The IRS Targets Drug Policy Reformers

4/15’s a Bummer for 4/20 – March 17, 2019 - (T)hat language arguably covers organizations that advocate legalization of marijuana…

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Macklemore is latest Seattle star honored for addiction recovery work with MusiCares award

Singing a Sweet, Sweet Song – March 13, 2019 - Macklemore is set to become the latest Seattle musician honored…

5 years ago

Teens and Young Adults More Depressed Now Than in the Mid-2000s

Not Enough Play Time? – March 14, 2019 -  Lead author Jean Twenge, a 47-year-old professor of psychology at San…

5 years ago

A new drug based on ketamine could help treat depression

Things are looking up – Mar. 16, 2019 - Hence the interest in a recent announcement by the Food and…

5 years ago

Trump’s new FDA chief must wage fierce fight to stop the opioid epidemic. Gottlieb didn’t.

RYAN HAMPTON: OPINION – March 14, 2019 - Gottlieb’s tenure was marked by slight successes and major missteps. One example…

5 years ago

Why haven’t major institutions cut ties with the Sackler family?

CRIME PAYS? – March 15, 2019 - They are the founding family behind (and have long constituted the majority of…

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Joe Walsh, Ringo Starr and the Mission to Save 45 Million Addicted Americans

Men and Women Alike – MARCH 16, 2019  - After checking into rehab for the final time in 1995, Walsh…

5 years ago

Trump budget guts opiate crisis office

Let Them Eat Horse – March 13, 2019 - Trump has proposed moving two major grant programs out of ONDCP…

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American Addiction Centers reports problems getting clients in the door, takes out loan to cover costs

Going For Broke? – March 13, 2019 - New admissions — excluding several new facilities the company purchased in 2018…

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Scammers preying on addicts trying to get clean

Patients for Rent? – Mar 7, 2019 - Drug treatment centers are warning about an alarming trend happening across the…

5 years ago

Executive Corner with Mike Gerstein

Stick with the Winners! – Mike Gerstein is the CEO and owner of Freedom Treatment Centers of California. He and…

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E-cigarettes linked to heart attacks, coronary artery disease and depression

Be Still My Heart – March 7, 2019 - This study found that compared with nonusers, e-cigarette users were 56…

5 years ago

Mental Health Treatment Denied to Customers by Giant Insurer’s Policies

In a scathing decision – March 5, 2019 - U.S. Chief Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero found that United Behavioral…

5 years ago

Gwyneth Paltrow Says Psychedelics Are The Next Wellness Craze

A little tab will do ya – March 6, 2019 - Just like Paltrow didn’t invent yoga, she also didn’t…

5 years ago

“Junkie” Caricatures Make Us All More Vulnerable to Addiction

Shattered Stigma – March 5, 2019 - “It’s definitely an interesting psychological process that evolves over time in terms of…

5 years ago

Johann Hari’s Journey of Discovery About Depression

Once upon a time – March 1, 2019 - British journalist and author Johann Hari investigated this question in his…

5 years ago

Former ABC4 News Anchor talks about addiction

Recovery is Possible – Mar. 8, 2019 - “I have been clean, like I said, for seven years and I…

5 years ago

Indiana using Lyft to offer free rides to drug treatment

No More Excuses – Mar. 8, 2019 - Residents who are on Medicaid or have access to Medicaid’s transportation program…

5 years ago

Bessom hoping ‘Strong Wings’ app can make difference for addicts

App-ropos or App de jour? – Mar. 9, 2019 - “I hope we can build 600,000 beds for addicts by…

5 years ago

Couple hiking Appalachian Trail to raise overdose awareness

1,000 Steps At A time – March 9, 2019 - He went into treatment for addiction. Massey had lost two…

5 years ago

Marti Noxon On ‘Sharp Objects’ Season 2, Sobriety

On Point – March 9, 2019 - ...Noxon went on to talk about her journey of sobriety, showing clips from…

5 years ago

How addiction treatment falls short

Drug Advertisement? – MARCH 09, 2019 - Many treatment programs were founded on a philosophy of total abstinence, insisting that…

5 years ago

Ex-Prosecutor Says Ocean County Drug Recovery Was Corrupt

Like The Sopranos Corrupt? – March 2019 - In a whistleblower lawsuit filed this week, Michel Paulhus said his termination…

5 years ago

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Singer Celebrates First Year Of Sobriety

What’s in a Name? – March 10, 2019 -  I’ve seen firsthand the work that Ivan has done through 365…

5 years ago

If Purdue Pharma declares bankruptcy, what happens to the lawsuits against them?

Morally and Financially Bankrupt – March 4, 2019 - Any bankruptcy filing would freeze the lawsuits against the drug maker…

5 years ago

Fuller House’s Jodie Sweetin to speak at Georgia Southern about substance abuse

Carrying the Message – Mar. 8, 2019 - The event is free and open to the public and is hosted…

5 years ago

Mother found unconscious with dead baby, bottle of rum in freezing car

Consequences Most Tragic – MARCH 8, 2019 - The neighbor told police she asked the woman in the car if…

5 years ago

Airwolf’ actor Jan-Michael Vincent dies; career derailed by drugs and alcohol

At Peace – MAR. 08, 2019 - The actor’s Feb. 10 death — which was not publicly announced at the…

5 years ago

Sucked into mental health system black hole — the dark reality of abuse, addiction, recovery

No Better Down Under – Mar. 9, 2019 - Suicide attempts, spells in psychiatric wards and electric shock therapy followed…

5 years ago

Does the NBA Have Mental-Health Crisis on Its Hands?

Ballin’ or Bawlin’? – March 7, 2019 - Silver said, “We are living in a time of anxiety. I think…

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