Amy Winehouse's Dad: Rehab A Waste
LONDON — Amy Winehouse's father says Britain is wasting money on drug addicts who are too quick to say "yes, yes, yes" to rehab. Mitch Winehous...
LONDON — Amy Winehouse's father says Britain is wasting money on drug addicts who are too quick to say "yes, yes, yes" to rehab. Mitch Winehous...
wellness.com | Posted 09.17.2009 | Living
Untreated alcohol and drug addiction in the United States remains at pandemic levels, with little change from year to year, an expert says....
Ben Berkon | Posted 09.25.2009 | Comedy
The idea of physically entering someone's body, though seemingly impossible and potentially life-threatening, is being seen as a "revolutionary advancement in D-list celebrity addiction treatment."
Darren Littlejohn | Posted 08.31.2009 | Living
Dr. Drew: "Celebrities are significantly more narcissistic than MBA students and the general population. Female celebrities were... significantly more narcissistic than their male counterparts.
ProPublica | Posted 08.25.2009 | Home
Over 4 1/2 years, Melony Currier had been discovered high in her car at a Hollywood hospital, stolen anesthetics at a San Gabriel Valley hospital, bee...
BBC NEWS | Katie Hunt | Posted 08.13.2009 | Business
Drivers are reluctant to cross the ancient causeway that connects the island to the Essex coast for fear the salt water will rust their engines. Bu...
Richard Farrell | Posted 07.24.2009 | Living
Heroin is not a cold-shake like cocaine. The impurities used to cut heroin need to be cooked off in boiling water before you shoot it intravenously.
TIME | John Cloud Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009 | Posted 02.28.2009 | Living
January is a big month for winter sports and post-Christmas sales. It's also -- as people who treat substance abuse know -- a big month for drinkers w...
Maia Szalavitz | Posted 02.16.2009 | Living
Imagine if Wall Street were to honor Bernie Madoff for his skills as an investor. The equivalent just happened in Florida, where Betty Sembler has been honored for her work fighting drugs.
Maia Szalavitz | Posted 01.15.2009 | Living
When Minnesota Teen Challenge responded to my recent blog entry about their anti-drug program, they cited a "study" to back their claims. What this paper actually shows is how easy it is produce good looking numbers.
Rich Scherber | Posted 01.15.2009 | Politics
Minnesota Teen Challenge is a leading and respected treatment center in Minnesota, part of a large network of Teen Challenge centers across the United States.
Maia Szalavitz | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics
Is someone who opposes what the science says is the best treatment for heroin addiction really someone we want in charge of the agency which is supposed to help disseminate evidence-based care?
Times Online | Lisa Armstrong | Posted 10.09.2008 | Style
A man who describes himself as being a former shoe-gazer, Jacobs had experienced some kind of epiphany. "I was never comfortable in some situations," ...
AP | JOHN CARUCCI | Posted 07.06.2008 | Entertainment
NEW YORK (AP) _ Steven Tyler sought the "safe environment" of rehab last month to recover from more than just surgery _ the Aerosmith frontman now say...
Daily Mail | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment
t hasn't taken troubled Amy Winehouse long to return to her destructive ways. Things were looking up for the ubertalented 24-year-old following her l...
People | Stephen Silverman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment
he planned meeting between Lindsay Lohan and her father, Michael Lohan, has taken place at the Cirque Lodge treatment center in Utah, Lindsay's mother...
AP | Posted 10.20.2009 | Entertainment