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
Mental Health Awareness Means Talking About All Types of Mental IllnessHappy World Bipolar Day, or Are We? – March 29, 2019 - Bipolar disorder is one of the most misunderstood mental illnesses, and the confusion around it persists even as we make strides in the way we talk about other ment... Read More...April 2 2019
Millions of dollars in West Virginia drug treatment at stake in ACA repeal fightHealth Care for None – Mar 30, 2019 - Under the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare, West Virginia expanded its Medicaid program to those who make up to 138 percent of the federal poverty line. According to... Read More...April 2 2019
Jana Kramer Says She’s “So Proud” of Husband Mike Caussin After Revealing Sex AddictionNow This is Sexy – Mar. 31, 2019 - The former NFL player explained that Kramer “gave me an ultimatum” when she found out that he had cheated on her and they separated after one year of marriage. The two of them renewed ... Read More...April 2 2019
House approves plan for overdose treatment at librariesWhere Knowledge Lives – Mar. 30, 2019 - “Every second matters during an overdose. Having medication on hand that reverses the effect of an opioid overdose could be the difference between life and death.” Library overdos... Read More...April 2 2019
‘Alaskan Bush People’: Matt Brown Proudly Displays Sobriety Coin Post-RehabCool To Be Sober – March 30, 2019 - “Matt your journey of not giving up or surrendering gives so many so much hope, including myself,” a third person wrote. “So proud of you and your journey to healing. Much love.” Bro... Read More...April 2 2019
‘Congress is owned by pharma’OMG – March 13, 2019 - OpenSecrets, a website operated by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, tracks money in U.S. politics. It ranked the top 20 members of the House and the Senate that have received the m... Read More...April 2 2019
How the American opioid crisis got so big- Dopesick and American OverdoseBOOK REVIEWS - Read - It’s Healthy – March 19, 2019 - Journalists must impose narrative coherence on mountains of information. Macy, who has reported on the epidemic from her hometown of Roanoke, Virginia, since 2012, f... Read More...April 2 2019
Chicago woman dies of fentanyl overdose at Cook County jailCHICAGO! What Is Going On? – Mar 31, 2019 - Authorities say a 51-year-old woman died of a fentanyl overdose while in custody at the Cook County jail. Lavera Scott of Chicago died March 2. The Chicago Sun-Times reports ... Read More...April 2 2019
This Boosts Your HappinessSo Glad We Metta – March 29, 2019 - “Walking around and offering kindness to others in the world reduces anxiety and increases happiness and feelings of social connection,” said study author Douglas Gentile. The loving... Read More...April 2 2019
Samantha Ronson celebrates five years of sobrietyoh happy dAAy – March 30, 2019 - “I’ve spent most of my time in meetings trying to blend into the walls, but I’ve listened to every speaker, every share, every prayer, every aa related announcement, and have found so mu... Read More...April 2 2019
How does an overdose affect the brain?It’s Complicated – March 29, 2019 - To get more information on prevention and treatment, researchers need to understand how surviving an overdose changes the brain, according to the press release. The team’s research w... Read More...April 2 2019
We Need More Focus on How the Drug War Attacks Parents of ColorIn Every Way – Mar. 28, 2019 - If you take the time to spend a day in any family court, what you will see is disturbing: Benches full of parents of color and little black and brown children in despair. See, what is not ... Read More...April 2 2019
Lawsuits Lay Bare Sackler Family’s Role in Opioid CrisisThe Faces of Evil – April 1, 2019 - The two lawsuits are part of a burst of recent litigation that has taken aim at the Sacklers, a far-flung billionaire family that has a network of trusts and companies in the United S... Read More...April 2 2019
New York Targets Billionaire OxyContin FamilyUntouchable? – March 28, 2019 - New York’s lawsuit echoes the other cases, alleging the Sacklers’ and Purdue’s aggressive marketing of OxyContin beginning in the mid-1990s led to massive over-prescribing and a scourge o... Read More...April 2 2019
Here’s What a Legal Market for Cocaine Could Look LikeAin’t Nobody’s Business But My Own – MARCH 26, 2019 - That isn’t stopping Steve Rolles, a senior policy analyst at the Transform Drug Policy Foundation, a UK think tank. He’s hoping that nations will soon regulate and l... Read More...April 2 2019
Making Peace with the Heroin Addict I Used to BeIt’s an Inside Job – Mar. 28, 2019 - I came to Thailand eight months ago with a heroin habit I couldn’t handle. I wanted to stop but I couldn’t. In four years I had, mostly willingly, checked into 18 different rehabs, c... Read More...April 2 2019
NBC News looks at allegations of abuse at residential facility for at-risk kidsChildren as Commodities VIDEO ONLY – Full Story @ NBCNews.com... Read More...April 2 2019
OxyContin Maker Purdue Pharma to Pay $270 Million Legal Settlement45 Minute VIDEO REPORT – March 27, 2019 - The state of Oklahoma has reached a $270 million agreement with Purdue Pharma—the makers of OxyContin—settling a lawsuit that claimed the company contributed to the deaths of th... Read More...April 2 2019