(AP) Sestriere, Italy 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 7, 2006)

Gail McEwen: a person's drug addiction touches the whole family. By LAURA TESTER A Red Deer area grandmother has long felt the heartache of drug abuse. (Feb 7, 2006)

The city of Parsons will help homeowners make needed repairs to their houses under a city program that city commissioners approved Monday evening. (Feb 7, 2006)

Paris Healthcare Center. Privately owned Nursing Home offering IN HOUSE Rehab services has a position open for a Physical Therapy Assistant with Excellent Salary & Benefits Package. New Grads may apply for consideration. Fax Resume to: (812)471-8728. (Feb 7, 2006)

As most of you know by now, Feb. 2 was Ground Hog Day. The official weather prognosticator for our area is none other than Pete, the one eyed o'possum. We've had problems with the little fellow the past two years. However this year, after spending several months in rehab, he came through for us. (Feb 7, 2006)

Staff Report LAHORE: The first phase of the Cement Research and Development Institute Rehabilitation project has been completed, reviving the chemical and physical tests facilities for the country’s burgeoning cement and construction sectors. According to a press release issued (Feb 7, 2006)

Bandar Seri Begawan - In conjunction with 20 years of establishment of Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD), the library of UBD has cooperated with the Narcotics Control Bureau and the Prisons Department in organising an anti-drug exhibition at the lobby area of UBD library. (Feb 8, 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 8, 2006)

Embattled rocker Courtney Love has been freed from house arrest by a judge. Judge Rand Rubin announced the news at a progress hearing in Los Angeles last Friday, praising Love's efforts to free herslef from drug and alcohol addiction. (Feb 8, 2006)

For Randy Miller, a visit to Mercer Stadium brings back memories of his athletic accomplishments as a track star for New Westminster Secondary School, before he drifted into alcohol and drug addiction. (Feb 8, 2006)

Model KATE MOSS secretly counselled actor COLIN FARRELL about his recent rehab hell when the two met up last weekend (04FEB06) in Miami, Florida. T (Feb 8, 2006)

By Gyan Verma, New Delhi: It may be defending the country from anti-nationals but the health of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel is crumbling from increasing cases of HIV/AIDS deaths, chronic alcoholism and drug abuse. (Feb 8, 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 8, 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 8, 2006)

A former Wal-Mart pharmacy technician could lose her license today on charges she fed a drug addiction by smuggling hundreds of prescription pills out of the store through the trash. (Feb 8, 2006)

Interesting, the headlines on drug addiction and the aftermath in the local papers. I have a few Why is it we do not treat alcohol in the same context as drugs, when it is the drug of choice for our teenagers and high-schoolers? (Feb 8, 2006)

U.S. Rep. John Peterson, in a news release, applauded President Bush for including in his budget request a $600 million increase in funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, an additional $25 million to help local communities treat methamphetamine addiction, and a $5 million increase in the federal student drug testing program. (Feb 8, 2006)

YUCCA VALLEY - Drug abuse and addiction is an epidemic everywhere in this country, including the Morongo Basin. This was Superior Court Judge Bert Swift's message to the people assembled for February's Coffee with the Mayor meeting Tuesday. (Feb 8, 2006)

Model Kate Moss secretly counselled actor Colin Farrell about his recent rehab hell when the two met up last weekend in Miami, Florida. The Alexander star was enjoying a two-day break from his rehab facility and was relaxing by the pool at the Raleigh Hotel when he ran into the supermodel. (Feb 8, 2006)

MORRISTOWN -- Town officials on Tuesday ordered the Beginnings Drug and Alcohol Program to stop providing substance abuse treatment. The action follows an inquiry by the state Department of Human Services into whether the program was treating drug abusers without a license. (Feb 8, 2006)

Actor JAMIE FOXX has rubbished press reports he didn't get along with his MIAMI VICE co-star COLIN FARRELL, insisting they are friends and that Farre (Feb 8, 2006)

ADDICTION HELP — 6:30-7:30 p.m., Yakima Evangelical Church, 7901 W. Nob Hill Blvd. Fellowship and recovery for alcohol, drug, gambling or sex addictions. Call Keith Lamb, 965-5216 or 307-5204. (Feb 8, 2006)

Recovering from drug or alcohol addiction is no easy matter. Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12-step spinoffs have proved to be highly effective treatment programs, to which more than 70 years of success would attest. And why do they work? (Feb 8, 2006)

MURPHYSBORO - Just two months into the new fiscal year with a reduced staff, the Rehab and Care Center of Jackson County has a healthy checking account. (Feb 8, 2006)

Troubled British rocker PETE DOHERTY has been ordered to complete a drug rehabilitation programme after he was found guilty of possessing drugs. Th (Feb 8, 2006)

U.S. Rep. John Peterson, in a news release, applauded President Bush for including in his budget request a $600 million increase in funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, an additional $25 million to help local communities treat methamphetamine addiction, and a $5 million increase in the federal student drug testing program. (Feb 8, 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 8, 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 8, 2006)

Troubled rocker Pete Doherty has been ordered to complete a drug rehabilitation programme after he was found guilty of possessing drugs. (Feb 8, 2006)

How can President Bush chide the American public for its addiction to oil when his administration has done nothing but encourage and feed this addiction? At every turn, the current administration has steered away from alternative renewable energy development and automobile fuel-efficiency standards. (Feb 8, 2006)

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have discovered that a long-approved oral antipsychotic drug can stop the addictive properties of opioid painkillers in mice. (Feb 8, 2006)

The study in heroin-addicted rats led to a treatment that successfully eliminated cravings for the drug - human treatments may follow (Feb 8, 2006)

Marijuana abuse and addiction has increased markedly in the last decade even though its use has not, reveals a new study (Feb 8, 2006)

Pete Doherty Sentenced to Rehab (Feb 8, 2006)

DENVER -- The Bush administration on Wednesday unveiled its 2006 anti-drug program, a campaign that encourages more high schools to screen students and urges teens to live above the influence of drugs and peer pressure. (Feb 8, 2006)

The anti-drug campaign announced by the Bush administration Wednesday encourages more high schools to screen students and urges teens to 'live above the influence' of drugs and peer pressure. (Feb 8, 2006)

LONDON, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Babyshambles frontman Pete Doherty Wednesday was ordered into drug rehab and warned if he tests positive for drugs in the next year, he will be jailed. (Feb 8, 2006)

By ANDREA DECKERT Rochester Business Journal February 8, 2006 The New York State Canal Corp. has received $372,000 in federal funds for the Lock 33 rehabilitation project, officials said Wednesday. (Feb 8, 2006)

The Kosciusko County Drug Task Force isn’t the only program with the goal of reducing local drug use. Other organizations are working to prevent narcotic addiction within communities as well, though certain projects don’t always rely on specific drug education. (Feb 8, 2006)

Admitting there's a problem and breaking away can be a life long journey for those caught in the web of addiction. (Feb 8, 2006)

The Bush administration has unveiled its 2006 anti-drug strategy, saying it expands and improves programs that have shown they work. The plan calls for more intervention and treatment and steps up enforcement to halt production of illegal drugs. (Feb 8, 2006)

CHICAGO, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Researchers in Chicago have found a schizophrenia drug blocks the addictive effects of painkillers in mice. Scientists at the University of Illinois at Chicago found small doses of the anti-psychotic trifluoperazine block the enzyme that increases tolerance of painkillers. (Feb 9, 2006)

Doherty Ordered To Attend Drugs Rehab (Feb 9, 2006)

DENVER -- The Bush administration on Wednesday unveiled its 2006 anti-drug program, a campaign that encourages more high schools to screen students and urges teens to live above the influence of drugs and peer pressure. (Feb 9, 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 9, 2006)

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