Sober living founder is Chamber of Commerce Woman of the YearDoing it the right way... – April 5, 2019 - Dawn Holland, founder of an organization that provides sober living houses for women, was named Woman of the Year by the Bend Chamber of Commerce Thursday evening. Bend Chamb... Read More...April 9 2019
What’s next for trying to legalize marijuana in New York?Gee whiz, you mean it hasn't been? – April 5, 2019 - But after a bruising budget battle, Cuomo and the state Legislature left the issue undone as they scrambled to balance the state’s books, pass a congestion pricing pl... Read More...April 9 2019
Executive Corner with Zach DorfmanStick with the Winners! – April 9, 2019 - In June of 2011, Zach successfully got sober. At just three and a half years into sobriety, Zach was diagnosed with Bi-Polar Disorder 1.In 2016, Zach moved to Jerusalem where he... Read More...April 9 2019
Smoking pot vs. tobacco: What science says about lighting upCloudy Issue – Apr. 7, 2019 - While cigarette smoking is the top risk factor for lung cancer, some of scientific evidence suggests there’s no link between marijuana smoking and lung cancer. That’s according to a 2017 fe... Read More...April 9 2019
California tests if addiction treatment can be incorporated into primary careOf Course It Can... – 04/05/2019 - The scaling up of the “Hub and Spoke” system, particularly in rural areas, has presented challenges but also delivered results in locales like this Gold Rush-era city east of Sacrament... Read More...April 9 2019
Study Suggests A Bottle of Wine Equals The Cancer Risk of 10 CigarettesModeration is the Key – April 1, 2019 - “Our estimation of a cigarette equivalent for alcohol provides a useful measure for communicating possible cancer risks that exploits successful historical messaging on smoking,” ... Read More...April 9 2019
FDA probes possible link between seizures and vapingLink This! – April 3, 2019 -The FDA said that between 2010 and 2019 it received 35 reports of people, especially teens and young adults, experiencing seizures after using e-cigarettes. Severe nicotine poisoning can caus... Read More...April 9 2019
New art exhibit showcases life after drug addictionShowing The Message! – APR 07, 2019 - Two Brooklyn artists believe there is an aspect of the opioid crisis few people see - life after an addict has stopped using substances. That’s why couple and co-curators Graham Mac... Read More...April 9 2019
Opioid addiction film delivers powerful message87 people showed up... – Apr. 6, 2019 - Rebecca Wu, public affairs officer for the FBI St. Louis Division, said it was the first time the 2016 documentary, titled “Chasing the Dragon: The Life of an Opiate Addict,” was ... Read More...April 9 2019
The Challenge of Going Off Psychiatric DrugsEasy Does It – April 8, 2019 - She began taking twenty milligrams of Prozac, an antidepressant; when she still didn’t feel better, her dose was increased to forty milligrams, and then to sixty. With each raised dose, sh... Read More...April 9 2019
‘I’m living proof?’: Wendy Williams releases PSA for drug addictionsIt’s About the Message! – Apr. 7, 2019 - “Hi, I’m Wendy Williams Hunter,” she says at the start of the announcement. “My organization, The Hunter Foundation, recently launched a nationwide hotline to offer treatment res... Read More...April 9 2019
FILM REVIEW: American Relapse by Burl BarerHunting for Heroin Addicts in Delray Beach – With a film such as AMERICAN RELAPSE, it is difficult to separate the technical and artistic quality of this documentary from the setting, the characters, and the film’s over... Read More...April 9 2019
NY offers tax breaks for hiring recovering addictsDoing The Right Thing – April 3, 2019 - Assemblyman Billy Jones, D-Chateaugay, sponsored the legislation. It was co-sponsored by Sen. Betty Little, R-Queensbury. “Anyone who has made the brave decision to begin their jo... Read More...April 9 2019
‘Saving Jake’ is worthwhile read about drug addictionRead It and Weep – Apr 6, 2019 - Jake started experimenting with alcohol and marijuana in college, then Oxycontin, which led to heroin. Burwell shares how her middle-class, smart, athletic son lost three years of his li... Read More...April 9 2019
Protesters’ with supersized heroin spoon claim FDA did too littleOr Created It? – APRIL 5, 2019 -The group urged FDA to stop approving “dangerous” opioids and to instead encourage the development of more drugs to treat addiction. Many protesters decried the November approval of Dsuvi... Read More...April 9 2019
US Post Office Honors an IconSave the Children – Born April 2, 1939 - As the critic Michael Eric Dyson put it, the man who “chased away the demons of millions … with his heavenly sound and divine art” was chased by demons of his own throughout his ... Read More...April 9 2019
Poor diets deadlier than smokingYou Really Are What You Eat – Apr. 4, 2019 - Overall, poor diet is behind 16-percent of adult DALYs around the world. Variations in poor diets aside, the study points toward three dietary factors that greatly contribute... Read More...April 9 2019
A Vision Board That WorksHelpful Humor – April 6, 2019 - Step 1: Set Your Intention How do you want to feel once this vision board takes effect? Use simple phrases that describe your post-vision board self. To inspire you, I’ll share intentio... Read More...April 9 2019
Overdose prevention sites can help cities save livesOnly The Living Can Get Clean – APRIL 5, 2019 - The logic for overdose prevention sites is simple. Opioids kill by shutting down the brain’s respiratory center. Breathing slows, then stops. An individual who has overdos... Read More...April 9 2019
Why it’s a problem if “Joker” connects mental illness to villainyNot Funny Business – APRIL 4, 2019- Even though people with mental illness are less likely to commit violent crimes than the mean, and are more likely to be victimized by them, the news media regularly speculates as to ... Read More...April 9 2019
It’s the devil, you know: Book review of “The Recovering”Writer/Alcoholic/Recovering – April 5, 2019 - From the last drop to the daily struggle to keep sober, my sobriety was a gradual leveling off of emotions over time. It took a few years, not to mention a lot of support gr... Read More...April 9 2019
15 arrested in drug lab kickback schemeUrine Prison Now – April 2, 2019 - The task force coordinated its work with law enforcement in Pennsylvania, where 20 people have been arrested in connection with the scheme. Aronberg said it’s all part of the task forc... Read More...April 9 2019
The war on opioids is … also killing people like me.It Hurts – March 27, 2019 - I am not alone. Victims of tragic accidents, disease onset, combat wounds, complicated surgeries, workplace injuries, gun violence or even a simple fall off a ladder are among the 20 million ... Read More...April 2 2019
As patients tell apps they’re suicidal, digital health startups scramble to respondNot Just Another App – March 25, 2019 - Digital health apps, which let patients chat with doctors or health coaches or even receive likely medical diagnoses from a bot, are transforming modern health care. They are also... Read More...April 2 2019
Fentanyl Myth Peddled by Police Chief is “Patently False”Exaggerations from a Cop? – March 25, 2019 - Foster and Boyer compare the panic stirred around fentanyl to the irrational fear held by medical providers who refused to treat people with, or suspected of being positive f... Read More...April 2 2019
Depressed and Anxious? These Video Games Want to HelpGaming For Your Life – March 28, 2019 - “Sea of Solitude,” which Electronic Arts will publish this year, is among a growing number of video games that are tackling mental health issues. “Mental health is becoming a mor... Read More...April 2 2019
Nicholas Cirio found guilty of patient brokering sentenced to 3 yearsGet In Line – March 25, 2019 - In February, Circuit Judge Laura Johnson made a ruling in a separate patient-brokering case that could change the outcome of future prosecutions. In part of her ruling, she said prosecutor... Read More...April 2 2019
Las Vegas vending machines offer opioid OD reversal drug for freeHALLELUJAH! – March 25, 2019 - “The vending machine provides easy access that does not require a medical appointment,” the news release said. It “is part of Center for Behavioral Health’s mission to address addiction o... Read More...April 2 2019
Colton Haynes Comes Out About His Struggle With Drugs and AlcoholAll In and All Out – March 28, 2019 - “I used to blame it on my anxiety or depression issues, but really the root of all my problems was the alcohol and drugs.” Haynes added that he began to use alcohol and drugs more h... Read More...April 2 2019
As nation struggles with opioid crisis, workers bring addiction to the jobCareer Highs and Lows – March 29, 2019 - And restaurants are just one of the many businesses where employees are under the influence. A new survey from DrugAbuse.com, which offers educational content and recovery resour... Read More...April 2 2019