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Children & drug rehab: Nine-year-olds among thousands seeking help wit Thousands of British children are receiving treatment for drug abuse as stresses including family breakdown and expulsion from school fuel a rise in young people appealing for help with their addictions. Former closer Beck found dead at home (The Record) Rod Beck, an All-Star relief pitcher who wore a bushy mustache while earning 286 career saves, has died. He was 38. Beck was found Saturday by police officers responding to a call to his home in suburban Phoenix, police department spokesman Andy Hill said Sunday. More people getting hooked on syabu (The New Straits Times) THE Liang Shan House drug rehabilitation centre in Taman Sri Kesang in Muar is concerned about the growing trend of getting addicted to syabu, an amphetamine drug. Christopher Palombo undergoing drug-rehab treatrment (New Bern Sun Jou Twenty-three-year-old Christopher Michael Palombo of New Bern is in a Florida drug-rehabilitation facility after pleading guilty to drug charges. He was sentenced to four 12-month prison terms, to run concurrently. Lohan hit with drug and alcohol arrest (AP via Yahoo! News) The troubled saga of Lindsay Lohan took another turn Tuesday when police booked her on suspicion of drunken driving and cocaine possession after a frightened woman dialed 911 to report being chased by Lohan's SUV.
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