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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