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Warning on drug 'more addictive than crack'
A DANCE and sex drug which is more addictive than crack cocaine is becoming a global problem, the United Nations' drug control agency warned yesterday. (Wed, 01 Mar 2006 02:18:08 GMT)

Stoudemire's rehab schedule accelerated
The Phoenix Suns are cruising along, leading the Pacific Division at 38-17, and they got even better news Tuesday. (Wed, 01 Mar 2006 03:41:00 GMT)

Rehab Helps Partially Paralyzed Walk Again
TUESDAY, Feb. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Two very different kinds of therapy provided positive results for some people with partial spinal cord injury, new research finds. (Wed, 01 Mar 2006 06:28:12 GMT)

Addiction counseling expert discusses drug testing
Rick Gressard is an associate professor in the Counseling Program at the College of William & Mary, as well as coordinator of the Community & Addictions Counseling Masters Program. (Wed, 01 Mar 2006 08:02:20 GMT)

Post rehab center in works
WASHINGTON — A platoon of Clarksville-area community leaders will deploy throughout Capitol Hill Wednesday pushing for nearly $49 million in construction projects to benefit Fort Campbell. (Wed, 01 Mar 2006 11:15:27 GMT)

Chad eager to stay
Chad Pennington emerged from his semi-exile filled with shoulder rehab and bass fishing to say he's angling toward remaining the Jets' quarterback through, oh, about 2011. (Wed, 01 Mar 2006 12:09:48 GMT)

Wasted youth: 17 year old speaks about meth addiction
(Greenwood) February 6, 2006 - The highly addictive street drug meth destroys and doesn't discriminate. Meth addicts are men and women, old and young. WIS' Angie Goff had the chance to speak with a teenager who made the decision to use meth. (Wed, 01 Mar 2006 15:37:43 GMT)

More Kansas Drug Offenders Could Get Treatment
Drug offenders sentenced prior to November 2003 could get access to addiction treatment services under a bill under consideration in the Kansas legislature, the Lawrence Journal-World reported Feb. 6. (Wed, 01 Mar 2006 16:02:51 GMT)

Gambling-addiction center opening in Reno
A new center dedicated to helping problem gamblers beat their addiction opens Monday in Reno. (Wed, 01 Mar 2006 16:09:41 GMT)

New gambling addiction center to open in Reno
A new center to help problem gamblers overcome their addiction is scheduled to open Monday in Reno. Robert Hunter, a psychologist who helped convince state lawmakers to fund gambling addiction programs, says the center on Humboldt Street will be modeled after a facility he operates in Las Vegas. (Wed, 01 Mar 2006 16:33:46 GMT)

New gambling addiction center to open in Reno
RENO, Nev., 9:20 a.m. March 1 (AP): A new center to help problem gamblers overcome their addiction is scheduled to open Monday in Reno. (Wed, 01 Mar 2006 18:38:55 GMT)

Drug and Alcohol Interventions - A Life Changing Wake Up Call
A drug and alcohol intervention is a process of overcoming the barriers, getting across to the addicts and making them realize where they stand and what can be done to come out of the spell of substance addiction. [PRWEB Mar 1, 2006] (Wed, 01 Mar 2006 18:51:18 GMT)

US cites continuing problems in Afghan anti-drug effort
As President George W. Bush made a surprise visit to Afghanistan to praise its US-backed government, the State Department cited persistent problems in Kabul's efforts to stem the drug trade. (Wed, 01 Mar 2006 19:19:06 GMT)

Rehab Helps Partially Paralyzed Walk Again
Title: Rehab Helps Partially Paralyzed Walk Again Category: Health News Created: 3/1/2006 1:58:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 3/1/2006 1:58:06 AM (Wed, 01 Mar 2006 20:21:34 GMT)

John W. Cole
John W. "Johnny" Cole, 88, of Kingsley, died Sunday, Feb. 26, 2006, at Kingsley Nursing and Rehab Center. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Kingsley, with the Rev. Thomas J. Topf officiating. Burial will be in St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery. (Wed, 01 Mar 2006 23:12:09 GMT)

REHAB to hold housing fair in Dubai
Real estate developers will organise a three-day housing fair in Dubai from March 9, aiming to expand their client-base among expatriate Bangladeshis, reports UNB. (Thu, 02 Mar 2006 04:38:16 GMT)

Pamper your heart
Della Wolf (left in top photo), of Du Quoin, watches as Marcia Carlton of Rehab Unlimited performs a hand massage on her during the "Pamper Your Heart With Prairie" event Monday at Memorial Hospital of Carbondale. (Thu, 02 Mar 2006 06:20:07 GMT)

‘Community Forum on Addiction and Suicide’ set
A free, public forum titled ‘Pathways to Recovery: A Community Forum on Addiction and Suicide’ will take place Tuesday at Tunkhannock Area High School. Doors will open at 6 p.m. for an opportunity to talk with various community, drug-and-alcohol and mental-health agency representatives who will have informational material available. The forum begins at 7 p.m. Individuals will share personal (Thu, 02 Mar 2006 08:07:39 GMT)

Mack proposes detox, rehab centers
TRENTON -- Mayoral candidate Tony Mack announced a proposal yesterday to provide services for uninsured residents who are addicted to drugs. (Thu, 02 Mar 2006 09:20:06 GMT)

Peter Impefect
NOT too far back in the smoky mists of time, Peter Doherty and Kate Moss seemed to have it all. Then the cops came and seized some of it. The rest is so much painful history and rehab. (Thu, 02 Mar 2006 09:42:27 GMT)

Waubonsie set to take plunge on pool rehab
AURORA — There won't be much swimming this summer at the Waubonsie Valley High School pool. (Thu, 02 Mar 2006 09:43:04 GMT)

Give them rehab, not jail, preacher urges
Bob Harrison is a businessman; he doesn't have a background in law enforcement or drug treatment. But the Madison County commissioner grew interested in drug rehab versus incarceration for nonviolent drug offenders when he studied the county's budget for corrections. (Thu, 02 Mar 2006 10:22:51 GMT)

No drug rehab center for Main Street
FLORENCE -- The drug rehabilitation center that had made a bid to move into Florence Baptist Church on Main Street is trying to find an alternate location before Friday. (Thu, 02 Mar 2006 11:12:29 GMT)

Drug addiction headlines chamber lunch
Greeting a roomful of some of the area’s most prominent businessmen, Lisa O’Loughlin, director of Medford Health Matters, joked that the high sodium Chinese cuisine diners were munching on may set the best example for a healthy Medford. (Thu, 02 Mar 2006 13:58:56 GMT)

Drug Court Takes Rehab Seriously
FOREST--Standing before one of Scott County's circuit judges, Jason Delane Thrash listened as a list of violations were read into the record and a judge explained why he would spend the next 10 years in state prison. (Thu, 02 Mar 2006 15:36:31 GMT)

Extra-Mural Rehab Ineffective
Escalating crime situation in Botswana may have to do with the fact that prisoners are not sufficiently rehabilitated. Tomeletso Sereetsi considers the situation of extra muralees in Mogoditshane as a case in point. (Thu, 02 Mar 2006 16:42:15 GMT)

Police Report Surge In Drug-Related Crimes In Armenia
The Armenian police have reported an almost 80 percent increase in the number of drug-related crimes committed last year, giving weight to expert estimates that drug abuse, traditionally limited in Armenia, is on the rise. (Thu, 02 Mar 2006 20:38:27 GMT)

Huambo: Government Employs US 80 Million On Roads Rehab
Huambo, 02/03 - A total of 80 million dollars is the amount employed this year by the Angolan government in the rehabilitation of 600 kms of road linking Huambo, Alto Hama and the bridge over Queve river, plus Huambo and Kuito (Bi`) cities. (Thu, 02 Mar 2006 20:42:08 GMT)

Meth fight: Community involvement builds as shocking effects of drug hit home
Experts in dealing with the effects of methamphetamine abuse say that one of the important keys to combating the drug scourge is community involvement. (Thu, 02 Mar 2006 20:54:16 GMT)

UAB Stroke Rehab Therapy Shows Continued Benefit In Two-Year Follow Up
Posted on March 2, 2006 at 3:10 p.m. Constraint-Induced Movement therapy (CI therapy) involves intense rehabilitation of the affected arm for two weeks while restraining the patient’s unaffected arm over the same period, requiring the patient to use the affected limb. (Thu, 02 Mar 2006 21:21:32 GMT)

Study: ADHD drugs posing addiction risk
WASHINGTON — More than 7 million Americans are estimated to have misused stimulant drugs meant to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, and substantial numbers of teenagers and young adults appear to show signs of addiction, according to a comprehensive national analysis tracking such abuse. (Fri, 03 Mar 2006 00:05:09 GMT)

More than 1,700 students from six states in Ark. for tech session
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. A submarine and a drug-rehab center for teenagers are among the projects developed by more than 17-hundred students from six states who are competing for prizes at a conference in Hot Springs. (Fri, 03 Mar 2006 01:02:43 GMT)

Grant For 'A League Of Their Own" Gym
It's not often that a rehab program comes in under budget. But the renovation of the 82-year-old Ribeyre Gymnasium in New Harmony, Indiana, isn't going to cost as much as previously thought. (Fri, 03 Mar 2006 04:26:11 GMT)

Drug Abuse: Root of Wrongs for Many Inmates in the State: Addiction recovery programs vital to inmates' rehabilitation
To safely return an inmate back to the community, Connecticut prisons must first change a prisoner's cycle of self-defeating behaviors. Cycles of abuse, anger, violence and addiction must be addressed and confronted. (Fri, 03 Mar 2006 05:02:35 GMT)

Workers fall behind on NCC rehab project
BETHLEHEM TWP. | Renovations at Northampton Community College's new Fowler Family Southside Center have fallen three weeks behind schedule, college officials said Thursday. (Fri, 03 Mar 2006 05:27:02 GMT)

Ayla scores top 16 spot, Abdul has night to forget
Paula Abdul - make rehab your own. The "American Idol" judge was incoherent on last night's live telecast, bumbling lines and giggling like she'd just emerged from a Grateful Dead... (Fri, 03 Mar 2006 06:11:56 GMT)

HEALTH AND MEDICINE IN BRIEF: Rehab centers see rise in meth users
Drug treatment centers have seen a substantial rise in the number of people seeking help for methamphetamine abuse, a report released yesterday said. As trafficking in the highly addictive drug has spread across the country, the number of meth users admitted to substance abuse clinics more than quadrupled from 1993 to 2003, according to a review by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services (Fri, 03 Mar 2006 08:10:42 GMT)

Man found guilty of murder in 1998 drunken-driving crash
MOUNT CLEMENS -- Thomas MacLean, whom police say walked out of a rehab center instead of facing charges in a 1998 fatal drunken driving crash, was found guilty Thursday of second-degree murder and operating while intoxicated causing death. (Fri, 03 Mar 2006 09:05:27 GMT)

Betts back to old form
PHILADELPHIA - Since Jan. 7, when he sprained the MCL in his left knee just 24 seconds into a game against the Florida Panthers, Blair Betts had targeted his rehab toward coming back after the Olympic break. (Fri, 03 Mar 2006 09:21:04 GMT)

Man Gets 2 Years For Drug-Death Role
Leanne Deschamplain on Thursday finally got her chance to stand up in court and describe her daughter, an aspiring counselor who died from a drug overdose last year. (Fri, 03 Mar 2006 10:07:54 GMT)

IDOT: 'Avoid the Dan Ryan' during two-year rehab
Illinois Department of Transportation officials have a word of advice for drivers who want to use the Dan Ryan after March 31: Don't. (Fri, 03 Mar 2006 10:42:58 GMT)

Williamsburg student wins anti-drug award
Christine Bottles began organizing last year to bring random drug testing to W-JCC high schools. (Fri, 03 Mar 2006 11:49:31 GMT)

Meth boom crowding drug treatment clinics
WASHINGTON — Drug treatment centers have seen a substantial rise in the number of people seeking help for methamphetamine abuse, according to a report released yesterday. (Fri, 03 Mar 2006 13:18:09 GMT)

Raptor rehab
PHOTO: Craig Albright, Department of Natural Resources wildlife biologist in Escanaba, stands beside a mounted great horned owl, an example of the kind of birds the Upper Michigan Raptor Rehab Center will aid. (Fri, 03 Mar 2006 15:17:26 GMT)

Rehab centers report spike in meth addiction
Drug treatment centers have seen a substantial rise in the number of people seeking help for methamphetamine abuse, a report released Thursday said. As trafficking in the highly addictive drug has spread across the country, the number of meth users admitted to substance abuse clinics more than quadrupled from 1993 to 2003, according to a review by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services (Fri, 03 Mar 2006 16:14:38 GMT)

Drug Use Among Children Rockets
The Borders have seen a massive rise in drug use by children under the age of 16. Official figures show a 72 percent rise in the number of youngsters attending treatment for their addiction. Over thirty children underwent treatment last year compared to only one the previous two years. (Fri, 03 Mar 2006 16:34:46 GMT)

Marion impossible to overlook after big month
Between all the talk of Amare Stoudemire`s rehab and Steve Nash`s bid to repeat as MVP, Shawn Marion sometimes gets forgotten outside Phoenix . Nobody is overlooking him lately. Marion was the Western Conference player of ... (Fri, 03 Mar 2006 17:03:08 GMT)

Mithi river rehab kicks off
The state government today launched the much-awaited Mithi river development project in Mumbai. The Rs 130 crore project will be completed in two phases. The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) will undertake the work of deepening, widening and desilting of the river. (Fri, 03 Mar 2006 18:39:11 GMT)

Church's mum out of rehab, returns to pub
Charlotte Church's mum has completed a month's rehab and returned to her pub home. “I’ve ordered in lots of alcohol-free wine," commented 40-year-old Maria. (Fri, 03 Mar 2006 19:46:47 GMT)

Settlement Saves Blackberry Service
If you are addicted to your Blackberry, you won’t have to go into rehab. The feuding companies which had held the future of the tiny communicators hostage have come to a settlement of a patent dispute, meaning the devices so many people depend on will continue to operate. (Fri, 03 Mar 2006 22:39:57 GMT)

Drug offenders speak of addiction, loss
They could have been Northwestern students. They looked like students, talked like students—used words like "hammered" and "lit up" to describe the effects of drinking and getting high. (Fri, 03 Mar 2006 23:27:27 GMT)

Maia Szalavitz: More Media Mistakes on Women, Alcohol and Addiction
The misguided media coverage of women, alcohol and other drugs continues to escalate. Recently, I wrote about how the drug czar's office misrepresented statistics to suggest that teenage girls now take more drugs than boys do. Then, on the stats website, I explored how the Wall Street Journal made several misleading claims--one of which led to a correction-- in a front-page story about (Sat, 04 Mar 2006 02:15:56 GMT)

SOPHIE: REHAB IS TOO DULL
TROUBLED supermodel Sophie Anderton has quit rehab a month early - claiming she was bored. The 28-year-old is due to fly back from a clinic in South Africa tomorrow after checking herself in for help to fight a drug and alcohol addiction. (Sat, 04 Mar 2006 05:35:40 GMT)

Drug support group needs some help
The Most Excellent Way ministries in Lufkin, a Christian support group for those struggling with addiction to alcohol or drugs, could use your help. Prayer support is needed for those attending meetings now set up in four locations each week. Volunteers are needed to help with meals. (Sat, 04 Mar 2006 05:49:00 GMT)

Heartland woman's story saves another's life
(OTTUMWA) Tuesday night, we introduced you to Sharon Rogers of Ottumwa. Rogers told a tragic story of drug addiction, and how her past has taken away her future. (Sat, 04 Mar 2006 09:18:16 GMT)

Marion impossible to overlook after big month
Between all the talk of Amare Stoudemire's rehab and Steve Nash's bid to repeat as MVP, Shawn Marion sometimes gets forgotten outside Phoenix. (Sat, 04 Mar 2006 09:26:24 GMT)

Anderton leaves "boring" rehab early
Sophie Anderton has left rehab one month early after claiming that she was bored. (Sat, 04 Mar 2006 10:16:10 GMT)

Get free health tests today in Frenchtown
A Frenchtown counseling center that treats drug and alcohol addiction will sponsor an annual event today, along with several other community-service agencies, to offer free health screenings, food, face painting for kids and other activities. (Sat, 04 Mar 2006 10:35:49 GMT)

NMI gets $39K for drug treatment in jails, prisons
The Northern Mariana Islands has been awarded $39,755 that will be used to fund treatment for drug and substance addiction among its prisoners and detainees. (Sat, 04 Mar 2006 10:45:48 GMT)

Soreness keeps Hill out again
On a picturesque road trip highlighted by mountains, oceans and maybe some snow drifts, Orlando Magic forward Grant Hill hit another "valley" in his seasonlong recovery from injury. Hill missed the Magic's game Friday against the Phoenix Suns, his painful lower abdominal area again forcing him to sit out. Hill has had two rehab stints and missed 20 games since returning from surgery to repair a (Sat, 04 Mar 2006 11:15:02 GMT)

Maria T. Marmolejo
Maria T. Marmolejo, 90, of Salinas, passed away peacefully Wednesday, March 1, 2006, at Sunridge Rehab and Care Center. She was born Jan. 3, 1916, in Falls City, Texas. (Sat, 04 Mar 2006 13:20:33 GMT)

Williamsburg student wins anti-drug award
Christine Bottles began organizing last year to bring random drug testing to W-JCC high schools. (Sat, 04 Mar 2006 15:47:27 GMT)

Mary P. Smith
Mary P. (Nestor) Smith of Milton, a dedicated homemaker and retired office manager, died Tuesday at Marine Bay Nursing and Rehab in Quincy. She was 95. Born in Everett, she and her late husband lived... (Sat, 04 Mar 2006 15:54:17 GMT)

IU puts off rehab of Carmichael house
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana University officials set aside money for a $40 million systems biology building and various campus renovations, but a library expansion and rehabilitation of a house where Hoagy Carmichael once played didn't make the cut. (Sat, 04 Mar 2006 16:44:56 GMT)

Injured police officer, his wife rehab their life
Kate Riney was watching TV at 9:30 p.m. on Dec. 19 when an Alton police sergeant knocked on the door and said that her husband, Sam, a police officer, had been in a traffic accident. (Sat, 04 Mar 2006 19:07:47 GMT)

EDITORIAL: Meth Treatment: Can Nation Get a Grip on Drug Woes?
By Tulsa World, Okla. Mar. 4--The good news about a new report on treatment for methamphetamine addiction shows that users are seeking help. The disturbing news is the extent of methamphetamine use. (Sat, 04 Mar 2006 19:15:26 GMT)

Marion impossible to overlook after big month
NEW YORK (AP) -- Between all the talk of Amare Stoudemire 's rehab and Steve Nash 's bid to repeat as MVP, Shawn Marion sometimes gets forgotten outside Phoenix. (Sat, 04 Mar 2006 20:05:25 GMT)

Suns' Marion impossible to overlook anymore
Between all the talk of Amare Stoudemire's rehab and Steve Nash's bid to repeat as MVP, Shawn Marion sometimes gets forgotten outside Phoenix. Nobody is overlooking him lately. (Sat, 04 Mar 2006 20:11:00 GMT)

Personal Column One man's best friend
When I went to the Gulf war in 1991 I was a happily married naval officer with two young children. One month later, during a shore exercise, I was in a car accident. I spent the next five years in hospital and rehab. (Sun, 05 Mar 2006 00:19:25 GMT)

Drug court to celebrate second year
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. (Sun, 05 Mar 2006 04:33:12 GMT)

Women drug addicts are being treated as psychiatric patients in S. Arabia
JEDDAH — Women drug addicts should be treated as psychiatric patients because Saudi society was incapable of accepting women as drug addicts; according to Dr Mohammad Shaweesh of Jeddah’s Al Amal Hospital. (Sun, 05 Mar 2006 04:47:09 GMT)

Rehab program garners gripes
A state legislator plans to meet with Pa. officials Monday to talk about the problems. NEW CASTLE, Pa. — Frances Suzow was looking forward to having some much-needed repairs done to the home she and her husband built about 40 years ago on Highview Drive. (Sun, 05 Mar 2006 04:51:08 GMT)

Report: Meth Addiction Increasing
(Washington) Drug treatment centers have seen a substantial rise in the number of people seeking help for methamphetamine abuse, a new report said. (Sun, 05 Mar 2006 05:08:27 GMT)

Mass. docs tout habit buster: Drug aids opioid users
As the Bay State faces an explosion in OxyContin and heroin abuse, Massachusetts doctors are outpacing much of the country with their interest in Suboxone, the new "addiction-busting" drug... (Sun, 05 Mar 2006 05:24:16 GMT)

Jim's story highlights enigmatic lure of drugs
Dan Rodricks Struggling to understand the complexities of widespread drug culture and addiction (Sun, 05 Mar 2006 08:44:42 GMT)

Drug addiction aid 'Just a Nickel' away
A nickel may not buy much today. But many nickels can. The Parent to Parent "Just a Nickel" campaign is using that simple principle to raise money for the treatment of children and young adults addicted to drugs, alcohol or both. (Sun, 05 Mar 2006 09:37:14 GMT)

Senators pushing referendum on tax revenue for rehab
NAUGATUCK -- State Sens. Joseph J. Crisco Jr. and Joan V. Hartley told a local tax watchdog group Saturday they would sponsor a bill next year requiring a referendum in Naugatuck on whether the borough can use future tax revenue to finance part of a downtown redevelopment project. (Sun, 05 Mar 2006 10:00:14 GMT)

Concert to benefit Regional Rehab Center
Tickets for the March 11 concert are $14 in advance and $16 at the door. The concert will begin at 6 p.m. in the Itawamba Community College gym in Fulton. For more information, call 842-1891, 862-3711 or 862-8271. (Sun, 05 Mar 2006 13:46:04 GMT)

Waubonsie set to take plunge on pool rehab
AURORA — There won't be much swimming this summer at the Waubonsie Valley High School pool. (Sun, 05 Mar 2006 15:15:53 GMT)

Kostas Pozantidis:
The 52-year-old is a former two-time winner of the Buffalo Muny 45-over singles championship. About three years ago he had a total right knee replacement. After three months of intensive rehab, which consisted of stretching and lifting weights, he slowly eased his way into hitting tennis balls. (Sun, 05 Mar 2006 15:28:42 GMT)

Maui high schoolers take part in Mainland tech program
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — A drug-rehab center for teenagers on Maui and a submarine moored on the north bank of the Arkansas River are among the projects taken on by more than 1,700 students from six states gathered here this week. (Sun, 05 Mar 2006 15:33:52 GMT)

Wakefulness drug
I heard a news report over the radio about a drug that can keep a person awake and alert for up to two days. What is this drug? Does it have any adverse effect? Who could benefit from such a drug? I always thought people have problems going to sleep, but not in keeping awake. (Sun, 05 Mar 2006 16:44:57 GMT)

Spirituality can get rid of alcohol addiction
Washington: Scientists from the American National Development & Research Institutes have explored the role of social supports, spirituality, religiousness, life meaning, and 12-step participation in the process of recovery from alcohol addiction. (Sun, 05 Mar 2006 17:00:38 GMT)

Not just for kids: Elderly also struggle with substance abuse
NEW YORK, March 5 (JTA) — Substance abuse isn’t just for teenagers anymore. Indeed, experts say, drug and alcohol addiction among the Jewish elderly is on the rise. (Sun, 05 Mar 2006 22:53:27 GMT)

From Groucho Club to rehab: one woman's battle to beat cocaine addiction
I'll never forget my first line of cocaine. It was a life-changing experience. It was a massive rush - like being launched into space. All the nagging insecurities and fears that had accompanied me for years were left behind and I was transformed into the person I wanted to be - super-confident, talkative, funny and irresistibly attractive. After 20 minutes of delicious pleasure I fell back to (Mon, 06 Mar 2006 00:22:16 GMT)

Mass. Docs Tout Habit Buster; Drug AIDS Opioid Users
By LAURA CRIMALDI As the Bay State faces an explosion in OxyContin and heroin abuse, Massachusetts doctors are outpacing much of the country with their interest in Suboxone, the new "addiction-busting" drug for opioid abusers. (Mon, 06 Mar 2006 01:29:41 GMT)

Marion stating case for MVP
Between all the talk of Amare Stoudemire's rehab and Steve Nash's bid to repeat as MVP, Shawn Marion sometimes gets forgotten outside Phoenix. (Mon, 06 Mar 2006 01:53:19 GMT)

Call for drugs rethink after death of toddler
Addiction experts and politicians yesterday called on the Scottish Executive to scrap its policy of prescribing methadone to drug addicts after police confirmed a two-year-old boy had died from drinking the liquid heroin substitute. (Mon, 06 Mar 2006 02:36:14 GMT)

The pill that could cure shopping addiction
Compulsive shoppers could soon be able to pop a pill to curb their craving to spend, spend, spend. The drug Nalmefene is already thought to defeat compulsive disorders such as gambling, kleptomania and even sex addiction. (Mon, 06 Mar 2006 06:28:41 GMT)

Cecil M. Haggerty
Cecil Martin Haggerty, 86, of Baker, W.Va., formerly of Purgittsville, W.Va., died Saturday, March 4, 2006, in the E.A. Hawse Nursing &Rehab Center, Baker. (Mon, 06 Mar 2006 06:33:03 GMT)

Rehab or replace? The case for and against shotgun houses
The "shotgun house" is among the architectural styles that earned Pleasant Hill its place on the National Historic Register. The narrow houses have aligned front and back doors, so that a shot fired through one could pass out the other. (Mon, 06 Mar 2006 08:06:02 GMT)

Teens removed from troubled drug rehab center
REDWOOD CITY — San Mateo County’s juvenile probation office has pulled four teen boys from a Redwood City-based drug rehabilitation facility that serves youth from across the Bay Area, amid allegations that they were not receiving adequate supervision — charges the facility denies. (Mon, 06 Mar 2006 10:16:40 GMT)

SHOP TILL YOU POP PILL
A PILL to help shopaholics beat their addiction to retail therapy could be available in the UK as early as next year. The drug is designed to take away the buzz some people get from shopping. (Mon, 06 Mar 2006 10:24:18 GMT)

Silver City-area program helps meth users get clean, rebuild
Like the rest of the nation, Grant County is struggling to combat the growing problem of meth addiction. A new treatment program may offer salvation for those who wish to escape the cycle of drug abuse. (Mon, 06 Mar 2006 12:11:07 GMT)

Doubts Raised About Illegal Drug Use Surveys
A scientific study reported in two related articles in the Journal of Drug Issues raises serious doubts about the nation's illegal drug use surveillance programs. Scientists, policy makers, and the media depend on surveys to identify the extent of drug use nationwide. The study documented how drug use surveys may not accurately reflect changes in drug use, but be more related to how willing a (Mon, 06 Mar 2006 13:02:26 GMT)

Alleged kidnapping victim will enter drug rehab, counseling
We have continuing coverage on Eric Gurzi’s alleged kidnapping of Stephanie Creech. NewsChannel 3 has learned Creech is expected to enter rehab for a drug condition and will also receive counseling for abuse that she endured during her ordeal. (Mon, 06 Mar 2006 15:20:37 GMT)

After a chaotic departure, Bush heeds call to church and bike
WASHINGTON — President Bush's overnight trip home from Pakistan was part confusion, part business and part rest and rehab, but all ended well and at two of the president's favorite places: church and on his mountain bike. (Mon, 06 Mar 2006 15:50:48 GMT)

Drug Ring Members Sentenced to Prison Terms
HONESDALE - Three admitted drug dealers who operated out of a Honesdale residence have been sentenced to state prison terms, and a fourth was sentenced to county prison. (Mon, 06 Mar 2006 17:43:55 GMT)

Parents' anti-drug meeting planned at Burrell
The anti-drug program is the brainchild of Lower Burrell Police Chief Tracy Lindo. (Mon, 06 Mar 2006 19:01:34 GMT)

Actor Brad Renfro gets drug rehab instead of prison
A Los Angeles judge ordered actor Brad Renfro to enter a drug rehabilitation program on Monday, after the former child film star pleaded guilty to attempted possession of heroin. (Mon, 06 Mar 2006 21:23:38 GMT)

Emma Marie Tyer
Emma Marie (Hansen) Tyer, 85, of Kingsley, died Friday, March 3, 2006, at Kingsley Nursing and Rehab Center. Services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at Church of the Nazarene in Climbing Hill, with chaplain Glen Houts Jr. officiating. (Mon, 06 Mar 2006 21:56:41 GMT)

Brad Renfro gets drug rehab instead of prison
A Los Angeles judge formally ordered actor Brad Renfro into a drug rehabilitation program on Monday, after the former child film star pleaded guilty to attempted possession of heroin. (Mon, 06 Mar 2006 22:01:40 GMT)

Renfro gets drug rehab instead of prison
LOS ANGELES: A Los Angeles judge has ordered actor Brad Renfro to enter a drug rehabilitation program, after the former child film star pleaded guilty to attempted possession of heroin. (Mon, 06 Mar 2006 22:41:39 GMT)

Police Shoot Suspected Knife-Wielding Attacker
Around 9:00 p.m. Sunday night, police were called out to a drug rehab center in the 6700 block of Rancho Pica Way, where they say, he was threatening his roommates with a knife. (Tue, 07 Mar 2006 01:16:32 GMT)

Actor Brad Renfro gets drug rehab instead of prison
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Los Angeles judge or (Tue, 07 Mar 2006 01:26:32 GMT)

Brad Renfro Gets Drug Rehab Instead of Prison
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Los Angeles judge for (Tue, 07 Mar 2006 02:19:03 GMT)

Renfro Ordered To Rehab
LATEST: Actor BRAD RENFRO has been ordered to enter a drug rehabilitation programme after pleading not guilty to attempted possession of heroin. The (Tue, 07 Mar 2006 03:34:00 GMT)

Heroin suspect in Glenbeigh - O'Farrell denies request for $100,000 bail; prosecution says rehab won't work
Michael T. Fragasse, 23, of New Philadelphia will remain at a heroin addiction treatment facility despite a request by prosecutors that could have put him in jail. (Tue, 07 Mar 2006 04:58:55 GMT)

Renfro in rehab
BRAD RENFRO, was formally ordered into a drug rehab program by a Los Angeles judge yesterday, after the former child star pleaded guilty to attempted possession of heroin. The 23-year-old actor,... (Tue, 07 Mar 2006 05:27:34 GMT)

Pill may curb shopping urges
LONDON, March 6 (UPI) -- Researchers say there is a pill that might be able to cure shopaholics. The drug Nalmefene, which is already thought to defeat compulsive disorders such as gambling, kleptomania and even sex addiction, may be able to stop the urge to spend, the Daily Mail reported. (Tue, 07 Mar 2006 05:41:52 GMT)

Can’t help you in rehab battle, says Watkins
Angry Putney residents are still unhappy after failing to get the support of Ryde MP John Watkins in their fight to stop the “overdevelopment” of the Royal Rehabilitation Centre Sydney (RRCS) site. (Tue, 07 Mar 2006 07:02:40 GMT)

Actor Brad Renfro to undergo drug rehab
LOS ANGELES A judge has ruled that actor Brad Renfro is eligible for a rehabilitation program under a California law that allows people convicted of nonviolent drug possession crimes to receive treatment instead of jail. (Tue, 07 Mar 2006 07:05:37 GMT)

Bald eagle released back into wild after LSU rehab
Almost four months after it was found injured in a pile of debris in a Mandeville neighborhood, a bald eagle has been returned to the wilds of St. Tammany Parish. (Tue, 07 Mar 2006 07:59:27 GMT)

Jail overcrowding puts damper on rehab programs
I don't know whose job you wouldn't want, but I would not want Gary Christensen's. (Tue, 07 Mar 2006 08:06:42 GMT)

High Marks for the Biomove 3000 Stroke Rehab Device during the International Stroke Conference
High marks were given by stroke rehabilitation experts for the Biomove Stroke Rehab device for home use, during the Stroke Conference organized by the American Stroke Association, which took place from February 16-18 in Kissimmee, Florida. [PRWEB Mar 7, 2006] (Tue, 07 Mar 2006 08:22:03 GMT)

Brad Renfro ordered into rehab
Actor Brad Renfro was ordered into a drug rehabilitation program after a court appearance on Monday when he pleaded guilty to attempted possession of heroin. (Tue, 07 Mar 2006 09:25:16 GMT)

UAE Social Affairs Minister presents memento to DTCM at Rehab-2006
The Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) has extended its support to the Dubai International Rehabilitation Forum (Rehab-2006) capitalizing on the three-day exhibition-and-conference to highlight the facilities available in the emirate for the physically challenged, elderly and special needs visitors. (Tue, 07 Mar 2006 11:39:48 GMT)

High Marks for the Biomove 3000 Stroke Rehab Device during the International Stroke Conference
(PRWEB) March 7, 2006 -- Extensive attention was drawn by the action to give away 20 Biomove Stroke Rehab systems to stroke survivors in the US by the manufacturer Curatronic Ltd. (Tue, 07 Mar 2006 12:00:00 GMT)

Brad Renfro Ordered Into Drug Rehab
A judge has ruled that Brad Renfro is eligible for a rehabilitation program under a California law that allows people convicted of nonviolent drug possession crimes to receive treatment instead of jail. (Tue, 07 Mar 2006 15:22:31 GMT)

Brad Renfro Ordered Into Drug Rehab
Brad Renfro Ordered Into Drug Rehab Stemming From His December Arrest (Tue, 07 Mar 2006 15:54:07 GMT)

Brad Renfro ordered into drug rehab
A judge has ruled that Brad Renfro is eligible for a rehabilitation program under a California law that allows people convicted of non-violent drug possession crimes to receive treatment instead of jail. (Tue, 07 Mar 2006 16:13:20 GMT)

Jail touts drug to help its inmate addicts
For three months, the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center has been offering methadone to inmates fighting heroin addiction. (Tue, 07 Mar 2006 19:04:23 GMT)

Juveniles face many obstacles in recovery from meth addiction
(This is the third in a four-part series on juvenile methamphetamine use.) Recovering meth addicts must deal with many obstacles between them and recovery, including depression caused by the damage meth has done and the attitude that can come from illegal activity. (Tue, 07 Mar 2006 19:41:54 GMT)

Episcopal Bishop Back to Work After Rehab
Episcopal Bishop V. Gene Robinson is back on the job after spending a month receiving treatment for an alcohol problem. (Tue, 07 Mar 2006 21:01:43 GMT)

Episcopal bishop back to work after alcohol rehab
CONCORD, N.H. New Hampshire's Episcopal bishop is back at work after spending a month in an alcohol rehabilitation program. (Tue, 07 Mar 2006 21:52:59 GMT)

Episcopal Bishop Back to Work After Rehab
Episcopal Bishop V. Gene Robinson is back on the job after spending a month receiving treatment for an alcohol problem. (Tue, 07 Mar 2006 23:01:24 GMT)

Episcopal Bishop Back To Work After Alcohol Rehab
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- Bishop V. Gene Robinson checked himself into rehab at the start of February for what he called his "increasing dependence" on alcohol. (Tue, 07 Mar 2006 23:24:19 GMT)

Gay bishop back to work after rehab
SUMMARY: New Hampshire Episcopal Bishop V. Gene Robinson is back on the job after a month receiving treatment for an alcohol problem. (Wed, 08 Mar 2006 00:55:35 GMT)

How the drug war is being lost
The Battle of the Banners is underway in Surabaya and many other cities. They scream "SAY NO TO DRUGS". They're part of Indonesia's war against narcotics- - a conflict doomed to fail, according to experts. (Wed, 08 Mar 2006 04:52:14 GMT)

Banner Churchill Hospital ending cardiac rehab services
Banner Churchill Community Hospital is ending cardiac rehabilitation services this week, a decision hospital officials said was made due to declining numbers and growing costs associated with the program. (Wed, 08 Mar 2006 08:14:18 GMT)

Care Rehab Wins Virginia Business of the Year
Care Rehab and Orthopaedic Products, Inc. an industry leader of physical therapy, sports medicine and rehabilitation products announces its selection as the northern Virginia “Small Business Success Story of the Year” for 2005. [PRWEB Mar 8, 2006] (Wed, 08 Mar 2006 08:34:33 GMT)

Former drug court judge faces additional complaints
A state judicial panel has filed 10 more complaints against embattled Kane County Judge James Doyle, including allegations that he tried to undermine another judge's authority and used a court employee on county time to help in his defense of earlier allegations made by the same panel. (Wed, 08 Mar 2006 09:50:26 GMT)

Police technician gets prison for stealing drug money
A former West Des Moines police technician was sentenced to 10 years in prison for stealing $37,000 in forfeited drug money over the four years he... (Wed, 08 Mar 2006 10:07:00 GMT)

Addict Doherty Making 'Good Progress'
Rock star Pete Doherty is making "positive progress" in his fight against drug addiction, a court has been told. The Babyshambles singer was at court for a review of a 12-month community order. (Wed, 08 Mar 2006 11:43:56 GMT)

Doherty 'making progress' in fight against drug addiction
Rock star Pete Doherty is making “positive progress” in his fight against drug addiction, a court was told today. One month into a drug rehabilitation programme the star’s “determination was increasing” to come off illegal substances, Thames Magistrates’ Court in east London heard. (Wed, 08 Mar 2006 11:58:58 GMT)

Care Rehab Wins Virginia Business of the Year
McLean, Virginia (PRWEB) March 8, 2006 -- Care Rehab and Orthopaedic Products, Inc. (Wed, 08 Mar 2006 12:00:00 GMT)

Doherty 'progress' in drugs battle
Rock star Pete Doherty is making "positive progress" in his fight against drug addiction, a court has heard. (Wed, 08 Mar 2006 12:09:18 GMT)

Huffing Addiction Grows Among Children
A forum focused a spotlight on Tuesday night on a dangerous craze among kids in Indiana and other states. (Wed, 08 Mar 2006 13:01:01 GMT)

Bishop thanks parishioners for support during rehab
CONCORD, N.H. New Hampshire's Episcopal Bishop, Gene Robinson, is thanking parishioners for their support and prayers while he was in alcohol rehab for the last month. (Wed, 08 Mar 2006 14:22:01 GMT)

Graham thanks Robbie for addiction help
Sarah Graham, a former CBBC presenter, has thanked Robbie Williams for helping her with drug problems. The former children's presenter said that she had been addicted to ecstasy and cocaine and very unhappy before Robbie Williams made her face herself and admit that she needed help. (Wed, 08 Mar 2006 14:31:07 GMT)

Health Secretary touts new drug to help addicts
ALBUQUERQUE -- There's a new drug treatment program at the Bernalillo County jail, and state Health Secretary Michelle Lujan Grisham calls it the first of its kind in the Southwest. (Wed, 08 Mar 2006 14:51:32 GMT)