31 Doctors charged with prescribing pain killers for cash, sexGREED ISN’T GOOD!! – April 17, 2019 - The charges include unlawful distribution or dispensing of controlled substances by a medical professional and health-care fraud. Each count carries a maximum 20-year prison sentenc... Read More...April 23 2019
Drug Addiction a Plague for Syrian ChildrenSuffer The Little Children – April 19, 2019 - ...and nearly fainting in the eastern rural Barada Valley of the capital Damascus drew the attention of many people to the issue as the footage went viral on social media. I... Read More...April 23 2019
3 Cancer Stocks to Buy in AprilCANCER: More profitable than addiction? – April 20, 2019 - The top value stock among cancer drug developers Sean Williams (Exelixis): Although big pharma is often viewed as the smartest way for investors to take advant... Read More...April 23 2019
Prison For Forced Addiction Treatment?And Throw Away the Kilo – April 20, 2019 - The law known as Section 35 Robin had become one of several thousand Massachusetts residents each year who ask the courts to force a loved one into addiction treatment under a... Read More...April 23 2019
America’s Only Publicly Traded Addiction Treatment Chain Makes Millions Off Patients. What Could Go Wrong?American Addiction: Man with a Plan – April 22, 2019 - Many patients first interact with AAC through the company’s websites, which include Recovery.org and Rehabs.com. Until recently, it was easy to mistake the websites... Read More...April 23 2019
Our Irrational Cruelty to Pregnant or Parenting Drug UsersUnfair Under Any Circumstance – April 13, 2019 - People who use drugs while pregnant and parenting are one of the most stigmatized populations in the United States. There is a pervasive idea that parents—particularly wo... Read More...April 23 2019
Eminem Celebrates 11 Years of Sobriety Rap Proud – April 20, 2019 - The star opened up about his near-fatal overdose on Revival, his ninth studio album that was released in December 2017. On the 18th track, titled “Castle” featuring Skylar Grey, Eminem writ... Read More...April 23 2019
America’s Drug War Is Ruining the WorldWAR, What Is It Good For? – April 9, 2019 - For the past half-century, the United States has also waged its own “war on drugs” that has complicated its foreign policy, compromised its electoral democracy, and contribute... Read More...April 23 2019
Researchers find the most unlikely cure for Alcoholism … loveMake it a Double Oxytocin, Straight Up – April 21, 2019 - According to the study, oxytocin will be helpful in getting over with the desire to have more alcohol. They now believe that this will be an effective pharmaceut... Read More...April 23 2019
Generic Version of Overdose Antidote Naloxone FDA ApprovedSadly Needed Drug – April 19, 2019 - “In the wake of the opioid crisis, a number of efforts are underway to make this emergency overdose reversal treatment more readily available and more accessible,” Douglas Throckmort... Read More...April 23 2019
The Marijuana Holiday, Explained4/20 For All – April 19, 2019 - A group of Californian teenagers ritualistically smoked marijuana every day at 4:20 pm. The ritual spread, and soon 420 became code for smoking marijuana. Eventually 420 was converted in... Read More...April 23 2019
Tiger Woods and the remarkable redemptive nature of AmericaTiger Tiger Burning Bright – April 16, 2019 - Why wouldn’t Tiger want to return to playing on the PGA Tour? It’s a great life: You make the money of a Republican, have as much sex as a Democrat, and fly around in $60 mi... Read More...April 23 2019
Supporters Sue To Open Safe Injection Site In Philadelphia-Citing Religious FreedomLife Is Holy – April 13, 2019 - Safehouse, in response, assembled a team of a dozen pro bono lawyers and earlier this month counter-sued the government in federal court in Philadelphia, setting up a dispute that legal e... Read More...April 16 2019
To Address Addiction, Confront Racism in Our Health and Justice SystemsInjustice System – APRIL 8, 2019 - With the advent of Black Lives Matter and other grassroots movements, as well as increased media attention on the violent, disproportionate policing of black and brown communities, nat... Read More...April 16 2019
Vitamin and mineral supplements…could cause harmEasy to Swallow, Hard to Accept – April 9, 2019 - Researchers from Tufts University say they found no association between the use of dietary supplements and a lower risk of death. The study analyzed data from a larger h... Read More...April 16 2019
Paul Greengard, Nobel Winner Neuroscientist, Dies at 93Where’s Mama? – April 14, 2019 - his new insights into psychological diseases and earned him a Nobel Prize, and who used his entire $400,000 award to create an academic prize in memory of the mother he never knew, died ... Read More...April 16 2019
I Should Have Been in RehabESSAY: by Jane Galloway – April 10, 2019 - A couple of years ago I wrote the book I wish I had had when I was going through all of that- “The Gateways- the Wisdom of 12-Step Spirituality- A Universal Path for Living a L... Read More...April 16 2019
17.6 million Americans suffer from alcoholismThe Liquid Killer – April 6, 2019 - If alcohol is affecting your life and relationships — you find it’s hard to control how much you drink or you depend on alcohol to get through the day — you may be among the 17.6 mill... Read More...April 16 2019
Meth Mania: From Biker Gangs to the Psych Ward, How Speed Came of Age in CaliforniaBad Crank – April 5, 2019 - Kim is 47 now, and she has been chasing normal her entire adult life. But the more she kept using, the more what was normal slipped further and further away, until eventually, Kim stared thro... Read More...April 16 2019
FDA Warns: Sudden Opioid Tapering is HarmfulWhat's wrong with this picture? – April 10, 2019 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has received reports of serious harm in patients who are physically dependent on opioid pain medicines suddenly having thes... Read More...April 16 2019
Barbara Marx Hubbard Peacefully Passed Away April 10th, 2019In Memory – April 11, 2019 - Clear in her work, Barbara felt that if, as humanity, we could integrate newly emergent scientific, social, and spiritual capacities, we would have the ability to transform ourselves and our... Read More...April 16 2019
The Validity of the “Fake-It-Till-You-Make-It” PhilosophyIt Works If You Work It – APRIL 13, 2019 - Openness to Learning Score for group with high inner and outer confidence: 87 Score for unconfident group: 68 Score for outwardly confident group: 79 Ability to Set and Ac... Read More...April 16 2019
Fentanyl-laced marijuana hits the streets of upstate New YorkSCARY SHIT – April 12, 2019- Police in upstate New York are warning of a dangerous fentanyl-laced marijuana combination that was recently confiscated in a Walmart parking lot. According to an Associated Press report, th... Read More...April 16 2019
When the NBA ended, Greg Oden descended into alcoholismNothing But Net – April 12, 2019 - The life of the No. 1 pick in the 2007 NBA draft had been whittled down to nothing more than a shell of an existence. Oden huddled in a dark house nearly 10 years after that triumphan... Read More...April 16 2019
How Alcoholics Anonymous got so popular?New Book, Old Story – April 13, 2019 - On July 4, 1934, a 30-year-old New York-based writer and publicist named Marty Mann got staggeringly drunk at a party and fell from a balcony. She nearly died, fracturing her leg a... Read More...April 16 2019
Ear acupuncture, another tool in recovering from addictionA Better Needle – April 13, 2019 - Susan Murphy of Fall River, an AcuDetox specialist and a licensed mental health counselor, said studies have shown that people recovering from substance use disorder can benefit from e... Read More...April 16 2019
Kratom: Popular herbal drug tied to over 90 fatal overdosesDeadly? – April 13, 2019 - Kratom was a cause of death in at least 91 fatal overdoses in the United States from July 2016 to December 2017, and 152 tested positive for the substance in a postmortem toxicology during th... Read More...April 16 2019
The New Proposed Federal Guidelines for Sober Homes are DisappointingGoing in Reverse? – APR. 12, 2019 - Sober homes have had a rough few years lately. They can be helpful for some folks recovering from addiction, providing drug-free environments where the newly sober can get away from o... Read More...April 16 2019
The Ebby Thacher Family LegacyThey Had a Dream! – April 11, 2019 - Drinking to oblivion has no place in those four behavioral characteristics, so it became a lifestyle that helped Thacher stayed sober, even though the group’s purpose was not designe... Read More...April 16 2019