Benzos ‘element’ of overdose epidemic

Meet Dr. Downs – January 20, 2020 - Doctors often prescribe them to relieve acute anxiety, agitation or to help…

5 years ago

Comedian takes on mental illness

It’s a Laughing Matter –  January 17, 2020 - It’s just comedians are much more likely to talk about it.”…

5 years ago

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) Endorses Legalizing Drugs

No need to move to Portugal –  January 19, 2020 - She was responding to a voter who asked whether…

5 years ago

Alcoholic deaths have doubled every year since 1999

Dying for a drink? –  Jan. 13, 2020 - Nearly half of alcohol deaths were due to liver diseases or…

5 years ago

From Division 1 to dead: How opioids claimed the life of once-promising player

Fentanyl From Hell – January 13, 2020 - Lunn’s death at age 37 brought a tragic end to a promising…

5 years ago

Before deadly plane crash, sobriety brought these 4 together

So SAD – Jan. 17, 2020 - For Mikel Peterson, Jan. 11 was supposed be a chance at a better…

5 years ago

Americans are binge drinking themselves to death

Suicide on the Rocks –  January 17, 2020 - Their research indicates that alcohol is even deadlier than illicit drugs,…

5 years ago

US Drug Overdose Deaths Drops for First Time Since 1990

Good Sign –  January 18, 2020 - Carroll commended some local officials for trying to look past incarceration as a…

5 years ago

Astronauts and addiction: Ending the stigma

Healing Inner Space –  January 16, 2020 - Aldrin said he was marginalized and shunned by NASA and the Air…

5 years ago

5 arrested in $3.2 million Southern California sober living home fraud scheme

Not Real Drug Counselors –  Jan. 17, 2020 - Taken into custody this week were Steven Lomonaco, 61, of Laguna…

5 years ago

Scientists Give Psychedelics the Serious Treatment

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds –  January 16, 2020 - Psychedelic drugs—once promising research subjects that were decades ago…

5 years ago

Timbaland reveals how he overcame drug addiction and lost 130 pounds

God has him under construction – January 13, 2020 - At that same time, he was going through a bad…

5 years ago

Beverly Hills Wants Historic AA ‘Log Cabin’ Gone

Like Tearing Down Nate'n Al's –      January 15, 2020 - “The Log Cabin is like an iconic way…

5 years ago

Quote of the Week

“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” —Martin Luther King, Jr.

5 years ago

Body brokering, where addicts are sold as investments, can continue in sober homes

Good Morning –  Jan. 15, 2020 - The bill, SB 486, by Sen. Pat Bates, R-Laguna Niguel, sought to add…

5 years ago

Babies born to meth-affected mothers seem fine

For Now –  January 3, 2020 - While babies addicted to opioids show the jittery signs of immediate withdrawal, methamphetamine-affected…

5 years ago

Study claims CDC underestimates number of overdose deaths

Low Balling – January 7, 2020 - Quast told Healio Primary Care that the inaccuracies he identified would not necessarily…

5 years ago

I quit drinking 2 years ago. Over time, my brain made it easier.

It Usually Does –  Jan. 6, 2020 - My brain, it turns out. And if you’re a regular drinker struggling…

5 years ago

Opioid Support Group Grows From Christian Book Club

The Son Also Rises –  January 9, 2020 - Over the next few years, her son’s addiction got worse and…

5 years ago

Abuses of FDA — The Case of Suboxone (suggested by Benjamin Seymour)

NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL of MEDICINE – January 8, 2020 - The company also filed a “sham” citizen petition to formally…

5 years ago

San Diego school district sues Juul for “impeding learning”

Jewels for Students? – Jan. 9, 2020 - San Diego schools are suing vaping company Juul Labs, alleging it hooked…

5 years ago

The F.D.A. Is in Trouble!

Send Help Please –  Jan. 11, 2020 - The effects of that slippage are starting to show. Too many prescription…

5 years ago

Medicaid expansion saves lives in overdose deaths

Helping Our Neighbor – Jan. 10, 2020 - “These findings add to the emerging body of evidence that Medicaid expansion…

5 years ago

The Natural History of the Senses

Book Recommendation for Rehabs –  Read more - “Diane Ackerman gives haunting descriptions of our five primary senses and how…

5 years ago

New MDMA Research Could Alter Drug Policy

By Prescription Only –                                 …

5 years ago

I thought I needed alcohol to enjoy sex…

It’s Not the Same Anymore - It’s Better – January 11, 2020 -  I took a deliberate break from even…

5 years ago

No Easy Answers on Opioid Crisis

And Nothing For Loved Ones? –  January 11, 2020 -  The closest to a victory that families saw was the…

5 years ago

Ex-drug company execs face reckoning in opioid bribery case

Last (Lap) Dance –  January 12, 2020 - Prosecutors say officials at Arizona-based Insys Therapeutics paid millions of dollars in…

5 years ago

Gordy Grimm Helped Shape Addiction Treatment Across the World

Obituary for a Pioneer – Jan. 8, 2020 - At Hazelden—established in 1949 on farmland near Center City, Minnesota—Grimm started…

5 years ago

The everyday medications that change who we are

For Better or Worse – They’ve been linked to road rage, pathological gambling, and complicated acts of fraud. Some make…

5 years ago