Posts Tagged ‘Drug Rehab’

Frankie Sandford took a break from her band, The Saturdays, earlier this year, opting out of performances as well as promotional appearances and that hiatus triggered a swirl of rumors. Where was she? What was she doing? The gossips surmised that she was taking a [...]

Kim Richards was a Disney child star, and now she’s a star on the reality TV show, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. As the show has followed her interaction with fellow housewives including sister, Kyle, concerns have been expressed in numerous ways about Kim’s erratic [...]

State budgets have been in crisis for decades but since the recession, more and more states have had to cut important community services. Drug addiction treatment services have almost inevitably been put on the chopping block, alongside state parks, school supplies, teacher’s salaries, and more. [...]

Unlike many rock stars these days, Girls front man Christopher Owen isn’t talking about how his past struggle with drug and alcohol addiction affected his life or killed his career – he’s talking about a current issue with drugs and alcohol and how it informs [...]

Teen Mom’s Amber Portwood has famously been in and out of rehab and openly discussed her issues with drugs and alcohol as well as her ongoing struggle with anger and depression. Recently, she was spotted getting on a plane headed for her home town Anderson, [...]

Jeff Hardy has long had issues, ostensibly due to drug abuse, and it’s caused him more than a few problems. According to Bleacher Report, those problems have culminated in both wrestlers getting pink slips from TNA pending a stay in drug rehab. The kicker? Both [...]

According to CNN and a number of other news sources, Florida officials are taking quick strides toward implementing a new program that will require potential recipients of cash aid and welfare to undergo drug testing when they apply. Some think this idea is great. Others [...]

Drug traffickers are treated harshly in the United States judicial system. Mandatory sentences are often more than 25 years in some cases, depending upon the amount of drug seized in the arrest and the number of prior arrests. But drug dealers – while they’re street [...]

It’s not easy for police officers and other law enforcement officials to figure out the best way to deal with drug and alcohol addiction in those they arrest for breaking the law. Is the first priority the crime that was committed or the drug addiction, [...]

In some states, they’re asking the question: should drug testing be mandatory for judges? Some people say that it’s an absolute necessity while others say that it should only be implemented with just cause. Currently, in Tennessee, for example, the state law agrees with those [...]