Addiction
Everett church is new home for alcohol-free dance club
EVERETT -- It's been almost two years since Coyle Jefferson set out to create an alcohol-free dance club in Snohomish County. Saturday night,the 449 Club he envisioned will hold its first dance at a new home, Everett's
Date: 05/19/2012 | Local News
Man sentenced to 45 years for shooting death
EVERETT -- Brian Jones was executed and left to die in a cluttered south Everett apartment. His methamphetamine addiction led him to the apartment that morning on Jan. 2, 2011. It also put him in the path of Joshua Monson, an armed and violent meth addict.
Date: 05/18/2012 | Local News
Everyone's children
Community plays key role in helping young offenders (video)
Date: 01/15/2012 | Local News
Everything you need to know about a hangover
LOS ANGELES -- Gearing up for a big night on New Year's Eve? One that will involve some drinking? Then maybe you need a little primer on hangovers, since you could be nursing one soon.
Date: 12/30/2011 | Nation & World
Addiction doctors restate opposition to legalization of marijuana
SAN FRANCISCO — A medical society for addiction doctors has reiterated its opposition to marijuana legalization as its California chapter considers voicing its support for allowing and regulating adult use of the drug as a way to prevent its abuse by adolescents.
Date: 10/29/2011 | Nation & World
Trial starts for third defendant in Everett school yard slaying
EVERETT -- Donald Barker died chasing after his demon.Barker, the proud father of a 10-year-old boy, battled a crack cocaine addiction, Snohomish County deputy prosecutor Matt Baldock told a jury on Tuesday.
Date: 10/18/2011 | Local News
Parents encouraged to attend Marysville forum about drug use
MARYSVILLE -- A series of community forums begins Tuesday with a focus on illegal drugs.People can learn how to recognize and report illegal drug use at a forum set for 7 p.m. in the Marysville Pilchuck High School auditorium.
Date: 10/07/2011 | Local News
CDC says miners, construction, food workers smoke more than those in other jobs
ATLANTA -- Construction workers, miners and food service workers top the list of occupations that smoke the most, according to a new government report. Experts say it might have as much to do with lower education levels as the jobs themselves.
Date: 09/30/2011 | Business
Amy Winehouse's dad tried to protect her
NEW YORK -- Amy Winehouse's father says the fight to get her off drugs often turned physical, as he tussled with the drug dealers and gangsters who were supplying his daughter with them.
Date: 09/15/2011 | Nation & World
Grant expands program for parents fighting addiction
EVERETT -- More help is on the way for Snohomish County children and their drug-addicted parents.The county's Family Drug Treatment Court is going to be able to expand services thanks to a $550,000 three-year grant from the U.S. Department of Justice.
Date: 09/15/2011 | Local News
Ban proposed on electronic cigarettes on planes
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Wednesday proposed banning the use of electronic cigarettes on airline flights, saying there is concern the smokeless cigarettes may be harmful.
Date: 09/14/2011 | Nation & World
Addiction deemed a chronic disease
WASHINGTON -- Addiction isn't just about willpower. It's a chronic brain disease, says a new definition aimed at helping families and their doctors better understand the challenges of treating it.
Date: 08/15/2011 | Nation & World
Technology addiction trumps alcohol, caffeine, survey finds
LOS ANGELES -- Do you sleep cradling the phone? Sneak peeks at Twitter during meetings? Shudder at going without Internet? You're not alone.Anecdotally, our Internet use seems to have spawned real addictions. And, according to several recently released surveys, we've got it bad.
Date: 08/14/2011 | Nation & World
Singer Amy Winehouse dies at age 27 (Video)
LONDON — Few artists summed up their own career in a single song — a single line — as well as Amy Winehouse.
Date: 07/23/2011 | Nation & World
Firms trot out dissolvable tobacco products
LOS ANGELES -- Tobacco company rep David Howard waxes enthusiastic when he talks about a brand new product his employer, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., has developed: a pellet of finely cured tobacco, binders and flavoring that dissolves in the mouth in 10 minutes.
Date: 07/21/2011 | Nation & World
Former first lady Betty Ford dies at 93
LOS ANGELES — Betty Ford, the former first lady whose triumph over drug and alcohol addiction became a beacon of hope for addicts and the inspiration for her Betty Ford Center in California, died at age 93, a family friend said late Friday.
Date: 07/08/2011 | Nation & World
Pharmacy robbery trend sweeps across U.S.
NEW YORK — A wave of pharmacy robberies is sweeping the United States as desperate addicts and ruthless dealers turn to violence to feed the nation's growing hunger for narcotic painkillers.
Date: 06/25/2011 | Nation & World
Experts: Drug war has failed; regulate marijuana
NEW YORK — A high-level international panel slammed the war on drugs as a failure Thursday and called on governments to undertake experiments to decriminalize the use of drugs, especially marijuana, to undermine the power of organized crime.
Date: 06/02/2011 | Nation & World
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