Dr. Heather Ashton, 90, Helped People Quit Anxiety Drugs

OBITUARY – Jan. 3, 2020 - The result of her work, in 1999, was “Benzodiazepines: How They Work And How…

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Deal will let more companies make an overdose antidote spray

Keep Coming Back – Jan. 3, 2020 - The attorney general’s office said the new agreement came after it found…

5 years ago

The real villain of the opioid crisis is the healthcare industry

There is no money in good health  – Jan. 5, 2020 - That’s the conclusion of two Princeton University economists,…

5 years ago

Why Is America So Depressed?

The United States of Despair – January 2, 2020 - Everyone has his or her own definition of a political…

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Illinois becomes 11th state to legalize marijuana

It's No Longer a Crime to Inhale –  Jan. 1, 2020 - “The war on cannabis has destroyed families. It…

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Marketing Psychiatric Drugs to Jailers and Judges

Medications Make Mad Money – Dec. 31, 2019 - At recent conferences about correctional health care, Merck, Gilead, AbbVie, and…

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63% of Hawaii State Hospital Patients Have Used Meth

63 out of 100 – December 31, 2019 - When state epidemiologist Amy Curtis became chief administrator of the health…

5 years ago

Why We Need ReSOULutions, not Resolutions – Robyn Cruze

The Door Opens Inward – Dec. 30, 2019 - In 2020, my ReSOULution is to delve deeper into my soul…

5 years ago

What Would Bill Do?

Keep His Side of the Street Clean – Dec 26, 2019 - In today’s addiction treatment field, the Big Book…

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Victoria’s Secret Models Got Thinner Over 23 Years

Not Roll Models – January 3, 2020 - “These findings represent an ideal of beauty that continuously moves further away…

5 years ago

Poet & Ex-Con – Life After Prison

Poetry Lives – 2019 - As a 16-year-old student who had never been in trouble, Betts hijacked a car at…

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F.D.A. Failed to Ensure Safe Prescribing of Opioids

Watched People Die Every Day – Dec. 30, 2019 - “What’s surprising here is the design of the program was…

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Why Did the Pentagon Push the FDA to Approve Powerful New Opioid 200 Times More Powerful Than Heroin?

It’s the American Way? – Jan. 6, 2020 - Over a period of several months, both the FDA and the…

5 years ago

Big Pharma raises prescription drug prices on New Year’s Day

Happy New Year STOCKHOLDERS – January 1, 2020  - “Hard-working Americans don’t deserve to pay such high prices for the…

5 years ago

A Cuban Describes Her Recovery from Alcoholism

Island Relief – December 30, 2019 - Kirenia Medina: I must have been about 15 years old and my boyfriend…

5 years ago

In Appalachia, Crafting Road to Recovery With Dulcimer Strings

Strumming Towards Sobriety –  January 3, 2020 - The heritage of handcrafted stringed instruments runs deep in this tiny Appalachian…

5 years ago

The writer as glamorous drunk? That myth is long gone

Clarity NOT Claret – December 30, 2019 -  The four characters sit around a kitchen table drinking endless glasses of…

5 years ago

The 7 Biggest Lessons from 7 Years of Sobriety

Actions Speak Louder Than Words –  December 30, 2019 - Intentions matter the most. Where you’re coming from is the…

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More U.S. Teens Are Overdosing on Valium, Xanax

Tension in the air – Dec. 24, 2019 - Benzodiazepines like Valium, Xanax, Ativan and Klonopin have been traditionally prescribed…

5 years ago

Cannabis: Why don’t its illnesses and deaths command media headlines?

Opiates – Jan. 3, 2020 - On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 2,561 people have been…

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Quote of the Week

“Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.” —Rene Descartes

5 years ago

Jennifer Gimenez Marries Tim Ryan in Private Beverly Hills Ceremony on New Year’s Eve

Couple of Swells – December 31, 2019 - Gimenez announced the news of her engagement to Ryan — the subject…

5 years ago

24 Great Local News Stories From 2019

Start the Presses –  December 21, 2019 - Their reporting showed that when facility operators stand to gain from relapses,…

5 years ago

After My Daughter’s Overdose, My Family Vowed to Fight the Opioid Epidemic

How do we do that? – Dec. 25, 2019  - There was so much we didn’t know about Victoria until…

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Beyond the Bubble Gum Bandit: How one man overcame his addiction

Chew On This –  Dec. 25, 2019 - In March 2010, McAuliffe, then 42, was arrested and booked into the…

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Cannabis-related psychosis, addiction, ER visits for young users on the rise

TOO HIGH – December 23, 2019 - At Caron, the number of patients who were admitted with a primary diagnosis…

5 years ago

Local Family Celebrates Sobriety and Togetherness at Christmas

Home Sweet Home –  December 25, 2019  - After years of anguish and many overdoses, the monthly medication Vivitrol has…

5 years ago

Heartwarming moment – son gifts father first pair of Jordan sneakers for Christmas

Father and Son – Dec. 26, 2019 - He continued: ‘This last time he made a promise & he stuck…

5 years ago

McShin Foundation Hope Dealers Documentary

Prison Is Not Forever!  – Fall 2019 - In 2018 the McShin Foundation located in Richmond, Virginia started the  Recovery…

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The Bahá’i Faith and Views on Alcohol

Faith and Alcohol – 2019 - The Bahái Faith and Views on Alcohol The Bahái faith has clear views on…

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