Drug Implant for Opioid Addiction Looks Effective: "Implanting the addiction-treatment drug buprenorphine in people who are opioid-dependent seems to reduce cravings in the short term, researchers say. By delivering a low but continuous dose of the medication, the implant is designed to reduce the risk that patients addicted to heroin or prescription painkillers (such as Oxycontin) will relapse after missing doses of buprenorphine or simply stop the daily, under-the-tongue treatment altogether. Dr. Walter Ling, from the University of California, Los Angeles, and his colleagues report their findings in the Oct. 13 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association."
'Rape cop’s five victims' | The Sun |News: "SEX predator cop raped five women and indecently assaulted two more, a court was told yesterday. PC Stephen Mitchell, 42, allegedly boasted to one terrified victim: 'I'm the law - I can do anything.' Mitchell allegedly attacked the bewildered women, often heroin addicts or petty thieves, in the cells, his car or on the street. He raped one junkie in her own home after handcuffing her hands behind her back, it was claimed."
Lindsay Lohan treated for 'cocaine dependence' - Bloginity News: "Lindsay Lohan is reportedly being treated for cocaine addiction. The actress is currently undergoing a rehab treatment program at the Betty Ford Clinic in Los Angeles and according to website RadarOnline.com, she has a dependency for the Class A drug. A source said: “Lindsay’s primary problem is cocaine. She went through a thorough assessment, and it was discovered that she has a high dependence for cocaine.” Lindsay – who has previously confessed to experimenting with the drug – is believed to be doing well in the clinic and responding well to treatment. The source said: “At this point, Lindsay is at a critical point of her detoxification and recovery, and she is doing well.” Lindsay, 24, has her own treatment team in the facility which is comprised of a personal physician, nurse, psychologist, primary counsellor, case manager, spiritual care counsellor, family counsellor, dietician, fitness trainer and chemical dependency technician."
Kate Moss's Cocaine Scandal Doubled Her Salary | PopEater.com: "supermodel Kate Moss, any press is good press. Moss's agent, Sarah Doukas, tells UK's Daily Mail that after the supermodel's highly publicized 2005 cocaine scandal, records show her earnings have increased.
Doukas admits that in the days surrounding the incident -- in which the Daily Mirror published pictures of Moss snorting the illegal substance -- she reached out to the top fashion companies to soothe their fears.
'I basically just spent a lot of time on the phone trying to reassure her big clients that you can't believe everything you read and, unfortunately, all press actually is good press in this world we live in,' she says. 'So keep calm, don't have a knee-jerk reaction,' she recalled.
Although H&M, Chanel and Burberry terminated their contracts with the then 31-year-old model, the sting didn't last long.
'I knew that some of my great clients, that were huge clients to her, they stuck by and said, 'We are in your capable hands, we will stick by her' -- and they did,' says Doukas, who was soon brokering Moss a new deal with Burberry and campaigns for Dior, Longchamp, Louis Vuitton, Stella McCartney, Roberto Cavalli, Versace, Rimmel, Bulgari, and Agent Provacateur, among others, less than a year after her reputation was allegedly tarnished."
Rapper Ronald 'Ra Diggs' Herron who bragged about violence on Twitter, YouTube is drug kingpin: feds: "rapper who boasted on Twitter about beating a murder rap is a violent drug kingpin who flooded Brooklyn's Gowanus Houses with crack and heroin, the feds said Wednesday. Ronald (Ra Diggs) Herron, charged with eight others in a federal indictment, provided prosecutors with a wealth of incriminating evidence in his YouTube videos and in his Twitter musings. He tweeted that he has '5000 n----- with them lorcins [handguns] ready to turn the pigs kids into orphins,' federal court papers reveal. The videos depict the ex-con wearing body armor and brazenly firing guns at a target range."
BBC News - Drug users are turning to legal highs - report: "Young adults are turning to so-called legal highs as they seek alternatives to other drugs, according to experts. The National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse report warned the drugs had emerged as an alternative to the 'low quality' of other substances. Over the past years, the number seeking help for cocaine, crack cocaine and heroin use all fell. But this was largely down to large reductions in the under 25 age group, as the number of over 40s actually increased"
Singer pleads guilty in cocaine case - Glendale News Press: "21-year-old pop singer for the group Girlicious pleaded guilty this week to a felony possessing cocaine charge after Glendale police in March reportedly found more than a dozen small packages of cocaine in her purse. Natalie Mejia, a Diamond Bar resident, had originally entered a not guilty plea in April to one felony count of possession of cocaine with the intent to sell. But Mejia changed her plea Wednesday in the Los Angeles County Superior Court in Pasadena after prosecutors offered her a deal requiring her to enroll in a narcotics abuse treatment program and stay out of trouble for 18 months, officials said."
The positive results of both A and B samples came from a test after a match against Bolivia's Universidad de Sucre last month in the Copa Sudamericana, South America's equivalent of the Europa League."
CBC News - Health - Screen time linked to kids' psychological issues: "Children who spend more than two hours a day in front of the computer or television are more likely to experience psychological difficulties, new research from Britain suggests. The British study of more than 1,000 children aged 10 and 11 found children who spent more than two hours daily watching TV or on the computer had higher psychological difficulty scores. The link, observed even among kids who were physically active, was strong enough to prompt the authors to conclude that limiting children's screen time may be necessary. 'While low levels of screen viewing may not be problematic, we cannot rely on physical activity to compensate for long hours of screen viewing,' said lead author Angie Page, from the University of Bristol's Centre for Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences. Researchers tested children's psychological health through questionnaires that rated their emotional and behavioural well-being."
George Michael has his Freedom | The Sun |News: "He had been found slumped at the wheel of his car after it smashed into a branch of photo store Snappy Snaps in July. The singer, who had a previous conviction for the same offence, was told by District Judge John Perkins that there was no option but jail. Michael was first sent to tough Pentonville Prison in North London but was moved to the softer Category C Highpoint, where Moors murderer Myra Hindley served the last three years of her life sentence. He was seen laughing and joking with partner Kenny Goss over the weekend while on a prison visit."
George Michael has his Freedom | The Sun |News: "POP star George Michael was released from jail today. The former Wham! singer, 47, was freed from Highpoint Prison in Suffolk and returned to his home in Highgate, North London. He had been sentenced to eight weeks in prison for drug driving last month after crashing his Range Rover while high on cannabis."
The Associated Press: Ohio executes man who killed lover over ATM card: "Ohio man who bludgeoned his girlfriend to death and then stole her ATM card to buy crack cocaine apologized to the woman's family before he died by lethal injection Wednesday. Michael Benge's execution is Ohio's eighth lethal injection in 2010 — the most put to death in a year since Ohio resumed capital punishment in 1999. The previous high was seven in 2004. Ohio's highest number of executions occurred in 1949, when 15 men died by electric chair. Ohio's execution total this year is second to Texas, which has put 16 people to death in 2010. Texas executed a record 40 people in 2000 — the most since the state began using lethal injection in 1982. Benge, 49, of Hamilton in southwest Ohio, was convicted of aggravated murder, aggravated robbery and gross abuse of a corpse in the 1993 death of Judith Gabbard, his live-in girlfriend, who was upset about his drug use. Gabbard's daughter, son and brother watched Benge's execution."
Heroin Addiction Hits Suburban Teens Hard | Geo Blog: "Kristen Delgado, 18, talks about overdosing on heroin, the double life of heroin addiction, and her realizations about what heroin and drug treatment may hold. Read more about her heroin addiction story at www.usnews.com"
Heroin Detox, What you Need to Know | Heroin Addicts: "Heroin Detox: One of the Toughest Drug Habits to Kick A heroin addict knows best how difficult it is to get away from this addiction. It is one of the toughest drug habits to kick. With so many resources out there today, it is easier to step away from this lifestyle and begin the recovery process. In 2009, there was a national survey performed on recovering addicts and those seeking substance abuse therapy, heroin detox and/or rehab. Statistics for 2009 show that there were at least 335,000 addicts who sought detox and/or heroin rehab for their heroin habit. Unfortunately, the numbers of folks addicted to the drug that did not seek help in 2009 was even higher than the number of people who have received or sought treatment. It is possible to recover from this drug. A large number of people who sought treatment are still in recovery today, and many more people are kicking the heroin habit now."
That's the chilling message addressed to parents in this public service announcement created by The Precinct Studios in Australia, in response to the childhood obesity epidemic.
Apparently, childhood obesity isn't just an American problem."
prostitute seeking fame on The X Factor was yesterday exposed as a cocaine user, before she was kicked out of the competition on last night’s show. Chloe Heald was secretly filmed taking the drug before reportedly charging a customer £450 for a two-hour sex session — days before her weekend TV appearance. The revelations again call in to question the judgement of producers,who were last week accused of glamorising prostitution when they refused to axe Miss Heald, 19.
Paris Hilton denied entry to Japan following cocaine conviction | Mail Online: "Paris Hilton arrived back to America today after being refused entry to Japan following her recent arrest for cocaine possession.The 29-year-old heiress was pictured disembarking a private jet at Van Nuys, California on Wednesday night.It comes after she had been detained and questioned for six hours after landing at Narita International Airport in Tokyo earlier in the week.After further questioning by immigration officials, it was decided the socialite should return to the States."
Aaron Sorkin: 'Hardest thing I do every day is not take cocaine' - USATODAY.com: "Aaron Sorkin not only talks about writing his new Facebook movie, The Social Network, in the new W magazine. He also opens up about his crack addiction in the mid-90s: 'I had what they call a 'high bottom.' My life didn't fall apart before I got into rehab. I didn't lose my job or run over a kid or injure anyone when I was high. But the hardest thing I do every day is not take cocaine. You don't get cured of addiction--you're just in remission.'"
Ricky Hatton has been stripped of his boxing licence (PA) It came after the two-time world champion was filmed by the News of the World allegedly using cocaine during a 'ten-hour drink and drugs binge'. Hatton, 31, who made his professional debut in 1997, is currently at a rehabilitation clinic and facing a police inquiry. 'The board is especially concerned to keep the sport of boxing free from drugs, whether taken for recreational or performance enhancing reasons, and to be vigilant in identifying and dealing with cases of alcohol abuse,' the organisation said in a statement.It added that Hatton is currently not an active boxer and his physical condition is such that it has decided to withdraw his licence to fight."
Ricky Hatton has been stripped of his boxing licence It came after the two-time world champion was filmed by the News of the World allegedly using cocaine during a 'ten-hour drink and drugs binge'. Hatton, 31, who made his professional debut in 1997, is currently at a rehabilitation clinic and facing a police inquiry. 'The board is especially concerned to keep the sport of boxing free from drugs, whether taken for recreational or performance enhancing reasons, and to be vigilant in identifying and dealing with cases of alcohol abuse,' the organisation said in a statement.It added that Hatton is currently not an active boxer and his physical condition is such that it has decided to withdraw his licence to fight."
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