Archive for February, 2008

Father, son and meth

Americans 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.

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Groups set to rehab blighted house

STRATFORD ? 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

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Jeffress says rehab set him straight

Associated Press – February 29, 2008 1:25 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) – Milwaukee Brewers pitching Jeremy Jeffress says he’s committed to ending his marijuana use.

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Arrest warrant leads Cards to cut Spiezio

St. 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.

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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.

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Letters: Drug policies

Sir: 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 …

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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.

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Amy Winehouse wants to postpone court hearing in Norway on drug charge appeal

Amy 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.

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Winehouse wants to postpone court hearing in Norway on drug charge appeal

Amy 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 …

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Norwegian court postpones drug hearing for Winehouse

BERGEN – 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.

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Norwegian court postpones drug hearing for Amy Winehouse

BERGEN, 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.

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Aid for children in drug-risk families

Grandparents to be given financial support to help take over care of children with drug-using parents

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Cash aid to help grandparents care for children in drug-risk families

Grandparents to be given financial support to help them to take over the care of children with parents who are drug users

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Re-entry drug court graduates first class

Married 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.

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Drug Rehab Director a Registered Sex Offender

News 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)

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Motherly love leads Sandy Springs woman from jail to rehab

The 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.

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County may close rehab programs to reduce costs

Sonoma 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.

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Arrested Erie officer headed for drug rehab Liebel?s bond dropped to 10 percent of $10,000

An 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.

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Erie police officer charged with cocaine theft to go to rehab

An 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.

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Newport faces federal lawsuit over rehab-home rules

Sober Living by the Sea, the town’s largest operator of recovery houses, calls new restrictions discriminatory.

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Benefit cuts for addicts who shun rehab

Jobless drug addicts who refuse to be treated for their habit face having their benefit cut, the Government will announce today.

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How to share your faith using Amy Winehouses Rehab

Selfharming behaviours reflect hurting individuals desperately efforts to fill the Godshaped hole every human has deep in the soul

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Nigeria: In Kano, Mentally-Ill Get Rehab En Masse

Lunatics 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.

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Judge Lets Sierra Sidestep Bureaucracy, Stay In Rehab

TAMPA — 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.

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Kenya: Alarming Link Between Music And Drugs

THE 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.

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Prescription drugs can be as dangerous as illegal drugs

Prescription 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.

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Career criminal off the streets

For 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.

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Smith’s drug past drives her away from temptation

Actress Jada Pinkett Smith credits her family’s drug troubles for keeping her away from the pitfalls of fame.

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Drug dealer gets 7 years despite pleas for leniency

A 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.

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Planning Commission rejects rehab center in St. Lucie County

A 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.

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