Mental illness larger problem for teens than drug and alcohol abuseIt’s Real to Them – Full Story @ NBCNews.com... Read More...Feb 26 2019
Burberry sorry for ‘suicide’ hoodie with noose around neckVery Bad Taste – February 2019 - “Let’s not forget about the horrifying history of lynching either,” she added. Burberry boss Marco Gobbetti said the brand was “deeply sorry for the distress” caused, adding: “It was ins... Read More...Feb 26 2019
Bel Air, CA Doctors and Nurses Arrested In Massive Prescription Drug StingHypocritical Oafs – Feb. 22, 2019 - Dr. Michael Anthony Simental of Corona, 47, who practiced at the Kaiser Permanente - Dr. Reza Ray Ehsan of Bel-Air, 60, - Saloumeh Rahbarvafaei of Northridge, 40, - Ana Leblanc of Chi... Read More...Feb 26 2019
Former FDA commissioner says FDA erred in allowing drug companies to promote opioids 60 MINUTESMaking a Killing – Feb. 21, 2019 - Dr. David Kessler, the FDA commissioner in the 1990s at the time Purdue’s powerful, long-acting opioid Oxycontin was first approved, says the FDA never should have allowed the drug and... Read More...Feb 26 2019
Museums Uneasy With Philanthropy Tainted by Opioid ProfitsFacing Lawsuits From 37 States, 1,500 Cities – Feb. 20, 2019 - Forbes ranked the Sacklers the 19th-richest family in America in 2016 at $13 billion. While a total assessment of the family’s philanthropy is unclear, mil... Read More...Feb 26 2019
Disney Parks Now Selling Alcoholic PopsiclesSlipped me Mickey got real Goofy – February 15, 2019 - The alcohol-filled push-pops made headlines over the summer, when it was discovered that each Buzz Pop comes loaded with more alcohol than a glass of wine! Needless... Read More...Feb 19 2019
Bill would let Florida schools have opioid-countering drugsShould Be Mandatory – Feb. 14, 2019 - A Senate Democrat on Thursday filed a proposal that would allow public schools to buy a type of drug that is used to treat people who have overdosed on opioids. Sen. Jason Pizzo, a ... Read More...Feb 19 2019
The Recipe for SobrietyFood is God – November 16, 2018 - “I was suffering from the DTs ,” he says. “I chose alcohol over food for a period of about four weeks. I was about 140 pounds—and I’m six foot two. I developed bleeding ulcers and I was... Read More...Feb 19 2019
Dreams About Relapse Are Common For People In RecoveryFreebie – February 14, 2019 - Typically, the person in recovery dreams that they’re using their main substance again, and gets flooded with overwhelming feelings of panic or guilt. Once the person wakes up, however, the... Read More...Feb 19 2019
Insurers Making It Harder to Treat Opioid AddictionMedi (don’t) Care – February 15, 2019 - In 2007, nearly 90 percent of insurance plans offered buprenophine without restriction, but that number had shrunk to 35 percent by 2018. Over that same period, the proportion of ... Read More...Feb 19 2019
Heroin and meth are driving record high syphilis rates in the U.S.BE CAREFUL – February 15, 2019 - In the same period, the number of people who had syphilis and reported using injection drugs — meth and heroin — more than doubled, according to the CDC report. Nearly 17 percent of wom... Read More...Feb 19 2019
Woman’s remarkable before and after pictures as she battles heroin addictionRecovery is Beautiful – Feb. 15, 2019 - But she is now 80 days clean and is already looking remarkably healthier. She appeared on TV yesterday where she received high praise for overcoming her demons thanks to a three-m... Read More...Feb 19 2019
Addicted to opioids for five years. This is one man’s story of recovery.Overcoming – February 17, 2019 - I think it was the way in which my parents reacted to it,” he said of his overdose. “My mom was in Poland at the time, and her mom, my grandma, was sick with pancreatic cancer; she had b... Read More...Feb 19 2019
‘Dreamland’ Author Sam Quinones Tries to Help Gary Oldman’s ‘Dreamand’ Movie Find a New TitlePay Sam Money! – February 6, 2019 - Quinones’ book explored how opiate addiction took over countless towns throughout America starting in the 1990s. The name for the book came from the nickname given to a popular swimm... Read More...Feb 19 2019
5 Street Drugs that Might Have Medicinal ValueRight Next to the Tylenol PM – February 18, 2019 - ...the US Food and Drug Administration acknowledged that psilocybin-the active ingredient found in magic mushrooms-has real potential to become a powerful treatment for... Read More...Feb 19 2019
Patient-brokering case is county’s first to go to trialLet the Trials Begin – Feb. 12, 2019 - Sean Krizan said he can’t remember how many checks he received for referring his sober home’s residents to treatment centers across Palm Beach County, but he does remember receivi... Read More...Feb 19 2019
The FDA is prioritizing lethal opioids over recovery by Ryan HamptonMan with a Plan – Feb. 14, 2019 - In my own personal recovery journey, medication assisted treatment—specifically buprenorphine—became key to my success. After countless attempts to enter recovery, I knew that I needed ... Read More...Feb 19 2019
Depression speeds brain aging?This is Your Brain on Depression – February 14, 2019 - “We think depression might be accelerating the normal aging,” Yale neuroscientist Irina Esterlis said ... the preliminary findings are a reminder of how important i... Read More...Feb 19 2019
Jodie Sweetin to Be Honored by Sobriety-Focused Organization Writers in TreatmentIN LOS ANGELES, FEB. 28 – February 11, 2019 - 10th Annual Experience, Strength and Hope Awards honoring Jodie Sweetin, February 28, Skirball Cultural Center. Full Story @ HollywoodReporter.com... Read More...Feb 19 2019
Driving While on Opioids; ‘Compelling Evidence’ of DangerNo Kidding! – February 15, 2019 - “There has been heightened concern about drugged driving in recent years due in part to increasing permissibility and availability of marijuana, and excess consumption of prescription o... Read More...Feb 19 2019
Maryland Considers Using Cannabis to Combat the Opioid EpidemicAnything That Helps – Feb. 17, 2019 - Right now, Maryland legislators are considering a new bill that would add opioid use disorder to the list of conditions qualified to be treated with medical marijuana. The new legis... Read More...Feb 19 2019
Massachusetts To Help Test Addiction Treatment Rating SystemSuboxone to the Rescue – February 17, 2019 - Massachusetts has agreed to participate in a new rating system that is being developed to measure the quality of addiction treatment programs. State health officials say the ... Read More...Feb 19 2019
Overcoming drug addiction finish marathon. Army vet shares his story.A better line, the finish line – Feb. 15, 2019 - Their recourse was to give out painkillers,” he said. Even when he deployed to Iraq. “I thought I had food poisoning and actually I was going through withdrawals and didn... Read More...Feb 19 2019
Pablo Escobar-themed restaurant garnishes burgers with $100 bill and fake cocaineThe Onion? Or with onions? – Feb. 16, 2019 - The pop-up restaurant in Melbourne, Australia is called Pablo’s Escoburgers. The concept is facing social media outrage for being in “poor taste,” as critics point out that t... Read More...Feb 19 2019
Neighborhood opposed to sober living community for 50 menThe Stag House? – Feb. 14, 2019 - New Points is building “the world’s first Sober Living Community built ground-up specifically for the recovery process,” according to its website, www.newspoints.org. Five buildings, ap... Read More...Feb 19 2019
Eminem Taught Royce da 5’9’’ You “Don’t Have to be Drunk or High”One musician talking to another – Feb. 14, 2019 - One of those artists is Royce da 5’9’’, who recently revealed in an interview with Ari Melber on MSNBC that he learned a very valuable lesson on sobriety from Eminem. “O... Read More...Feb 19 2019
Nan Goldin threatens London gallery boycott over £1m gift from Sackler familyInto Action – Feb. 17, 2019 - The artist last weekend staged a major protest at the Guggenheim Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York over their links to the large family of arts philanthropists, one grou... Read More...Feb 19 2019
In 1969 the fifth Beatle was heroin: John Lennon’s addiction took its toll on the bandAnd We Thought It Was Yoko’s Fault – February 15, 2019 - Lennon intuited society’s inability to understand, much less combat addiction. “They’re so stupid about drugs,” he exclaimed. “They’re not looking at the cause o... Read More...Feb 19 2019
Sears Once Sold HeroinEveryone was happy – March 2019 - As morphine’s medical uses increased—for surgery, for accidents, for pretty much any disease or injury—so did the number of patients dependent on the drug. Scientists called this new e... Read More...Feb 12 2019
What Is Love Addiction?Happy Valentine's Day – Feb 10, 2019 - What kind of disorder is love addiction? There is no consensus on the diagnostic criteria for love addiction, nor agreements on what kind of disorder it is. For instance, patholo... Read More...Feb 12 2019