Los Angeles, U.S.A — VH1 and Dr. Drew are back together for a sixth installment of “Rehab with Dr. Drew,” premiering Sunday, September 16 at 8 PM.  Featuring individuals straight out of the VH1 adultster demographic, Dr. Drew faces eight of his most challenging patients to date all with hardcore addictions ranging from heroin to prescription pills to alcohol.

According to the 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, an estimated 23.1 million Americans who were 12 or older needed treatment for drug and alcohol abuse that year, while only 2.6 million received treatment in a specialty facility. Another source, the 2009 Treatment Episode Data Set, which gathers information on persons admitted to publicly funded treatment programs, shows the age group with the highest admissions was 25 to 29 years of age at 15.2 percent followed closely by the 20 to 24 year age group at 14.9 percent.

In the sixth installment of the ‘Rehab’ franchise Dr. Drew once again takes viewers behind the closed doors of the rehabilitation process.  From heartbreak to hope, we follow Dr. Drew and his patients on their difficult and deeply emotional journey to sobriety. A raw and unflinching look at the many faces of addiction, Dr. Drew shows us that rehab is not a glamorous spa vacation as often portrayed in the media, but a profound life changing process that offers hope for a better life.

“Addiction is a disease that doesn’t limit itself to celebrities but reaches across all economic, social and racial boundaries with lasting and profound effects of not only of the patients but also their families, friends and co-workers. Rehabilitation and sobriety on the other hand are an arduous lifelong journey,” said Dr. Drew.

Dr. Drew is the host of “Dr. Drew” on HLN and the nationally syndicated late night radio show “Loveline” as well as a respected practicing MD, board certified in internal and addiction medicine, a member of the staff at Huntington Hospital and an assistant clinical professor of Psychiatry at the KECK USC School of Medicine. He is the author of the New York Times best seller The Mirror Effect: How Celebrity Narcissism is Seducing America (Harper-Collins) and Cracked: Putting Broken Lives Together Again (Harper-Collins).

Dr. Drew co-authored the first academic study on celebrities and narcissism that was published in the Journal of Research in Personality (Elsevier) in September 2006, and is the first systematic, empirical scholarly study of celebrity personality.  Dr. Drew hosted VH1′s “Sober House” and “Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew” and can be seen on MTV’s “Teen Mom” and “16 & Pregnant.”

Returning for a sixth season to assist Dr. Drew are counselor Bob Forrest and resident technician Shelly Sprague. Also returning this season is Dr. John R. Sharp, M.D.  Dr. Sharp is a member of the faculty at Harvard Medical School, and the David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles. His expertise is in the integrated treatment of depression and bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, attention deficit disorder, and addiction.

Dr. Sharp has been recognized as Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and of The Academy of Psychosomatic.  He maintains an active private practice in Boston and Los Angeles. Jennifer Gimenez will also be back as a resident technician. Jennifer was previously seen on season 5 of “Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew” and “Sober House” as the house manager.

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Dustin Louis Stewart, accused of breaking into an Oklahoma woman’s home, will now be charged with murder as a result of his accomplice’s death. However, Stewart was not the one who killed him; the woman did. He is being charged with first-degree felony murder due to a law that states a person can be charged for murder if another person is killed during certain crimes.

The break in was recorded through a 911 phone call from the woman. Sarah Dawn McKinley, 18, had just lost her husband to cancer on Christmas Day and was home alone with her 3-month-old son on New Year’s Eve when two men attempted to break in to her home. She moved a couch in front of the door when she heard the men outside, put a bottle in her baby’s mouth, and retrieved two of her guns.

McKinley called 911 and asked if it was okay to shoot the intruders. “I’ve got two guns in my hand. Is it okay to shoot him if he comes in this door?” she asked. The dispatcher, Diane Graham, answered, “Well, you have to do whatever you can do to protect yourself. I can’t tell you that you can do that, but you do what you have to do to protect your baby.”

When Justin Shane Martin entered her home, she shot and killed him with a 12-gauge shotgun. He was armed with a hunting knife. “You have to make a choice, you or him. I chose my son over him,” McKinley stated. James Walters, First Assistant District Attorney, said McKinley acted in self-defense and will not be charged.

“A person has the right to protect themselves, their family, and their property,” Walters said. He also agreed with the 911 dispatcher’s advice. Graham said that her training states she could not tell a caller to shoot somebody, but as a mother, she wanted McKinley to protect her baby.

Art Kell, the Grady County Sheriff, said, “She did a very good job in keeping her (McKinley) calm. Her job is to make sure the person on the phone is comfortable… to give them support.” Court documents show there were indications that Stewart and Martin were looking for painkillers and other drugs of McKinley’s deceased husband, though she believes the men were after her.

According to the affidavit, Stewart said Martin and he had taken hydrocodone 30 minutes before attempting to break in to the home. Martin banged on the doors and hit one with his shoulder to gain entry. After Stewart heard a gunshot, he fled.

“When he busted in the door I saw something shimmering in his hand,” McKinley told HLN. “I thought it was a pistol at first, but it was a 12-inch hunting knife. I didn’t know (that) until after I shot and killed him.” When asked on “Dr. Drew” if she had any regrets over the shooting, she answered, “No. We could have been in a whole different situation if I hadn’t done it.”

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