Lohan tweets she failed court-ordered drug test

[September 18, 2010]  LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Lindsay Lohan is confirming on her Twitter page that she has failed a court-ordered drug and alcohol screening.

In a series of messages posted late Friday, the actress said "Regrettably, I did in fact fail my most recent drug test."

She added that if asked, she's prepared to appear before the judge in her case next week, and says she's ready to face the consequences for her actions.

In another post, Lohan said "Substance abuse is a disease, which unfortunately doesn't go away over night."

The test could mean a probation violation and more jail time for the 24-year-old actress, who in July was sentenced to three months in jail followed by three months in rehab for probation violations.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Lindsay Lohan has failed a court-ordered drug and alcohol screening test and could face a probation violation that might throw her back in jail.

A person familiar with the case, who declined to be identified because of the sensitivity of the matter, confirmed the positive test results Friday. The person declined to specify what substance triggered the positive result, which the source said occurred within the last month.

A judge had threatened Lohan with 30 days in jail for each probation violation. A hearing would be conducted before Lohan could be returned to jail.

Los Angeles County District Attorney spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons said no such hearing had been scheduled as of Friday afternoon.

The failed drug test was first reported by TMZ.com.

Lohan, 24, was sentenced to three months in jail followed by three months in rehab after violating probation stemming from a pair of drug and driving under the influence cases filed after two arrests in 2007. She ended up serving two weeks in jail and another 23 days in an inpatient rehab treatment at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.

At a hearing last month, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Elden S. Fox ordered the actress to attend psychotherapy, drug and alcohol counseling as well as random drug and alcohol testing several times a week. Compliance would allow her to return to unsupervised probation in November.

[Associated Press; By ANTHONY McCARTNEY]

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