American Medical Association calls for total ban on all e-cigarette, vaping products

If Only We Could Trust the AMA – November 20, 2019 - “I would be 100% with the AMA if…

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Suicides for kids ages 10 to 14 nearly tripled in last decade

AMERICAN HEARTACHE – WHY? –    OCTOBER 22, 2019 - Meanwhile, homicide ranked as the third most common cause of…

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80 Years of Alcoholics Anonymous Chronicled in ‘Writing The Big Book’

It Didn’t Write Itself – OCT. 23, 2019- The “Big Book,” as it’s commonly known, is arguably the most significant…

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Prescriptions Aren’t Causing The Opioid Epidemic!

People Refilling Them? – November 24, 2019 - As previously reported here and here, there is no correlation between opioid…

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Her son died after insurers resisted covering rehab

Bottom Line Hits Rock Bottom – Nov. 22, 2019 - Fahy initially tried to get inpatient treatment for his addiction…

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Heroin, bullets, and empathy

CSI - Vermont – November 21, 2019 - At first blush, it made no sense. Two young men, cousins, as…

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Nicotine: How Juul Hooked Generation

Selling Addiction – Nov. 24, 2019 - From the beginning, there was plenty of evidence of teenage use on social…

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Alicia Fox opens up about alcoholism & recovery

Staying In The Ring – Nov 20, 2019 - As someone with my own addiction and recovery story, please allow…

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Quote of the Week

“To see we must forget the name of the thing we are looking at.” —Claude Monet

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Live happier, with more freedom and joy

Joy to the World – November 16, 2019 - So, “Let your light shine before others, so that they may…

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After Overcoming Addiction, Maintenance Worker’s Idea Becomes Hallmark Christmas Movie

Televised 5th Step? – November 15, 2019 - There was just one problem: “I knew I had a drinking problem,”…

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Veterans fighting addiction become artists for an hour

THE ART OF PEACE – Nov. 10, 2019 - Harry Kavadas, 59, a U.S. Army veteran, gets instruction from Sarah…

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Drug addiction in Russia: Draconian laws instead of help

Sound Familiar? – Nov. 11, 2019 - The biting cold hits the people who come out of the Moscow subway…

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Opioid Addiction in Jails: An Anthropologist’s Perspective

Drug Hell –  November 12, 2019 - One of the women I took care of and interviewed at MCI-Framingham, a…

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Another serious health risk for e-cigarette users

Have A Heart – Nov. 13, 2019 - More than 2,000 Americans who use e-cigarettes have become sick since March,…

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Cincinnati-area high school announces mandatory drug tests for all students beginning in 2020

Blood or Piss? – November 12, 2019 - A first positive test will not result in disciplinary action, according to…

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Nine USC student deaths: Possible drug overdoses, tainted narcotics probed

American Mystery –  NOV. 13, 2019 - Investigators are trying to determine whether any student deaths are connected with tainted…

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Bronx Politicians Join Groundswell of Opposition to Drug Treatment Clinics

Get Outta Here –    Nov. 14, 2019 - Last year, the city Department of Health and Mental Hygiene reported,…

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Addiction Support Goes Mainstream

Sober Schools Rule – November 7, 2019 - Three sober years later, Cafran is now the coordinator of the university’s…

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Preventing Childhood Trauma May Lower Drug Addiction Risk

Another Hit? –  Nov 17, 2019 - However, ACEs can be prevented, the CDC said. Preventing ACEs can help children…

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Editorial: Her baby was born dead because she used drugs. That doesn’t make her murderer

Disease or Demon? – NOV. 17, 2019 - ut pregnant drug users have drawn a different response in many places.…

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Only 1 Percent of People Become Chronic Opioid Users After Hospital Prescriptions

Who are the 99%? – Nov. 11, 2019 - The authors said that although a sharp uptick in prescriptions during…

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Ben Affleck’s New Film, ‘The Way Back,’ Deals With Alcoholism

Art Imitates Life –  Nov. 14, 2019 - “It doesn’t really bother me to talk about alcoholism and being an…

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Iconic photographer Terry O’Neill dies aged 81

New Pair of Glasses – Nov. 17, 2019 - Mr O’Neill is one of the world’s most collected photographers with…

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Reflection: Cleaning Up After My Brother’s Fatal Overdose

Extremely Sad and Incredibly Close –  Nov. 15, 2019 - “I had a drink last night. It was an experiment.”…

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California Taking Vape Giant To Court

Lawyers Rejoice – NOV. 18, 2019 - Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Jackie Lacey said Monday that Juul’s decision to…

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Tom Coderre Named to U.S. Behavioral-health Post

Making Waves – Nov 15, 2019 - In a farewell email Monday to his State House colleagues, Coderre wrote of…

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Meth. We’re on it,’ says South Dakota in ridiculed ad campaign

Truer Words... – November 18, 2019- Pearce said the advertisements — which are placed on television, billboards and posters —…

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Former alcoholic was cured within days of writing ‘letter to her mind’

Brain’s Powers –    Nov. 15, 2019 - She told MailOnline: ‘All I could think about was drink. I’d go…

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Executive Corner with Stephen Dansiger

Stick with the Winners! – Dr. Steven Dansiger played CBGB and Max’s Kansas City in the late 70s; drank, played…

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