Monday, September 10, 2012

Meth addiction

  • Jael Strauss Battles Meth Addiction On Dr. Phil; Former 'America's Next Top ...

    The "full-blown meth addict," as Dr. Phil refers to her, physically fights to resist coming to the set of "Dr.

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  • Drummond: Nadia Lockyer's tragic spiral continues

    Lockyer's recent arrest on meth charges in Orange County, where she grew up, suggests that she might well be battling an addiction to one of the most insidious, destructive drugs of all. Her Newport Beach attorney, Allan Stokke, said Lockyer ...

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  • Recovering addict relates his story

    Editor's note: Although drug use has plagued Americans for years, the introduction of methamphetamine into the drug culture kicked addiction to new levels. The Shawnee News-Star has partnered with sister papers, The Ardmoreite, Ardmore, Okla., and The ...

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  • Former meth addict: 4 years lost

    AURORA - She started drinking at the age of 12, started smoking marijuana at 13 and then at 18 was introduced to methamphetamine. She was hooked. "My life changed immediately from the first time I ever did it," Tonya Wheeler said. "The spiral of my ...

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  • Meth addict's tale doesn't crystallize as theater

    Imagine a Narcotics Anonymous meeting at which the speaker suddenly breaks into song and dance. This should give you a pretty good feel for "Methtacular!

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  • Northern Calif. politician and estranged wife of state treasurer charged with ...

    Nadia Lockyer, the estranged wife of state Treasurer Bill Lockyer and a former Alameda County supervisor, was charged with drug possession and child abuse after police found her with methamphetamine in an Orange County house where she was staying ...

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  • 'Intervention': Daughter Drives Her Meth-Addicted Father Around So He Can ...

    Once a happily married father of three children, Dennis chose to walk away from it all due to his addiction to meth.

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  • Report: County is near the top in the state for drug abuse

    It came as no surprise to Jackson County's narcotics officers and addiction treatment specialists that the region ranks high in Oregon in meth and prescription drug abuse. The numbers come from a report released this week by the Oregon High Intensity ...

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  • Cameron Crowe to Direct Father/Son Meth Addiction Memoirs

    The "Almost Famous" director is looking at the world through a parent's eyes, currently at work on a movie called "Beautiful Boy" about a father's experiences with his son's meth addiction. It's partly adapted from the nonfiction book by David Sheff ...

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  • Crystal Meth, The Musical!

    It might all be like a racier movie for Lifetime--the network Strafford calls "TV for gay meth addicts coming down"--but his performing focus is unwavering, he's witty and self-deprecating, and he has a healthy perspective on where he's been and where ...

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  • Old Fire trial: Drug expert testifies about effects of meth

    SAN BERNARDINO - A drug expert testified Thursday about the effects of methamphetamine in the penalty phase of the trial of convicted Old Fire arsonist Rickie Fowler, who reportedly was a meth addict and told authorities he used meth the night before ...

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  • Eagan Man Charged with Burglarizing Building, Blames Meth Addiction

    Two men, one from Eagan and one from St. Paul, have been charged with burglarizing a Minneapolis company, and police say the Eagan man blamed the crime on his addiction to methamphetamine. Alexander James Farrell, 24, of Eagan, and James ...

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  • The changing face of American addictions

    Methamphetamine addiction soared about 10 years ago, and then waned beginning in 2005, when some controls were put in on the cold medications from which it is made.

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  • Marana mother recovers from meth addiction with "MOMs" program

    TUCSON- A Marana mother is slowly putting her life back together, after years of battling a meth addiction. It's all thanks to a three-year-grant awarded to the UA's Southwest Institute for Research on Women, or SIROW.

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  • Prescription drug abuse is a growing problem in Wyoming

    Dr. Berton Toews runs Casper's Wyoming Recovery center, a treatment facility that deals specifically with addiction. He agrees that there is a correlation between meth's scarcity and prescription drug addictions, but he also is quick to point out that ...

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  • Between a rock and a hard place

    She realized the only way she would be able to break the cycle of addiction once she was out of jail was to escape from Montezuma County, to walk away from her so-called friends and meth buddies was the only chance she had. "I knew I had to move ...

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  • A walk through Missouri's valley of meth

    Like all users, recovering meth addict Savella Elmore experienced the ultimate high before hitting terrifying lows. "Everything was awesome," she says.

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    Few other details were released, and police have invited media to view the seizure at a news conference Monday. Drug addiction workers told The Free Press earlier this year crystal meth and other drugs would become more popular in London because the ...

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  • Akron: Before meth is made, ingredients can kill

    pubId=34306114001 Akron: Before meth is made, ingredients can kill AKRON, Ohio -- Police say the addictive qualities in methamphetamine far outweigh concern for safety and health. cooking meth Crime jennifer lindgren meth akron Danger Health News ...

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  • Guest essay: Fossil-fuel addiction must be broken

    Would anyone be surprised to learn that an alcoholic's drinking had damaging effects on his family, or that a meth user's addiction had ruined his finances? Probably not. And yet we're surprised to learn that our addiction to fossil fuels like oil ...

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