Addiction Recovery News 03/2009 (Page 3)

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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. (Mar 7, 2009)

LOS ANGELES — A bad afternoon for his team was a remarkable personal achievement for Kurtis Foster. (Mar 8, 2009)

New studies suggest that Chantix, an FDA-approved anti-smoking drug, may encourage less drinking as well. (Mar 8, 2009)

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 ... (Mar 8, 2009)

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,” ... (Mar 8, 2009)

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. (Mar 8, 2009)

About 150 people came to the Lampo Center at noon Friday to help the Newton County Drug Court celebrate its 10th anniversary. (Mar 8, 2009)

Newport Beach is set to deny a use permit to the drug and alcohol rehabilitation home Newport Coast Recovery at a public hearing today. (Mar 8, 2009)

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. (Mar 8, 2009)

Longtime Newport Beach resident Barbara Roy has an ocean view from her living room, which sits only a few feet from Narconon. (Mar 8, 2009)

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. (Mar 8, 2009)

New studies suggest that Chantix, an FDA-approved anti-smoking drug, may encourage less drinking as well. (Mar 8, 2009)

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. (Mar 8, 2009)

The Milwaukee Brewers have released reliever Eric Gagne so he can rehab his sore shoulder in Tempe, Ariz., at a private facility. (Mar 8, 2009)

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... (Mar 8, 2009)

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 ... (Mar 8, 2009)

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... (Mar 8, 2009)

SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) -- The Milwaukee Brewers have released reliever Eric Gagne so he can rehab his ... (Mar 8, 2009)

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. (Mar 9, 2009)

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 ... (Mar 9, 2009)

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. (Mar 9, 2009)

SURPRISE, Ariz. — The Milwaukee Brewers have released reliever Eric Gagne so he can rehab his sore shoulder in at a private facility in Tempe. (Mar 9, 2009)

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. (Mar 9, 2009)

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. (Mar 9, 2009)

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. (Mar 9, 2009)

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. (Mar 9, 2009)

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. (Mar 9, 2009)

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. (Mar 9, 2009)

'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. (Mar 9, 2009)

PERRYSBURG - Perrysburg Care and Rehab Center on Ohio 795 at Oregon Road held a food drive to benefit Perrysburg... (Mar 9, 2009)

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. (Mar 10, 2009)

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 ... (Mar 10, 2009)

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. (Mar 10, 2009)

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. (Mar 10, 2009)

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. (Mar 10, 2009)

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. (Mar 10, 2009)

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. (Mar 10, 2009)

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. (Mar 10, 2009)

A MAN who peddled cocaine to pay to feed his own drug addiction has been jailed for more than two years. (Mar 10, 2009)

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 ... (Mar 10, 2009)

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

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. (Mar 10, 2009)

Brand Cleared To Rehab (Mar 11, 2009)

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. (Mar 11, 2009)

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. (Mar 11, 2009)

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. (Mar 11, 2009)

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. (Mar 11, 2009)

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. (Mar 11, 2009)

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. (Mar 11, 2009)

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. (Mar 11, 2009)

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