The military leads all other professions in the number of days spent drinking per year

Weapons of Mass Distillation – April 5, 2019 - It should come as no surprise, then, that data pulled from…

6 years ago

Demi Lovato, Ben Affleck & More — 11 Celebrities Who are Open About Their Sobriety

The Few, The Strong, The Proud – April 10, 2019 - During the 1990s, Robert Downey Jr. spent most of…

6 years ago

Prosecutors Say Drugmaker Indivior Lied About Suboxone

Evidence Based – April 10, 2019 - “Indivior obtained billions of dollars in revenue from Suboxone Film prescriptions by deceiving…

6 years ago

Politicians Are Warning Drug Companies Not To Cooperate With A Congressional Investigation

Not Dope – April 8, 2019 - The letter quotes Cummings as saying of his drug team: “If you follow…

6 years ago

Arbitrator awards $8.8 million to man, blames Sovereign Health for overdose that led to seizure, brain injury

Good Luck Collecting – April 11, 2019  - “Our goal was justice for Zachary and we got it,” Gold said.…

6 years ago

Drug Addiction Used to End Political Careers, but That’s Finally Changing

The times are a-changing – April 4, 2019 - Today the 29-year-old office administrator is a candidate for Allegheny County…

6 years ago

Nikki Sixx eager to spread awareness about opioid crisis with ‘The Heroin Diaries’ musical

Springtime for Opiates – MAR. 25, 2019 - Sixx has not announced when the musical will begin, but he’s working…

6 years ago

Lena Dunham Celebrates 1 Year of Sobriety as She Opens Up About Her Past ‘Issue with Drugs’

Girls Gone Mild – April 10, 2019 - “Today I’m in the miraculous position of being one year sober. I’ve…

6 years ago

She lost her husband, her father and pregnancy at 31. Now she’s helping others explore grief.

Life Goes On – April 6, 2019 - Sitting on her couch recently in Minneapolis, McInerny recalls those early days…

6 years ago

Millennials Are Sick of Drinking

Control Issues? – APR. 2, 2019 - But sobriety, a term that generally refers to the total abstention practiced by…

6 years ago

Even One Alcoholic Drink Day Can Raise Risk of Stroke

A White Russian Roulette? – April 5, 2019 - “There are no protective effects of moderate alcohol intake against stroke.…

6 years ago

Addiction expert Susan Ford-Bales to share story at Health Plan 2019 Symposium

In Her Healing Footsteps – April 6, 2019 - “We realized that she had a drinking and prescription drug addiction,”…

6 years ago

Sober living founder is Chamber of Commerce Woman of the Year

Doing it the right way... – April 5, 2019  - Dawn Holland, founder of an organization that provides sober living…

6 years ago

What’s next for trying to legalize marijuana in New York?

Gee whiz, you mean it hasn't been? – April 5, 2019 - But after a bruising budget battle, Cuomo and…

6 years ago

Executive Corner with Zach Dorfman

Stick with the Winners! – April 9, 2019 - In June of 2011, Zach successfully got sober. At just three…

6 years ago

Smoking pot vs. tobacco: What science says about lighting up

Cloudy Issue – Apr. 7, 2019 - While cigarette smoking is the top risk factor for lung cancer, some of…

6 years ago

California tests if addiction treatment can be incorporated into primary care

Of Course It Can... – 04/05/2019 - The scaling up of the “Hub and Spoke” system, particularly in rural areas,…

6 years ago

Study Suggests A Bottle of Wine Equals The Cancer Risk of 10 Cigarettes

Moderation is the Key – April 1, 2019 - “Our estimation of a cigarette equivalent for alcohol provides a useful…

6 years ago

FDA probes possible link between seizures and vaping

Link This! – April 3, 2019 -The FDA said that between 2010 and 2019 it received 35 reports of people,…

6 years ago

New art exhibit showcases life after drug addiction

Showing The Message! – APR 07, 2019 - Two Brooklyn artists believe there is an aspect of the opioid crisis…

6 years ago

Opioid addiction film delivers powerful message

87 people showed up... – Apr. 6, 2019 - Rebecca Wu, public affairs officer for the FBI St. Louis Division,…

6 years ago

The Challenge of Going Off Psychiatric Drugs

Easy Does It – April 8, 2019 - She began taking twenty milligrams of Prozac, an antidepressant; when she still…

6 years ago

‘I’m living proof?’: Wendy Williams releases PSA for drug addictions

It’s About the Message! – Apr. 7, 2019 - “Hi, I’m Wendy Williams Hunter,” she says at the start of the…

6 years ago

FILM REVIEW: American Relapse by Burl Barer

Hunting for Heroin Addicts in Delray Beach – With a film such as AMERICAN RELAPSE, it is difficult to separate…

6 years ago

NY offers tax breaks for hiring recovering addicts

Doing The Right Thing – April 3, 2019 - Assemblyman Billy Jones, D-Chateaugay, sponsored the legislation. It was co-sponsored by…

6 years ago

‘Saving Jake’ is worthwhile read about drug addiction

Read It and Weep – Apr 6, 2019 - Jake started experimenting with alcohol and marijuana in college, then Oxycontin,…

6 years ago

Protesters’ with supersized heroin spoon claim FDA did too little

Or Created It? – APRIL 5, 2019 -The group urged FDA to stop approving “dangerous” opioids and to instead encourage…

6 years ago

US Post Office Honors an Icon

Save the Children – Born April 2, 1939 - As the critic Michael Eric Dyson put it, the man who…

6 years ago

Poor diets deadlier than smoking

You Really Are What You Eat – Apr. 4, 2019 - Overall, poor diet is behind 16-percent of adult DALYs…

6 years ago

A Vision Board That Works

Helpful Humor – April 6, 2019 - Step 1: Set Your Intention How do you want to feel once this…

6 years ago