Lamar Odom charged with DUI following one-day rehab stint amid alleged drug …
It was just the latest setback for Odom, who is reportedly battling a crack-cocaine addiction that is threatening his marriage. Kardashian, 29, has reportedly made several unsuccessful attempts to help her husband get clean. PHOTOS: BIGGEST CELEBRITY …
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Four beds ready to treat Internet addicts
(CNN) — High above the frozen Potomac River in the nation's capitol, Ryan Van Cleave stood on the Arlington Memorial Bridge, contemplating his life. It was New Year's Eve 2007, and the married father of two asked himself, "Is this really something I'm …
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'Jersey Shore's' Situation pulls back curtain on his addiction
In rehab, doctors prescribed medication to treat his opioid addiction, the Associated Press said. The medication, which he still takes daily, and counseling have worked best for him, he said, and he is also a spokesman for Reckitt Benckiser …
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Report: Lamar Odom may have checked into drug and alcohol rehabilitation center
According to People.com, Odom — who had been the subject of much rumor and reporting in recent weeks — has decided to check himself into a rehabilitation center for drug and alcohol abuse. From People's report: “He realized he needs help,” a source …
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Lamar Odom has checked into drug and alcohol rehab center, report says
Former Lakers forward Lamar Odom has checked into a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center, according to People.com. Odom, currently a free agent after a season with the Clippers, has been the subject a variety of recent rumors related to drug abuse.
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Compromise offered on California prison reduction mandate
The deal relies on the state persuading the three judges to give the state time to let rehabilitation programs work rather than spend $ 315 million to lease cells in private prisons and county jails. The leaders agreed that if the judges don't extend …
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Critics: Why Million Springfield Rehab When Illinois In Deep Debt?
There's no shortage of critics questioning why Illinois is spending $ 50 million on renovating the Capitol building in Springfield while the state has a $ 100 billion pension problem and is about $ 5 billion in debt. Last week the State Journal Register …
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Two with Mass. roots join 'Crossfire' revival
Last night, after an eight-year hiatus, the political debate program, “Crossfire,” returned to CNN, and two of its four hosts, Stephanie Cutter and S.E. Cupp, have deep Massachusetts roots. Cutter joins Van … I took some wounded female veterans there …
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Importance of training programs for officials stressed
Prince Khaled Al-Faisal has stressed the importance of organizing training and rehabilitation programs for officials in high-ranking positions to improve their performance levels. “I would be the first to attend a training and … In his speech, Al …
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Hefty fines for drinking and driving
Duty counsel Jennifer Tremblay-Hall asked the judge to impose a $ 1,200 fine. Since she was charged Conroy has attended the detox centre, joined Alcoholics Anonymous and completed a 28-day treatment program, Tremblay-Hall said. This incident “caused …
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For black infants, a precarious start in life
Programs in Los Angeles County, including L.A. Best Babies Network and Great Beginnings for Black Babies, take steps such as screening women for depression and substance abuse and helping get them into stable housing and out of abusive relationships …
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Sterling Area League of Women Voters hear about new meth addiction recovery …
In recognition of National Recovery Month, Toni Harms and Colleen Dowell spoke to the Sterling Area League of Women Voters Sunday about Clean Slate, a new recovery program. Harms, who works for the Logan County Department of Human Services, …
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Addicted to the Internet? There's a Hospital-based Treatment for That
… as either coping skills or are so habitual that they don't play much role other than habit,” says Adi Jaffe, executor director of Alternatives Addiction Treatment, a private treatment center that offers moderation-based approaches to treat all …
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Lamar Odom reportedly enters rehab — or did he?
Two sources confirmed to People magazine on Wednesday that Odom, husband to Khloe Kardashian Odom, had checked himself into a treatment center for drug and alcohol addiction. … Kanye West in human-rights spotlight after private Kazakhstan gig.
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Rethinking Canada's approach to drugs and alcohol
Many jurisdictions around the world allow private alcohol sales and don't suffer from the myriad of problems described by those in favour of strict controls. In Las Vegas, for example, most hotels have the same glasses because people are free to order …
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Funding cuts to drug treatment centers mean addicts get turned away
Over the past 13 years, the state has transferred treatment to the private sector. Now there are about 2,500 private facilities in the state that use donations, and federal and state money to provide detox, or medical treatments that remove drugs from …
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Question by Maricopa County: Do you feel sorry for this illegal or was justice served?
He was one of 107 Mexican men who had started out that morning in shackles at the York County Prison and had been placed by immigration officials on a chartered plane at Harrisburg International Airport for a flight to the border. The journey was part of a now daily exodus that has made the south-central region of Pennsylvania a critical hub in the federal government’s efforts to deport undocumented immigrants.

Now 37, Mr. Cruz had not been in his native country since crossing illegally more than two decades before. He was leaving behind his parents, siblings, a young daughter he hardly knew and a seven-year prison stint in Virginia that followed a 2002 night of binge drinking and a hit-and-run crash. He had no clothes except his brown prison jumpsuit and a pair of blue slippers.Mr. Cruz, who became a devout Christian during his time in prison, plans to continue his religious studies and spread the word of God as a Mennonite missionary in his homeland.When Mr. Cruz crossed the border as a teenager in the 1980s, it was “kind of easy,” he said last month while awaiting deportation. The United States had far fewer border patrol agents than it has today.

His parents were already living in Los Angles, and Mr. Cruz wanted to join them. Most of his four brothers and three sisters would make similar journeys.

After a decade living on the west coast, the family decided to move to Harrisonburg, Va., to get away from the growing dangers of gangs and crime in Los Angeles. In Virginia, Mr. Cruz found work in a poultry factory, where he put turkeys on hooks before they were slaughtered.

By then, Mr. Cruz’s older brother had developed a drinking problem. Mr. Cruz, a regular churchgoer, initially resisted such temptations. But he soon started drinking with his brother.

“It was just little by little,” he said. “Then I was an alcoholic.”

The pair also smoked marijuana, despite admonitions from their parents. Mr. Cruz attended rehabilitation programs, but he didn’t have any success until he left his family to live on his own in Phoenix.

There he met Rosario Mendoza, a devoted Christian who helped him recover from his addictions. She also persuaded him to reconcile with his parents and return to Virginia. Mr. Cruz brought Ms. Mendoza with him, and the couple had a daughter named Paula.

Mr. Cruz also reconnected with his old group of friends, and he again started drinking and using drugs.

In November 2002, an intoxicated Mr. Cruz tried to drive home after watching a boxing match. He struck a woman’s car and kept driving before crashing again. He woke up in the hospital with a broken shoulder and neck and chest injuries. He later learned that the woman in the car had been pregnant and suffered a miscarriage.

During his first night in prison, Mr. Cruz tried to hang himself with a sweater. Guards put him under suicide watch.

At the prison health clinic, a nurse gave him a Bible and told him, “I’ll be praying for you.”

Her words provided comfort. Mr. Cruz resolved to change. He pleaded guilty to criminal charges and accepted a 10-year prison sentence and the loss of his visa to stay in the United States, which his parents had helped him get a decade before.

At Green Rock Correctional Center in Chatham, Va., Mr. Cruz immersed himself in Christianity, attending Bible study and theology classes sponsored by Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University. He served as a translator at weekend services for other Latinos in the prison.

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Answer by Tom
No. I feel justice was served. He is, after all, an ILLEGAL immigrant.

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