Drug Rehabs

Are These “Stars” Really Rehab Cases, or Are They Just PR Stunts?

Question by doublewidemama: Are these “Stars” really rehab cases, or are they just PR stunts?
or worse, both?

Best answer:

Answer by alightnevergoesout
if it is just a pr stunt its a bad bad one. as for some of them it may be questionable, but for the ones facing jail and shit its not.

Answer by Lea B
I don’t think it’s for PR , I think it is very sad…what kind of example are they setting for teens or anyone else for that matter.. I hate the way they blame the stress of being a celeberity on their problems. I think it has really gotten out of hand. I really wish they would clean up their act.

Penn Researchers Study a Drug That Slows Heavy Drinking

Penn researchers study a drug that slows heavy drinking
Henry R. Kranzler, director of Penn's Center for Studies of Addiction and the study's lead author, said researchers also have found that genes affect response to two other drugs being tested in alcoholics: naltrexone and ondansetron, an antinausea drug …
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Selena Gomez Drinks Alcohol Again After Rehab
In early Feb., Selena Gómez voluntarily and secretly interned herself at a rehab center in Arizona, where, according to reports by People en Español magazine, she stayed for two weeks to get treatment for her consumption of marijuana and alcohol.
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How to Overcome Addiction to Alcohol and Drugs and Enjoy Th


 

How to overcome addiction to alcohol and drugs and enjoy th – http://www.soberliving.com. Quitting drugs or alcohol when you are addicted is much more likely to happen with the guidance of clinical addiction experts at …

 

Botetourt Prevention Coalition discussed Marijuana facts and myths
The BPC is made up of professionials dealing with youth alcohol and substance abuse, school administrators, law enforcement, social services, the legal community, clergy and health professionals as well as citizens. Marijuana and its legalization in …
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Probation Officials Concede Failures in GPS Tracking of Felons

Probation officials concede failures in GPS tracking of felons
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department also has more than 300 jail inmates on GPS monitoring while they work at police substations or attend drug treatment programs. In separate reports to the Board of Supervisors, the Sheriff's Department noted …
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Tormented Tori Breaks Down!
Not long after the cheating scandal broke, the two were photographed leaving a Los Angeles rehab facility, Grand View House, which treats alcohol and drug addiction. It's also associated with a facility for psychological problems including depression …
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New Study for Marijuana Addiction Will Be Conducted in Portland

New study for marijuana addiction will be conducted in Portland
In Oregon, marijuana is second only to alcohol when it comes to admissions for substance abuse treatment, yet it's hard to find any targeted programs here or elsewhere. “There's this complacency around the drug, and it is a drug,” said Katharina Wiest, …
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Updated: Wednesday, February 26 2014, 06:56 PM EST
"Fortunately or unfortunately, substance abuse treatment is now a business," said Dennis Simpson, with the WMU Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program. Simpson points out that companies that distribute the treatments are for-profit businesses, and need …
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Addiction Experts Want FDA to Revoke Zohydro Approval

Addiction Experts Want FDA to Revoke Zohydro Approval
A coalition of addiction treatment experts, healthcare agencies and consumer groups is calling on the Food and Drug Administration to revoke its approval of Zohydro, a potent extended release opioid painkiller that will be introduced next month by San …
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Hot Sauce Addiction – Chilies Are Like A Drug
There's a reason you can't put down that hot sauce. A new reports finds chilies are a drug. The American Chemical Society posted a video online showing how chilies can be addicting. Apparently the compounds that cause our mouths to burn, trigger our …
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