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Intervention: Candy Finnigan reflects on A&E show’s final season
Channel Guide MagazineThroughout its 13 seasons over eight years, Intervention has seemed like one of those shows that will just always be around. Every so often it comes in with a new batch of episodes depicting the harrowing journeys of addicts desperate to get clean and... -
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"For me I feel like it's drugs for breakfast, drugs for lunch, drugs for dinner, drugs drugs drugs," Orange County Superior Court Judge John Adams said. "That's been my diet for 11 years on the bench." Adams, who hears felony arraignments at the...Tags: Trials, Justice System, Judges, Drug Trafficking, Behavioral Conditions
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Exercise: Alternative reward for those battling addiction
I like to run. Apparently, this gets me high. Last year, researchers at the University of Arizona published a study in the Journal of Experimental Biology examining the "neurobiological rewards" of treadmill running in 10 humans, eight dogs and eight...
Tags: Heroin, Medical Research, Brent Smith, Valium (drug), Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Hope House opens 'new chapter' on Laurel's Main Street
On a sunny afternoon last week, a family could be seen walking inside Hope House Laurel, while two groups of people of varying ages sat in chairs in the shade on the side of the building talking amicably. This private substance abuse treatment center in...Tags: Insurance, Behavioral Conditions, Substance Abuse, Prince George's County, Human Interest
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New treatment for college interrupted by addictions
"It's time to get the 'high' out of higher education," former cabinet secretary Joseph Califano said to release findings that 49 percent of full-time college students binge drink or abuse prescription and illegal drugs. That four-year study was...Tags: Medical Specialization, Students, Medical Research, Florida Atlantic University, Drugs and Medicines
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War on drugs: The 'wobbler' option
Simple possession of small amounts of methamphetamine — enough for personal use but presumably not for dealing — is a "wobbler" in California, meaning that offenses can be charged as either felonies or misdemeanors. It's different with...
Tags: Prosecution, Heroin, Trials, Justice System, Misdemeanors
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Doctor told AEG that Michael Jackson was a drug addict, lawyer says
The attorney for Michael Jackson’s family in its wrongful-death lawsuit said Thursday a doctor testified in a deposition that he injected Jackson with morphine while the singer was touring Asia and that he told a current AEG executive Jackson was...
Tags: Trials, Justice System, Bangkok (Thailand), Celebrity Surgery, Lawyers
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Just like Tom Sizemore's blues
When Tom Sizemore answers the phone in his Miami hotel room, the tough-guy actor of the iconic 1990s films “Saving Private Ryan," "Natural Born Killers" and "Heat" begins speaking in a chain of short-burst, non sequiturs, interrupted by coughing and...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Drew Pinsky, Heroin, Movies, Foods and Beverages
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Researchers create heroin vaccine; recovered Ozarks addict shares story
Reporter and PhotographerA "cure" for heroin addiction; researchers in California think they may have found one in the form of a vaccine. It's still in testing but people in the Ozarks who have used or treated people who use the drug are already excited. Across Missouri...Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Heroin, Movies, Entertainment, Drugs and Medicines
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Road to addiction may start with legitimate injury
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND — For Scott Mangus, it started innocently enough. Mangus, a LaPorte native, was in a motorcycle crash in 2004 while spending his college spring break in Thailand. Doctors there prescribed him a narcotic pain medicine for his injuries,...Tags: Heroin, Epidemics and Plagues, Drug Trafficking, Police Arrests, Vicodin (drug)
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Heroin's grip hard to overcome
South Bend TribuneFor a heroin addict, finding the next hit isn’t about satisfying a craving — it’s about managing the constant pain, feeling good enough to roll out of bed. “After awhile, it’s not about getting high at all,” said Al...Tags: Abusive Behavior, Prosecution, Heroin, Punishment, Suboxone (drug)
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Matthew Perry on addiction during 'Friends,' still no reunion
Matthew Perry is opening up about his struggle with addiction while playing sarcastic goofball Chandler Bing on the hit sitcom "Friends" and how he's now working to assist men with similar battles. Now that he's sober, the actor has focused his energy...
Tags: ABC (tv network), Friends (tv program), Kim Kardashian, Go On (tv program), NBC (tv network)
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