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Delegate opens Web site on drug testing legislation
Nothing is stirring up passions in this erstwhile subdued legislative session like Delegate Craig Blair’s proposed drug testing of folks living on public assistance, and now there’s a special Web site on the issue. (Sun, 01 Mar 2009 04:39:02 GMT)

Jorge Posada sidelined two days by 'bump' in rehab road
Jorge Posada was scratched less than an hour before the Yankees' game against the Twins on Saturday, his surgically repaired right shoulder not quite as strong as it had been to this point in his rehab. (Sun, 01 Mar 2009 05:00:32 GMT)

Katherine D. Rogers: Jail is right place for many drug offenders
The three members of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) quoted in last Sunday's article "Opposing the drug laws they enforce" have presented a superficial and misleading picture of New Hampshire's criminal justice system. (Sun, 01 Mar 2009 05:17:23 GMT)

Rehab Doors Close; Forbidden Broadway Ends Run March 1
Forbidden Broadway, the Gerard Alessandrini revue that has become an Off-Broadway institution since its premiere in 1982 at Palsson's Supper Club, ends its run at the 47th Street Theatre March 1. (Sun, 01 Mar 2009 05:25:55 GMT)

Treating sex addiction
Former mayor Gary Becker, arrested in an Internet sting, was given permission to leave the state to enter a facility that specializes in the treatment of sex addiction. (Sun, 01 Mar 2009 06:49:19 GMT)

John Bogert: Local shopaholic confesses addiction no fun
How bad could her shopping habit be? "John," she said, "I spent $20,000 last year on clothes!" This is a friend, a successful, attractive South Bay businesswoman, and I missed her shopping addiction just as I had the prescription drug and booze habits of other friends. (Sun, 01 Mar 2009 07:33:40 GMT)

March 1st, 2009
State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) Commissioner Karen M. Carpenter-Palumbo today honored inspirational women who are in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction in recognition of Women's History Month. (Sun, 01 Mar 2009 12:12:01 GMT)

First rehab home denial set for hearing today
Newport Beach is set to deny a use permit to the drug and alcohol rehabilitation home Newport Coast Recovery at a public hearing today. (Sun, 01 Mar 2009 12:46:43 GMT)

Record: Rehab gripes drop
Longtime Newport Beach resident Barbara Roy has an ocean view from her living room, which sits only a few feet from Narconon. (Sun, 01 Mar 2009 12:55:46 GMT)

Rehab home cited for alleged code violations
Newport Beach city officials have cited the rehab home Narconon for allegedly transporting outside clients to receive treatments at the program’s West Oceanfront triplex. (Sun, 01 Mar 2009 12:57:17 GMT)

Jonathan Rhys Meyers in rehab
The ‘Tudors’ actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers has reportedly checked into rehab to seek treatment for his alcohol addiction. (Mon, 02 Mar 2009 02:32:40 GMT)

Treating Drug-addicted Doctors Is Good Medicine
Research shows Physician Health Programs that combine treatment, monitoring and rapid responses to noncompliance can help doctors beat drug addiction and return to their practices. (Mon, 02 Mar 2009 04:09:55 GMT)

Doctors’ dilemma: Treat pain, risk addiction
Dr. Michael Dolan doesn’t see himself as just an internal medicine physician. He’s also the front line of defense, he said, against a growing problem: prescription drug abuse. (Mon, 02 Mar 2009 04:59:56 GMT)

Alcohol and Drug Abuse in the News
More Trouble for Rapper DMX Arrested while in jail. • Charles Barkley to Serve 5 Days For drunk driving charge. • Drug-Shooting Trial Nears End Entire family killed. • Men Charged in Boy's Abduction Drug-related kidnapping. • Pageant Winner's Party Busted Volunteer for... (Mon, 02 Mar 2009 05:15:48 GMT)

No Chance For Drug Testing Bill
A proposed bill to require drug testing of those receiving welfare, food stamps or unemployment benefits is stirring much talk in the West Virginia Legislature. (Mon, 02 Mar 2009 05:26:22 GMT)

Farmington doctor says caffeine, junk food may lead to drug, alcohol abuse
FARMINGTON — Dr. Donald Casebolt wants people to know caffeine and a bad diet may lead to drug and alcohol abuse. Casebolt, a retired long-time Indian Health Services doctor, spent two years researching studies and literature on the consequences of excessive caffeine consumption and a poor diet. (Mon, 02 Mar 2009 07:08:28 GMT)

Keep trying to pass bill for random drug testing of officers
This feature is under development and will be available soon. This editorial was published March 2, 2009. Another legislative deadline has come and gone, and unless a miracle occurs, a measure dealing with random drug testing for law enforcement personnel will fade into the sunset. (Mon, 02 Mar 2009 07:16:21 GMT)

When it comes to addiction, not enough docs
If you plan to get off opioid painkillers, expect wracking pain. Expect nausea and diarrhea. Expect to leak from every orifice. (Mon, 02 Mar 2009 07:20:50 GMT)

Doctor on the front line in prescription drug abuse
Dr. Michael Dolan doesn’t see himself as just an internal medicine physician. He’s also the front line of defense, he said, against a growing problem of prescription drug abuses. (Mon, 02 Mar 2009 07:21:01 GMT)

W. Haven animal shelter awaits rehab?
WEST HAVEN — It looks like those hoping for a brand new animal shelter will have to settle for the next best thing — a partial renovation of the existing facility. (Mon, 02 Mar 2009 08:43:01 GMT)

Ralston house rehab
A crew of Butler University students wearing air filter masks tore down dry wall and insulation from an abandoned home in the 3100 block of Ralston Avenue as Habitat for Humanity seeks to reclaim Indianapolis neighborhoods one house at a time. Mayor Greg Ballard visited the rehab project along with Herman Jackson, the homeowner who donated the property to the community group. "You got people ... (Mon, 02 Mar 2009 12:00:27 GMT)

Newport approves rehab home agreement
The Newport Beach City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to approve an agreement between the city and Newport’s largest operator of drug rehabilitation homes that will cap the number of recovering addicts the company Sober Living by the Sea can house in the city. (Mon, 02 Mar 2009 12:38:46 GMT)

Record: Rehab gripes drop
Longtime Newport Beach resident Barbara Roy has an ocean view from her living room, which sits only a few feet from Narconon. (Mon, 02 Mar 2009 12:42:37 GMT)

Philly gets $1 million grant for riverfront rehab
Part of Philadelphia's Delaware River waterfront will be getting a makeover. (Mon, 02 Mar 2009 12:54:28 GMT)

Addiction: Insights From Parkinson's Disease
A new comprehensive review provides vital insights into the neurological basis of addiction by investigating Parkinson's disease patients, who in some instances develop various addictions when undergoing medical treatment. The review illustrates that persistently elevated levels of dopamine in the brain promote the development and maintenance of addictive behaviors. (Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:24:55 GMT)

Some residents not happy with drug court
Johnny Frank Dennard, who had convictions going back more than 20 years, was facing at least five mandatory years in prison for burglarizing a southeast Atlanta home. [ Post your comments below. ] Instead, Superior Court Judge Alfred Dempsey let Dennard, 41, remain free and sentenced him to the Fulton County Drug Court, a treatment program designed for criminals who steal to support a drug habit. (Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:34:08 GMT)

Alleged abductor has history of crime, rehab
Seven months is a mere tease of freedom after spending 25-years in prison. But if police have it their way, that taste is all 48-year old Michael Lindsey will get. (Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:52:23 GMT)

Months-long probe nets drug suspect
PEABODY and mdash; Police arrested a 23-year-old man on numerous drug charges last weekend, following a months-long undercover investigation. Jesse Vienneau of 2 Munroe Court in Peabody is charged with three counts of drug possession with intent to distribute (heroin, cocaine and Suboxone, a drug used to treat opiate addiction) and three counts of drug possession (heroin, ecstasy and LSD). (Tue, 03 Mar 2009 05:23:34 GMT)

Actor in rehab for third time
ACTOR Jonathan Rhys Meyers, star of Showtime's The Tudors , has checked into rehab for the third time in a bid to kick his alcoholism. (Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:13:00 GMT)

Prescription drug abuse can’t be stopped by law enforcement
This is a drug problem law enforcement can’t solve. (Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:20:30 GMT)

Researchers discover gene variation linked to cocaine addiction and cocaine-induced paranoia
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Yale University School of Medicine and the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, have discovered that variants in the á-endomannosidase (MANEA) gene are associated with cocaine addiction and cocaine-induced paranoia in European American and African American populations. (Tue, 03 Mar 2009 07:36:33 GMT)

Number of drug addicts in Russia reaches 2.5 million: Official
Moscow, March 3 : Up to 2.5 million Russians, including 140,000 minors, are drug addicts, an official said Tuesday. (Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:07:42 GMT)

Site acquired for ACT Indigenous rehab centre
The ACT Government has purchased a property in Tharwa which it will turn into a drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre for Indigenous people. (Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:17:47 GMT)

One Drug May Help People Both Lay Down The Drink And Put Out The Cigarette
A popular smoking cessation drug dramatically reduced the amount a heavy drinker will consume, a new Yale School of Medicine study has found. Heavy-drinking smokers in a laboratory setting were much less likely to drink after taking the drug varenicline compared to those taking a placebo, according to a study published online in the journal Biological Psychiatry. (Tue, 03 Mar 2009 11:15:25 GMT)

Adolescents Are Undertreated For Addiction
Only about 10 percent of adolescents needing help for substance abuse problems actually enter treatment, partly because of the lack of adolescent-only services in the nation's treatment system, according to a new study released by a University of Kentucky researcher. The study also found that very few of the available addiction programs for teens received high marks for quality. (Tue, 03 Mar 2009 12:15:46 GMT)

Record: Rehab gripes drop
Longtime Newport Beach resident Barbara Roy has an ocean view from her living room, which sits only a few feet from Narconon. (Tue, 03 Mar 2009 12:42:51 GMT)

Catalyst to Focus Resources on its Lead Indication for CPP-109; Cocaine Addiction
Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners, Inc. , a biopharmaceutical company that acquires or in-licenses, develops and commercializes prescription drugs for the treatment of drug addiction, today announced modifications to its previously announced product development program. (Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:03:00 GMT)

Report: SoCal rehab center has more problems
An upscale psychiatric hospital that has an affiliation with celebrity rehab specialist Dr. Drew Pinsky and has a reputation for treating the rich and famous has been inspected several times over the past year by government regulators who found failing patient care, a newspaper reported Tuesday. Read comments (Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:24:42 GMT)

New information points to safer methadone use for treatment of pain and addiction
( Washington University School of Medicine ) New findings may significantly improve the safety of methadone, a drug widely used to treat cancer pain and addiction to heroin and other opioid drugs, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of Washington in Seattle. (Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:03:39 GMT)

Proposed Changes in State Drug Laws Gain Momentum
Democratic lawmakers and the governor are moving ahead with changes in New York drug laws that would send more nonviolent offenders to probation and addiction treatment. (Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:34:42 GMT)

Proposed changes in NY drug laws gain momentum | WBNG-TV Binghamton, NY | Local Top Stories
Proposed changes in NY drug laws gain momentum Democratic lawmakers and the governor are moving ahead with changes in New York drug laws that would send more nonviolent offenders to probation and addiction treatment. (Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:29:34 GMT)

Proposed changes in New York's drug laws gain momentum
Democratic lawmakers and the governor are moving ahead with changes in New York drug laws that would send more nonviolent offenders to probation and addiction treatment. The Assembly has scheduled a vote tomorrow on drug legislation that includes Speaker Sheldon... (Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:20:49 GMT)

Albany Dems push softer drug laws
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Democratic lawmakers and the governor are pushing changes in New York drug laws that would send more nonviolent drug offenders to probation and addiction treatment. (Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:43:24 GMT)

Report SoCal Celebrity Rehab Center Under Investigation
PASADENA - A $1,400 a night psychiatric facility that caters to the rich and famous is coming under scrutiny again. Aurora Las Encinas Hospital, which is affiliated with celebrity rehab specialist Dr. Drew Pinsky, has been inspected at least six times in the past year by government regulators who have documented numerous failures in patient care, according to documents released by the L.A. ... (Wed, 04 Mar 2009 04:38:30 GMT)

Rebel Queensland students to do rehab
REBEL students will be forced into rehab under a Liberal National Party government in Queensland. (Wed, 04 Mar 2009 06:50:00 GMT)

Fatboy Slim - Fatboy Slim In Rehab
British DJ FATBOY SLIM has entered rehab in a bid to kick alcohol addiction. The Right Here, Right Now hitmaker - real name Norman Cook - checked himself into a ... (Wed, 04 Mar 2009 07:35:47 GMT)

DJ Fatboy Slim checks into rehab to beat alcohol addiction
DJ Fatboy Slim checks into rehab to beat alcohol addiction (Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:22:40 GMT)

DJ Fatboy Slim checks into rehab to beat alcohol addiction
DJ Norman Cook is in rehab being treated for alcohol addiction, it was revealed today. Fatboy Slim checked himself into a specialised clinic after friends said they were concerned about his drinking. (Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:30:21 GMT)

Catalyst To Focus Resources On Its Lead Indication For CPP-109; Cocaine Addiction
Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners, Inc. , a biopharmaceutical company that acquires or in-licenses, develops and commercializes prescription drugs for the treatment of drug addiction, recently announced modifications to its previously announced product development program. (Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:44:53 GMT)

Fatboy in rehab
Fatboy Slim has gone into rehab, according to reports. (Wed, 04 Mar 2009 10:16:00 GMT)

Fatboy in rehab
Fatboy Slim has gone into rehab, according to reports. The DJ, real name Norman Cook , is being treated in a specialist clinic near his Brighton home, manager Garry Blackburn revealed yesterday. (Wed, 04 Mar 2009 10:35:43 GMT)

Fatboy Slim In Rehab
Fatboy Slim has entered to rehab to be treated for alcohol addiction. The dance star- real name Norman Cook- is known for hard partying and has admitted to drinking heavily and drug taking... (Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:58:49 GMT)

Fatboy Slim checks into rehab for his booze addiction
DJ Norman Cook is being treated for alcohol addiction. (Wed, 04 Mar 2009 12:08:09 GMT)

Fatboy Slim goes into rehab
Fatboy Slim has been admitted to rehab for alcohol addiction. (Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:00:00 GMT)

Safer Methadone Use For Treatment Of Pain And Addiction
New findings may significantly improve the safety of methadone, a drug widely used to treat cancer pain and addiction to heroin and other opioid drugs, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of Washington in Seattle. The researchers discovered that the body processes methadone differently than previously believed. (Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:16:42 GMT)

Fatboy Slim DJ Norman Cook goes into rehab
DJ Norman Cook has checks himself into rehab to battle alcohol addiction. (Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:17:29 GMT)

Catalyst To Focus Resources On Its Lead Indication For CPP-109; Cocaine Addiction
Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners, Inc. (Nasdaq: CPRX), a biopharmaceutical company that acquires or in-licenses, develops and commercializes prescription drugs for the treatment of drug addiction, announced modifications to its previously announced product development program. (Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:17:33 GMT)

DJ Fatboy Slim checks into rehab
DJ Norman Cook has checked himself into rehab to battle an alcohol addiction, his manager confirms. (Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:13:53 GMT)

Fatboy Slim checks into rehab
DJ Norman Cook, better known as Fatboy Slim, has entered rehab to fight alcoholism. (Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:04:00 GMT)

Proposed changes in NY drug laws gain momentum
ALBANY, N.Y. - Democratic lawmakers and the governor are pushing changes in New York drug laws that would send more nonviolent drug offenders to probation and addiction treatment. The... (Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:57:18 GMT)

Assembly passes bill to revise drug laws
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York's Assembly has approved revisions in state drug laws that would send more nonviolent drug offenders to probation and addiction treatment. (Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:13:59 GMT)

Court told of offender's childhood drug addiction
At the age of 32, South Canterbury man Brent Trevor Hartley has been struggling with drug addiction for 20 years. (Thu, 05 Mar 2009 01:04:25 GMT)

Zoe Ball stands by Fatboy Slim as he checks into rehab to beat alcohol addiction
DJ Norman Cook is in rehab being treated for alcohol addiction, it was revealed today. Fatboy Slim checked himself into a specialised clinic after friends said they were concerned about his drinking. (Thu, 05 Mar 2009 01:57:59 GMT)

Fatboy Slim in rehab
DJ Norman Cook has checked himself into rehab to battle an alcohol addiction, his manager has confirmed. (Thu, 05 Mar 2009 02:11:43 GMT)

Fatboy Slim enters rehab
Fatboy Slim is in rehab. The superstar DJ - real name Norman Cook - voluntarily entered a specialist clinic to be treated for alcohol addiction on Monday. (Thu, 05 Mar 2009 02:21:32 GMT)

Fatboy Slim checks into alcohol rehab
Disc jockey Norman Cook, better known as "Fatboy Slim," has entered rehab to fight alcoholism. (Thu, 05 Mar 2009 03:52:00 GMT)

Injured officer moves to rehab
One of two Jeffersonville police officers ambushed last month while checking on a drug complaint at a motel was released from University Hospital in Louisville yesterday and admitted to the Southern Indiana Rehab Hospital in New Albany. (Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:56:15 GMT)

Fatboy Slim in rehab
IT SEEMS the party is over for DJ Fatboy Slim who has checked himself into rehab after his recent Australian tour with the Good Vibrations festival. (Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:00:00 GMT)

Area man gets jail time for stealing baby formula for drugs
WEST CHESTER — A Phoenixville man who said his drug addiction led him to a string of thefts of baby formula from supermarkets in Chester and Montgomery counties told a Common Pleas Court judge he is committed to turning his life around. (Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:22:37 GMT)

'I'm stubborn and I WILL beat alcohol addiction,' vows Fatboy Slim as he checks into rehab
'I'm stubborn and I WILL beat alcohol addiction,' vows Fatboy Slim as he checks into rehab (Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:27:26 GMT)

Suspect in girl's drug death spoke of addiction in 2006
The 22-year-old man suspected of selling drugs to Madison Kiefer from the Whitefish Bay home he shares with his mother has said teens routinely came to their home to do drugs with him when he was a teen. (Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:26:03 GMT)

Yankees opt for rehab over surgery for Alex Rodriguez's ailing right hip
A-Rod was diagnosed with a torn labrum and a cyst in his right hip and while surgery was one of the options presented to him, the decision was made to let Rodriguez attempt to rest and rehab his way through the problem rather than go under the knife. (Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:00:48 GMT)

Injured firefighter transferred to rehab center
Shreveport Fire Department Batallion Chief Tommy Adams has been transferred to a brain and spinal cord rehab center in Atlanta, Georgia. Adams was flown there Thursday morning. Adams, 52, fell from a ladder truck he had ridden on at the Krewe of Gemini Mardi Gras Parade. His family and friends are hopeful for his recovery. They say Adams Has responded to them by blinking his eyes. A fund has ... (Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:11:22 GMT)

New drug rehab center a possibility in Sandy
SANDY, Utah (ABC 4 News) - A hearing today could decide if a drug rehab center could be built in a Sandy neighborhood. (Fri, 06 Mar 2009 01:55:07 GMT)

JAN MOIR: Zoe's lost husband Fatboy Slim to rehab ... the young girls she inspired lost far more
JAN MOIR: Zoe's lost husband Fatboy Slim to rehab ... the young girls she inspired lost far more (Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:00:34 GMT)

Do You Have an Alcohol or Drug Problem?
Alcohol and drug use can progress into abuse and even addiction so insidiously that sometimes people do not realize that it has become a problem for them and those... (Fri, 06 Mar 2009 05:46:32 GMT)

Anger at rehab centre proposal
A new drug rehab clinic will put vulnerable children at risk and put extra strain on local businesses already feeling the pinch, say angry residents. (Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:42:01 GMT)

Luncheon today to honor star drug court with grant, award
From Sun Staff Reports Houston, Tx - The STAR Drug Court program today (Thursday) will receive the Houston Rotary Club's Public Service Award and a $30,000 grant from the Harris County Drug Court Foundation to help in freeing more defendants from the cycle of addiction and incarceration. (Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:58:53 GMT)

Cousins' love sticks by him
HE'S staging a remarkable comeback from a devastating period of drug addiction, and it appears it's the love a good woman helping Ben Cousins. (Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:00:00 GMT)

Northwest Arkansas survey: Drug use higher in rural areas
A presentation about adolescent drug trends in Northwest Arkansas on Thursday revealed a higher level of drug use in rural areas. (Northwest Arkansas Times) (Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:29:48 GMT)

Book Review: Only Mortals Can Be Heroes - A True Story about Drug Addiction by David J. Weaver
I'd make this book required reading at schools. Only Mortals Can Be Heroes is the true story of Adam, a teenage boy who fell to drugs when he was only twelve years old. Told from the point of view of Adam himself, this is an important, frightening account of how young people and their families can be destroyed both emotionally and physically because of drug addiction.Most of all, the story ... (Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:20:38 GMT)

Senate Democrats back drug law changes
Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith says his Democratic conference is backing changes in New York drug laws that would send more nonviolent drug offenders to probation and addiction treatment instead of prison. (Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:01:23 GMT)

Feierabend prepared for rehab ahead
Feierabend prepared for rehab ahead (Fri, 06 Mar 2009 21:46:04 GMT)

MT US Attorney discusses prescription drug abuse
As we've been reporting, the Drug Enforcement Administration is seeing a rise in prescription drug abuse cases. Montana US Attorney Bill Mercer addressed the issues with prescription drug abuse, after (Sat, 07 Mar 2009 00:08:04 GMT)

Drug court receives $50,000 state grant
A drug court for Marengo, Greene and Sumter counties in Alabama received a $50,000 grant this week from the Alabama Administrative Office of Courts. (Sat, 07 Mar 2009 02:25:49 GMT)

Glitzy video slots seen as particular addiction risk
Among addiction specialists, video slot machines have come to be known as the "crack cocaine" of the gambling industry. (Sat, 07 Mar 2009 05:34:33 GMT)

Gazza leaves rehab after 'freezing' treatment
London, Mar 06 : Football legend Paul Gascoigne, aka Gazza, has left rehab after undergoing the freezing treatment called 'Cryotherapy'. (Sat, 07 Mar 2009 05:40:20 GMT)

MARINERS NOTEBOOK: Inspired by mom, M's Feierabend begins rehab
PEORIA, Ariz. -- Two days after elbow surgery that will keep him from pitching for at least a year, Ryan Feierabend began his rehab Friday. (Sat, 07 Mar 2009 08:13:09 GMT)

Celebrity Rehab Finale
A top story from this week. After 30 days of therapy and sober living, it is time for the cast members to leave VH1's "Sober House." (Sat, 07 Mar 2009 21:12:05 GMT)

Minnesota Wild's Kurtis Foster back after long femur rehab
LOS ANGELES — A bad afternoon for his team was a remarkable personal achievement for Kurtis Foster. (Sun, 08 Mar 2009 02:36:03 GMT)

Fighting Smoking: Can One Drug Cure Addiction to Another
New studies suggest that Chantix, an FDA-approved anti-smoking drug, may encourage less drinking as well. (Sun, 08 Mar 2009 05:25:00 GMT)

Couple describe how drug addiction grew
Jason got a prescription for painkillers. His wife, Amy, decided she needed some too, so Jason shared."It was just kind of a thing to make me happy while I was at work,” she recalled. "I hated my job.”The drugs helped her deal with getting fired, too."You just start taking them to make you feel better, then before you know it, it’s something you have to take so you don’t hurt the next day,” she ... (Sun, 08 Mar 2009 06:00:41 GMT)

High usage levels of hydrocodone and oxycodone in Oklahoma raise addiction concerns
Two years ago, after Jason was in a car accident, his doctor prescribed pain medicine to help with his whiplash and muscle soreness. Today, the Bethany man and his wife are fighting an addiction that has threatened their jobs, relations with friends and family, their finances and their health.Fortunately, they found the motivation they need to get clean."Me and my wife want to have a baby,” ... (Sun, 08 Mar 2009 06:00:42 GMT)

Spiritual rehab for terrorists
Call it spiritual detox for terrorists. In some parts of the world, there are retreats where militants are immersed in moderate Islamic thinking as mainstream clerics confront their beliefs and debate with them. (Sun, 08 Mar 2009 06:42:20 GMT)

Drug court celebrates 10 years in Newton County
About 150 people came to the Lampo Center at noon Friday to help the Newton County Drug Court celebrate its 10th anniversary. (Sun, 08 Mar 2009 06:56:55 GMT)

Record: Rehab gripes drop
Longtime Newport Beach resident Barbara Roy has an ocean view from her living room, which sits only a few feet from Narconon. (Sun, 08 Mar 2009 11:38:41 GMT)

Drug use and parenting don’t mix
We can put a name to the grainy face of the toddler in the news last week because of the way he died. But in Scotland today there are tens of thousands of children like Brandon Muir living chaotic, violent and perilous lives because of their parents’ drug and alcohol addiction. (Sun, 08 Mar 2009 20:10:37 GMT)

Brewers release Gagne for shoulder rehab
The Milwaukee Brewers have released reliever Eric Gagne so he can rehab his sore shoulder in Tempe, Ariz., at a private facility. (Sun, 08 Mar 2009 22:22:53 GMT)

Brewers release Gagne for shoulder rehab
Associated Press - March 8, 2009 6:15 PM ET SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) - The Milwaukee Brewers have released reliever Eric Gagne so he can rehab his sore shoulder in at a private facility in... (Sun, 08 Mar 2009 22:30:48 GMT)

Brewers release Gagne for shoulder rehab
The Milwaukee Brewers have released reliever Eric Gagne so he can rehab his sore shoulder in Tempe, Ariz., at a private facility. Gagne was in the Brewers camp as a non-roster invitee on a minor league contract. Gagne had not pitched in a game in spring training before developing shoulder soreness. An MRI detected damage to the rotator cuff and labrum. Dr. Lewis Yocum recommended Gagne receive ... (Sun, 08 Mar 2009 22:40:28 GMT)

Brewers release Gagne for shoulder rehab
Associated Press - March 8, 2009 6:33 PM ET SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) - The Milwaukee Brewers have released reliever Eric Gagne so he can rehab his sore shoulder in Tempe, Ariz., at a private... (Sun, 08 Mar 2009 22:49:45 GMT)

Brewers release Gagne for shoulder rehab
SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) -- The Milwaukee Brewers have released reliever Eric Gagne so he can rehab his ... (Sun, 08 Mar 2009 22:53:34 GMT)

Brewers release veteran Canadian reliever Gagne for shoulder rehab
SURPRISE, Ariz. - The Milwaukee Brewers have released Canadian-born reliever Eric Gagne so he can rehab his sore shoulder in Tempe, Ariz., at a private facility. (Sun, 08 Mar 2009 23:00:00 GMT)

Mr. Know-It-All: Disclosing DNA, Enrolling Friends in Rehab, Protecting Peepers on a PDA
According to my 23andMe DNA test, I have an above average chance of developing prostate cancer. Should I disclose this to my finacé? Cancer is arguably the scariest word in the English language, so your anxiety is perfectly natural. But this news is far less frightening than it sounds, a fact you should make clear while looping in your soul mate—which, yes, you should indeed do. The ... (Mon, 09 Mar 2009 04:17:41 GMT)

Brewers release Gagne for shoulder rehab
SURPRISE, Ariz. - The Milwaukee Brewers have released reliever Eric Gagne so he can rehab his sore shoulder in Tempe, Ariz., at a private facility. Gagne was in the Brewers camp as a non-roster invitee on a minor league contract. (Mon, 09 Mar 2009 04:53:40 GMT)

Brewers release Gagne for shoulder rehab
SURPRISE, Ariz. — The Milwaukee Brewers have released reliever Eric Gagne so he can rehab his sore shoulder in at a private facility in Tempe. (Mon, 09 Mar 2009 05:24:04 GMT)

Santa Clara County proposes deep cuts to drug and alcohol programs
Lifesaving treatment for the drug- and alcohol-addicted is a core fixture of Santa Clara County's health-care system, a network of outpatient and residential programs that help keep single adults and families out of jails and shelters. (Mon, 09 Mar 2009 07:09:22 GMT)

Salvation Army's rehabilitation center uses training, faith to fight addiction
STOCKTON - If Matt Bagu hadn't been living at the Salvation Army's Adult Rehabilitation Center the past seven months, he said he'd be in jail today. Bagu is 22 years old and a recovering drug addict. (Mon, 09 Mar 2009 07:14:23 GMT)

Opiates of mass addiction
After a car accident two years ago, Jason's doctor prescribed pain medicine to help with his whiplash and muscle soreness. Today, the Bethany man and his wife are fighting an addiction that has threatened their jobs, relations with friends and family, their finances and their health. (Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:05:11 GMT)

Economic Downturn Means More Addiction in OC, According to Nonprofit Treatment Center
Addiction rates have been rising as the economy falls as observed by New Directions for Women, a nonprofit women's treatment center in Costa Mesa. (Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:30:00 GMT)

The End Of My Addiction - How One Man Cured Himself Of Alcoholism, UK
'If you or someone close to you suffers from alcoholism or drug dependence, you must read this book' Dr David Servan-Schreiber, author of Healing without Freud or Prozac and Anticancer Can there possibly be a cure for alcohol addiction? Alcohol dependency is by far the most common addiction and is responsible for the deaths of many thousands of people every year. (Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:16:52 GMT)

Rehab Center helps food bank
PERRYSBURG - Perrysburg Care and Rehab Center on Ohio 795 at Oregon Road held a food drive to benefit Perrysburg... (Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:03:32 GMT)

Chavez rehab slowed again
Eric Chavez's surgically repaired right shoulder bothered him when he was hitting during Oakland's exhibition game Sunday, forcing the Athletics to push back his spring debut in the field. (Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:24:30 GMT)

These courts give wayward veterans a chance
The first veterans court opened last year in Buffalo, N.Y.; its success stories have led to more across the country. U.S. military veterans from three decades pass through Judge Sarah Smith's courtroom here, reporting on their battles with drug addiction, alcoholism and despair. Those who find jobs and stabilize their lives are rewarded with candy bars and applause. Those who backslide go to ... (Tue, 10 Mar 2009 01:37:56 GMT)

FBI investigates firebombing of UCLA researcher's car
No one was injured in last week's incident at home of faculty member using animals to study schizophrenia and drug addiction. The FBI is looking into the firebombing of a vehicle owned by a UCLA neuroscientist who was targeted by an anti-animal research group for using primates in his study of psychiatric disorders. (Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:06:12 GMT)

Mayor to use money for rehab, demolition in the village
WELLSVILLE - The check could be in the mail soon to help the village demolish dilapidated buildings and rehab some homes. Mayor Joe Surace met last week with county Commissioner Penny Traina and Pam Dray of the county Department of Development regarding CHIP funding available for such projects. (Tue, 10 Mar 2009 04:10:49 GMT)

End the Rockefeller Drug Laws
Gov. David Paterson and prosecutors should drop objections to a provision on second-time offenders so that New York can end mandatory sentencing for nonviolent low-level drug crimes. (Tue, 10 Mar 2009 04:35:29 GMT)

FBI Investigate Bombing Of UCLA Professor's Car
The FBI is investigating the firebombing of a vehicle belonging to a UCLA neuroscientist who uses animals to study schizophrenia and drug addiction. The FBI says a homemade explosive set the professor's car on fire as it was parked outside his home on Saturday. No one was hurt. (Tue, 10 Mar 2009 08:06:51 GMT)

Drug dealer jailed
A MAN who peddled cocaine to pay to feed his own drug addiction has been jailed for more than two years. (Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:33:12 GMT)

Emery Co. Care and Rehab has new administrator
Things are changing at Emery County Care and Rehab in Ferron, and it is beginning with a new administrator. Colleen Chauvet, who is originally from the Salt Lake valley, began working as the administrator during the second ... (Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:50:01 GMT)

My wife was right to write about our family's despair over son Jake's drug addiction, says Jonathan Myerson
My wife was right to write about our family's despair over son Jake's drug addiction, says Jonathan Myerson (Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:27:36 GMT)

Sixers' Brand on track with rehab from surgery
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Philadelphia 76ers forward Elton Brand got out of his sling Tuesday and started range-of-motion exercises on his surgically repaired right shoulder. (Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:24:41 GMT)

Brand Cleared To Rehab
Brand Cleared To Rehab (Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:29:35 GMT)

Baseball: Rehab going slow for Minnesota Twins' Joe Mauer
Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer has been hampered by back pain, hurting his rehab from offseason kidney surgery. Mauer, the reigning American League batting champion, will undergo a magnetic resonance arthogram today. (Wed, 11 Mar 2009 05:18:30 GMT)

Indian resort state once known for drugs turns to rehab
The easy availability of drugs in Goa has been a draw for many tourists since the days of the hippie trail in the 1960s. Now some are coming to the Indian resort state to kick the habit. (Wed, 11 Mar 2009 06:01:46 GMT)

Parish drug court lauded for results
The state Supreme Court last month recognized 11 of the state’s 47 drug courts, including one serving Washington and St. Tammany parishes, for offering more than 10 years of service. (Wed, 11 Mar 2009 06:46:29 GMT)

The Rev. Joseph C. Martin dies at 84; expert on alcoholism and drug addiction
Martin's lectures and films have been leading tools in recovery programs for more than 40 years. His book 'Chalk Talks on Alcohol' was published in 1982 and is still in print. The Rev. Joseph C. Martin, an expert on alcoholism and drug addiction whose lectures and films have been leading tools in recovery programs for more than 40 years, has died. He was 84. (Wed, 11 Mar 2009 07:01:32 GMT)

Drug dealer pleads in teen OD case
PLATTSBURGH — A week before he was set to go on trial, a drug dealer has admitted to giving prescriptions to a Plattsburgh teen who overdosed and died. (Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:11:07 GMT)

Julie Myerson author of book about son's drug abuse admits writing family column
Julie Myerson the author who stirred controversy by writing a book about her son's drug abuse has admitted writing a column about her family's exploits in the past. (Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:18:22 GMT)

Drug charges draw probation for novelist
Novelist Kaye Gibbons' personal struggle with addiction became public in a Wake courtroom Tuesday as she admitted she phoned in false prescriptions to Raleigh pharmacies. (Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:44:28 GMT)