Substance Abuse

Anne Arundel County health briefs

2012-05-18 00:00:00

Weight management The University of Maryland Center for Weight Management and Wellness offers a free weight-loss seminar at 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 23. Registration required: 410-328-8940. Information: http://www.umm.edu/weightloss. Menopause...

Public to view evidence in George Huguely trial

2012-05-14 13:00:00

Nearly three months after George Huguely V was convicted of second-degree murder in the beating death of his University of Virginia girlfriend, Cockeysville native Yeardley Love, the public will be able to get a look at some of the evidence shown to...

George Huguely murder trial evidence displayed

2012-05-15 16:17:00

George Huguely V sits in the corner of a narrow, white room, at the end of a long wooden table, looking every bit the college athlete who just rolled out of bed after a normal night out — but for the bloody scratches ringing his right ankle....

Aberdeen Proving Ground salutes the armed forces

2012-05-11 10:07:00

Starting Monday, Aberdeen Proving Ground will continue a long-standing American tradition this year with an Armed Forces Week celebration (May 14-19) and a concentrated Armed Forces Day celebration this Wednesday, May 16. This year's celebration will...

Peter Schmuck: What's next in historic baseball season?

2012-05-08 22:27:00

Making history is becoming a habit during the 2012 baseball season. We're little more than a month into it, and we've seen both a perfect game and one so imperfect that it ended with two position players as the pitchers of record Sunday in Boston. So why...

Josh Hamilton hits four home runs as Rangers rout Orioles, 10-3

2012-05-08 20:42:00

There are few times when a visiting player comes to Camden Yards and puts on such a spectacular show that he turns the fans in his favor. But Rangers slugger Josh Hamilton, the 1999 No. 1 overall pick who overcame the depths of drug and alcohol abuse...

Methadone clinics don't attract crime, study finds

2012-04-30 16:36:39

Methadone clinics are often seen as the bad neighbor nobody wants. Residents concerned about crime and other quality-of-life issues often protest if they even hear word of a methadone clinic, which treats those addicted to heroin and other opiates, is...

Santino Quaranta's anti-drug message comes from the heart

2012-05-01 18:03:14

Former Major League Soccer midfielder Santino Quaranta has spoken before about a story that is both disturbing and uplifting — signing with MLS when he was 16, battling abuse of cocaine and painkillers, becoming sober, returning to the game and...

Task force weighs plans to fight obesity in Harford

2012-05-03 12:40:04

Harford County's obesity rates jumped by 130 percent over the course of a decade, the county's top health official said Tuesday, more evidence that the county needs to take action to combat the problem. Stemming that tide will require making school meals...

Governor, mayor thank social services workers who saved infant

2012-05-03 17:09:15

Citing the "bravery of two" but noting the "valor of all" their colleagues, the state's governor and city's mayor lauded Thursday the workers who helped save an infant being stabbed at a social services office in East Baltimore. William Purnell Short III...

UVa. coach, officials sued over Yeardley Love's death

2012-05-03 17:50:00

Sharon Love has sued the University of Virginia men's lacrosse coach and other athletic officials for negligence in the 2010 death of her daughter, Yeardley, saying they ignored previous violent, drunken behavior by the player who was ultimately convicted...

Mocha Moms of Howard County a support group for stay-at-home mothers

2012-04-26 10:57:00

These groups meet regularly. ALS Resource support group — First Saturday, 12:30-2:30 p.m. Educational support for ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) patients, family members and friends. Owen Brown Interfaith Center, Conference Room 116B, 7246 Cradlerock...

(left)Circuit Judge Edward Merrigan, Jr. is congradualated by Chief Judge Peter Weinstein at the end of the first docket of the new court just for veterans Monday at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale. Next to them stands Assistant Public Defender W. Dale Miller.

2012-05-07 00:00:00

Crystal is a therapist who specializes in several areas including substance abuse and OCD. Adam doesn't have such issues (that we know of). But now we can rib him about being in therapy for life!

2012-05-06 00:00:00

Former D.C. United midfielder warns Baltimore-area high school athletes of the perils of substance abuse , telling them about how drugs almost ruined his career and his life.

2012-05-01 00:00:00