NY officials OK clean needle exchange for addicts Life Extension – November 29, 2019 - Under the new rules, which quietly went into effect on Nov. 12, more facilities — such as LGBTQ centers, local government health departments and sexually transmitted disease... Read More...Dec 3 2019
Skid Row Project Highlights Toilets as Harm Reduction and a Human Right Straight Flush – Nov. 25, 2019 - ReFresh Spot now serves 600 guests a day, providing them with restrooms, showers and laundry services 24 hours a day, seven days a week. HHCLA’s emphasis on access to basic sanitation... Read More...Dec 3 2019
‘It saved my life’: Small business owner reflects on 6 years of sobriety Success – November 30, 2019 - For Chris Marshall, it’s a piece of her. A token to her sobriety, as she looks to years of success ahead. “Hippy Do-Da is here to stay. I don’t see myself wanting to do anything else,” C... Read More...Dec 3 2019
Joan Marie Mathews-Larson, founder of recovery center, dies at 90 Obituary – NOVEMBER 30, 2019 - Art, music and academics were important in her family — her father taught math and Latin — but after meeting her husband at MCAD, she dropped out and had three kids. In 1970 her h... Read More...Dec 3 2019
Film Review: Doctor Sleep MEDIA: Overlook Hotel Revisited – NOVEMBER 30, 2019 - Kubrick’s film is iconic for a reason. Wonderful central performances by Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall anchor a series of indelible images t... Read More...Dec 3 2019
Blue October’s Justin Furstenfeld Opens Up About ‘Get Back Up’ Documentary Movies Are Magic – 11/30/2019 - While in rehab for drug addiction, theBlue October singer was desperately asking for a “simple” sign from above one day when he noticed a lone wasp trying desperately to make its... Read More...Dec 3 2019
Former escort Samantha X opens up about her journey to sobriety Happy Down Under – Dec. 1, 2019 - “I love what I did, but once I sobered up, I felt like I’m worthy of a bit more. I always thought someone was going to come rescue me,” Samantha said. “But no-one is. No man. No amou... Read More...Dec 3 2019
‘A Better Life Recovery’ appoints famed addiction advocates Tim Ryan and Jennifer Gimenez Love Is the Answer – DECEMBER 02, 2019 - A Better Life Recovery, a leading addiction treatment provider and owner of A Mission for Michael, an intensive mental health facility, announced it has named Tim Ryan and Jen... Read More...Dec 3 2019
Artist’s Corner with Issa Ibrahim Stick with the Winners! – Issa Ibrahim finds meaning and purpose as an artist, musician, writer, filmmaker, activist, 25-year artist-in-residence at Creedmoor Psychiatric Center’s Living Museum, and now as a mem... Read More...Dec 3 2019
Some of us actually need painkillers OPINION: Dear Orthopedic Surgeon, – November 28, 2019 - I’m not overly sensitive to pain. On the contrary, I’m that patient who didn’t go to the orthopedist months ago, when my left knee first started aching and thro... Read More...Dec 3 2019
Researchers Develop Breathalyzer That Can Detect Opioids Is that percodan on your breath? – November 26, 2019 - Davis, along with Dr. Nicholas Kenyon at UC Davis Health and a team of researchers, developed a less-invasive way to monitor a patient’s drug use by ... Read More...Dec 3 2019
The Class of 2000 ‘Could Have Been Anything’ Dreams Deferred, Dreams Denied – December 2, 2019 - To understand both the scope and the devastating consequences of what is now a public health crisis, we talked to dozens of members of the Class of 2000. Many opene... Read More...Dec 3 2019
Drugs Used to Replace Opioids Linked With Increase in Suicide Attempts Pills For Every Problem – Dec. 2, 2019 - Baclofen, meanwhile, is a muscle relaxant and antispasmodic medication used to treat spasms, pain, and stiffness, including in those with spinal and central nervous system dis... Read More...Dec 3 2019
All woman including Moms are binge drinking more Bottled Up Stress? – Nov. 26, 2019 - Overall, most age groups of both genders saw increases in binge drinking from 2006 to 2018, with the unhealthy behavior still more common among men than women. The researchers loo... Read More...Dec 3 2019
Medical Students Say Their Opioid Experiences Will Shape How They Prescribe More or Less? – November 26, 2019- Opioids took away his anxiety, his inhibitions, his depression. And they were easy to get. “I just started breaking into houses,” Braun says. “I found it amazing how trusting peo... Read More...Dec 3 2019
Teens living with parents who smoke pot more likely to use themselves Simon Says... – Nov. 29, 2019 - The study finds parental marijuana use is associated with increased risk of marijuana and tobacco use, and opioid misuse by children. Researcher Bertha Madras says states like Michiga... Read More...Dec 3 2019
Drinking-related liver disease and deaths on the rise in U.S. The Quiet Killer – November 29, 2019 -The researchers analyzed causes of death for people aged 25 and older in the two decades since 1997, and found that 2017 had the highest rates of death from ALD, at 13.1 per 100,... Read More...Dec 3 2019
Young people ‘panicky’ when denied cell phones iPanic attacks our young – November 29, 2019 - The youngsters also cannot control the amount of time they spend on the phone. The study warns that such addictions have “serious consequences” for mental health. The... Read More...Dec 3 2019
‘I was homeless and a drug addict, but now I’m London’s happiest bus driver’ High On Propriety – November 23, 2019 - I hit rock bottom. I was homeless on and off for 20 years. I used to think the world owed me but then I’d still wake up homeless and hungry. I became addicted to class A drugs.... Read More...Dec 3 2019
Americans are dying young at alarming rates Gone Too Soon – November 26, 2019 - About a third of the estimated 33,000 “excess deaths” that the study says occurred since 2010 were in just four states: Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Indiana — the first two of ... Read More...Dec 3 2019
What a Difference a Year Makes Faces of Addiction – November 29, 2019 - Among them is Jen Elizabeth, 42 and from the city of Temecula in California, who was brought up surrounded by addiction and suffered sexual abuse as a child. She began drinkin... Read More...Dec 3 2019
Men who regularly smoke cannabis have increased risk of developing testicular cancer It Takes Balls – December 1, 2019 - The researchers added: “Sustained marijuana use may increase the risk for testicular cancer.” They estimated that long-term users of cannabis were 36 per cent more likely to... Read More...Dec 3 2019
Opioid Overdose Risk is High After Medication Treatment Ends Stay safe no matter what... – December 2, 2019 - Buprenorphine, which won FDA approval in 2002 to combat opioid addiction, is dispensed to almost one million individuals annually. However, an estimated 50% to 80% of ... Read More...Dec 3 2019
China Cracks Down on Fentanyl Will it do any good? – Dec. 1, 2019 - “I don’t sell any more.” Until recently, much of the illicit fentanyl that found its way to the United States came like this: easily ordered online from a source in China and ... Read More...Dec 3 2019
Quote of the Week "The remedy is in our hearts and equally, in the heart of the animals, we call the Universe." —Nikola Tesla ... Read More...Dec 3 2019
Benefits of a Gratitude Journal WRITING DOWN THE BONES – November 27, 2019 - Gratitude is an emotion that expresses appreciation and thankfulness. Keeping a gratitude journal to write down your experiences and feelings can be good for your health p... Read More...Dec 3 2019
At the only two LGBTQ sober houses in the US, residents become themselves while they get clean Being The Best You! – Nov 19, 2019 - Pentkowski could have picked any sober home in northeast Ohio, but he chose the B. Riley House. “Being in a house that was 24/7 recovery and being that it’s an LGBT house made me ... Read More...Nov 26 2019
Compulsive shopping left me $22,000 in debt Shop ’Til You Go Broke – November 22, 2019 - 122 patients who had sought treatment for compulsive shopping and found 33.6 per cent showed signs of an addiction to online shopping. Researchers linked it to more ... Read More...Nov 26 2019
When BDSM and sobriety go hand-in hand One Snap at a Time – Nov. 20, 2019 - Most of the things that I did with that partner wouldn’t seem that kinky to someone into fetish, but it was all new to me. My partner loved rope and showed me enough to whet my th... Read More...Nov 26 2019
Add ‘Reversing Heroin Overdoses’ to Your Resume Good News – 11/21/2019 - There will offer be formal trainings on to administer the Naloxone, which usually comes as a nasal spray. “Most workplaces are already equipped with fire extinguishers and AEDs. We hope... Read More...Nov 26 2019