10 celebrities who beat drug addiction
Celebrities who beat drug addiction June 26 is International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. The theme this year is 'make health your new high in life, not drugs'. On this day we look at at ten celebrities who battled with and beat drug …
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Charlotte Brosnan's Brave Battles Before Death From Ovarian Cancer
Charlotte beat a long battle with depression and drug addiction after she checked herself into rehab in London in 2003 when she was in her early thirties. She had previously checked into the same £4,000-a-week Priory Clinic for cocaine addiction and …
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Orlando Rosado Put Heroin In Baby's Bottle To Calm Him Down, Killing Him …
Rosado and the boy's mother were both in daily methadone programs to treat their heroin addiction. The mother, Crystal Miller, said she thought … Austin Davis. Austin Davis is accused of beating his three children with a belt because one of his kids …
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Marijuana Legalization Gains Support, Confounding Policymakers
"What we're doing is not working," says Dr. Christian Thurstone, a psychiatrist whose Denver youth substance abuse treatment center has seen referrals for marijuana double since September. In addition, he sees young people becoming increasingly …
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Christian Drug Rehab Center Announces New Program to Provide Clients with …
Thirty days at an inpatient treatment center is rarely enough time to truly treat the physical, emotional and mental trauma that addiction can create. For many, they are only starting to reach a point of physical stability after 30 days. Recovery …
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Heroin overdoses, and the futility of the drug war: Moran
Before he became governor, he served on the board at Daytop Village in Morris County, a drug treatment center. He has … Her son Christian looked for treatment, and was on a waiting list for a bed at Integrity House in Newark when he died. "We don't …
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What if the 'thought police' show up?
The worst fate I could suffer there would have been my moral decay and alcohol poisoning, both of which could be fixed by a short stint in rehab. Instead, I went home to help with the calving, and when I wasn't feeding, tagging calves, or cleaning the …
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Supreme Court strikes down DOMA, clears way for gay marriage in California
This confusing array of regulations is reflected more broadly in the disparate treatment of gay couples between states. And the court's decision did not touch on another part of the federal marriage law that says a state does not have to recognize a …
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Chris Brown Hit-And-Run: Singer Charged With Misdemeanor, Can Face A Year …
… taken March 19, 2013. The troubled 26-year-old actress accepted a plea deal on March 18 in a misdemeanor car-crash case that includes 90 days in a locked-down rehabilitation facility that she won't be able to leave. … In this handout photograph …
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Why 'Ready for Hillary' exposes a serious brand challenge for Clinton
Rebellious Colorado counties move forward with plans to secede · Joe Scarborough, Al Sharpton battle over voting rights court decision [VIDEO] · John Kerry and the Taliban: The secret emails revealed · Teen porn star got naked, pleasured herself with …
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Recovering drug addict Patrick Kennedy now leads fight against legalizing …
No stranger to substance abuse, Kennedy long ago made public his battle with depression and alcohol and drug abuse, including an addiction to the pain reliever OxyContin. In 2006, he fell asleep behind the wheel and crashed his car into a barrier near …
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Drug addiction in teens: ten warning signs
2. Avoidance of Social Activities An individual with a drug problem may lose interest and withdraw from social activities they used to enjoy, as all of their attention becomes focused on feeding their addiction and scoring their next fix. 3. Changes in …
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The Unlikely Force Driving Teen Prescription Drug Addiction: Parents?
Parents are reluctant to talk about drugs too early, but 20 percent of teens in the Partnership study were under 14 years old when they first tried drugs. Kids who start using drugs at a young age are more likely to struggle with addiction later in life.
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Woman who abducted niece gets probation, drug rehab
EL CAJON (CNS) – A woman who took her 3-week-old niece from the Spring Valley home of the child's grandmother was sentenced Monday to three years probation and ordered to undergo four months of addiction treatment. Deborah Ann Fowler, 46, …
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First Photos Of Lindsay Lohan In Rehab Surface
Actress Lindsay Lohan (L) and lawyer Shawn Chapman Holley attend a probation revocation hearing at the Beverly Hills Courthouse on July 6, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. Lindsay Lohan was put on probation for her August 2007 no-contest plea to drug …
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Northbound Treatment Services Partners with BIS KIDS
(PRWEB) May 21, 2013. Northbound Treatment Services, the Southern California based rehab treatment center specialists, is partnering with BIS KIDS to provide a unique children's program for Northbound families and the greater Orange County community.
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Young Adult Substance Abuse Treatment the Focus of Summer CEU Event …
On Friday, June 14, 2013, clinicians and treatment professionals are invited to attend Promises Treatment Centers' annual summer CEU event, where they will meet Regional Vice President-California Nanci Stockwell and learn about Promises West L.A.'s …
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Jenna Jameson Says She Watched 'Addict' Tito Ortiz Fake UFC Drug Tests
Jameson continued on, threatening to provide proof of Ortiz's drug use while claiming that her ex-husband abused drugs throughout their relationship. Later on, Jameson attempted to make good on her claim, posting a photo on Twitter that allegedly shows …
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Matthew Perry's Drug Addiction And Road To Recovery: 'I Was A Sick Guy'
Matthew Perry revealed to ABC News Wednesday morning that he struggled with depression, alcohol and prescription drug abuse throughout his tenure on the show, which went off the air in 2004, and beyond. Looking back, Perry said he was "a sick guy" …
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Florida Drug Rehab Joins State in Fighting Prescription Drug Addiction
Destination Hope, a nationally recognized substance abuse and mental health treatment facility located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is working to combat Florida's addiction to legal substances in coordination with statewide efforts to reduce the number …
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