Where Rehab Meets Reality

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Ms. Pinsky said her husband and “Celebrity Rehab,” now on hiatus, performed a public service in helping to destigmatize drug and alcohol addiction. “He is so hurt by anything that is negative,” she said. “I have to keep telling him: 'I'm sorry, but you …
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Tragic death of model student Henry Kwan reveals the new scourge of legal …

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"I just want that all parents should be aware of this. Because it can be available everywhere easily," he said. His son was a "very good boy" who never would have taken an illegal drug. He took the tab because he thought it would help him stay awake to …
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A case for Sask. to think inside the box

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We've tried to pay forward this thoughtfulness to the new parents we've encountered since. But the BBC story says the Finnish government's gift … Think about it the context of teen pregnancies or babies at risk of fetal alcohol syndrome or being born …
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Five new audio books for summer, a memoir, horror and young adult

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Raised on Boston's North Shore by a drug-addled but savvy mother, Ruta's childhood veered between private boarding schools and welfare checks, social climbing and sexual abuse. Years after coming to terms with a mother who all but defies description …
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