Teachers Canned Smoking PotThey Did Inhale – February 8, 2019 - The cases highlight the chasm between federal law, where marijuana is classified as a Schedule I drug and is illegal, and state law, where marijuana, for medical and recreational use... Read More...Feb 12 2019
Illinois Begins Radical Program to Swap Opioids for PotFair Trade – Feb. 2019 - “Just half way through the first day of the launch and we’ve already seen a lot of interest and patients and physicians have successfully registered for the Opioid Alternative Pilot Program,” I... Read More...Feb 12 2019
Miracle treatment or dangerous drug? Indonesian growers cash in on KratomIt’s Complicated – February 9, 2019 - Part of the coffee family, the leaf has been used for centuries in Southeast Asia and Papua New Guinea for its pain-relieving and mildly stimulating effects but it is now sold in p... Read More...Feb 12 2019
Cops turned old scuba rescue truck into a drug-fighting HQ on wheelsStreet Helping Man – Feb. 8, 2019 - The 40-year-old Newark woman, however, still had not made the call by 9 a.m. She had a better option: Damaris Febus, a Newark detective in plainclothes, was about to help her. They we... Read More...Feb 12 2019
Charlie Sheen tells Lindsay Lohan to ‘stay the course’Expert Advice – Feb. 8, 2019 - Both stars have lived through very public meltdowns. In 2007, Lohan, now 32, made headlines constantly after a string of arrests for DUI, cocaine possession and other offenses. Sheen, for... Read More...Feb 12 2019
With Trump Threats, State Shies Away from Overdose Prevention CentersLet Them Eat Death – February 8, 2019 - That court filing coincidentally followed by one day testimony from New York State Health Commissioner Howard Zucker that he is withholding approval of supervised injection facili... Read More...Feb 12 2019
Study identifies new target to prevent and treat alcoholismWhat's that in your genes? – FEBRUARY 8, 2019 - Scientists at the Oregon National Primate Research Center at OHSU discovered a gene that had lower expression in the brains of nonhuman primates that voluntarily consumed ... Read More...Feb 12 2019
Women’s hormones play role in drug addiction, higher relapse ratesEasy Does It – Feb. 8, 2019 - Erin Calipari, an assistant professor of pharmacology in the Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research, points out that women represent a particularly vulnerable population, with higher rat... Read More...Feb 12 2019
Treating Drug Addiction by Altering MemoryFuhgeddaboudit – Feb. 4, 2019 - Within the memory many sounds are associated with different actions. If someone pops a wine bottle, a person knows that they will soon have something good to drink. That is a memory and ... Read More...Feb 12 2019
‘Hillbilly Poet’ proves a country boy can survive addictionWriting his wrongs – Feb. 4, 2019 - That’s all it took for God to transform recovered heroin and meth addict Will Banet into the Hillbilly Poet. Never one to consider himself a poet — let alone an author — Will said the... Read More...Feb 12 2019
Winnipeg woman developed addiction to meth in sober housingCrazy Canadians – Feb. 4, 2019 - Siddle was referred as a tenant by the Behavioural Health Foundation after she completed a six-month residential treatment for mental health issues and alcohol and pill use. She was one ... Read More...Feb 12 2019
E-cigarettes are gateway to nicotine addictionSexy Paraphernalia – February 7, 2019 - A new study finds that e-cigarettes, packed with high concentrations of nicotine, are a gateway to addiction for young users. You’ve probably heard of Juul by now. It has been ar... Read More...Feb 12 2019
World Health Organization Recommends Rescheduling Cannabis in International LawEVERYBODY Must Get Stoned – February 8, 2019 - the organization said that in recent years this situation had changed as attitudes toward the drug shifted. Cannabis and cannabis-related products have now been legalized f... Read More...Feb 12 2019
Former wrestler explains his battle with drug addictionGetting off the MAT – February 11, 2019 - A decade ago, had you looked at Winn, it would have been hard to say his life was less than perfect. Winn said he was the valedictorian at his high school and captain of the wr... Read More...Feb 12 2019
Driver charged with felony DUI after striking 9 pedestriansAlcohol Abuse Kills Others – Feb. 10, 2019 - Three other vehicles on the street sustained minor to moderate damage as well. Hundreds of people were on the street, sidewalk, in parking lots and in front of nearby restaur... Read More...Feb 12 2019
Why judge’s ruling on patient brokering may up-end prosecutionsWhat Price Innocence? – Feb 6, 2019 - Like dozens of others charged with patient brokering since prosecutors began their crackdown on Palm Beach County’s illicit drug treatment industry, James Kigar blames his legal wo... Read More...Feb 12 2019
For millennials, cancers fueled by obesity are on riseJust Say NO to Denny's? – February 4, 2019 - Overall, the risk of colorectal, endometrial, pancreatic and gallbladder cancers in millennials was about double the rate baby boomers had at the same age, the study found. I... Read More...Feb 12 2019
Seattle Salmon Found To Contain Cocaine, Antidepressants, And Pain RelieversDrugs found in schools ... of fish – Feb. 7, 2019 - Some of the drugs and contaminates found include Flonase, Aleve, Tylenol, Paxil, Valium, Zoloft, Tagamet, OxyContin, Darvon, Nicotine, caffeine, Fungicides, antiseptic... Read More...Feb 12 2019
Denver may decriminalize hallucinogenic mushroomsDo You Believe in Magic? – February 7, 2019 - researchers from Johns Hopkins said the active ingredient in hallucinogenic mushrooms - psilocybin - has low abuse potential, and could reduce psychological distress and opi... Read More...Feb 12 2019
Casper, Wyoming Sues Opioid MakersPushers on Trial – Feb. 9, 2019 - The Casper Star-Tribune reported Thursday the city joins a growing list of governments nationwide filing similar suits. In Wyoming, the state, the Northern Arapahoe Tribe and Carbon Cou... Read More...Feb 12 2019
Matthew Perry’s poignant update after he got kicked out of therapyOpening up to the world – Feb. 8, 2018 - The Friends star had tweeted on Wednesday: “I got kicked out of therapy today.” He then went quiet on his 1.27million followers, who flooded the actor with concerned messages abo... Read More...Feb 12 2019
Chaka Khan Gets Candid About Past Addiction to Prescription DrugsShe’s Baaaack – Feb. 8, 2019 - “Extra’s” Tanika Ray caught up with Chaka Khan at her new Los Angeles home, where she opened up about her past addiction to prescription drugs. Khan admitted, “It got pretty bad.” After th... Read More...Feb 12 2019
Maybe Pot Isn’t Bad for Sperm Count After AllA Little Marijuana Mistake? – Feb. 6, 2019 - More than one study (including one last December) has suggested that cannabis could lower men’s sperm counts or otherwise negatively affect their reproductive health. But man... Read More...Feb 12 2019
Justin Bieber’s Comments About Sobriety & CelibacyAd-Justin to Married Life – February 7, 2019 - Justin’s story is hardly new — a young talented musician becomes a pop star, is catapulted to incomparable fame, loses their identity, and all control over their life ... W... Read More...Feb 12 2019
Access To Guns, Not Mental Health, May Be Responsible For Gun Violence"Are you talking to me?" – February 18, 2019 - Instead, they found that people who simply had access to a gun were 18 times more likely to have threatened someone with a firearm compared to people who had no such acces... Read More...Feb 12 2019
Museum Targeted by Protesters for Accepting OxyContin MoneyTaking it to the Arts – Feb. 9, 2019 - Designed to look like prescription slips for OxyContin, the powerful opioid painkiller, they were part of the latest protest targeting cultural institutions that accept donations f... Read More...Feb 12 2019
Feds take first formal swing at stopping Supervised Consumption Space (SCS)Do NO Harm Reduction – February 6, 2019 - Research from numerous countries shows SCS help prevent overdose and blood-borne disease ... Since 2017, when the City of Philadelphia shut down “El Campamento,” an unsanctione... Read More...Feb 12 2019
‘Dreamland’: Gary Oldman, Armie Hammer, Evangeline Lilly To Star In Opioid Crisis ThrillerBLOCKBUSTER IN THE MAKING – February 6, 2019 - Gary Oldman, Armie Hammer and Evangeline Lilly have been set to star in thriller Dreamland, billed as the first theatrical feature to tackle the international opioid crisis... Read More...Feb 12 2019
‘Westworld’ star Evan Rachel Wood opens up about suicide attempt, mental illnessIt Can Happen to Anyone – Feb. 1, 2018 - “The beautiful thing about being at the bottom is there is nowhere to go but up,” she said. “I had to be vulnerable and give up some control. I had to put my shame and my pride a... Read More...Feb 5 2019
After the overdose: A family’s journey into grief and guiltThe End of the World – Jan. 27, 2019 - For families like this one, the scars of the crisis will endure far longer. In an instant, the years-long cycle of treatment centers, detoxes and jail cells, the late-night phone c... Read More...Feb 5 2019