One of the biggest challenges of kicking addiction is getting and keeping a jobNever Give Up – November 27, 2018 - After years of drug addiction and homelessness, Kenny Sawyer found himself staring at a job application at Hypertherm , a New Hampshire company that makes industrial cutting tools. He... Read More...Dec 4 2018
University of Alabama adding degree in addiction recoveryMajoring in Sobriety – Nov 23, 2018 - “Interest in the minor grew rapidly, and there have been 177 graduates with the minor as of June,” said Tricia Witte, UA coordinator of the undergraduate minor in addiction and rec... Read More...Dec 4 2018
Quitting alcohol can be deadly: Hundreds in the US die each yearEasy Does It – Nov. 27, 2018 - For those experiencing the most serious symptom of withdrawal – the shaking, shivering, sweating and confusion of delirium tremens, or the DTs – the death rate has been estimated as high ... Read More...Dec 4 2018
Former Opioid Addict at Harvard Says We’re Getting Addiction WrongHe Knows Everything, Not! – NOV. 27, 2018 - For one thing, he supports the use of buprenorphine. Drugs like buprenorphine lessen withdrawal symptoms and the cravings that lead to relapse and overdose. While in rehab, Gr... Read More...Dec 4 2018
This City’s Overdose Deaths Have Plunged. Can Others Learn From It?Live and Learn – Nov. 25, 2018 - Dayton, a hollowed-out manufacturing center at the juncture of two major interstates, had one of the highest opioid overdose death rates in the nation in 2017 and the worst in Ohio. Now,... Read More...Dec 4 2018
‘The Numbers Are So Staggering.’ OD Deaths Set a Record Last YearDestiny, Fate, Chance, Mistake or Disease? – Nov. 29, 2018 - New numbers Thursday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that drug overdoses killed more than 70,000 Americans in 2017, a record. Overdos... Read More...Dec 4 2018
Can We Stop Suicides?We Can Try – Nov. 3, 2018 - In May of 2017, Louise decided that her life was just too difficult, so she’d end it. In the previous four years, three siblings and a half-sibling had died, two from disease, one from fire a... Read More...Dec 4 2018
New Yorkers got opioid scripts, addiction-recovery opioids amid missing oversightMORE DRUGS! – Nov. 27, 2018 - Thousands of New Yorkers on Medicaid kept getting opioid prescriptions while simultaneously receiving similar drugs through addiction-treatment programs that didn’t check a crucial drug ove... Read More...Dec 4 2018
Acadia Healthcare: Questioning The Reality Behind a Possible DealMoney Talks, Nobody Squawks – Nov. 27, 2018 - Last week I discussed the many issues surrounding the “chatter” of a Kohlberg, Kravis, and Roberts & Co. (NYSE: KKR) bid to purchase Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. (Na... Read More...Dec 4 2018
Eliza Dushku Celebrates 10 Years of SobrietyA Decade of One Day at a Time – November 28, 2018 - Eliza Dushku just hit a major milestone in her sobriety and says she’s incredibly “grateful” to be at this point in her life. The Buffy the Vampire Slayer alum, 37, ce... Read More...Dec 25 2018Dec 4 2018
California Dems chair to seek treatment for alcoholismDisease as defense, or just a douche? – Nov. 28, 2018 - “In the interest of allowing the CDP’s independent investigation to move forward, I do not wish to respond to any of the specific allegations. However, I will use ... Read More...Dec 4 2018
Executive Corner with Morgan GliedmanStick with the Winners! — Morgan Gliedman is the Vice President of Education and Engagement at the Addiction Policy Forum. Her writing has appeared in The Washington Post, Vox, and The Fix. A lifelong New Yorker, she r... Read More...Dec 4 2018
Surf Legend Bruce Irons ArrestedWipe Out? – NOV. 29, 2018 - According to police records, Irons was booked for dui drugs, possession of a controlled substance without prescription and driving without a valid license. Bail was set at $2,500. Bruce Iron... Read More...Dec 4 2018
Mike ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino says sobriety is best gift everGrateful TV Husband – November 28, 2018 - “Around Christmas time three years ago, I started my journey of becoming my best self,” he said, adding the best present he has received is “the gift of sobriety.” With his “Jer... Read More...Dec 4 2018
Alberta has rules for treating alcoholism & addiction, enforced by fines up to $100,000 a day!That’s where I want to go – November 28, 2018 - The Mental Health Services Protection Act would also launch a new self-funded regulatory college dubbed the College of Counselling Therapy. That body could then determine ... Read More...Dec 4 2018
She overdosed in a car with her baby, now she shares a story of recoveryTouching – Nov. 28, 2018 - Lau’s first experience with prescription painkillers came at 17. She was outside in flip-flops with a puppy. The grass was wet. She fell, and her left ankle “went the wrong way.” Lau underwent... Read More...Dec 4 2018
The label ‘alcoholic’ is as schmaltzy as a Christmas hamIt’s Complicated – Nov 29, 2018 - When I wrote a book about women and addiction, I reasoned against using labels. Woman of Substances includes my own hectic tale of smashing phone boxes, hurling pints, stealing from dea... Read More...Dec 4 2018
Dr. Pole pleads guilty to operating illegal pill millCartoon Villain – Nov. 29, 2018 - According to court documents, Shriharsh Laxman Pole, 65, was operating the Excel Medical Clinic in Woodbridge even though his medical license was suspended in 2009 for improper prescrip... Read More...Dec 4 2018
Want to end AIDS? Treat people like humansKindness Heals – DECEMBER 1, 2018 - We could choose to provide education and offer the means to prevent transmission such as syringe access programs, safe consumption facilities and shifting the government’s response t... Read More...Dec 4 2018
Klean Plans to Close Its West Hollywood Residential Recovery CenterKlean Sweep – November 29, 2018 - The Klean center, located at 850 Hilldale Ave., has 26 beds and offers a variety of treatment programs. Klean also currently operates residential treatment facilities in Long Beach, Was... Read More...Dec 4 2018
Drug overdose deaths top 70,000 a yearUSD = United States Death? – Nov. 28, 2018 - Overall life expectancy for Americans was 78.6 years in 2017, a drop of 0.1 year. That may not seem like much, but usually, life expectancy goes up a little each year. If it ... Read More...Dec 4 2018
Amanda Bynes Reveals the Depths of Her Adderall AbuseComeback Kid – Nov. 28. 2018 - Unfortunately, Adderall tends to have a “high abuse liability,” meaning it’s particularly easy to misuse it by injecting it or snorting it, Frances Levin, MD, a board-certified psychiatris... Read More...Dec 4 2018
Jail Ordered to Give Inmate Methadone in Far-Reaching RulingBrave New World – Nov. 28, 2018 -Some experts have estimated that up to a quarter of those incarcerated have opioid-use disorder. But most jails and prisons around the country do not give inmates access to methadone or ... Read More...Dec 4 2018
Overshadowed by opioids, meth is back with a vengeanceSPEED KILLS Too! – Nov. 27, 2018 - Doctors see evidence of the drug’s comeback in emergency departments, where patients arrive agitated, paranoid and aggressive. Paramedics and police officers see it on the streets, whe... Read More...Dec 4 2018