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Archive for February, 2008Father, son and methAmericans can’t get enough details about drug abusers’ fall and redemption, consuming play-by- play coverage of Britney and Heath, giving rise to VH1′s Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew and putting addicts’ memoirs on best-seller lists. Read More at Rocky Mountain News…
Groups set to rehab blighted houseSTRATFORD ? A “blighted and dangerous” Holmes Street house ? once used as a drug den, but now owned by the town ? is being prepared for sale to a group that includes the Stratford Read More at Connecticut Post…
Jeffress says rehab set him straightAssociated Press – February 29, 2008 1:25 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) – Milwaukee Brewers pitching Jeremy Jeffress says he’s committed to ending his marijuana use.
Arrest warrant leads Cards to cut SpiezioSt. Louis Cardinals infielder Scott Spiezio spent more than 30 minutes last week talking about his successful rehab last summer and his plans to stay sober and drug-free. Read More at The Palm Beach Post…
Amy Winehouse back on drugs?London, Feb 28 : She has completed her stint in rehab, bagged five Grammys and has a new line of beauty products coming out, but despite all the positive things happening to her, it seems Amy Winehouse just can’t get it together, proving perhaps once again just how hard it is to kick a drug addiction.
Letters: Drug policiesSir: When the Home Secretary opened consultation last year on what should go into the new drug strategy, she assured us the Government had moved on to “a balanced strategy, based on evidence”. As you report (“Hooked on headlines”, 28 February), there is much in the new strategy that is based on good or promising evidence. However, for large parts of policy and especially the eye-catching …
Drug addicts who drop out of rehab ‘to lose benefits’Drug addicts who refuse treatment will lose welfare benefits for up to six months under new Government proposals.
Amy Winehouse wants to postpone court hearing in Norway on drug charge appealAmy Winehouse’s lawyer has asked a district court to postpone a hearing for the British singer-songwriter, who is accused of drug possession, local media reported Wednesday. Read More at International Herald Tribune…
Winehouse wants to postpone court hearing in Norway on drug charge appealAmy Winehouse’s lawyer has asked a Norway district court to postpone a hearing for the British singer/songwriter, who is accused of drug possession, local media reported Wednesday. Winehouse and her husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, were arrested in the western city of Bergen in October. They were held overnight on charges of possessing 1/4 ounce of marijuana and released the next morning after … Read More at Asbury Park Press…
Norwegian court postpones drug hearing for WinehouseBERGEN – A NORWEGIAN court decided on Wednesday to postpone a hearing for the British singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse, who is accused of drug possession, local media reported on Wednesday.
Norwegian court postpones drug hearing for Amy WinehouseBERGEN, Norway (AP) — A Norwegian court has postponed a hearing for Amy Winehouse, who is accused of drug possession. The British singer-songwriter and her husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, were arrested in the western city of Bergen last October. Read More at Charleston Daily Mail…
Aid for children in drug-risk familiesGrandparents to be given financial support to help take over care of children with drug-using parents Read More at Guardian Unlimited…
Cash aid to help grandparents care for children in drug-risk familiesGrandparents to be given financial support to help them to take over the care of children with parents who are drug users Read More at Guardian Unlimited…
Re-entry drug court graduates first classMarried and mothering a new baby boy, Amanda Hodges celebrated another milestone Monday when she and three other women became the first graduating class of the Angelina County Re-entry Drug Court program. Read More at The Lufkin Daily News…
Drug Rehab Director a Registered Sex OffenderNews 13 has learned that 34-year-old Shondi Daria Fabiano, who is the director for a drug rehab program in Winthrop, is a registered sex offender. (Provided by News 13)
Motherly love leads Sandy Springs woman from jail to rehabThe mother of a 23-year-old Sandy Springs woman told an Anderson Municipal Court judge that love for her daughter is driving her to assume responsibility for paying her daughter’s fines and posting a bond in order to get her daughter into mental health and drug treatment programs. Read More at Anderson Independent-Mail…
County may close rehab programs to reduce costsSonoma County health department officials are considering closing inpatient alcohol and drug rehabilitation programs as part of a larger cost-cutting effort.On the target list is the 20-bed residential program at the county’s Orenda Center in southeast Santa Rosa where drug and alcohol abusers can stay for a month during recovery. Read More at The Santa Rosa Press Democrat…
Arrested Erie officer headed for drug rehab Liebel?s bond dropped to 10 percent of $10,000An Erie police lieutenant charged with stealing cocaine from an evidence room has been ordered released on bond so he can enter a drug rehabilitation program in Ohio.
Erie police officer charged with cocaine theft to go to rehabAn Erie police officer charged with stealing cocaine from the police department’s evidence room has been ordered released on bond so he can enter a drug rehabilitation program. Read More at Centre Daily Times…
Newport faces federal lawsuit over rehab-home rulesSober Living by the Sea, the town’s largest operator of recovery houses, calls new restrictions discriminatory. Read More at Orange County Register…
Benefit cuts for addicts who shun rehabJobless drug addicts who refuse to be treated for their habit face having their benefit cut, the Government will announce today.
How to share your faith using Amy Winehouses RehabSelfharming behaviours reflect hurting individuals desperately efforts to fill the Godshaped hole every human has deep in the soul
Nigeria: In Kano, Mentally-Ill Get Rehab En MasseLunatics are known to be filthy, unapproachable and in some cases, dangerous, but rehabilitation efforts by the Kano State government has now changed the faces of this groups of people.
Judge Lets Sierra Sidestep Bureaucracy, Stay In RehabTAMPA — A judge has allowed former “American Idol” finalist Jessica Sierra remain in a California drug treatment program, despite what her attorney described as ridiculous bureaucracy. Read More at The Tampa Tribune…
Kenya: Alarming Link Between Music And DrugsTHE TRIUMPH OF BRITISH soul diva, Amy Winehouse, at this year’s Grammy awards has revived debate on drug abuse in the music business. There is a view that lyrical content in various genres of popular music have fuelled the abuse among musicians and fans alike.
Prescription drugs can be as dangerous as illegal drugsPrescription drugs can be just as deadly as street drugs – look at Heath Ledger and Anna Nicole Smith. Now, think about the hundreds of other stars taking a variety of pills. And the thousands of other people in the country you won’t read about. Illegal street drugs make headlines. But prescription drug abuse is just as dangerous.
Career criminal off the streetsFor about 15 years, the 46-year-old Parole Street resident has kept city police busy, amassing at least 40 arrests and 25 convictions for crimes ranging from theft to drug possession to resisting arrest.
Smith’s drug past drives her away from temptationActress Jada Pinkett Smith credits her family’s drug troubles for keeping her away from the pitfalls of fame. Read More at world entertainment news via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News…
Drug dealer gets 7 years despite pleas for leniencyA 20-year-old Cedar Knolls man who peddled painkiller pills to young people in Morris County was sentenced Friday to seven years in state prison, despite a letter-writing campaign asking for mercy.
Planning Commission rejects rehab center in St. Lucie CountyA drug and alcohol rehab center is needed locally, but putting it on U.S. 1 in northern St. Lucie County is a bad idea, several residents and planning board members said Thursday. Read More at Fort Pierce Tribune…
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