Three pain clinic staffers admitted pill scheme. Head Dr. beats 9 out of 10 charges.

Jury Pampering – July 2, 2018 - Oakland Park doctor Andres Mencia, accused of prescribing 1,200 opioid doses a day…

6 years ago

Overdose Fears Weaken Stigma Of Step-Down Drugs In Addiction Treatment

Drugs Saves/Takes Lives – July 3, 2018 - Even asking how best to wean drug abusers off opioids can raise…

6 years ago

New federal drug rehab bill inspired by “Florida Shuffle”

Law and Disorder – July 6, 2018 - Senator Marco Rubio posted on Twitter how he hopes a bill he’s…

6 years ago

A rider rediscovers her passion after addiction

Back in the Saddle – July 8, 2018 - “I CAN’T BELIEVE I just ran a supreme time!” my niece,…

6 years ago

Mayor questions Sovereign Health rehab facility’s legitimacy

Sovereign Health Abandons Illinois Town – July 6, 2018 - North of Murphysboro, Illinois sits a large, vacant facility on…

6 years ago

Methadone plus therapy path to addiction recovery

Whatever It Takes – July 7, 2018 - A tortoiseshell kitten named Zoe is more than a pet for Cheri…

6 years ago

Opioid deaths declining in Florida?

Hope is in the Air – July 6, 2018 - As the opioid epidemic continues to rage across the United…

6 years ago

Blame It On The Alcohol

Education in Alcoholism and Treatment, 1-hr. – Feb. 8, 2018 - This week, we devote an entire hour to what…

6 years ago

NJ teen wins national award for heroin education program

Positive Vibrations – July 7, 2018 - Five years later, Reifman’s HAPPY Week heroin program for middle and high school…

6 years ago

Opioid Maker Trained Staff Using ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ Techniques About ‘Aggressive,’ ‘Deceptive’ Salesmen

ABC: Always Be Conniving – July 6, 2018 -  A lawsuit unsealed this week alleged that OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma…

6 years ago

Is This Psychedelic The Future of Depression Treatment?

Ask Dr. Maté – July 8, 2018 - Alternative therapies and medicinal plants are definitely having a moment. Last week…

6 years ago

Lawsuit claims HOPE clinics are responsible for overdose, addiction

From Those You Trust – July 7, 2018 - A Kanawha County lawsuit is alleging HOPE Clinic, four medical professionals…

6 years ago

Sperm Drop ‘could make humans extinct’ but not if men eat more nuts

Handmaids Tale Coming True? – July 4, 2018 - Men who ate about two handfuls of mixed almonds, hazelnuts and walnuts…

6 years ago

Director Gus Van Sant continues his longtime exploration of addiction and recovery with ‘Don’t Worry’

The Master is Back – July 6, 2018 - A Gus Van Sant film has moments of strange wonder when…

6 years ago

Instagram wants to curb your Instagram Addiction

It’s Too Late to Stop Now – July 4, 2018 - Instagram is rolling out a new feature under which…

6 years ago

Review: For These ‘Recovery Boys,’ Sobriety Is Steep Climb

Farms and Friends – June 29, 2018 - Opening a wider window into a world many of us know only…

6 years ago

Kids’ exposure to addiction drug rose 215% in three years

Children Will Listen – June 25, 2018 - More than 11,200 calls concerning children’s exposure to buprenorphine, an opioid medication…

6 years ago

Unbroken: Navigating the Madness of Family Dysfunction, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Heartache by Annie Highwater

MEDIA: Book Recommendation – July 2018 - I feel like I’m drowning! Does that describe you at times? Addiction, conflict,…

6 years ago

3 Ways Exercise Combats Teenage Drug Abuse and Teen Depression

A Moving Target is Harder to Hit – July 2018 – We all know that exercise is good for you.…

6 years ago

USA border policy is catalyst for drug addiction

High ACE from ICE – June 29, 2018 - With separation, children will experience tremendous surges in adrenaline from the…

6 years ago

Zoe Ball Admits Two Years Of Sobriety Helped Her Through ‘Two Toughest Years Of My Life’

BRAVO! – June 27, 2018 - She wrote: “Special moment. 2 years no booze - through two of the toughest…

6 years ago

Demi Lovato Opens Up About “Addiction Hell” In New Interview

She’s Baaaaack – And she’s been just as open about her most recent battle with the bottle. Demi’s new song,…

6 years ago

Program uses dogs to help recovering addicts

Taking a 90 Day Bone? – June 29, 2018 - The class, which Kover calls “Moving Forward with Dogs 12…

6 years ago

Seventy years of Alcoholics Anonymous in New Zealand

Hold in NZ – June 26, 2018 - STARTS AT 8:45 minutes in. Alcoholics Anonymous has been helping alcoholics in…

6 years ago

Scandal over opiate deaths uncovered 16 years later

Doctor Charged with 650 Deaths – July 1, 2018 - Their fears were vindicated last month when an inquiry found…

6 years ago

Bogus treatment centers prey on opioid addicts

Greedy Bastards – June 29, 2018 -  The Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation says beware of anything offered for free. That…

6 years ago

Woman tells cops the cocaine must have been in her purse when she bought it

As Good an Excuse as Any – June 29, 2018 - A Key Largo woman being booked into jail Thursday…

6 years ago

Pain Killer Pill Makers Cut Back On Payments To Doctors

Smaller Yachts? – June 28, 2018 - Lawsuits and media reports have accused Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, of…

6 years ago

A history of Diego Maradona’s epic use of cocaine and other drugs

Scoring a New Goal – June 27, 2018 - Maradona began taking cocaine in the mid-1980s, developing an addiction to…

6 years ago

Former drug addict who spent ‘£1k month on cocaine’ explains how she turned her life around

Walking the Walk – July 1, 2018 - SPLASHING my face, I glimpsed myself in the bathroom mirror and gasped.…

6 years ago