Where the Nurse Prescribes Heroin Medication Assisted Living – Nov. 27, 2019 - From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. seven days a week, a $1.5 million facility in Glasgow that opened on Tuesday will allow a handful of drug users to receive doses of the drug al... Read More...Dec 3 2019
Addiction takes up residence on Sesame Street Children 'R' Our Future – November 29, 2019 - Jerry Moe is, in a way, one of Karli’s creators. Moe is national director of Hazelden Betty Ford Children’s Program, and an advisory board member for the National Associ... Read More...Dec 3 2019
Can ketamine curb harmful drinking? Blacking Out the Blackout – NOVEMBER 26, 2019 - For a person with alcohol use disorder, a memory triggered by a simple cue — like walking by a favorite bar or spotting a beer billboard — can drive a desire for ... Read More...Dec 3 2019
Five youths in drug treatment program rushed to hospital with OD symptoms A Step Backwards – Nov. 26, 2019 - “Granite Pathways called 911 because we believed that residents had used drugs and showed signs of impairment and because of a serious behavioral issue of one of the residents,” Mon... Read More...Dec 3 2019
Why doctors know almost nothing about the health effects of marijuana They Don’t Care? – NOVEMBER 25, 2019 - There are several ways to cut through the current obstacles to marijuana research. Certainly, reclassification of marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule III drug would solve ... Read More...Dec 3 2019
UNPAID AD – First Pennsylvania Medication-Assisted-Treatment Facility Medicine Men – Nov. 26, 2019 - MAT utilizes FDA approved medications to treat patients with an opioid addiction. Methadone, one of the medications, changes how the brain and nervous system respond to pain. It lessens... Read More...Dec 3 2019
She was spending $1,000 a day on crack and heroin. Then she cried out to God. Spiritual Solution – Nov. 26, 2019- When Moran was 11, her mother remarried, and the family moved to Indianapolis’ east side. Moran went to Lutheran High School, where she made decent grades and played volle... Read More...Dec 3 2019
Sculpture of AA founder Bill Wilson’s Face unveiled Half Measures – NOV. 29, 2019 - As detailed in a May 5, 2018 article in the Banner and Manchester Journal, thousands of people visit Wilson’s birthplace in East Dorset each year. Wilson was born in the house in 1895... Read More...Dec 3 2019
Heartburn drugs putting millions at risk of acute stomach virus What, no more cheesesteaks? – November 28, 2019 - “And now we’re finding that the drugs are not as safe as we thought. They interact with a bunch of drugs. There are some nutritional concerns. There’s an increased ri... Read More...Dec 3 2019
Sexism Can Affect Your Mental Health The Unsafe Sex – November 30, 2019 - Sexism was defined in the study, which received responses from nearly 3,000 women aged between 16 and 93, as feeling unsafe, avoiding going to or being in a setting, being i... Read More...Dec 3 2019
Hellfighters Help Homeless Mercy After Dark – November 30, 2019 - They’re a Christian ministry motorcycle gang that has spent seven years feeding the city’s homeless and others in need. The leather-clad, bandanna-wearing group, with its vans a... Read More...Dec 3 2019
How to recover from Thanksgiving UnStuff Yourself – November 30, 2019 - 1. DON’T beat yourself up for “being bad”. • Avoid dwelling on having gone back for seconds (or thirds). • Beating yourself up because you “went off your diet” will only b... Read More...Dec 3 2019
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