January 15, 2019 Issue - Addiction/Recovery eBulletin

January 15, 2019 • Vol. 6, No. 26

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Samuel L. Jackson Talks About His Drug Addiction

Snakes on a Plane – Jan. 9, 2019 - Jackson also recalls another night when was smoking crack and spotted another actor he greatly admired — Jessica Lange. She was taking a smoke break while working on A Streetcar Named ... Read More...

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Ex-pharma CEO pleads guilty to kickbacks to Fentanyl loving doctors

Money Gets People to Die – January 10, 2019 - Michael Babich, the former CEO at Insys Therapeutics, pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston on Wednesday for his role in a nationwide scheme to bribe physicians to pres... Read More...

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Drugs have become such a problem in Starbucks bathrooms they are installing needle-disposal boxes

Sad But True – Jan. 9, 2019, - The coffee giant is exploring remedies after employees expressed fears about being pricked by uncapped needles and experiencing related health risks. Starbucks is testing solutions, inclu... Read More...

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Is Marijuana as Safe as We Think?

MayB, MayBEE Knot?! – January 14, 2019 - It’s hard to study a substance that until very recently has been almost universally illegal. And the few studies we do have were done mostly in the nineteen-eighties and nineties... Read More...

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Is the Kratom Nature’s Answer to Opioids?

You mean like Suboxone? – January 10, 2019 - It’s the weirdest, grossest drug,” comedian Margaret Cho said. On the other hand, Chris Bell, the filmmaker who made “Leaf of Faith,” said that kratom helped him kick his opi... Read More...

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EDITORIAL: How suburban police departments are wising up about drug abuse

Treatments works ... when you want it to... – 01/06/2019 - Police departments work out arrangements with drug treatment providers in advance to ensure care is available around the clock. They then drive addicts seeking ... Read More...

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Amid rising sobriety trend, Heineken brings alcohol-free version to U.S.

Nowhere Near Beer – January 9, 2019 - Non-alcoholic beer accounts for less than 1 percent of the total U.S. beer market, according to Heineken. Historically, most big brewers have played in the non-alcoholic segment wit... Read More...

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Do drug treatment facilities really lower property values?

Depends on the property – Jan. 11, 2019 - But opposition may be unfounded, a study distributed this week by National Bureau for Economic Research found: Substance-abuse disorder centers do not negatively affect property... Read More...

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New study finds social media junkies make riskier decisions

Playing with Fire – January 10, 2019 - Researchers at Michigan State University ... gave 71 people the Iowa Gambling Task, which psychologists say identifies the differences in decision-making among healthy people and ... Read More...

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A Doctor’s Guide to What to Read on the Opioid Crisis

A Book Should Be Well Digested – Dec. 17, 2018 - Writing from Britain, Dr. Ben Goldacre echoes Angell’s concerns, charging in “Bad Pharma” that the worst misbehavior in the pharmaceutical industry actually occurs not wh... Read More...

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Model reveals she used to subsist on cigarettes, black coffee, cocaine to maintain thin figure

Thin White Line – January 10, 2019 - She went on to say that many people never really understood how she could eat and still be so thin. The 25-year-old then dished the dirt on the entire, glamorous influencer industry... Read More...

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Recovering drug addict Tom Sizemore ‘arrested after police find meth and heroin in his car

Keep Coming Back – January 12, 2019 - Sizemore has faced a very public battle with drug addiction and run-ins with the police. But in May 2017 he told the Daily Mail.com that he was “fit, healthy and approaching 4 yea... Read More...

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Inside America’s other opioid epidemic

TRIGGER WARNING: Drug use – December 18, 2018 - Now Rogers, 53, was back in his bedroom at the hot, dark house on R Street SE. Sitting in a worn swivel chair, he cued a Rob Thomas song on his cellphone and bent over h... Read More...

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A Space for Advanced Thinkers and Influencers – Podcasts

More Than the 12 Steps – Jan. 7, 2019 - Judy Crane has over 3 decades of experience working in both residential and out-patient settings. She earned her B.A. at Rutgers, M.A. from New York Institute of Technology and is... Read More...

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Social Media Addiction Needs To Be Taken More Seriously

DEAD SEA SCROLLING – Jan. 11, 2019 - Social media addiction, also known as internet addiction disorder, is not currently classed as a specific disorder. In the most up-to-date Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental... Read More...

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Recovery School offers students a path to sobriety

Passing More Than Their Urine Tests – January 12, 2019 - Rochester Public Schools created the APEX program during the 2016-17 school year. It offers students battling addiction education plans aimed at filling credit ga... Read More...

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Drew Barrymore: I’d be ‘dead really soon’ if I tried heroin

Heroin Isn't Chic – January 10, 2019 - “I feel if I try either,” she shared, “I’m going to be dead really soon.” By the time she was 12, Barrymore was a cocaine addict. She was in and out of rehab in her early teenage ... Read More...

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Labor Department Wants to Drug-Test Applicants for Unemployment Benefits

Who gets that contract? – January 10, 2019 - This month, the Department of Labor finished soliciting feedback on a proposed federal rule, that would encourage states to conduct blanket drug testing for those seeking une... Read More...

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Criminalizing 1st-time DUIs is a tough sell

One Jigger, One Jail Cell – Jan. 13, 2019 - “We want to feel like we’re really being strict on drunk drivers,” said Republican state Sen. Van Wanggaard, chairman of the Senate judiciary committee and an opponent of crim... Read More...

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7 Hot Musicians Share Their Stories Of Sobriety

Songs in the Key of AA – JANUARY 11, 2019 - If you’re stepping into 2019 sober: congratulations! And to those who are considering reducing their consumption this year, congratulations to you, too! Taking steps toward so... Read More...

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Judge dismisses lawsuits – Big Pharma NOT GUILTY

Defense, Defense, Defense – Jan. 9, 2019 - A Connecticut judge has dismissed lawsuits against Purdue Pharma and other drug makers brought by 37 cities and towns in the state that blame the companies for the opioid crisi... Read More...

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Josh Brolin Marks 5 Years of Sobriety

No More Blackouts – January 9, 2019 - Brolin, 50, went on to describe the complete memory blackout and the effort to piece together what happened, then calling a friend to get the lowdown. It’s a vivid recollection that... Read More...

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What makes addiction a disease?

This is Your Brain on Drugs – January 11, 2019 - “Beginning in the 1980s, we started doing brain imaging, and we developed cues that were associated with drug use,” he said. His finding helped explain the hallmarks of a... Read More...

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The Disturbing Link Between Opioids and Suicide

Dying to Ease the Pain – January 10, 2019 - “Overdose and suicide are being treated as separate problems, but there is overlap in the causes that are driving increases in both,” ... An op-ed published in The New England... Read More...

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Constant cravings: is addiction on the rise?

Sexting and Netflix and Beer, Oh My! – January 10, 2019 - The broadening of the term {addiction} was often viewed in medical circles as lazy appropriation; however, neuroscience has now largely accepted that it is the s... Read More...

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A Haircut Can Change Everything

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