October 9, 2018 Issue - Addiction/Recovery eBulletin

October 9, 2018 • Vol. 6, No. 12

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FDA Barges In on Vape Maker Juul, Seizes ‘Thousands’ of Documents

How Impolite – Oct. 2, 2018 - In a statement emailed to Gizmodo, Juul CEO Kevin Burns said his company plans to work with the FDA and other parties to prevent underage vaping and characterized the FDA’s surprise inspect... Read More...

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After years of denial and addiction, rehab has given me my life back

28 Days – Oct. 3, 2018 - Addiction doesn’t care about class, race, status or age. As some completed their programme and others arrived, new associations and possibilities emerged. Those who left for secondary or tertia... Read More...

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GOOD NEWS RADIO: Another Long Term Success Story

We Can All Use Some AUDIO – Oct. 6, 2018 - In spite of what you may believe, not all the news surrounding substance abuse is grim. In fact there is the good news of recovery. Millions of people are living in long term ... Read More...

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Spermageddon: Fears over human survival – study finds quality of men’s sperm plunging due to junk food

Faster Faster – Oct. 7, 2018 - Its authors say the findings could be a ‘public health warning’ and that junk food, lack of exercise and pollution may be fuelling the crisis. Only last year experts warned that the human ... Read More...

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More Birds Are Getting Drunk This Year, Town Advises Residents

And running for office – October 4, 2018 - Police say the reason behind this is the fact that certain berries in the area have fermented earlier than usual due to an early frost. That, plus the fact that many birds have... Read More...

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NAATP Releases Treatment Center Salary Survey

News You Can Use? – OCTOBER 05, 2018 - “We are pleased by the unprecedented response to this year’s report,” said NAATP Executive Director, Marvin Ventrell. “Participants significant contribution of time and data have a... Read More...

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Harlem Residents Push Back Against Influx of Drug-Treatment Providers

Neighborly Shove – Oct. 4, 2108 - “It’s crazy; people are afraid. And they should be,” she said. So when details began trickling out about plans by Mount Sinai Health System to build a facility one block north on West 1... Read More...

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Lost to addiction and homelessness, this Valley woman was still ‘somebody to somebody’

We Live in Sadness, America – Oct. 6, 2018 - On Saturday, friends and some family gathered at Woodley Avenue Park in Van Nuys to celebrate the joy she brought into their lives. It seemed fitting that Baker’s friends cal... Read More...

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Chris Herren, a recovering drug addict, addresses students

He Got Game – October 5, 2018 - “At 13 years old I would be drinking my father’s beer with my friends, thinking I was tougher than you,” Herren said. He said that he had originally tried some of his father’s beer becaus... Read More...

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Go sober for October – sobriety diaries

Seek Professional Help – Oct. 5, 2018 - Almost 63,000 people in England will die over the next five years from liver problems linked to heavy drinking unless ministers tackle the scourge of cheap alcohol, some doctors a... Read More...

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Viewers absolutely loved Jamie Lee Curtis’ honest chat about drug addiction

Like a Champ – Oct. 5, 2018 - Aside from this, the Golden Globe-winning actress was extremely frank about her addiction to opioids, how she’s not interested in what she looks like, and the parallels between her characte... Read More...

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A Star Is Born

It’s a musical love story – Oct. 8, 2018 - But back to the beginning. Jack (Bradley Cooper) discovers Ally (Lady Gaga) in a drag bar, where she performs live vocals that upstage the lip-synching drag queens. Her literal... Read More...

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Olympic Great Ryan Lochte To Seek Treatment For Alcohol Addiction

Sink or Swim? – October 6, 2018 - Lochte made international headlines in 2016 for fabricating a story about a robbery that happened in Rio. He apologized on Instagram for that incident, but lost endorsements with compa... Read More...

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Patient deaths bring scrutiny to addiction treatment centers

Disgraceful – Oct. 3, 2018-Madison Cross, 22, traveled from her home outside Columbus, Ohio, last Oct. 7 to check into Serenity Care Center, a state-licensed drug detoxification center in suburban Phoenix. Her family sa... Read More...

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Memory Research Offers Promise for a Meth Addiction Treatment

Remember to Remember – October 5, 2018 - Miller tells Addiction Professional, a sister brand of Psych Congress Network, that among the many potential triggers to relapse to drug use, memories associated with use are par... Read More...

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Addiction Treatment Gap Is Driving A Black Market For Suboxone

Getting Off! – October 5, 2018 - But about a year ago, Daryl had an experience that made him realize he might be able to stay away from heroin and opioids. For several days, he says, he couldn’t find drugs. He spent tha... Read More...

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Marijuana caused more damage to teens’ brains than alcohol

Smoke Gets in Your IQs – Oct. 6, 2018 - The study found some of marijuana’s negative effects were short-term, while others were lasting. A particularly troubling finding: Young cannabis users may cause long-term damage ... Read More...

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Tom Petty’s death is still a hard reminder for aging rockers

The Music will never die – Oct. 5, 2108 - Petty, then 66, slipped during a rehearsal and cracked his hip just as the Heartbreakers’ tour was getting under way last spring. He went out anyway. “He was very stubborn,” Dan... Read More...

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Teacher who snorted drugs in class arrested again

Teacher Snorts, Students Report – October 2, 2018 - The young children then allegedly saw her make a line with a substance, which she snorted before slumping over her desk, according to officials. The students also said... Read More...

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