February 6, 2018 Issue - Addiction/Recovery eBulletin

February 6, 2018 • Vol. 5, No. 28

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DEA launches new crackdown on pharmacies and opioid over-prescribers

It’s About Time – January 30, 2018 - The amount of prescription narcotics that have wound up with drug dealers and users during the past decade has been staggering. This week, the House Energy and Commerce Committee, wh... Read More...

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Jackass made pranksters into stars…

A Look Back at the Backside – Feb. 4, 2018 - THE Jackass crew mesmerised and shocked the world with their hilarious and, at times, truly dangerous stunts. The likes of Johnny Knoxville, born Philip John Clapp Jr, became... Read More...

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Company shipped nearly 21 million painkillers to town with 2,900 people

Killing Americans for Fun And Profit? – Jan 30, 2018, - The state’s overdose death rate was 48.3 per 100,000 people that year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In comparison, the state’s homi... Read More...

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DMX imprisoned as flight risk after positive drug test

Quitting Ain’t Easy – Jan. 30, 2018 - Promises by DMX to continue drug rehabilitation and to be accompanied by a drug counselor during travel so he could continue his career “was a great big lie, a repeated lie as it tu... Read More...

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Video game addiction ‘contributes to depression and anxiety’

Also Relieves Depression and Anxiety – Jan. 31, 2018 - Addiction to video games can contribute to depression, anxiety and low self-esteem in players, affecting them both psychologically and physically, a study has sugge... Read More...

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Stronger cannabis linked to rise in demand for drug treatment

Growing Brains Are Delicate – Jan. 31, 2018 - Scientists at King’s College London drew on data from the Netherlands to show that admissions to specialist treatment centres rose when coffee shops sold increasingly more p... Read More...

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Amid Opioid Epidemic, Drug Rehab Operators Eyeing Skilled Nursing Facilities

Patients are Patients – January 31, 2018 - As millions of Americans grapple with opioid abuse disorders, skilled nursing facilities are attractive locations for drug treatment facilities. With more than 2 million people... Read More...

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Mass planned for those affected by drug addiction

Sad Goodbyes – Feb. 1, 2018, - A Mass of Remembrance and Healing will be held Feb. 11 in Oakland for people who have been affected by the drug epidemic, Bishop David Zubik announced. The service begins at 2:30 p.m. at S... Read More...

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From Crack Addict to America’s Most Celebrated Chef

Free Taste – Jan. 31, 2018 - “I didn’t think I was a drug addict,” Solomonov told The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg in a recent podcast episode of The Atlantic Interview. Even after he dropped out of college, a decision f... Read More...

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‘Opiate Effect’ draws crowd, sparks dialogue

Films Can Teach – January 31, 2018 - ... Jan. 25 featured a screening of the documentary “The Opiate Effect,” followed by a panel discussion. The event, organized by Fed Up Manchester, The Collaborative, United Counseli... Read More...

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Sobriety Nation to serve as primary for Wendell Chavous

Racing to Recovery – Jan. 30, 2018 - Sobriety Nation, a national non-profit organization dedicated to ending the tragedies addiction causes families, has teamed up with Premium Motorsports and driver Wendell Chavous fo... Read More...

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Should doctors be allowed to have addicted patients committed involuntarily to treatment

Attraction or Coercion? – FEB. 02, 2018 - Governor Charles Baker’s proposal to allow individuals to be involuntarily placed in a drug treatment program for up to 72 hours will help save lives. It will also address the a... Read More...

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Military health officials: No deaths from vaping

Use Caution with Addictions – Feb. 1, 2018 - Military health officials say there have been no fatalities as a result of vaping. The unequivocal statement from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner on Thursday comes after th... Read More...

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Photographers Capture Opioid Epidemic

Shooting Gallery – Feb 4, 2018 - The images, which quickly went viral, served as visual, chilling proof that that the country is in the throes of a devastating opioid epidemic. Today, people addicted to heroin or prescr... Read More...

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If Opioids Are a Public Health Crisis, Let’s Admit the Crack Was Too

OPINION: It’s Black & White – Feb. 2, 018 - I rejoice in the progress being made in Philadelphia’s response to drug addiction, but it’s nonetheless bittersweet. As I witness the growing compassion for the mostly whi... Read More...

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Vending machines distribute prescription opioids to addicts

Canadian Containment – January 24, 2018 - The vending machine project could solve those problems. Under the pilot project, drug users would be able to get two to three hydromorphone pills three times a day. The cost per... Read More...

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A Doctor’s Painful Struggle With an Opioid-Addicted Patient

New York Times – FEB. 1, 2018 - The cavalier overprescription of addictive drugs was bewildering: After a tooth extraction, I emerged from an oral surgeon’s office with a two-week supply of Percocet. When S. came to see... Read More...

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Pain Doc Gets 10 Years in Prison for Patient Overdose Deaths

Not Enough – Feb. 2, 2018 - A western Montana pain doctor who was convicted of prescribing drugs that led to the overdose deaths of two patients has been sentenced to 10 years in prison … During the trial, prosecutors a... Read More...

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Rehab Riviera on TV, Part 2

Home Audience Astounded – Jan. 28, 2018 - Aired: 1/28/2018 | 0:26:48 | Episode The discussion of rehab scandals continues with OC Register investigative reporter Teri Sforza, addiction doctor Daniel Headrick and rehab... Read More...

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A look at gaming addiction – from an actual gamer

More than Pong – Feb. 3, 2018 - Before becoming a psychotherapist, Driver himself suffered from a gaming disorder, his addiction focused on MMORPG’s (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games) such as Everquest. “... Read More...

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CA Lawmakers resolve to control rogue rehabs this year

Illegal or Unethical? – January 31, 2018 - California’s troubled addiction treatment industry may face stricter oversight and a raft of new requirements in 2018, as lawmakers try to protect vulnerable patients and redu... Read More...

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Fentanyl Adds Deadly Kick to Opioid Woes in Britain

Human Toll Too High – Feb. 4, 2018 - No place has been hit harder by heroin, fentanyl and opioid addiction recently than Hull, a former fishing town of 260,000 people about 150 miles north of London that was improbably ... Read More...

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‘Pinking’ of alcohol marketing spurs culture of ‘wine moms’

Meds for Mom – Feb. 4, 2018 - There’s an enormous sense of self-medication … The fastest thing you can do at the cutting board is open a bottle of wine, pour yourself a glass. It’s faster than going to your doctor to sa... Read More...

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Doctor Argues That Her Profession Needs to Slow Down

MEDIA: Book Review – Jan. 26, 2918 - SLOW MEDICINE , The Way to Healing , By Victoria Sweet , 289 pp. Riverhead Books. $27 - At the beginning of her book, she relates how her 93-year-old father was mistreated after bein... Read More...

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Remembering Bob Marley on his Birthday

Redemption Song – February 6, 1945 - May 11, 1981 Full Song @ YouTube.com... Read More...

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Vaping cannabinoid oils blamed for 2 deaths, 60 hospitalizations

CBDeaths – February 1st 2018 - Two Marines have died in accidents blamed on synthetic cannabinoid-induced seizures. The Army bans the use of cannabis products, including Cannabinoid oil, known as CBD oil, so some soldie... Read More...

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