Addiction Recovery News 01/2010 (Page 3)

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After a recent report that Brooke Mueller was arrested on a DUI charge in 1996 and for cocaine possession in 2001, RadarOnline.com now claims that Sheen's wife also went to rehab for crack addiction. (Jan 8, 2010)

By Ken Tucker Ken Tucker on the new season of self-glorifying misery under the watchful eye of Dr. Drew; your first impressions? (Jan 8, 2010)

So the self-glorifying misery starts again. The new season of Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew premiered last night with a fresh batch of moldy stars nursing addictions and grudges. (Jan 8, 2010)

Title: Key to Cocaine Addiction May Lead to Treatment Category: Health News Created: 1/7/2010 2:10:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 1/8/2010 (Jan 8, 2010)

A top story from this week. Steven Tyler has canceled a benefit appearance that was to take place later this month (Jan 9, 2010)

Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash has opened up about his heroin addiction, revealing he ''never stopped'' taking the drug because it suited him ''perfectly''. (Jan 9, 2010)

New York, Jan 9 : It has now emerged that actor Charlie Sheen's wife Brooke Mueller had gone to a rehab for crack addiction. (Jan 9, 2010)

Bill Brids of Braintree, whose son David is a recovering drug addict, says he faces a two-fold battle: saving his son and saving face in a society that thinks drug-addicted children are bad kids who have bad parents. (Jan 9, 2010)

PATIENTS are becoming unwitting drug addicts because doctors are over-prescribing powerful painkillers, the WA Government claims. (Jan 9, 2010)

Australian employers increasingly forcing staff and job applicants to undergo drug tests as growth in the testing market soars by up to 30 per cent a year. (Jan 9, 2010)

A route out of The Alley: An Old Town filmmaking project provides a sometimes halting escape from addiction and despair. (Jan 9, 2010)

A new report questioning the effectiveness of rehabilitation programmes for former terrorists is threatening to undermine President Barack Obama’s pledge to close the Guantanamo Bay detention centre. (Jan 9, 2010)

Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash has opened up about his heroin addiction, revealing he ''never stopped'' taking the drug because it suited him ''perfectly''. (Jan 9, 2010)

END: Module - M24 Article Headline with landscape image (d) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> A new report questioning the effectiveness of rehabilitation programmes for former terr... (Jan 9, 2010)

Australian employers increasingly forcing staff and job applicants to undergo drug tests as growth in the testing market soars by up to 30 per cent a year. (Jan 10, 2010)

The calls trickling in to the Weymouth mayor’s new drug tip hot line may be sparse, but they are helping local police build cases against narcotics dealers in town - a cause trumpeted by Mayor Susan Kay. (Jan 10, 2010)

An Andover home is one of the early fruits of a federal program. (Jan 10, 2010)

2009 has already gone down in history as a hard year for businesses. What some may not realize is that the economy has been just as hard on non-profits. In Meridian, Best of Both Worlds, a non-profit addiction recovery center for women, is struggling to make ends meet. (Jan 10, 2010)

Common sense based moral code is included in Narconon program giving former drug addicts back their sense of morality and self-respect. (Jan 10, 2010)

The legalization of small amounts only increases the fight over Mexico's drug war. (Jan 10, 2010)

It's cold out, too early, and I wake, dull with the anticipation of routine: this morning I'm a gerbil on a wheel. I raise myself vertical and move to the kitchen to make oatmeal, not because I've resolved to make hot breakfasts, but because my border collie's thyroid pill has to sit in his gut for half an hour before he can have food. (Jan 10, 2010)

Researchers have identified a key epigenetic mechanism in the brain that helps explain cocaine's addictiveness, according to research funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health. The study, published in the January issue of the journal Science, shows how cocaine affects an epigenetic process (a process capable of influencing gene expression ... (Jan 10, 2010)

The skilled rehabilitation and nursing center, opening Jan. 25, will offer a variety of services for outpatient needs as well as inpatient care. The 120-bed facility will offer long-term care for those with physical conditions that do not enable them to live at home. (Jan 10, 2010)

Madison and Clark district courts will host a pilot program to treat drug addiction, the Kentucky Administrative Office of the Courts announced Wednesday. (Jan 10, 2010)

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia lawmakers are being urged to consider an alternative to methadone as the state targets the ravages of addiction. Dr. Stephen Love says the prescription drug suboxone could be an important part of the states strat... (Jan 10, 2010)

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia lawmakers are being urged to consider an alternative to methadone as the state targets the ravages of addiction.Dr. Stephen Love says the prescription drug suboxone could be an important part of the states strategy.A rece... (Jan 10, 2010)

Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill has urged Freddy Bouma to shake off the blues and get down to recovering from his toe injury. O'Neill has delivered an upbeat report on the Dutch fullback's rehab. He told Villa's website: "Freddie had a setback. He went to see a specialist and he has told him that, as far as he is concerned, this turf toe injury was getting much better. "He said it really is a ... (Jan 11, 2010)

The suspected drug dealers were caught off guard when Richmond’s top law-enforcement officials appeared on their doorsteps with an ultimatum. Commonwealth’s Attorney Michael N. Herring, Police Chief Bryan T. Norwood, Brian Swann of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and other officials hand-delivered letters to six people who were caught up in a drug sting in North ... (Jan 11, 2010)

CHARLESTON -- West Virginia lawmakers are being urged to consider an alternative to methadone as the state targets the ravages of addiction. (Jan 11, 2010)

Jammu, Jan 10 : It is not less than a boon for those, who want to rejuvenate their lives as 'Mashwara' the first ever drug de-addiction centre in this winter capital of the state is acting as a guiding force for the addicts and bringing their lives from darkness to the light. (Jan 11, 2010)

International Drug & Alcohol Luxury Rehab Super Center announced today its new service called the Friendly Dry Sky Program aimed at reducing the number of pilots that fly while intoxicated. This program will offer its services to all Active Licensed Air Carrier Pilots for FREE for all of 2010. (Jan 11, 2010)

Researchers have identified a key epigenetic mechanism in the brain that helps explain cocaine's addictiveness, according to research funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health. (Jan 11, 2010)

A new understanding is vital to effectively treat drug and alcohol dependency, says the CEO of a counseling group called Face It. A communitywide approach is needed, Matt Walz says, and dependency should be recognized as a long-term illness. (Jan 11, 2010)

International Drug & Alcohol Luxury Rehab Super Center announced today its new service called the Friendly Dry Sky Program aimed at reducing the number of pilots that fly while intoxicated. This program will offer its services to all Active Licensed Air Carrier Pilots for FREE for all of 2010. Due to the rise in the number of pilots apprehended while flying under the influence of alcohol this ... (Jan 11, 2010)

MASON CITY — People connected with the Community Drug Court in Mason City say the state is being penny-wise and pound foolish in cutting the program in light of the state’s economic problems. (Jan 11, 2010)

DALLAS | It was nearly midnight in a cramped mobile courtroom in the back of an 18-wheeler, and a prostitute in a Tweety Bird shirt was apologizing to a judge for falling asleep during her hearing. She hadn't slept for three days and was coming down from a crack high, she explained. The combination left her too impaired to make a choice that only Dallas offers prostitutes: Go to rehab or go to ... (Jan 11, 2010)

Dear Annie: I am married to a wonderful man who loves my kids and me very much. Since the first of our five children was born, I've stayed home to raise them. The problem is his family. My husband's brother has been in and out of jobs, jail and rehab his entire life. Several months ago, he was hurt on the job and has been fighting to get workers compensation. Since he currently has no job and no ... (Jan 11, 2010)

[Updated: 8:21 A.M.] NEWS:   M.I.A. Talks Next Album "I wanted to make something that you could play that isn’t trendy just for three months," she said. [ NME ] AMY WINEHOUSE to Remarry Ex-Husband? Reports claim the Brit songbird has patched up her relationship with Blake Fielder-Civil, who is currently in drug rehab. [ Mirror ] Prosecutors Seek Involuntary Manslaughter in MICHAEL JACKSON Death ... (Jan 11, 2010)

Bathinda, Jan.11 : In its recent Punjabi Durbar programme Radio Pakistan has talked about the ‘compelling circumstances' that make individual take to drug addiction in Punjab villages, as it says farmers in Punjab are economically backward and are taking to drugs due to stress. (Jan 11, 2010)

At just past 2 p.m. on May 17, 2008, El Segundo, Calif., police officer Cory McEnroe arrived at the scene of an auto accident on the Pacific Coast Highway and found a Jeep Commander buried in the rear end of a Volkswagen Passat. When McEnroe approached the SUV and asked the driver to turn it off, the Jeep instead surged forward into the Passat again. McEnroe quickly deduced that the driver ... (Jan 11, 2010)

At just past 2 p.m. on May 17, 2008, El Segundo, Calif., police officer Cory McEnroe arrived at the scene of an auto accident on the Pacific Coast Highway and found a Jeep Commander buried in the rear end of a Volkswagen Passat. When McEnroe approached the SUV and asked the driver to turn it off, the Jeep instead surged forward into the Passat again. McEnroe quickly deduced that the driver ... (Jan 11, 2010)

The City may soon have plans for an old hotel that is now an eye-sore. (Jan 11, 2010)

JEDDAH: Reacting to newspaper reports about 15 drug rehab patients running away from Al-Amal Hospital on Thursday, Dr. Sami Badawood, director of the Health Affairs Department in Jeddah, said that what the local press has published regarding a lack of security at the hospital is untrue. (Jan 12, 2010)

A real and effective treatment of drug addiction, treating the long-term craving for drugs, treating the patient at home, freeing hospital beds for others? (Jan 12, 2010)

 A public meeting Thursday on Buffalo Grove's planned drainage improvement project will be the final such session before village staff members put the project out for bid. (Jan 12, 2010)

In his 25-year career in cardiac rehabilitation, Gary Piper has seen thousands of clients, but one was particularly stunning in his outlook about participating in a supervised rehabilitation program. (Jan 12, 2010)

ASPEN - An Aspen man was sentenced to four years in state prison for his role in a drug-fueled fight with his then-girlfriend. Aaron Michael Anderson, 34, sobbed as he told Judge James Boyd he needs help for his self-described drug addiction and mental health problems that have put him in trouble with the law for years. He apologized to the victim, who did not attend the hearing because she is ... (Jan 12, 2010)

SPRINGFIELD - City Council President Jose F. Tosado on Monday criticized the delay in renovations to the Council Chambers at City Hall, saying it is a sad reflection of local government. (Jan 12, 2010)

LEICESTER - Selectmen last night authorized the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission to apply to the state Department of Housing and Community Development for a block grant of up to $800,000 for community development projects in a target area of town. (Jan 12, 2010)

A CONVICTED drug dealer who had a £900 stash of almost 2,000 temazepam tablets at his Nelson home asked a judge to jail him. (Jan 12, 2010)

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