April 10, 2018 Issue - Addiction/Recovery eBulletin

April 10, 2018 • Vol. 5, No. 37

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A Reckoning With an Imperfect Science in ‘Blue Dreams’

MEDIA: Book Review – April 3, 2018 - She takes us on similar journeys into lithium and MAO inhibitors, each bringing hope and problems. And then, in the late 1980s there’s the arrival of serotonin reuptake inhibitors, k... Read More...

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Hidden Dangers of Addictive Food Stimulants

Chemical Brothers – March 21, 2018 - Many different types of stimulants can be found in the foods and drinks we consume. Some are natural ingredients that we’ve been consuming for millennia, such as caffeine, now embe... Read More...

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Artist’s Corner with John Lavitt

Artist's Profile: Growing up in New York City as a stutterer, John Lavitt embraced writing as a way to express himself when the words would not come. After graduating from Brown University, he lived on the Greek island ... Read More...

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Hospitals to Provide $50 Million in Treatment Funding

That’s a Lot of Suboxone – April 6, 2018 - New Hampshire’s hospitals have agreed to spend $50 million over the next five years to fund the programs that combat the state’s ongoing opioid crisis. The announcement Friday ... Read More...

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With the drug industry as its partner, an addiction policy group…

Fox Guarding the Hen House? – April 5, 2018 - ...Nickel’s three-year-old nonprofit is increasingly in the spotlight, both for its high-profile advocacy work and its close ties with drug makers. The vast majority of the ... Read More...

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Prison program helps lower overdose deaths

No More re·cid·i·vism – April 9, 2018 - Researchers from Brown University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found that the addiction treatment program was leading to a drop in post-incarceration overdo... Read More...

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Deaths, financial chaos bring scrutiny to Rehab Riviera

The OC Conundrum – April 6, 2018 - Mental health provider Sovereign Health has been having a rough time as well. In June, after Sovereign became entangled in civil lawsuits with insurance giant HealthNet over the validi... Read More...

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Not even the Bible is safe…where some kids hide their drugs

A Burning ... Bud? – April 9, 2018 - A Pringles can, ChapStick tube, hairbrush handle and the Bible. These are some of the places Louisville area drug users have hidden their stashes. Parents afraid their children may h... Read More...

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Johnny Manziel’s journey to sobriety could be NFL’s biggest nightmare

Out of the Mouth of Babes – April 7, 2018 - It’s often been said that a drunk mouth speaks sober thoughts. But in the case of Johnny Manziel, it seems like his journey to sobriety has moved him past the days of giving “... Read More...

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Surgeon General Says More People Should Carry Naloxone

Buy One, Get an Epipen at Half Off? – April 5, 2018 - The U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Jerome Adams, issued a public health advisory on Thursday urging more Americans to carry and learn to use the opioid overdose-reversing... Read More...

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“The People’s Preacher,” Addresses Opioid Crisis in Poignant New Book, “Preaching Under the Influence”

MEDIA: Reading is Holy – April 5, 2018 - In his newly released book, Preaching Under the Influence, A Minister’s Struggle, Brandon Holt, a nationally recognized pastor and licensed chemical dependency counselor, details... Read More...

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Dave Franco: Playing a Heroin Addict Made My Wife Say ‘You’re Not Fun to Be Around’

Art Imitates Life, and Death – April 6, 2018 - Prepping to play a heroin addict took a mental toll on Franco as well. “The whole research process also contributed to why I was so depressed. You can imagine how hard it i... Read More...

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People Taking Antidepressants Discover They Cannot Quit

That’s Depressing – April 7, 2018 - Victoria Toline would hunch over the kitchen table, steady her hands and draw a bead of liquid from a vial with a small dropper. It was a delicate operation that had become a daily ro... Read More...

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Alonzo Bodden on Comedy and Recovery in the Age of Trump

Comedian For Our Times – April 9, 2018 - By John Lavitt - “Although my life may seem great, meetings remind me that I’m still an addict and an alcoholic. It only stays great by maintaining my sobriety.” According to his... Read More...

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New Moms Who Smoke Pot Have THC in Breast Milk

Pure Babies Please – April 9, 2018 - Nursing women who smoke marijuana transfer low levels of cannabis’ main psychoactive ingredient, THC, to their children via breast milk, a new study finds. Researchers took samples o... Read More...

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Lamar Odom Says Marijuana Helped End Crack Addiction

That’s One Solution – April 5, 2018 - Former Los Angeles Lakers forward Lamar Odom is starting a new business, Rich Soil Organics, that will focus on producing marijuana-based products. According to a press release issu... Read More...

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Colin Farrell Voluntarily Checks Into Rehab for ‘Reset’

12 Stepper Holiday – April 3, 2018 - “He put himself in there. It was voluntary. He was not using again, but needed to do a little reset and get things back in alignment to make sure he doesn’t use again,” the source ex... Read More...

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