‘Recovery Pod’ is First-Of-Its-Kind Drug Treatment

Spectacular Idea –  October 4, 2019 - The pod is made up of 10 dormitory-style cells. Men and women are…

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Why I don’t believe in ‘Sober October’

Yes, It’s an English OPINION – Oct. 5, 2019 - These PRs wonder in their emails if I have thought…

5 years ago

Stop The Stigma forum focuses on the neuroscience of addiction

Stop Calling Them “Druggy Buggies” – Oct. 4, 2019 - “Truly it is about raising awareness and educating our community…

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10 Dead within 26 hours in one Ohio county

Why? –  September 30, 2019 - The most common cause of death in Franklin County is fentanyl overdose, Ortiz said.…

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Scottish Police oppose naloxone overdose kits: ‘not our job to save lives’

What would Craig Ferguson say? – Oct. 5, 2019 - Training to use the drug – available in injectable form…

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Recovery Through A.A. Meetings

COLLEGE DIPLOMAA? – October 5, 2019 - During the meeting, members pulled out a book about alcoholism entitled “The Big…

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Long Walk Out of the Woods: A Physician’s Story of Addiction, Depression, Hope, and Recovery

MEDIA: Book Recommendation –  October, 2019 - Then while in recovery from active addiction, he lost a colleague to suicide,…

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Why were millions of opioid pills sent to West Virginia town of 3,000?

Money Means More Than Lives? – Oct. 2, 2019 - Twenty minutes’ drive to the north, the Sav-Rite Pharmacy in…

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A Former College Athlete’s Life Completely Changed After Giving Up Alcohol

No More Keggers –  October 1, 2019 - When Billy Murphy, a former college basketball player at Lafayette College, realized…

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“Emergency Poet” Opens Literary Pharmacy to Support Mental Wellbeing

Word Play for Sobriety –  Oct. 2, 2019 - Literature academics from Keele University are opening an innovative “Poetry Pharmacy”…

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1 Million People Acquire Sexually Transmitted Infections Everyday

It’s a Crowded Planet – October 5, 2019 - As bad as sexually transmitted diseases sound, their prevention is not…

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Legendary Cream drummer Ginger Baker dies at 80

RIP Ginger Baker – Oct. 6, 2019 Mr. Baker’s appearance behind the drum kit — flaming red hair, flailing arms,…

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Methadone pioneer Herbert Kleber’s approach still helps people today

Worth The Effort – October 1, 2019 - And though the worsening opioid overdose crisis has helped other medications and…

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Federal Agents Raid! Inspire Malibu, BLVD Centers Inc.,Victory Detox Center, Reflections Recovery LLC

Just in Time for Group? –  Oct. 7, 2019 - The Southern California News Group has chronicled disturbing reports of…

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Treatment Scam May Be Coming to Your State

Preying on the Dying –  October 7, 2019 - People with addiction and their families often don’t want to ask…

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Addiction Experts are Outraged as Addiction Policy Forum Ex-Pharma Lobbyist is on Federal Drug Abuse Panel

Fox in the hen house? – October 5, 2019 - Now her appointment to the NIDA panel has drawn criticism…

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Lung Damage From Vaping Resembles Chemical Burns

New Flavor: Agent Orange – Oct. 2, 2019 - “All 17 of our cases show a pattern of injury in…

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He Was Dealing Fentanyl. And Helping Addicts. Then Planned Visit from the VP Blew It All Up

Sidelined – Oct. 2, 2019 -  I. THE VP On the morning of July 2, Eric Spofford awoke early, pulled…

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6 plead guilty in $48M drug treatment fraud scheme

Business As Usual? – OCTOBER 5, 2019 -  Federal authorities say six people have pleaded guilty to charges involving a…

5 years ago

Kevin Donovan – The Garden in Heaven

Time for a Good Cry – October 1, 2019 - Murtaugh said in his two years as a full-time employee,…

5 years ago

The Garden in Purgatory

Growing Hope in Hell – Oct. 4, 2019 - The GreenHouse, as it is called, is the nation’s oldest and…

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Quote of the Week

“Our heads are round so thought can change direction” ―Allen Ginsberg

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Rob Lowe reacts to Demi Moore’s memoir

Rob Lowe on Demi Moore – Oct. 1, 2019 - “She was a huge inspiration to me,” the actor continued.…

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Ewan McGregor’s daughter Clara opens up about mental health and drug addiction to ‘help others feel less alone’

Sharing the Good News – Sept. 29, 2019 - ‘I want to take this time to talk about mental health,’…

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Tougher rules for sober homes, treatment centers coming to Orange County

No Drinking? – September 24, 2019  - Centers also must agree to respect the character of their neighborhoods; have a…

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Amanda Bynes In Sober Living Facility After Rehab

One Stay At A Time – September 26, 2019 - Amanda Bynes is committing to her sobriety after suffering a…

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Heartbreaking reason this mum is dressed as her son

In His Shoes –  Sept. 26, 2019 - When she returned home that night she told her son about the…

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Mark Kendall Talks Sobriety, Music, and 9 Ball

Great White Sobriety – Sept. 26, 2019 - The date was May 21, 1988 , and I was on Global…

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Five local medical professionals ensnared in $800M opioid crackdown

The Pain of Doing Time –  Sept. 26, 2019 - Seventeen local defendants, including five medical professionals, are among those…

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California’s Surgeon General Readies Statewide Screening for Child Trauma

How Will Your Kids Score? –  September 19, 2019 - Soon after being appointed California’s first-ever surgeon general, Nadine Burke…

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