Congress demands documents related to rehab industry’s ‘patient brokering’ of addicts

It’s about time,” said Michael Cartwright, CEO of AAC – May 30, 2018 - Those companies are American Addiction Centers,…

6 years ago

How America’s go-to holiday spot became shoreline of addiction

Coke on the Cape – May 28, 2018 - Cape Cod, Massachusetts is a difficult place to stay sober. In…

6 years ago

She Bribed Docs To Prescribe INSYS’s Subsys Painkiller

Plain old Baksheesh – May 30, 2018 - A Middletown woman who worked as a pharmaceutical sales representative testified in…

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Rehab Racket? ‘Patient Brokers’ Cashing in On Addicts

And the Beat Goes On – May 29, 2018 - A potential crackdown is looming on the world of “patient…

6 years ago

Celebrities Selling Marijuana BIG TIME

Lives! Up in Smoke – May 27, 2018 - Recreational marijuana is still against the law in 41 states. But…

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Maui Drug Court celebrates 18 years and 600-plus lives saved

Freedom of Choice – May 29, 2018 - When the Maui/Molokai Drug Court was in its infancy, the program participants…

6 years ago

Mob Wife Opens Up About Her Sobriety

Soberano – May 25, 2018 - Anyone who watched Mob Wives or any other reality TV show that Renee Graziano…

6 years ago

Clinician’s Corner with George Baxter-Holder

Stick with the Winners! – Dr. George Baxter-Holder grew up on Long Island and got his training in Seattle. He holds…

6 years ago

Rehab Program Forcing Addicts To Work As Indentured Employees

More Screwy Industry Publicity? – May 25, 2018 - People in need of drug rehab have a few options. For…

6 years ago

Arrest Of Boston Sober Home Operator Raises Questions About Addiction Treatment

Drugs for Sex – May 21, 2018 - Attorney David Perry’s addiction has been marked in various courtrooms for more…

6 years ago

The ‘Insane’ Way Our Prison System Handles the Mentally Ill

MEDIA: NYT Book Review – May 22, 2018 - In 1946, Life magazine published an exposé that declared most American…

6 years ago

Mussels test positive for opioids in Seattle’s Puget Sound

Seattle’s Best – May 25, 2018 - The finding suggests “a lot of people” are taking oxycodone in the Puget…

6 years ago

Brad Pitt’s Lady Love Neri Oxman is Supportive of His Sobriety

Sober Star-Crossed Collaboration – May 24, 2018 - Brad Pitt is getting his life back together and his new girlfriend…

6 years ago

Sobriety Is My Personal Pride

Rainbow Connection – May 25, 2018 - The finding suggests “a lot of people” are taking oxycodone in the Puget…

6 years ago

5 things John Oliver got wrong about ‘rehabs’

YES, Often Times He Is! – May 25, 2018 - John Oliver can be very funny. His show, “Last Week…

6 years ago

Alcoholic Cirrhosis Imposes Financial Burden on US Healthcare

But Good for Undertakers – May 25, 2018 - Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is rising, with patients more likely to…

6 years ago

Exercise helps treat addiction by altering brain’s dopamine system

Jane Fonda was Right – May 25, 2018 - New research by the University at Buffalo Research Institute on Addictions…

6 years ago

Florida leaders cut drug programs

Another Unkind of Cut – May 25, 2018 - Gov. Rick Scott and leaders of the Florida House rejected appeals…

6 years ago

Fight opioid addiction like disease, says Hazelden’s Dr. Marvin Seppala

Or Surrender? – May 25, 2018 - The death toll associated with the opioid crisis has now surpassed the height…

6 years ago

Addiction isn’t physiological problem. It’s a mental health one…

First Person Tragedy – MAY  14, 2018 -  As the Canadian physician and addiction specialist Gabor Mate succinctly put it,…

6 years ago

US fentanyl bust ‘enough to kill 26 million people

The Almost Dead – May 25, 2018 - Nearly 120lbs (54kg) of fentanyl, a powerful synthetic painkiller, has been seized…

6 years ago

Why You Should Stop Being So Hard on Yourself

Be Your Own Best Friend – May 22, 2018 - “We’re all our own worst critics.” Ever heard that one…

6 years ago

Teaching Sobriety With ‘The Bottle’

An New OLD Approach to Prevention – May 27, 2018 - Somewhere in 1950s Georgia, a teacher brought a whiskey…

6 years ago

DMC’s Article On 25-Year Battle With Addiction

On and Off-Stage Victory (PLUS)??? – May 23, 2018 - Darryl “DMC” McDaniels of the iconic trio Run-DMC recently opened…

6 years ago

Undiscovered for 39 days: State probes recovery center death

Where Were the Counselors? – May 26, 2018 - The 27-year-old father and aspiring rapper from New Jersey was trying…

6 years ago

Origins of an Epidemic: Purdue Pharma Absolutely Knew Its Opioids Were Abused

America’s Grave Fillers – May 29, 2018 - The head of the Justice Department’s criminal division at the time, Alice…

6 years ago

Jason Wahler Is Getting Help After Relapsing: ‘I Am Beyond Embarrassed’

Getting Back Up! Bravo! – April 30, 2018 - “My name is Jason and I’m an alcoholic-addict. I have 39…

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America’s 150-Year Opioid Epidemic starting with laudanum, highly addictive 19th century painkiller

NY Times Feature – May 18, 2018 - A bottle of laudanum, a highly addictive liquid preparation of opium widely…

6 years ago

Chattanooga Ironman competitor shares his story of sobriety

The Comeback Kid – May 19, 2018 - Racing for Recovery is the treatment program Crandell helped create to assist…

6 years ago

NYPD Overdose Squad Working To Get K2 Out Of Brooklyn

CBS VIDEO – May 24, 2018 - Nearly 100 people had to be hospitalized over the past week due to…

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