Women's Treatment Centre Earns Accreditation
Premier and National Security Minister Michael Dunkley today [May 23] revealed that the Women's Treatment Centre has received CARF Accreditation in the categories of Community Housing: Alcohol and Other Drugs/Addictions [Adult] and Residential … Read more on Bernews

Court Conversations: Raleigh Day Report Center offers service, correction …
For example, if the criminal charge is related to alcohol or drug use, or if the assessment indicates substance abuse or dependence, the defendant will be afforded substance abuse treatment. The Day Report Center will administer randomly scheduled drug … Read more on Beckley Register-Herald

Addiction is a complex disease
A recent study by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse indicated that there are 2.3 million inmates in American prisons; 65 percent meet the standard criteria for drug and alcohol addiction and abuse. The study further indicated that … Read more on Port Times Record

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford photographed at rehab facility; clinic confirms he's in …
New photos show the confessed crack-smoking mayor walking around the grounds of GreeneStone Clinic Muskoka, an Ontario residential facility that specializes in drug and alcohol addiction treatment. On Friday, GreeneStone confirmed that Ford was a … Read more on New York Daily News

Affordable Care Act boon to addiction rehab industry
Group Health Research Institute senior investigator Dr. Katherine Bradley noted that addiction rehabilitation were long dependent on support groups to treat alcoholism. This has since changed, however, as more health care practitioners started to view … Read more on Gant Daily

Alcoholism Treatment Underused. Drug Treatments Could Save Thousands
Analyzing 122 studies, University of North Carolina researchers found that drug treatment options to treat a variety of alcohol use disorders, including alcoholism are widely underused. Two drugs, naltrexone and acamprosate have been approved for over … Read more on The News Ledge

Unique implant treatment for alcohol abuse gaining traction in the Bay Area
Naltrexone itself has been available for more than two decades for alcohol treatment, but until recently it was mainly in pill form, which was a hurdle for many struggling alcoholics. "If you take alcoholics, the most notorious of non-compliant … Read more on abc7news.com

Toronto mayor says he'll take leave for alcohol treatment
TORONTO • Toronto Mayor Rob Ford will take an immediate leave of absence to seek help for alcohol, he said, as a report surfaced about a second video of the mayor smoking what appears to be crack cocaine. Ford said he would also take a leave from his … Read more on STLtoday.com

Treatment, not prison, urged for addictions
"If someone is a diabetic, we would be helping them get the treatment that they need," said Murphy, founder of the Cape group Parents Supporting Parents, which helps parents with children struggling with opiate addictions. "We need to do the same for … Read more on Capecodonline

Addictions experts urge Rob Ford to get help
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's recent admission that he was drinking when he made derogatory comments about Police Chief Bill Blair and used Jamaican patois curse words came as no surprise to Dennis Long, executive director of Breakaway Addictions … Read more on Toronto Star

Justin Bieber's Antics Could Help Boost Image, Experts Say
After years of arrests, several stints in rehab and even a year in a California state prison on drug charges, the Iron Man actor eventually made a career comeback, even topping the Forbes list of highest-paid actors last year. Throughout the journey … Read more on Huffington Post Canada

Neuropathic Pain Trial Results Often Not Publicly Available, Survey Shows
Toronto—One-third of results from registered clinical trials of neuropathic pain treatments are not readily available, according to an extensive survey of neuropathic pain literature. According to Michael Rowbotham, MD, scientific director of the … Read more on Pain Medicine News

From The Comedy Store
Dennis Rodman's agent announced he checked into an alcohol and drug rehab hospital after returning from his North Korea trip. Everyone … Toronto mayor Rob Ford admitted he fell off the wagon when he sang reggae drunk at a burger joint. He vowed to … Read more on Patriot Post

Question by Alex C: If Russel Peters ran up and hugged me, then ran away laughing…?
I’d chase after him, and once I caught up to him I would say, “How’s the weather in Toronto?”

Then ice cream pudding would drop from the sky, marshmallow worms would infest every inch of the Gillette Stadium, and the newscasters of America would rent a storage unit in Florida for tha sake of hiding old newspapers. Toronto newspapers.

P.S.
Don’t ever hand a hobo your snack pack, you’ll regret it in forty years or so.

QUESTION: Funnay, or no?

Best answer:

Answer by Tori
No not funny, but are you on drugs? You should really go to rehab.

Add your own answer in the comments!

Republican busted for cocaine returning to House next week
Radel finished a stint in rehab in late December. … Radel isn't the only politician with a drug past who wants to stay in politics. Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, who has admitted to smoking crack cocaine, filed papers on Thursday to run for a second term … Read more on MarketWatch (blog)

Rob Ford's lawyer sees Toronto mayor on a road to redemption
People with substance abuse problems, whether it's drugs or alcohol, oftentimes are in denial, oftentimes don't want to admit, oftentimes lie. So basically that's … Do you also think he needs some sort of a more formal rehabilitation program? Without … Read more on The Globe and Mail

Shoppers wait for Colorado pot shops to open
"This is just throwing gas on the fire," said Ben Cort of the Colorado Center for Dependency, Addiction & Rehabilitation at the University of Colorado Hospital. Marijuana activists were hoping Colorado's grand experiment wouldn't be that noticeable … Read more on Steubenville Herald Star

MedX Health Corp. Announces Closing of Private Placement and Debt Settlements
MedX is headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario (Toronto), and is a global leader in the design, manufacturing and distribution of quality low level laser and light therapy technologies for use in numerous medical settings, including rehab/chiropractic … Read more on MarketWatch

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford says he'll seek reelection, not rehab
Ford said at the start of the hearing that he can't undo his mistakes, and reiterated that he doesn't need to take time off for rehabilitation because he isn't addicted to drugs or alcohol. "I'm humiliated by it, but I can't change the past," Ford said … Read more on Los Angeles Times

Rob Ford: A drug consumer who supports prohibition
To many, it also appears he struggles with alcohol abuse. Yet throughout his political career, Ford has consistently supported the criminalization of drug users and opposed programs that focus on prevention and treatment. No hugs for … In 2005, Ford … Read more on Toronto Star

Rob Ford: What he could expect in rehab
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's mother doesn't want him “away in some rehab. … On Friday, there were murmurings that Ford himself was considering treatment for drug and alcohol problems that have made him one of the most infamous men on Earth. But when … Read more on Toronto Star