Addiction Recovery News 08/2006 (Page 3)

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For those who think there's no hope or rescue from a life or past of drug dealing and addiction, drunken violence and burglarizing, youth detention centers and prison - Jerome Tapia has something to say: "No matter how hard and hopeless it seems - first of all, it's never too late, that's the most important thing - but there's someone who can help you," the 32-year-old East Side native said. (Aug 6, 2006)

The Community Action Drug Coalition (CADC) is prepared to spend $100,000 of its own money to help Pathway Family Center establish an adolescent drug treatment program in Porter County. (Aug 6, 2006)

NORFOLK, Va. The Savannah -- the world's first nuclear-powered cargo and passenger ship -- will be rescued from the James River "Ghost Fleet" and restored by a Norfolk shipyard. (Aug 6, 2006)

(Trenton, NJ)- Omir Santos delivered an RBI single in the 8th Inning to help the Thunder to a 5-4 win over Bowie on Sunday afternoon. Robinson Cano, in his final rehab game with Trenton, went 0-for-3 with two walks. (Aug 6, 2006)

NORFOLK, Va. The Savannah -- the world's first nuclear-powered cargo and passenger ship -- will be rescued from the James River "Ghost Fleet" and restored by a Norfolk shipyard. (Aug 6, 2006)

The Mel Gibson flap is following a rather predictable arc: initial attempted hush-up, abject apology and a quick trip to the rehab clinic. (Aug 7, 2006)

Braves pitcher Kyle Davies, out since tearing his groin in May, isn't a possibility to rejoin the Atlanta rotation until late this month. He made his second rehab start for Class AA Mississippi on Sunday. Davies gave up a two-run homer in the second inning to Montgomery's Evan Longoria, Tampa Bay's first-round draft choice, and two more runs in the third, his final inning of a rehab start. The (Aug 7, 2006)

Mulder tosses five innings in rehab start (Aug 7, 2006)

The program partners a county agency with residents. YOUNGSTOWN — The Mahoning County Board of Alcohol and Drug Addiction teamed up with two North Side neighborhood watch groups to get teens working in their neighborhoods. (Aug 7, 2006)

IPP Group of companies, Dar es Salaam. Tanzania's premiere information provider - Newspapers, Television and Radio. Daily, up to date content (Aug 7, 2006)

*D’Angelo is reportedly all done with rehab and back in the studio recording tracks for a new album. According to Karu F. Daniels of AOL’s BV Entertainment Newswire, the Virginia native had been addressing his substance abuse problem at Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Centre in Antigua. (Aug 7, 2006)

A Flinders University research team has revealed that 17 per cent of South Australian workers are illegal drug users. (Aug 7, 2006)

Public Access JournalismDistributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. (Aug 7, 2006)

The Savannah, the world's first nuclear-powered cargo and passenger ship, is being rescued from a floating graveyard in Virginia and restored as a possible museum. (Aug 7, 2006)

The Smith House skilled nursing facility expects to hire a rehabilitation services provider next month and offer physical, occupational and speech therapy to the community next year. (Aug 7, 2006)

LONDON----Aug. 7, 2006--Drug Free America Foundation will participate in a groundbreaking international conference "THE FUTURE OF DRUG POLICIES GLOBALLY - Reconciling Research with Reality, Rights with Responsibilities" at the Hotel Russell in London, August 9, 2006. (Aug 7, 2006)

Drug Free America Foundation (DFAF) will participate in a groundbreaking international conference "THE FUTURE OF DRUG POLICIES GLOBALLY - Reconciling Research with Reality, Rights with Responsibilities" at the Hotel Russell in London, Aug. 9. (Aug 7, 2006)

The Mel Gibson flap is following a rather predictable arc: initial attempted hush-up, abject apology and a quick trip to the rehab clinic. (Aug 7, 2006)

Anand Pillay, a self-confessed drug addict who robbed and killed a Phoenix woman to feed his habit, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a Durban High Court judge. (Aug 7, 2006)

TRENTON - It was fun while it lasted, but the Robinson Cano era in Trenton is over. Too soon for the Thunder, but just in time for the Yankees, who lost Cano's replacement, Miguel Cairo, on Saturday. (Aug 7, 2006)

A former patient at the California clinic where MEL GIBSON is recovering from alcoholism has warned the actor will have to scrub toilets while undergo (Aug 7, 2006)

A former patient at the California clinic where Mel Gibson is recovering from alcoholism has warned the actor will have to scrub toilets while undergoing treatment. (Aug 7, 2006)

Low doses of ketamine, a medication used as an anesthetic in humans and animals, and also abused as a 'club drug' called Special K, relieves depression in just two hours and the effect may last as long as a week, new research shows. (Aug 7, 2006)

Quarterback Daunte Culpepper has progressed so well in his recovery from knee surgery that he could play in the Miami Dolphins' exhibition opener Saturday against Jacksonville. (Aug 8, 2006)

Notes: Mulder talks about rehab start (Aug 8, 2006)

On Monday, August 7, at approximately 12:13 a.m. there was a chemical leak at Oakland Nursing and Rehab located on 700 E. Alder St. Responding to the scene were Oakland VFD, Deer Park VFD, and Terra Alta VFD. (Aug 8, 2006)

TRENTON -- It was fun while it lasted, but the Robinson Cano era in Trenton is over. Too soon for the Thunder, but just in time for the Yankees, who lost Cano's replacement, Miguel Cairo, on Saturday. (Aug 8, 2006)

A district judge Monday sentenced a defendant in the December drug busts to 30 months in the Colorado Department of Corrections, making it the stiffest punishment levied so far against those nabbed in the downtown raids. (Aug 8, 2006)

AFL players are at risk of following the lead of overseas sportsmen and falling into alcoholism, drug addiction, broken marriages and suicide in retirement, Fremantle chief executive Cameron Schwab has warned. (Aug 8, 2006)

Washington, Aug 8: It seems Mel Gibson's stint at rehab centre for his alchohol addiction might take him through hell, as he will reportedly have to clean toilets while undergoing treatment. (Aug 8, 2006)

SALEM -- Kimberly Dow's path of deceit was fueled by a serious heroin and cocaine addiction, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder brought on by the sexual abuse she endured when she was a child, according to her lawyer and herself. (Aug 8, 2006)

Washington, August 8 (ANI): It seems Mel Gibson's stint at rehab centre for his alchohol addiction might take him through hell, as he will reportedly have to clean toilets while undergoing treatment. (Aug 8, 2006)

When a man and a woman drink too much alcohol -- by far the most widely abused substance in the country -- they not only do it for different reasons, they also get different results. (Aug 8, 2006)

Joey Porter must be losing patience with sitting out Steelers practice. Restricted to rehabilitating his knee, he knew he couldn't work out with the team. (Aug 8, 2006)

\"Two of our nine rehabilitation clinics are currently being sold through a public tender,\" said Hoelzer. (Aug 8, 2006)

Hanging out in front of his locker with Jason Standridge and Rheal Cormier, Brandon Claussen almost seemed chipper before Monday's game against the St. Louis Cardinals. And when a few reporters approached him to discuss his season-ending shoulder surgery, Claussen began the conversation by giving a review of a summer comedy that he found absolutely hilarious. (Aug 8, 2006)

LATROBE, Pa. -- Joey Porter must be losing patience with sitting out Steelers practice. Restricted t... (Aug 8, 2006)

A new series of public-service ads from the Partnership for a Drug-Free America (PDFA) portrays addiction as a disease that needs treatment, not willpower, to cure. (Aug 8, 2006)

Alan Evans, founder of Thugz Off Drugz, wiped tears from his scarred face. A former alcohol and drug addict, he is an ex-offender who stole to feed a meth addiction that began at the age of 13. (Aug 9, 2006)

The Mississippi Braves announce that Atlanta Braves' third baseman Chipper Jones is scheduled to make a rehab appearance with the Mississippi Braves on Friday, August 11 and Saturday, August 12. (Aug 9, 2006)

Notes: Sweeney back after long rehab (Aug 9, 2006)

TAMPA, Fla. -- New York Yankees left fielder Hideki Matsui could rejoin the team in the next few day... (Aug 9, 2006)

The United Nations says addiction rates in war-torn Afghanistan have doubled in the past two years, to the point that nearly a million people are now using illegal drugs. (Aug 9, 2006)

Chipper Jones will head to Double-A Mississippi this weekend on an injury rehab assignment. (Aug 9, 2006)

Hideki Matsui could rejoin the team in the next few days as he rehabilitates his broken left wrist, a move designed to avoid cutting a later minor-league assignment. (Aug 9, 2006)

New York Yankees left fielder Hideki Matsui could rejoin the team in the next few days as he rehabilitates his broken left wrist, a move designed to avoid cutting a later minor league assignment. Matsui has spent the past two weeks working out at the Yankees' spring training complex in Florida. (Aug 9, 2006)

(TuneLab) Three Days Grace will be doing a series of free concerts at various rehab centers, treatment facilities and detention centers this summer and fall. (Aug 9, 2006)

The United Nations says addiction rates in war-torn Afghanistan have doubled in the past two years. (Aug 9, 2006)

Cynthia D. Fox of Bassett stole money from the visitor fees collected at a site run by the Army Corps of Engineers. A Bassett woman was sentenced to probation and community service Tuesday for embezzling $5,146 from the Army Corps of Engineers last year. Cynthia D. Cox, 40, was also ordered to undergo drug treatment for the crack cocaine addiction that drove her to take the money. (Aug 9, 2006)

Wed, August 9, 2006 Play puts Munchkin sex on grand scale By AP DUBLIN, IRELAND -- On the stage of a small Dublin theatre, actors dressed as Munchkins swear, steal, fight, drink and smoke opium. Toto, we're not in Kansas anymore. The seamy underside of The Wizard of Oz is on display in Babylon Heights, a provocative backstage drama complete with drug addiction, sex and suicide among the movie's (Aug 9, 2006)

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