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Doherty released on bail after court appearance

APPete Doherty has been freed on $82,000 bail as he awaits trial on a dangerous-driving charge.

The Babyshambles singer appeared in court in Stroud, in western England, on Friday and pleaded guilty to heroin possession and driving without a license or insurance. Defense lawyer Peter Ratcliffe said Doherty will plead not guilty to dangerous driving and face trial on that charge.

Doherty, 30, a former boyfriend of model Kate Moss, has a history of drug use. He was charged Thursday after being stopped by police in Gloucester, about 100 miles west of London.

The court ordered Doherty to observe a nighttime curfew and use a medical implant to prevent drug use. His next court appearance is scheduled for Aug. 11.

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"But the renowned Minnesota Model has its critics, who cite recovery rates of 25 percent or less for conventional treatment programs. One of its most vocal critics is Dr. Joan Mathews-Larson, PhD, founder of Health Recovery Center (HRC), a Minneapolis-based program which has treated several thousand alcoholics and addicts since 1981, using a method based on 'biochemical repair,' rather than talk therapy. Claiming recovery rates of around 75 percent, Mathews-Larson contends traditional treatment programs fail to address biochemical factors that cause chemically dependent people to crave alcohol and/or drugs."
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"Thousands of alcoholics are seen every year by professionals—psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, clergy, counselors, nurses and doctors -- yet, tragically, they are almost always misdiagnosed and often harmfully treated. It is my belief that alcoholism has suffered more malpractice out of ignorance than any other disease in recent times."
—Mel Schulstad, past president of the National Association of Alcoholism Counselors, from Under the Influence, by Dr. James Milam and Katherine Ketcham

"The most stunning statistic, however, is that the total number of deaths caused by conventional medicine is an astounding 783,936 per year. It is now evident that the American medical system is the leading cause of death and injury in the US. (By contrast, the number of deaths attributable to heart disease in 2001 was 699,697, while the number of deaths attributable to cancer was 553,251.5) Using Leape's 1997 medical and drug error rate of 3 million multiplied by the 14% fatality rate he used in 1994 produces an annual death rate of 420,000 for drug errors and medical errors combined. Using this number instead of Lazorou's 106,000 drug errors and the Institute of Medicine 's (IOM) estimated 98,000 annual medical errors would add another 216,000 deaths, for a total of 999,936 deaths annually. Our estimated 10-year total of 7.8 million iatrogenic* deaths is more than all the casualties from all the wars fought by the US throughout its entire history. Our considerably higher figure is equivalent to six jumbo jets are falling out of the sky each day."
—Gary Null, PhD; Carolyn Dean MD, ND; Martin Feldman, MD; Debora Rasio, MD; Dorothy Smith, PhD, Life Extension Magazine, Death by Medicine, March 2004 (plus 1-Million annual aborticides in USA)

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