Addiction Recovery News 06/2006 (Page 3)

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Now that she's clean and sober, one of the things that amazes Angie Barfuss is the amount of effort she used to put into her meth use. "Drug addiction is like a job it takes all your time," the 33-year-old mother of four says now. (Jun 5, 2006)

Congressman Patrick Kennedy is out of drug rehab and back in Rhode Island. Kennedy checked himself into the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota a month ago, to be treated for addiction to pain killers. More Local News (Jun 5, 2006)

Rhode Island congressman Patrick Kennedy has returned home after nearly a month of drug rehab. (Jun 5, 2006)

(AP) WASHINGTON Rhode Island congressman Patrick Kennedy has returned home after nearly a month of drug rehab. Kennedy left the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota Friday after getting treatment for addiction to prescription pain drugs. (Jun 5, 2006)

U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy, son of Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Edward Kennedy, has been released from a drug rehab program a month after crashing his car and seeking help for dependency on prescription drugs. (Jun 5, 2006)

Rep. Patrick Kennedy has ended nearly a month of treatment for addiction to prescription pain drugs and had an appearance scheduled Monday in his home state of Rhode Island. (Jun 5, 2006)

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (REUTERS) -- Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-Rhode Island) has been released from a drug rehab program, a month after crashing his car and seeking help for dependency on prescription drugs. (Jun 5, 2006)

Rep. Patrick Kennedy has ended nearly a month of treatment for addiction to prescription pain drugs. (Jun 5, 2006)

Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy said he feels confident about his health Monday, one month after he admitted himself into a rehab facility. (Jun 5, 2006)

Rep. Patrick Kennedy Ends Drug Rehab After Nearly a Month of Treatment, Returns to Rhode Island (Jun 5, 2006)

(CNSNews.com) - It was one month ago that Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.) announced he would enter rehab for an addiction to prescription painkillers following a run-in with police after crashing his car near Capitol Hill. Today, Kennedy is out of rehab and returns to work. (Jun 5, 2006)

Just out of drug rehab, Rep. Patrick Kennedy says he wasn't drinking the night he crashed his car near the U.S. Capitol. But the Rhode Island Democrat says the experience was "a wake-up call." (Jun 5, 2006)

For the third straight year, a superstar player from the Chicago Cubs will make a rehab stop in Jackson. (Jun 5, 2006)

For the third straight year, a superstar player from the Chicago Cubs will make a rehab stop in Jackson. West Tenn Diamond Jaxx General Manager Jeff Parker confirmed on Monday that pitcher Mark Prior will start the club's Southern League game on Thursday against the Birmingham Barons. (Jun 5, 2006)

Rhode Island Congressman Patrick Kennedy answers reporters' questions Monday. He returned to Rhode Island after a rehab stint at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. (Jun 5, 2006)

If it had not been a high profile case, then probably neither the Narcotics department nor the police would have become so active. A month ago nobody cared what Rahul Mahajan did. But the dramatic episode of his father's death brought him to the spotlight. (Jun 5, 2006)

He hopes other parents will follow his lead in calling in the law to help with drug-addicted children (Jun 5, 2006)

Narconon has recently released the draft version of the "Losing Control" video-clip with a goal of generating interest for drug education and prevention. (Jun 5, 2006)

WASHINGTON (AP) - Rep. Patrick Kennedy will enter rehab for addiction to prescription pain medication Friday evening after a highly publicized car crash near the Capitol. (Jun 6, 2006)

Fresh out of rehab, Patrick Kennedy made his first public appearance since crashing his car near the U.S. Capitol last month. Jim Hummel reports. (Jun 6, 2006)

PROVIDENCE, R.I. U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy said Monday he was feeling good after nearly a month in drug rehabilitation and realizes he can no longer take any "mood-altering" substance. The six-term congressman checked into the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., for drug rehabilitation on May 5, one day after a middle-of-the-night car crash near the U.S. Capitol that he said he could not remember. (Jun 6, 2006)

Chicago Cubs pitcher Mark Prior will continue his rehab from a strained right shoulder Thursday at double-A West Tenn, the Chicago Cubs said before... (Jun 6, 2006)

Fresh out of rehab, Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy acknowledged that at least two people have told cops he was drinking at a Washington, D.C., bar the night he wrecked his car, including a waitress... (Jun 6, 2006)

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PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island: US Rep. Patrick Kennedy, son of Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Edward Kennedy, has been released from a drug rehab programme a month after crashing his car and seeking help for dependency on prescription drugs. (Jun 6, 2006)

U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy said Monday he was feeling good after nearly a month in drug rehabilitation and realizes he can no longer take any "mood-altering" substance. (Jun 6, 2006)

Log in to remember this page. Email this A new programme to treat teenagers with 'gaming addiction' has been criticised for associating gaming with drug and alcohol addiction. (Jun 6, 2006)

Richard Pryor, the actor-comedian whose audacious style influenced an array of stand-up artists, has died of a heart attack. Pryor had been ill for years with multiple sclerosis and earlier in his career battled drug addiction. (Jun 6, 2006)

Baltimore, a city long plagued by some of the highest crime and drug-overdose rates in the nation, has improved dramatically on both fronts partly because of a massive investment in drug treatment programs, city officials said Tuesday. (Jun 7, 2006)

The sentencing hearings were as rare as the drug they were both using and peddling. After all, it's not every day in U.S. District Court when criminals thank federal prosecutors for saving their lives by locking them up. (Jun 7, 2006)

A team of Johns Hopkins researchers developed a new radiotracer--a radioactive substance that can be traced in the body--to visualize and quantify the brain's cannabinoid receptors by positron emission tomography (PET), opening a door to the development of new medications to treat drug dependence, obesity, depression, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease and Tourette syndrome. [click link for full (Jun 7, 2006)

Board Certified Addictionologist and director of Florida Detox, Dr. Rick Sponaugle, is hosting a live radio program in partnership with the VoiceAmerica(TM) Network. Listeners will have the chance to call in and speak with one of the world's foremost authorities on drug addiction and brain chemistry. Dr. Sponaugle and his guests will help to explain how and why so many otherwise normal people (Jun 7, 2006)

Decrease linked to amount spent on treatment Drug-intoxication deaths among Baltimore residents reached their lowest point in a decade last year, dropping significantly from a record high in 1999 when 238 people died, according to statistics released yesterday by the city's Health Department. (Jun 7, 2006)

The graduation and commencement ceremony of Ocean County Drug Court took place Tuesday at the Ocean County Library. (Jun 7, 2006)

A team of Johns Hopkins researchers developed a new radiotracer -- a radioactive substance that can be traced in the body -- to visualize and quantify the brain's cannabinoid receptors by positron emission tomography (PET), opening a door to the development of new medications to treat drug dependence, obesity, depression, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease and Tourette syndrome. (Jun 7, 2006)

Decrease linked to amount spent on treatment Drug-intoxication deaths among Baltimore residents reached their lowest point in a decade last year, dropping significantly from a record high in 1999 when 238 people died, according to statistics released yesterday by the city's Health Department. (Jun 7, 2006)

Child-abuse cases in Oregon rose 19 percent after the state legislature made sharp cuts in funding for addiction-treatment programs, the Tacoma News Tribune reported June 6. (Jun 7, 2006)

BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Two teenage loggerhead turtles are heading back home after months of rehab in Boca Raton. A crowd of spectators gathered Wednesday at a park to send off the turtles, Sailor and Oleta. The two headed straight for the ocean. (Jun 7, 2006)

Notes: Bat rehab on deck for Lee (Jun 7, 2006)

Hood River County District Attorney John Sewell and Defense Attorney Jack Morris have abandoned their adversarial roles to join the drug court team. (Jun 7, 2006)

Wheelchair-confined Richard Paey committed almost exactly the same violations of Florida prescription drug laws that radio personality Rush Limbaugh did, with a different result: Limbaugh's sentence, in May, was addiction treatment, and Paey's, in 2004, was 25 years in prison. Both illegally possessed large quantities of painkillers for personal use, which Paey defiantly argued was (and will be) (Jun 7, 2006)

A run-scoring single by Mike Eylward in the fifth inning put Salt Lake ahead to stay, as the Bees edged the Fresno Grizzlies 3-2 on Tuesday afternoon Top performance: Mike Eylward's RBI single in the fifth inning proved to be the difference for the Bees. (Jun 8, 2006)

Patterson makes rehab start with Potomac (Jun 8, 2006)

While prison populations are growing astronomically, money for rehabilitation is not keeping pace, fueling violence behind bars, a private group says. (Jun 8, 2006)

After 41 days on the 15-day disabled list, pitcher John Patterson makes his first rehabilitation start for the Class A Potomac Nationals. (Jun 8, 2006)

HAMMOND | With high hopes for a quick sale, city officials on Wednesday showcased the first major rehab by United Neighborhoods Inc. (Jun 8, 2006)

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Angels are getting used to life without Darin Erstad a lot sooner than they expected. (Jun 8, 2006)

Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Mark Prior is scheduled to face the Zephyrs in a rehab start Tuesday at Zephyr Field. The Zephyrs are offering a non-refundable discount to the game -- all reserved tickets will be $5. (Jun 8, 2006)

WASHINGTON Prison populations are growing astronomically but money for rehabilitation is not keeping pace. And, according to a new report, that fuels violence behind bars. (Jun 8, 2006)

Kota Kinabalu : The Girl Guides Association of Malaysia (GGAM) has been urged to be proactive and take the lead in fighting the worrying trend of females involvement in drug addiction. (Jun 8, 2006)

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