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Many drivers who test positive for marijuana have a child in the car

That’s how they got pregnant in the first place – April 25, 2019 - “One of the things I would like consumers to know is that cannabinoid products can be impairing,” said study co-author Angela Eichelberger, a senior res... Read More...

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John Havlicek, one of the greatest Celtics ever, dies at 79

OBITUARY - Excellence Under Pressure! – April 25, 2019 - “Havlicek stole the ball” is still one of the great rallying cries in sports history, shouted by announcer Johnny Most and quietly repeated by countless numbers o... Read More...

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Alice in Chains bassist credits sobriety for helping him deal with losing grandmother

Knew how to handle situations... – April 27 , 2019 - He told the Press Association he could not imagine how he would have coped with the situation if he had still been “all f***** up”. Inez said: “We played a show in ... Read More...

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A Barren Landscape for Meth Treatment

No High Hopes For These Addicts – April 24, 2019 - Methamphetamine is not a new drug to the United States. Yet with cheaper and more potent forms from Mexico flooding U.S. communities in recent years – as well as instan... Read More...

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Courthouse one-stop-shop aims to ease path to sobriety for opioid addicts

Giving It a Shot – April 28, 2019 - The hope is that the ease of it all will lighten their burdens and clear barriers on the path to better lives, said Municipal Court Judge Eileen Paley, one of the drivers behind the p... Read More...

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Morphine Spoons and Baby Face Masks

The Tiniest Victims – April 26, 2016 - The Urgent Love Initiative – a pilot project focused on fighting addiction, initially within 26 counties and 12 cities in southwestern Virginia – teamed up with ad agency Grey New ... Read More...

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Drug Execs Face First Criminal Charges In Opioid Bonanza

Hard Time Pill to Swallow? – April 23, 2019 - “This prosecution is the first of its kind: executives of a pharmaceutical distributor and the distributor itself have been charged with drug trafficking, trafficking the sa... Read More...

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Starbucks to install more needle disposal boxes in bathrooms nationwide

Reality Bites – April 25, 2019 - “At this point, our focus is installing them where employees need them,” a spokesperson for Starbucks told TODAY. “The opioid crisis is affecting people across the country and our partne... Read More...

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Juul Vows to Curb Youth Vaping. Its Lobbying in States Runs Counter to That Pledge

Lying for Money? – April 28, 2019 - Though Juul supports numerous state bills that would raise the legal age for buying vaping and tobacco products to 21, some of those bills contain minimal sanctions for retailers. Oth... Read More...

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Ex-NFL QB Ryan Leaf gives commencement address

Teacher Teacher – Apr. 27, 2019 - “It was just a rough patch,” Leaf said. “We’re all flawed human beings trying to be better every single day. Sometimes we forget that when we’re placed on this pedestal. That’s the main... Read More...

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John Singleton, ‘Boyz N the Hood’ Director, Dies at 51

A Star is Gone – April 29, 2019 - “When I was 18, I saw ‘She’s Gotta Have It,’ ” Mr. Singleton said, referring to Mr. Lee’s 1986 breakthrough film, in a YouTube video in 2013. “The movie was so powerful to me, as a youn... Read More...

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Deadly fentanyl bought online from China shipped through the mail

Thanatos Delivers On Promises – April 28, 2019 - By now, you may know a family shattered by the opioid epidemic. In 2017, there were 47,000 opioid deaths. That’s more Americans than were killed in vehicle accidents or b... Read More...

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How drug decriminalization would help stem an epidemic of drug overdoses

Treat & Teach, Not Prisons for Profits – April 24, 2019 - Treating drug users as criminals isn’t working, especially those in the cold grip of substance-use disorders. It’s expensive to arrest people, put them on tr... Read More...

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Britney Spears’ Meds Triggered Mental Health Crisis

Cocktails Anyone? – April 23, 2019 - We’re told at the same time, Britney’s doctors were adjusting her meds which had lost their efficacy. Britney’s mental health issues were stabilized with a cocktail of medicines that... Read More...

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Marijuana legalization push is ‘about a small number of people who want to get rich’

Money Grows On Bushes – April 26, 2019 - He warned that today’s marijuana has “all kinds of issues,” saying that the new marijuana is being genetically bred to have “astronomical levels of THC.” He added that the rise o... Read More...

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Shuttered Sovereign Health resurrected under new name, wrongful death suit alleges

He’s Baaack! – April 12, 2019 - Sharma, principal of Sovereign and many related companies, “has been targeted by several state and federal agencies for egregious and unlawful conduct, and although many entities under th... Read More...

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John Oliver Revisits the Opioid Crisis, With Some Celebrity Help

The Lighter Side of Tragedy – April 15, 2019 - To shine a spotlight on Purdue, the show decided to have Richard Sackler’s video deposition in one case read out word for word. However, because listening to people read co... Read More...

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Beyond Addiction: Reframing Recovery

New York City Exhibition – April 15, 2019 - Parsons professor of photography, Graham MacIndoe and Lang adjunct professor of Journalism + Design, Susan Stellin, curated an exhibit dedicated to redefining the word, and an... Read More...

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63% of Americans say the US should spend more on drug rehab to combat the epidemic of addiction

Affirmative Action – April 15, 2019 - Overall support for increased funding fell steadily from 1990 through 2012, just as the opiate crisis was about to take hold and capture media attention. ‘The coverage of the opioid... Read More...

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The Book Newly Sober People Love to Give to Each Other

What, it’s not The Big Book? – April 19, 2019 - It came out in 2015 and has become something of a word-of-mouth phenomenon. Concrete numbers are hard to come by, but Grace has estimated that she’s helped somewhere in th... Read More...

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Slash’s “Miserable” Addiction – How He Got Sober

Sex, Drugs and... You Know.... – April 19, 2019 - The guitarist says that after he left the “security” of GN’R behind, his drinking and drugging continued ... Being aware of his addiction issues, Slash recalls, “I had t... Read More...

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Seymour Cassel, Familiar Face in Independent Films, Dies at 84

OBITUARY: He Did It His Way – April 8, 2019 - “The fun is in filling out a part and making it a little crazy,” he once said, “because everyone has a little craziness in them anyway.” Though he was best known for his wor... Read More...

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FDA allows sales of first medical device for treatment of ADHD

Don’t Forget to Plug in Billy – April 19, 2019 - “This new device offers a safe, non-drug option for treatment of ADHD in pediatric patients through the use of mild nerve stimulation, a first of its kind,” said Carlos P... Read More...

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JACK OSBOURNE Celebrates 16 Years Of Sobriety

No More Smack For Jack – April 21, 2019 - “If at 17 someone told me where I’d be at 33 with 16 years of continual sobriety I would have laughed and told you to fuck off. Jack entered rehab at the age of 17 to be treate... Read More...

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“That is the David Carr way”: Erin Lee Carr on grief, addiction and her father

MEMOIR : Straight Up – APRIL 20, 2019 -Also present in the book is Erin Carr’s own crooked journey through addiction and sobriety — another thing she had in common with her father, who chronicled his own trajectory in t... Read More...

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US Awards $350M in Research Funds to Fight Opioid Epidemic

Big Drug Deal? – April 19, 2019 - The grants from the National Institutes of Health will go the University of Kentucky, Boston Medical Center, New York City’s Columbia University and Ohio State University. Government of... Read More...

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Responders called to 7 overdoses, 1 overdose death within 6 hours

Make America Live Again – April 20, 2019 - Columbus Division of Police and Fire personnel responded to eight separate locations where eight individuals were suffering from an overdose Saturday. Seven people were treated... Read More...

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Touching Fentanyl Won’t Cause First Responders Harm

It’s Safe to Help – April 21, 2019 - Such myths could put overdose victims at risk, since emergency responders may be hesitant to touch or treat them. In recent months, several police reports and media outlets have reco... Read More...

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Executive Corner with Nadine Lewis

Stick with the Winners! – Nadine Lewis has a broad-based private practice focused on Real Estate, Unlawful Detainer, Foreclosure Defense, Consumer Debt Resolution and all IRS Fresh Start Programs for delinquent tax paye... Read More...

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This Is How Much Sleep You Need To Be Successful

Sweet Dreams – April 21, 2019 - The worst, perhaps, was: “Many adults need only 5 or less hours of sleep for general health.” So many entrepreneurs swear by this. Or, at least, they expect their employees to swear by th... Read More...