Addiction Recovery News 11/2006 (Page 2)

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Doherty/Skinner Track 'Better Than Rehab' (Nov 2, 2006)

Nicole included clause to protect the kids, mag claims. (Nov 3, 2006)

A man recovering from his addiction to prescription painkillers says it is a tough -- but not impossible -- road to travel. (Nov 3, 2006)

An array of rock stars including Noel Gallagher and Paul Weller joined forces in a benefit gig for a drug addiction charity. (Nov 3, 2006)

KATE Moss fuelled civil war in Colombia by glamorising cocaine, according to the country's vice president. Francisco Santos said he couldn't understand why Moss's profile and earnings increased after her addiction was revealed. (Nov 3, 2006)

Washington, Nov 3: It was not so much Nicole Kidman but her ex hubby Tom Cruise who was responsible for country singer Keith Urban's stint in rehab. (Nov 3, 2006)

Pitcher Jeffrey Allison, who has spent more time in drug rehabilitation than in a baseball uniform since the Marlins made him their first-round draft pick in 2003, is facing three felony charges for possession of heroin and stolen vehicles in North Carolina, according to two newspapers. (Nov 3, 2006)

At the end of September, I suspected I had a drug problem. For almost six months I had been using Actiq, a powerful opioid painkiller shaped like a lollipop. The fast-acting lollipops helped me with breakthrough pain: the pain, often sharp, that pops... (Nov 3, 2006)

Can gardening help reform habitual drug abusers? Monty Don took a group of ex-offenders under his wing and two years on, they've returned their first harvest. (Nov 3, 2006)

Can gardening help rehabilitate habitual drug abusers? Celebrity gardener Monty Don has taken a group of ex-offenders under his wing, and two years into this pioneering project, is starting to see rewards. (Nov 3, 2006)

If you ever want to feel better about the South Sound community, go to a drug court graduation ceremony. Boxes of Kleenex are distributed freely throughout the courtroom as one graduate after another tells of a life rescued from drug addiction. (Nov 3, 2006)

HAVERHILL - A Suffolk County Superior Court judge has ruled in a dispute between two local health care giants, giving Whittier Health Network approval to put a new 60-bed rehabilitation hospital in the city. (Nov 3, 2006)

A man recovering from his addiction to prescription painkillers says it is a tough -- but not impossible -- road to travel. (Nov 3, 2006)

Some observers say they see a familiar pattern in the aggressive marketing of an unproved addiction treatment regimen called Prometa: founder Terren Peizer similarly hyped an anti-AIDS drug, Immunitin, in the 1990s, but the drug never made it to market. (Nov 3, 2006)

Tim Weldon, a former reporter for The Winchester Sun, and photographer James Mann have won a third-place award for a series published this summer about prescription drug overdose deaths, called "Clark County's Secret Scourge."The three-part series looked at the lives of some local residents who had died in the previous 18 months and at efforts to battle addiction. (Nov 3, 2006)

HATTIESBURG, Miss.----Pine Grove Behavioral Health and Addiction Services has launched a new Addiction Recovery web site offering resources and programming information about behavioral health and addiction. (Nov 3, 2006)

At the end of September, I suspected I had a drug problem. For almost six months I had been using Actiq, a powerful opioid painkiller shaped like a lollipop. The fast-acting lollipops helped me with breakthrough pain: the pain, often sharp, that pops... (Nov 3, 2006)

A month after the government unrolled its draft of the National Policy on Relief and Rehabilitation, 2006, it has decided to make the final version legally enforceable. (Nov 3, 2006)

Tanya Holtz, 25, was arrested for second-degree murder Wednesday, Oct. 25, after an autopsy of her husband, Donald Metz, revealed that he had died of a lethal dose of methadone, a drug often used for treatment of heroin addiction. (Nov 4, 2006)

When former Enron executive Andrew Fastow was sentenced to six years in federal prison this fall, he asked for drug treatment, citing dependency on anti-anxiety medication that helped him cope with the implosion of his company, the imprisonment of his wife and his prosecution. (Nov 4, 2006)

PORTAGE | Officials with the county's new drug court said they were saddened by news that one of their clients was found dead this week of a possible drug overdose. (Nov 4, 2006)

Barely one year after it began, Pitkin County's progressive Drug Court program is working well, according to law enforcement officials. (Nov 4, 2006)

London, Nov 4(ANI): For Kate Moss, getting rid of her cocaine cravings might have still been easier, but boyfriend Pete Doherty is one such addiction, the supermodel probably never wants to get cured of. (Nov 4, 2006)

London, Nov 4: For Kate Moss, getting rid of her cocaine cravings might have still been easier, but boyfriend Pete Doherty is one such addiction, the supermodel probably never wants to get cured of. (Nov 4, 2006)

Two other area men also in court on narcotics charges. | A former Bethlehem man who led a ring that dealt cocaine, including crack, in Carbon and Lehigh counties was sentenced Friday to 11 years in prison, and two other people arrested in drug sweeps also appeared before U.S. District Judge James Munley one to plead guilty and another to be sentenced to a year in prison. (Nov 4, 2006)

A bunch of terrific actors works very hard to sell this story of a wildly dysfunctional 1970s family coping with psychiatric disorders, pedophilia, drug addiction and teenage homosexuality. (Nov 4, 2006)

WELLSVILLE - The Allegany Council on Alcoholism is holding an open house today at its new halfway house for men in recovery from addiction. The council, with state aid of more than $1 million, built the 15-bed home on Trapping Brook Road, next to the former, 20-year-old facility. (Nov 4, 2006)

HAVERHILL - A Suffolk County Superior Court judge has ruled in a dispute between two local health care giants, giving Whittier Health Network approval to put a new 60-bed rehabilitation hospital in the city. (Nov 4, 2006)

DETROIT -- The Book-Cadillac Hotel was the epitome of glamour when it opened its doors in 1924. The world's tallest hotel, it boasted an opulent, Italian Renaissance-inspired design, and over the years hosted presidents, Hollywood stars and famous gangsters. (Nov 4, 2006)

APALIT -- The relentless drive of police to maintain the peace and order situation in the province resulted in the capture of a man who escaped the Central Luzon Drug Rehabilitation Center (CLDRC) and two most wanted persons lurking in the province. (Nov 4, 2006)

DIVE experts said conservation efforts in Sarangani Bay and Celebes Sea suffered a major blow from the dozens of storms or typhoons that hit the Philippines this year. (Nov 4, 2006)

Just how easy is it to pass a drug test to join the military? The Eyewitness News Investigators went undercover and discovered if your test comes back positive for drugs, it's not necessarily a problem. (Nov 4, 2006)

Liam Gallagher's opinion on the rehab troubles of Pete Doherty and Keane's Tom Chaplin ('Posh boys can't take drugs, man, they're lightweights') is irresponsible, inflammatory, 'classist', and almost certainly true. (Nov 5, 2006)

I'm waiting for the rehab announcement-- I'm sure within 24 hours we will hear that Rev. Ted Haggard is on his way to Hazelden or Betty Ford or some other upscale rehab for his "methamphetamine addiction." But where he should really be sent is to Love in Action's anti-gay boot camp -- a confrontational, attack-therapy program based on Lieberman fundraiser and former Republican finance chair (Nov 5, 2006)

The Mets were caught by surprise Friday when the story broke that Pedro Martinez would consider retiring if his surgically repaired right shoulder doesn't rebound to full strength. But while Martinez may be concerned about the pain he is feeling during rehab, a club official said yesterday that Martinez's recovery is "coming along fine. (Nov 5, 2006)

London, Nov 5(ANI): For Kate Moss, getting rid of her cocaine cravings might have still been easier, but boyfriend Pete Doherty is one such addiction, the supermodel probably never wants to get cured of. (Nov 5, 2006)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Here’s how things were supposed to go when Keith Urban’s new album comes out Tuesday: The handsome country star would be all over television promoting it; radio programmers would be hotly scanning it for hit singles; fans would be gobbling up copies; and his record company would be toasting a breakout success. (Nov 5, 2006)

Ryan Metcalfe, high school sports beat writer at the Independent Journal, was moved from Marin General Hospital to the Kentfield Rehabilitation Center late last week as he recovers from a Sept. 29 car accident. (Nov 5, 2006)

London, Nov 5: For Kate Moss, getting rid of her cocaine cravings might have still been easier, but boyfriend Pete Doherty is one such addiction, the supermodel probably never wants to get cured of. (Nov 5, 2006)

DIVE experts said conservation efforts in Sarangani Bay and Celebes Sea suffered a major blow from the dozens of storms or typhoons that hit the Philippines this year. (Nov 5, 2006)

At Eden San Leandro Hospital, a 30-bed nursing unit was closed in September. At the same time, the Cardio Rehab unit in Castro Valley, which had kept many hundreds of people alive and healthy over the years, was cut. This is happening while the Sutter hospitals are highly profitable. (Nov 5, 2006)

tanman writes "CNN reports that NASA Administrator Michael Griffin has agreed to send astronauts on one final mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. No date was reported for the mission, other than before the shuttle fleet is retired. From the article, 'A rehab mission would keep Hubble working until about 2013. It would add two new camera instruments, upgrade aging batteries and (Nov 5, 2006)

Five years ago, Mary Jane Taylor started taking sleeping pills occasionally. Gradually, she became dependent until she was using the pills nightly. Eventually, the medication ceased being effective. (Nov 5, 2006)

When former Enron executive Andrew Fastow was sentenced to six years in federal prison this fall, he asked for drug treatment, citing dependency on anti-anxiety medication that helped him cope with the implosion of his company, the imprisonment of his wife and his prosecution. (Nov 5, 2006)

PEOPLE: Everybody loves a love story, but People's spinmeisters pushed awfully hard to cast Keith Urban's latest troubles into a country-and-western love story. With "Nicole By His Side," as People's cover says, crooner Urban checked into a rehab clinic Oct. 19 to treat, says his spokesman, "a drinking problem." (Nov 5, 2006)

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Five years ago, Mary Jane Taylor started taking sleeping pills occasionally. Gradually, she became dependent until she was using the pills nightly. Eventually, the medication ceased being effective. (Nov 5, 2006)

I'm waiting for the rehab announcement-- I'm sure within 24 hours we will hear that Rev. Ted Haggard is on his way to Hazelden or Betty Ford or some other upscale rehab for his "methamphetamine addiction." But where he should really be sent is to Love in Action's anti-gay boot camp -- a confrontational, attack-therapy program based on Lieberman fundraiser and former Republican finance chair (Nov 5, 2006)

A 32-year-old Bahraini man was arrested after his mother reported him to police for his drug addiction. The man, who lives with his mother in Hamad Town, was reportedly previously charged for using drugs. (Nov 5, 2006)

ALCOHOL and drug treatment programs needed more government funding and a strategic rethink, according to Western Region Alcohol and Drug centre's retiring chairman Ian Armstrong. (Nov 6, 2006)

Nicole Kidman is cancelling appearances to promote her new film Fur, to avoid talking about new husband Keith Urban's decision to check himself into a rehab facility. (Nov 6, 2006)

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