Defense lawyers: Michael Jackson was drug addict

Defense lawyers: Michael Jackson was drug addict
Los Angeles Times
Defense attorney Edward Chernoff said in an interview that the intimate accounts of Jackson's friends and employees were meant not to malign the pop star but to document a drug addiction that stretched back to the 1990s. "We're not interested in ...
Linden Oaks Recovery Day focuses on addiction
Chicago Sun-Times
Where: Linden Oaks at Edward Hospital, 1250 N. Mill St., Naperville Heroin addiction, drug-related teenage deaths and the emergence of new drugs such as bath salts used as synthetic marijuana recently have made headlines. These issues make Linden Oaks' ...
Journal of Addiction Medicine Selected for Indexing in MEDLINE(r)
Newswise (press release)
"Most importantly, it will enhance the ability of all professionals to find evidence-based data to improve the care of patients with addiction-related conditions." MEDLINE is the leading tool for online searching of the health sciences literature in ...
Is there a cure for Internet addiction?
msnbc.com
One trouble with the diagnosis of "Internet addiction" is that definitions of it vary widely. A recent study of Connecticut high school students found one in 25 "who reported an 'irresistible urge' to be on the Internet and tension when they weren't ...
Former World of Warcraft addict talks about gaming obsession in memoir
Examiner.com
Though many people may laugh at the idea of a video game addiction, Ryan Van Cleave, a 30-something English professor, father and recovered addict, recently released Unplugged, a book that explores the online gaming habit that nearly cost him his ...
Bangor Township man gets up to 10 years in prison for addiction-motivated crimes
MLive.com
By Cole Waterman | The Bay City Times BAY CITY — A Bangor Township man will be spending up to a decade in prison for a crime spree his attorney says was motivated by a virulent drug addiction. Bay County Circuit Judge Joseph K. Sheeran on Monday ...
Ganja addict arrested for kidnapping minor girl
IBNLive.com
PTI | 07:08 PM,Aug 29,2011 New Delhi, Aug 29 (PTI) A 22-year-old unemployed ganja addict was arrested here for allegedly kidnapping a minor girl after taking cue from a television serial, police said today.Mohd Sartaj, who was thrown out from an ...
TNA News: Former TNA Star Claims 'I Was a Complete Drug Addict' in TNA
Bleacher Report
However, it was not due to his drug addiction, it was simply due to a lack of storylines from TNA's creative team. Rave later returned to Ring of Honor. They, however, noticed his addiction issues and released him. "In turn, I went to rehab, ...
America's Gambling Addiction
theTrumpet.com
So pervasive is the national addiction that just last year Los Angeles Times journalist Jack Dolan shockingly reported, “California welfare recipients are able to use state-issued debit cards to withdraw cash on gaming floors in more than half of the ...
Ex-alcoholic Claire, 29, backs campaign in memory of Amy
Halifax Evening Courier
The 29-year-old, of Halifax, hopes Mitch Winehouse's plan to launch a foundation in memory of Amy will help those trapped in the downward spiral of addiction. Claire has been alcohol and drug free now for 15 months after she was helped by Halifax's ...
Rossville resident wants people to associate addiction with recovery
SILive.com
“Everyone hears and sees in the media the horrific events that happen to celebrities, and about the kid down the block who became addicted to prescription pain killers,” said Mrs. Scimeca, who spent more than 20 years in addiction and psychiatric ...
Kids on Facebook more likely to drink and take drugs
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
Every fall when kids return to school, the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA Columbia) surveys teens and parents about teen substance abuse. This year, researchers took a close look at teens' use of social ...
Birmingham dentist admits defrauding NHS to fund his drug addiction
Birmingham Mail
by Alison Dayani, Birmingham Mail A HIGHLY-respected senior Birmingham dentist has admitted defrauding the NHS to feed his addiction to a heroin-type drug. Shamed Iranian-born consultant and lecturer Behnam Aghabeigi, known as Ben, could now face being ...
Suicide prevention: Eat more fish?
The Spokesman Review (blog)
An intriguing study, released by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, found that 800 US military personnel who committed suicide had low omega-3 levels. Omega-3 is a fatty acid found most commonly in fish and linked to increased ...
Why drinkers are twice as likely to lose their inhibitions in an unfamiliar bar
Daily Mail
To do this, they provided 24 students with alcoholic drinks. The students then partook in three drinking sessions at one location. They were then transferred to a second location where they were provided with 'placebo drinks' that tasted like an ...
Ric Flair Is Threatening A Lawsuit Over Something Ric Flair Said
SportsGrid
Before author Shane Ryan got into that in earnest, though, he briefly mentioned that Flair hasalcoholic cardiomyopathy, a heart condition brought on, as the name suggests, by alcohol abuse. Flair, apparently, took great issue with this. ...
Woman Steals £7000 off Disabled Mum to Play Online Bingo
BingoSupermarket
A court has been told how a Doncaster woman has stolen thousands of pounds from her disabled mum's account to fund her online bingo addiction. Alison Scott has been disowned by her family, after stealing £7595 from her 70 year old mother in just a few ...
About Journal of Addiction Medicine
Newswise (press release)
The mission of Journal of Addiction Medicine (JAM), the official journal of the American Society ofAddiction Medicine, is to promote excellence in the practice of addiction medicine and in clinical research as well as to support Addiction Medicine as ...
Clear jails of heroin addicts, new report claims
The Daily Telegraph
A study of heroin addict prisoners found 84 per cent back behind bars in two years. However, numbers dropped by a fifth if they left jail on opioid substitutes such as methadone and continued treatment in the community, the report by the National Drug ...
Addiction, chronic pain in the workplace: Part 2
Benefits Canada
Michele Nowski, section manager for group disability and case management in Ontario and Atlantic Canada with Desjardins Financial Security, addressed the question of whether certain workplaces are more likely to have addiction problems. ...
Millville leaders are gambling with taxpayers' money
Vineland Daily Journal
Compulsive gamblers tend to hide behind the addiction. They have dreams of what they will do when they finally "win big" -- but they often lose big with the addiction -- to continue trying no matter what. Left untreated, it can be devastating, ...
Is Social Media Addictive?: Michelle Gielan
MyFox Chicago
Chicago - A new report that shows our addiction to social media is growing, and it is having some serious consequences. Health and wellness expert Michelle Gielan joined us to talk about it. Nearly all of us are addicted to social media, Gielan said, ...
Narconon of Georgia Gears Up for National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery ...
Online PR News (press release)
This is followed by a series of classes to help the client get to the root of why he/she became anaddict in the first place and to teach life skills to help them stay clean and make good choices,” says Mary Rieser, Executive Director for Narconon Drug ...
Third heroin forum set for tonight in Oakville
STLtoday.com
The St. Louis County Police Department, the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse and the St. Louis County Children's Service Fund will have speakers at the event. Law enforcement officials in the St. Louis area say they've seen a dangerous ...
Former Peorian keeping focus on Betty Ford patients
Peoria Journal Star
John Schwarzlose received his master's degree in psychology from NIU in 1973 and returned home to take a job at the Peoria Area Council on Alcoholism at 1924 SW Adams. He had worked with mentally ill patients at a time when successful treatments were ...
DE-Addiction Centres
Press Information Bureau (press release)
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment is implementing a “Central Sector Scheme of Assistance for Prevention of Alcoholism and Substance (Drugs) Abuse” under which financial assistance is provided, inter-alia, to Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) ...
Do you have an Internet addiction?
The Next Web
My addiction is, to a certain extent, necessary. I need it so that I can try to be the first person to discover a really cool new Web app, or so I can sit here and figure out the 101 different ways that I'm going to put Google+ to work for me. ...
11 Ways To Manage Nicotine Withdrawal
Huffington Post
"There are many motivations to smoke," says Michael D. Stein, MD, Professor of Medicine and Community Health at Brown University and author of The Lonely Patient and The Addict. "The dominant one is physical dependence--that is, smokers who try to stop ...
Addiction? Video Games Crowded Out Man's Real Life
By The Huffington Post News Editors
At the height of what he calls his addiction, Ryan Van Cleave would stand in the grocery store checkout line with his milk and bread and baby food for his little girls and for a split second think he was living inside a video game. It sounds crazy, but it's true: Something would catch his ... For the next week, he felt horrible: His stomach hurt, he had migranes and was drenched in sweat – like an addict withdrawing from drugs. Staying away from WoW was difficult, but didn't re-install the ...
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