Addiction Recovery News 10/2006 (Page 2)

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The Florida congressman who stepped down following reports he sent inappropriate e-mails to teen pages, has checked himself into rehab. Republican Mark Foley says he is seeking help for alcoholism. (Oct 3, 2006)

TRENTON | A Phillipsburg man has pleaded guilty in connection with Operation Stateline, a sweeping undercover drug sting that shut down a network operating in the Phillipsburg-Easton area. (Oct 3, 2006)

Good morning, rehab! Robin Williams' relapse Funnyman actor Robin Williams was so affected by Mel Gibson's much-pubbed DUI arrest that he checked into rehab himself two weeks later. (Oct 3, 2006)

The same brain circuits are involved when obese people fill their stomachs as when drug addicts think about drugs - a finding that suggests overeating and addiction may be linked. Maggie Fox reports... (Oct 3, 2006)

It has become a popular trend for those in the public spotlight, who find themselves in trouble, to check themselves into rehab. Although some of these efforts may be... (Oct 3, 2006)

Singer George Michael has denied he has a drug addiction problem following a second incident this year where police have found him passed out in his car at a traffic light. (Oct 3, 2006)

Scientists show the same areas of the brain involved in drug addiction control appetite. (Oct 3, 2006)

· Study offers new insight into weight problems· Compulsion to eat driven by emotion, say scientists (Oct 3, 2006)

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.----Alkermes, Inc. announced today that the Company has expanded its addiction drug franchise to include a program to develop oral products for the treatment of addiction. (Oct 3, 2006)

Wireless plays and makers of synthetic blood and medications to treat drug addiction top the M100's buy list. (Oct 3, 2006)

Eric Clapton is playing "Cocaine" in concert again. The recovering drug addict and alcoholic, who founded the Crossroads Centre addiction recovery center on the Caribbean island of Antigua, stopped performing the song written by J.J. Cale when he first got sober. (Oct 3, 2006)

The same brain circuits are involved when obese people fill their stomachs as when drug addicts think about drugs - a discovery that suggests that overeating and addiction may be linked, Long Island researchers said yesterday. The finding may... (Oct 3, 2006)

The same brain circuits are involved when obese people fill their stomachs as when drug addicts think about drugs, a finding that suggests overeating and addiction may be linked, United States researchers reported on Monday. The finding may help in creating better treatments for obesity - a growing problem in the United States and elsewhere. "We wanted to know why, when people are already full, (Oct 3, 2006)

Alkermes, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALKS) announced today that the Company has expanded its addiction drug franchise to include a program to develop oral products for the treatment of addiction. (Oct 3, 2006)

Two Iranian siblings have revolutionized the way drug addicts and HIV/AIDS-infected people are treated in their country. Doctors Arash and Kamiar Alaei were raised in a wealthy family but now devote their lives to helping the less fortunate on the streets, treating them, and counseling them on how to rejoin society and even find a spouse. (Oct 3, 2006)

Eric Clapton is playing "Cocaine" in concert again. The recovering drug addict and alcoholic, who founded the Crossroads Centre addiction recovery center on the Caribbean island of Antigua, stopped performing the song written by J.J. Cale when he first got sober. (Oct 3, 2006)

Hector Lavoe served as both an inspiration and a warning to Marc Anthony. Anthony, the singer and husband of Jennifer Lopez, plays old-school salsa star Lavoe in the upcoming biopic "El Cantante." Lavoe is credited with bringing salsa to the United States before dying in 1993 at age 46 after struggling with drug addiction. (Oct 3, 2006)

When disgraced former Rep. Mark Foley announced he was entering rehab for treatment of alcoholism and "other behavioral problems," some of those who have known him for years were shocked and suspicious. (Oct 3, 2006)

Obese people's desire to eat triggers the same brain action as addicts' desire for drugs, say researchers at Brookhaven National Laboratory. (Oct 3, 2006)

Researchers in the U.S. have found that the same brain circuits are involved when obese people fill their stomachs as when drug addicts think about drugs and the discovery they say suggests an association between overeating and addiction. (Oct 3, 2006)

When disgraced former Rep. Mark Foley announced he was entering rehab for treatment of alcoholism and "other behavioral problems," some of those who have known him for years were shocked and suspicious, saying they rarely saw him drink. (Oct 4, 2006)

CANTON TOWNSHIP -- The biological mother of a 2-year-old girl who died of blunt trauma fled a drug recovery house Monday after learning the toddler's foster mother was charged with her murder. (Oct 4, 2006)

The only survivor of the crash of Comair Flight 5191 was released from the University of Kentucky Hospital yesterday to begin rehabilitation, and his mother said he will eventually "walk out of the state of Kentucky." (Oct 4, 2006)

Hoping to make a revolutionary treatment more available for heroin users, Baltimore officials are taking the unusual step of subsidizing a training program that could more than double the number of physicians permitted to prescribe a new medication to cure opiate addiction. (Oct 4, 2006)

By Lisa Liddane (Oct 4, 2006)

Long-term treatment for addicts in US prisons may offer a way out for a million drug users (Oct 4, 2006)

Former Rep. Mark Foley, under investigation for sending lurid Internet messages to young male Capitol Hill pages, issued a series of revelations from rehab, including a claim that he had been sexually abused as a teen. (Oct 4, 2006)

Mark Foley, who resigned from Congress Friday for using the Internet to solicit underage male pages for sex, was apparently online Tuesday under his notorious Maf54 screen name at a time when he is supposedly in alcohol rehab. (Oct 4, 2006)

If you’ve never been addicted, this may surprise you: Getting into treatment for an alcohol, drug or gambling addiction is often a frightening experience. (Oct 4, 2006)

Former Rep. Mark Foley, under investigation for sending lurid Internet messages to young male Capitol Hill pages, issued a series of revelations from rehab, including a claim that he had been sexually abused as a teen. (Oct 4, 2006)

Two Iranian siblings have revolutionized the way drug addicts and HIV/AIDS-infected people are treated in their country. Doctors Arash and Kamiar Alaei were raised in a wealthy family but now devote their lives to helping the less fortunate on the streets, treating them, and counseling them on how to rejoin society and even find a spouse. -RFE (Oct 4, 2006)

Former Rep. Mark Foley, under investigation for sending lurid Internet messages to young male Capitol Hill pages, issued a series of revelations from rehab, including a claim that he had been sexually abused as a teen. (Oct 4, 2006)

Under the cover of narco-terrorism, the drugs flow into the Northeast, bringing in their wake not just addiction but a greater danger of HIV and AIDS. (Oct 4, 2006)

ISLAMABAD, Oct 4 (Online): The Senate Standing Committee was informed on Wednesday that over four million people are currently drug addicts in Pakistan and the trend of drug addiction in women especially use of heroin is on rise among them. (Oct 4, 2006)

When I think of one of the most influential drummers of the 80's, Quiet Riot drummer Frankie Banali is at the top of the list. Banali has a signature sound that was instrumental in launching Quiet Riot into 80's metal stardom. (Oct 4, 2006)

Now that Mark Foley is in rehab, GOP leaders back in Washington face lingering questions about their roles in the scandal. According to The Nation , this spells trouble for the party, internally and electorally. (Oct 4, 2006)

If you're shocked by the Mark Foley affair, the nauseating sexual advances, the cover-up by the GOP leadership, you need a refresher course in Packwood 101. It's deja vu all over (and over) again, from the covered up allegations of serial sexual harassment to the obligatory trip to rehab. Bob Packwood, of course, was a powerful Republican senator from Oregon, from 1968 until he resigned in (Oct 5, 2006)

Glacier National Park officials are extending an invitation to the public to attend one of two stakeholder meetings for the Going-to-the-Sun (Sun) Road rehabilitation and visitor experience improvements. (Oct 5, 2006)

Former Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.), disgraced by salacious e-mail exchanges with young congressional pages and under investigation by the FBI, checked himself into an alcohol rehabilitation clinic last weekend. (Oct 5, 2006)

It's your tax dollars at work—the ones you spend on booze, anyway. (Oct 5, 2006)

LOS ANGELES -- Robin Williams is thankful for Mad Mel Gibson's now infamous racist rant. Not because he agrees with anything Mel Gibson told the arresting officer when he was pulled over for drunk driving on July 29 in Malibu. (Oct 5, 2006)

Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty has reportedly been offered a job as a drugs counsellor the rehab clinic that treated him, The Priory. (Oct 5, 2006)

WAYNESBORO — Despite pleas from family and friends that his methamphetamine addiction was to blame for his legal woes, on Wednesday a circuit court judge upheld the a jury's June recommendation that a Waynesboro man spend 18 years in prison on a single drug count. (Oct 5, 2006)

Returning to the locker room for the first time since his surgery, RB Greg Jones proclaimed himself happy about his anterior cruciate ligament repair and the prospects for a full recovery. "This is better than the first time. It's not as bad," said Jones, who tore his left ACL against Tampa Bay in the preseason. "I'm not in as bad a shape as I was before." (Oct 5, 2006)

Oscar-winning actor Robin Williams has braved the red carpet to talk about his recent stint in rehab. The actor relapsed into alcoholism in August after 20 years of being sober. (Oct 5, 2006)

Oscar-winning actor Robin Williams has checked himself into rehab for treatment for alcoholism. After 20 years of staying sober the actor has started drinking again and is keen to kick the addiction sooner rather than later. (Oct 5, 2006)

Pete Doherty has been offered a job at a rehab clinic where he was treated for addiction to heroin and crack cocaine. (Oct 5, 2006)

Beilenson suggests lack of state grants has hurt efforts to fight crime in Baltimore Responding to political advertisements by Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. that have focused on crime in Baltimore, Dr. Peter L. Beilenson, former city health commissioner, said yesterday that the Ehrlich administration has hindered public safety efforts by failing to adequately fund drug treatment. (Oct 5, 2006)

Former Rep. Mark Foley, under FBI investigation for e-mail exchanges with teenage congressional pages, has checked himself into rehabilitation facility for alcoholism treatment and accepts responsibility for his actions, his attorney said. (Oct 5, 2006)

Nine months after it ground to a halt due to a lack of funds, the Essex County Juvenile Drug Court was reborn this week with the help of a federal grant. (Oct 5, 2006)

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