Medication-Free Treatment in Norway

Back To Basics –  Dec. 8, 2019 - The Hurdalsjøen Recovery Center can be seen as both part of that…

4 years ago

Sometimes it makes sense to jail addicts

NEVER unless they committed a real Crime? – Dec. 7, 2019 - The threat of incarceration as an incentive for…

4 years ago

Dopamine Fasting; the Newest Tech Trend?

At Least You Won’t Be Hungry – DECEMBER 9, 2019 - Proponents, including lots of tech startup types, go to…

4 years ago

Lil Mo Beats Addiction: ‘Let The Toxic Go’

Smack Down – DECEMBER 4, 2019 - “SPENT SOOOOO MUCH [MONEY] PAYING OTHER PEOPLE BILLS JUST TO BE HIGH AND…

4 years ago

Artist’s Corner – Domenic Esposito

Stick with the Winners! – Domenic Esposito is an artist and activist living in the Boston area.  Esposito is the…

4 years ago

The Decade Drug Overdoses Killed Nearly Half A Million Americans

Population Control? – December 6, 2019 - No one predicted the ferocity of the opioid epidemic,” American Society of Addiction…

4 years ago

Detox Units Closing at All 11 NYC-Run Hospitals

OMG WTF? – DEC. 2, 2019 - The inpatient detox units at all 11 city-run hospitals are about to close…

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Demi: “Don’t believe the rumors”

Demi Does it Again? – December 5, 2019 - In July 2018, the pop star was hospitalized following an overdose.…

4 years ago

Shocking number of children show signs of smartphone addiction

So Focused! or Attachment Disorder? – December 07, 2019 - While many people think of addiction as a behavior driven…

4 years ago

Crack vs. Heroin: Drug wars’ racial double standard

Separate and Unequal – December 8, 2019 - In the late 1980s, the crack epidemic launched a War on Drugs…

4 years ago

Ron Leibman, Tony and an Emmy winner: ‘Angels in America,’ ‘Where’s Poppa?’ and ‘Friends,’ Dies at 82

OBITUARY: RIP Ron Leibman –  Dec. 6, 2019 - Mr. Leibman, red-faced and cackling, is a demon of Shakespearean grandeur,…

4 years ago

Six drug companies subpoenaed in federal opioids probe

Who Will DO Time? –  November 27, 2019 - Teva, for example, reported that it received an April subpoena from…

4 years ago

Let’s Talk: Addiction & Recovery Podcasts with William Cope Moyers

Words of Wisdom – Hear what leading addiction and recovery experts are talking about—addiction trends, topics and challenges as well…

4 years ago

Tufts Removes Sackler Name

Cutting out the wound – December 5, 2019 - Dr. Harris A. Berman, the dean of the Tufts University School…

4 years ago

7 Heroin Users Die From Flesh-Eating Bacteria

Black Death – December 5, 2019 - The source of the heroin is unknown and an investigation is continuing, the…

4 years ago

Inside Paracelsus Recovery, the Drug Rehab for the World’s Super-Rich

Detoxing the 1% –  Dec. 5, 2019 - At the International Conferences on Addiction and Associated Disorders in London in…

4 years ago

Chronic disease prevention could ease opioid crisis

Addicted Forever? – Dec. 5, 2019 - One in four U.S. adults is living with at least one chronic disease…

4 years ago

Quote of the Week

"If your plan is for 1 year, plant rice. If your plan is for 10 years, plant trees. If your…

4 years ago

Brad Pitt reflects on alcoholism, past mistakes with with Sir Anthony Hopkins

Stars Align on Sobriety – DEC. 03, 2019 - “I’m realizing as a real act of forgiveness for myself for…

4 years ago

Where the Nurse Prescribes Heroin

Medication Assisted Living  – Nov. 27, 2019 - From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. seven days a week, a $1.5…

4 years ago

Addiction takes up residence on Sesame Street

Children 'R' Our Future  – November 29, 2019 - Jerry Moe is, in a way, one of Karli’s creators. Moe…

4 years ago

Can ketamine curb harmful drinking?

Blacking Out the Blackout – NOVEMBER 26, 2019 -  For a person with alcohol use disorder, a memory triggered by…

4 years ago

Five youths in drug treatment program rushed to hospital with OD symptoms

A Step Backwards – Nov. 26, 2019 - “Granite Pathways called 911 because we believed that residents had used drugs…

4 years ago

Why doctors know almost nothing about the health effects of marijuana

They Don’t Care? – NOVEMBER 25, 2019 - There are several ways to cut through the current obstacles to marijuana…

4 years ago

UNPAID AD – First Pennsylvania Medication-Assisted-Treatment Facility

Medicine Men – Nov. 26, 2019 - MAT utilizes FDA approved medications to treat patients with an opioid addiction. Methadone,…

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She was spending $1,000 day on crack and heroin. Then she cried out to God.

Spiritual Solution –  Nov. 26, 2019- When Moran was 11, her mother remarried, and the family moved to Indianapolis’ east…

4 years ago

Sculpture of AA founder Bill Wilson’s Face unveiled

Half Measures –  NOV. 29, 2019 - As detailed in a May 5, 2018 article in the Banner and Manchester…

4 years ago

Heartburn drugs putting millions at risk of acute stomach virus

What, no more cheesesteaks? – November 28, 2019 - “And now we’re finding that the drugs are not as safe…

4 years ago

Sexism Can Affect Your Mental Health

The Unsafe Sex –  November 30, 2019 - Sexism was defined in the study, which received responses from nearly 3,000…

4 years ago

Hellfighters Help Homeless

Mercy After Dark – November 30, 2019 - They’re a Christian ministry motorcycle gang that has spent seven years feeding…

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