| Lohan checks into rehab for the third time
London, Aug 7 (ANI): Days after she went into hiding following her latest DUI arrest, Lindsay Lohan has checked into a rehab centre in Utah. This is the third time that beleaguered starlet has turned to a rehabilitation programme for alcohol and drug addiction. Reports said that the Mean Girls star will be undergoing a one month intense programme at Cirque Lodge drug and alcohol rehab facility in Sundance, reports the Sun. On August 3, Lohan was spotted heading for Kennedy airport with her younger sister Ali. Her father Michael Lohan had confirmed that she was staying with her mum, grand mum and four siblings in Long Island. Lohan, who has also been charged of possessing cocaine, is due to appear in court on August 24.
Channel 4 To Follow-up Cold Turkey
Channel 4 is set to produce a follow-up to the controversial reality show Going Cold Turkey.The programme, shown on the channel last year, followed heroin and methadone addicts going cold turkey for a week.Cameras showed three participants up close in a treatment facility while the addicts suffered from the effects of detox for one week.Krishnan Guru-Murthy, from Channel 4 News, co-hosted the programme which showed addicts trying to kick their habits.A spokesman for Channel 4 told the Sun: "The show will offer an unflinching reassessment of the classification of drugs and a scientific analysis of drug abuse and withdrawal."It also explores the powerful stories of three people. Treatment and filming are taking place at a leading clinic."Respected addiction specialists are in complete control of medical care."The programme, called Britain's Deadliest Addictions, will include people suffering from drugs and alcohol addiction.
p0717 BC-WorldBriefly 07-17 2141 7/17/2007 AP News in Brief
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Al-Qaida is using its growing strength in Pakistan and Iraq to plot attacks on U.S. soil, heightening the terror threat facing the United States over the next few years, intelligence agencies concluded in a report unveiled Tuesday. At the same time, the intelligence analysts worry that international cooperation against terrorism will be hard to sustain as memories of Sept. 11 fade and nations' views diverge on what the real threat is. In the report prepared for President Bush and other top policymakers, analysts laid out a range of dangers -- from al-Qaida to Lebanese Hezbollah to non-Muslim radical groups -- that pose a "persistent and evolving threat" to the country over the next three years. The findings focused most heavily on Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network, which was judged to remain the most serious threat to the United States.
Nicotinic receptors may be important targets for treatment of multiple addictions
For years, scientists have known that some people are biologically more susceptible to drug addiction than others, but they have only been able to speculate why. In the August 15, 2007 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience, researchers at the University of Chicago report on a study that may help answer this question. They discovered that rats most likely to self-administer addictive drugs had a particular receptor in the brain that is more responsive than the same receptor in rats least likely to self-administer addictive drugs. This receptor, known as the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR), increases excitability within in the brains reward centers. In the animals that were more likely to take addictive drugs, the effects of these receptors were much stronger, leading to more profound excitation of the cells and pathways associated with reward.
Two Children Die in Car Fire
EDWIN, N.Y. In news out of Steuben County, two children died Tuesday in a car fire before their mother could pull them to safety. Melissa Johns, 25, of Savona was driving on Interstate 86 in Edwin when her car caught fire. Johns pulled over; then the car became engulfed in flames. She couldn't save Izzybella Beam, 18 months, or Sinaya Beam, four weeks old. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. ll/yc Steuben County Sheriff
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City cites illegal rooming house
MEDFORD -- From the street, William Maragioglio's house looks perfectly in place among the others in this densely packed neighborhood near the Malden city line. But what's inside the blue four-bedroom at 112 Second St. is a different story. The dwelling is now the subject of a federal administrative probe, after city officials sided with Maragioglio's neighbors and took him to court for allegedly operating an illegal rooming house. The city wants to shut Maragioglio down, or at least force him to scale back. He has as many as 10 men, all of them recovering drug addicts and alcoholics, living in the house -- far more than allowed under city zoning laws that prohibit four or more unrelated people from sharing a single-family home, City Solicitor Mark Rumley said.
Helping your kids may actually hurt them
All parents love their children. They would do anything to help them grow into happy and productive adults. But there are times when parental intervention actually interferes with youngsters' emotional development. For instance, when a father attempts to negotiate a lighter sentence for his college sophomore who crashed a car while driving drunk, the dad may actually be reinforcing his son's poor judgment and setting the stage for future problems. Rescuing behavior, although well-intentioned, sends youngsters a clear message: You don't have to be responsible for what you do. This form of overprotection is especially pernicious when children are abusing drugs or alcohol or engaging in other types of illegal activities. Such youngsters already have trouble with self-control.
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Joseph A. Califano, Jr., chairman and president of The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University and former U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, will release the findings from CASA's twelfth annual back-to-school report, "National Survey of American Attitudes on Substance Abuse XII: Teens and Parents" on Thursday, August 16 at 10:00 a.m. at the Kaiser Family Foundation building, 1330 G Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. .
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