Apart from the cheating, major baseball knew a good year (the Canadian Press via Worldwide Drug Testing News)

New king of the circuits, Barry Bonds beat the mark of Hank Aaron before being accused of perjury and obstacle to justice.

The singer Amy Winehouse questioned by the police force, according to the chain Sky News (the Canadian Press via Worldwide Drug Testing News)

LONDON - the singer Amy Winehouse was stopped, Tuesday, for obstacle with justice within the framework of a business implying her husband.

Grohl warns Promis before party lives (if via Worldwide Drug Testing News)

Dave Grohl put younger prominent one close not to succumb to the temptations of alcohol and drugs. The 38-jaehrige Foo Fighters Rocker has during its time with Nirvana themselves much celebrated...

Don’t do Drug Rehab in your Own Back Yard!(via Worldwide Drug Addiction News)

There is not a single day that goes by that we don't get asked the question, "Do you know of a good drug rehab center by ________?"  You can fill in their home town.  People would like to very close to their family and friends for support. I always try to point out this may not be the best possible choice.  If it were just up to support of family and friends most people would have changed already and would not need to go to drug rehab.

Being very close to home makes it really easy to quit.  If all you have to do is jump in a cab and get a ride home from the drug rehab center, the temptation is very large to quit. I don't care how motivated you are, and how wonderful the staff is, there will be moments of doubt.  There will be also moments of euphoria where you are convinced you know it all, and are ready to leave early.  If you are at least an airplane ride away from home, you will have time to resist that temptation.  You usually cannot get a plane ride out that same day with spending a LOT of money on airfare.  Having to wait an extra day means having the time to remember why you came to drug rehab.  It gives time to reconsider you hasty decision.  When it comes to the question of where to go for drug rehab, the answer is simple.  Go at least 500 or more miles away.  Go to the other side of the country.  Leave the coun! try.  Just do not go "down the street".  Put the odds of success on your side.

The American congress wants to re-examine the laws on sporting doping (the Canadian Press via Worldwide Drug Testing News)

WASHINGTON - the American congress announced Tuesday that it intends to re-examine its legislation on doping aiming at improving the performances with new laws which will limit the access to the steroids and the growth hormones.

Roger Clemens réitire whom it never took of prohibited substances (the Canadian Press via Worldwide Drug Testing News)

New York - Roger Clemens denied the allegations wanting that it took drugs to improve its performances, estimating that they "are a dangerous short cut and destructor which no athlete should take".

Un coroner suggère des agents de la paix sur les sentiers de motoneige (La Presse Canadienne via Yahoo! Actualités)

QUEBEC - Un coroner suggère d'octroyer les pouvoirs d'un agent de la paix à certains membres des clubs de motoneigistes du Québec afin de contrer notamment l'alcool aux guidons de ces puissants engins.

What is the Critical Activity in Drug Rehab?(via Worldwide Drug Addiction News)

In a drug and alcohol rehab program there can be literally hundreds of things to do and change.  Many are important and a few are even more important.  What is the MOST important activity to success in a drug rehab program?  Let me explain a little bit more.  Weight loss is ceratainly talked and read about a lot.  There must be several million diets out there.  There has to be more abdominal exercisers on T.V. than just about everything else. 

Do you know what the critical activity is for weight loss?  What is the one thing that if you do has the GREATEST correlation with success?  Working out?  Cutting out fat?  No on both accounts. The single activity that apparently has the greatest relationship with long term weight loss is DAILY weigh-ins and journeling that number.

Do we even know what the critical activity for drug and alcohol rehab is?  It may be something as simple as the equivalent of the "weigh in".  What if we had daily urine testing, with documentation.  Not for the whole world to see, but you and your counselor.  Not weekly, or at random, but DAILY.  If would be much harder for a single use or lapse to turn into a binge or full blown relapse.  Daily testing could also be used at the beginning to see if drugs that stay in the system for longer periods are actually decreasing in concentration.  Like watching you weight go down so to speak. 

I am not saying this is the critical activity.  I am suggesting we still do not know what the critical activity is yet.  Drug rehab is still a best not the most precise science.  This may be a step towards derceasing that.

Ecstasy and other party drugs destroy brain cells (physicians in the net via Worldwide Drug Testing News)

The income of drugs such as Ecstasy and Methamphetaminen leads to a destruction of brain cells, similarly as on an outside impact. Already small quantities of these substances can damage the brain irreversibly.

Dope: 2,3 billion $ seized in 2006 (Radio-Canada via Yahoo! Current events)

In his annual report, the GRC indicates that the Canadian police officers seized for more than 2 billion dollars drug in 2006, mainly of the derived marijuana and its products.