Word: rehab
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...drug-and-alcohol rehab, the wounded sit grimly on folding chairs, acknowledging the folly of their old life--their misadventures with alcohol, cocaine or other poisons. Then comes the afternoon that is set aside for atonement on the subject of marijuana. Now the chastened air gives way to argument. The house divides along generational lines. The oldest of the sinners (mostly age 50 or older) nod agreement with the official message: Yes, indeed--devil weed. The baby boomers, however, with their rich pharmaceutical histories, begin to snigger and squirm. "Give me a break!" rings out in the hall. The youngest...
...conclude that it is without risk. But there are plenty of kids on the Corner at New Trier who started out as recreational users and now admit they can't stop. One prematurely wise senior voices disdain for "gumpy sophomores who think it's harmless." Some end up in rehab programs, which far more often than not fail initially with adolescents. The sad fact is that many will have a substance-abuse habit all their lives...
...football season is over now, but Skelton's is just beginning. He'll have surgery soon, and then comes rehab and more rehab. Maybe, if he's lucky, he'll play next year...
Sophomore midfielder Armando Petruccelli is back after a two-week recovery from a sprain. Wilmot played a full practice yesterday after two weeks of rehab for a leg injury and will likely return tomorrow after missing part of the Brown contest and all of the Hartwick tilt...
Possession and distribution of Midol will get you four months, with over three months off for good behavior and enrollment in a drug-rehab program. Advil in your backpack will get you a one-day suspension. Kiss a girl and make her cry? In North Carolina that's punishable by detention and missing an ice-cream party; in New York City, by a five-day suspension...