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Friday, October 31, 2008

Bipartisan big names say no to 5

California | Local | By Michael Rothfeld | October 31, 2008
The battle over an initiative that would divert drug offenders from prison into treatment and loosen state parole policies has intensified heading into Tuesday’s vote, with a bipartisan coalition of elected officials joining the state prison guards union to fight the measure. Read more
 

Thursday, August 28, 2008

Sheen to lead fight against rehab measure

California | Local | By Michael Rothfeld | August 28, 2008
Martin Sheen, the politically liberal actor who has advocated a tough-love approach to drug addiction, is teaming up with California law-and-order groups to lead the charge against an initiative that would increase funding for rehabilitation programs. Read more
 

Monday, March 31, 2008

Farm life raises S.F. addicts’ hopes

California | Local | By John M. Glionna | March 31, 2008
Just before dawn, shoveling cow manure in the milking barn, Ryan Medlin feels a world away from his wild life back in San Francisco. Read more
 

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Audits of drug programs for healthcare providers sought

California | Local | March 11, 2008
In light of widespread failings in a state-run treatment program for substance-abusing doctors, a key state senator said Monday that audits are needed of similar programs for nurses, pharmacists and other health professionals. Read more
 

Tuesday, October 9, 2007

The trouble with rehab, Malibu-style

California | Local | By Paul Pringle | October 9, 2007
Hollywood rehab can produce unhappy endings, even when the patient isn’t named Lindsay or Britney. Read more
 

Friday, August 24, 2007

Lohan reaches deal on alcohol, drug charges

California | Local | By Andrew Blankstein and Richard Winton | August 24, 2007
Actress Lindsay Lohan reached a deal with prosecutors Thursday, agreeing to serve a one-day jail sentence after pleading no contest to drunk driving charges while admitting to using cocaine in two separate incidents. Read more
 

Monday, July 9, 2007

CROWE’S NEST - Life no longer has this former Ram over a barrel

Sports | By Jerry Crowe | July 9, 2007
One early evening in Long Beach in the mid-1980s, back when he was in the throes of a wicked addiction to crack cocaine, former Pro Bowl linebacker Isiah Robertson says he found himself staring into the barrel of a shotgun. Read more
 

Sunday, April 8, 2007

New Orleans awash in drugs, addicts more alone than ever

National | By Ann M. Simmons | April 8, 2007
Brian Watkins initially thought that Hurricane Katrina had done him a favor. Read more
 

Saturday, March 10, 2007

Rehab center is suing Courtney Love over fees

California | Local | By Ashley Powers | March 10, 2007
A luxury rehabilitation center in Newport Beach has sued rocker Courtney Love for more than $180,000 for treatment she received after overdosing at a Hollywood nightclub in the summer of 2005. Read more
 

Friday, February 23, 2007

Not going to court, but rehab

Entertainment | February 23, 2007
Kevin Federline’s request for an appearance in family court as part of his child custody dispute with Britney Spears was canceled Thursday after the pop star entered a rehabilitation program. Read more
 

Thursday, February 22, 2007

Prison anti-drug programs criticized

California | Local | By Jenifer Warren | February 22, 2007
California’s $1-billion investment in drug treatment for prisoners since 1989 has been “a complete waste of money,” the state’s inspector general said Wednesday, and has done nothing to reduce the number of inmates cycling in and out of custody. Read more
 

Thursday, September 7, 2006

Valenzuela Must Pass Hair Test

Sports | By Robyn Norwood | September 7, 2006
Jockey Patrick Valenzuela, recently released from a Pasadena facility that treats patients with mental health and substance abuse problems, met with Del Mar stewards Wednesday and agreed to submit to a hair follicle test as he seeks to return to his mounts in the Oak Tree meet at Santa Anita later this month. Read more
 

Wednesday, September 6, 2006

Singer to enter drug treatment

Entertainment | September 6, 2006
Victor Willis, the original policeman in ’70s disco band the Village People, was sentenced to three years’ probation Tuesday on drug possession charges after he agreed to enter a treatment program. Read more
 

Tuesday, August 15, 2006

Valenzuela in Hospital as Testing Is Sought

Sports | By Grahame L. Jones | August 15, 2006
Jockey Patrick Valenzuela is hospitalized in Pasadena and will not be allowed to ride again until the California Horse Racing Board is satisfied that he is drug-free and has not violated the terms of his provisional license. Read more
 

Wednesday, August 9, 2006

Ambush on Path to Recovery

California | Local | By Carla Rivera | August 9, 2006
It was late in the evening when Michael Key landed on skid row in downtown Los Angeles. Read more
 

Friday, July 14, 2006

Judge Bars Tougher Drug Rehab Law

California | Local | By Evan Halper | July 14, 2006
A Northern California judge on Thursday blocked, at least temporarily, sweeping changes to the state’s landmark treatment program for drug offenders signed into law by Gov. Read more
 

Sunday, May 7, 2006

In Patrick Kennedy Land, Mood Is Forgiving

National | By Elizabeth Mehren | May 7, 2006
On Smith Hill, just around the corner from Providence College, the annual pancake breakfast at St. Read more
 

Saturday, May 6, 2006

Rep. Kennedy to Sign Up for Drug Treatment

National | By Johanna Neuman and Willem Marx | May 6, 2006
Rep. Read more
 

Thursday, April 13, 2006

Drug Treatment Program Lowers Jail Population

California | Local | By J. Michael Kennedy | April 13, 2006
The state’s 6-year-old program that mandates treatment instead of prison sentences for drug offenders is dramatically decreasing California’s jail population and saving taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars, according to a study released Wednesday. Read more
 

Saturday, April 1, 2006

Chris Farley’s unexpected return – in an ad campaign

Entertainment | By Scott Martelle | April 1, 2006
Eight years after his drug-related death at age 33, Chris Farley will be making a reappearance in L.A. The family of the oversized comic has approved the first major commercial use of his image – on a series of Los Angeles-area billboards advertising a new treatment for drug and alcohol addiction. Read more
 
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