Woman drunk on vanilla extract during DUI arrestSomeone left the cake out in the rain... – Jan. 25, 2019 - Police also allegedly found “several empty bottles of pure vanilla extract” in the car. After she failed field sobriety tests, she was arrested but later refuse... Read More...Jan 29 2019
Demi Lovato celebrates 6 months of sobriety: ‘Best day ever’Too hard to eat a 6-month chip? – January 26, 2019 - Before the hospitalization, Lovato had celebrated six years of sobriety. But in her song “Sober,” released last June, Lovato opened up about a relapse. “Mama, I’m so ... Read More...Jan 29 2019
Just One Night of Sleep Loss Can Affect Body and MindDream On – Jan. 26, 2019 - “The interesting thing about this study is that it suggests that real-life factors such as sleep might affect how fast the disease spreads through the brain,” said study author David Holtzman ... Read More...Jan 29 2019
Internet addiction spawns U.S. treatment programsAdvertised on the Internet. Where else? – Jan. 27, 2019 - We’re all mildly addicted. I think that’s obvious to see in our behavior,” said psychiatrist Kimberly Young, who has led the field of research since founding the... Read More...Jan 29 2019
Alcoholic credits swimming for saving his lifeDifferent Strokes – JANUARY 26, 2019 - But after years of trying to get better, the 44-year-old from Sandringham in Victoria was finally able to have his last drink on February 8, 2013. He recalled the first five days o... Read More...Jan 29 2019
How addict Jesus survived drug epidemicRehab South African Style – Jan. 27, 2019 - A drug cocktail called nyaope is destroying young lives in South Africa’s townships. It is a heroin-based drug, often mixed with antiretroviral medication or rat poison, and c... Read More...Jan 29 2019
Marine vet with PTSD held by ICE for 3 daysWe are PTSD’d off – January 19, 2019 - Ramos-Gomez served in the Marines from 2011-14, during which time he received accolades including a national defense service medal, a global war on terrorism service medal, an Afgh... Read More...Jan 29 2019
Vicious Cycle Emerges With Opioid And Suicide EpidemicsMobius Strip – JAN. 17, 2019 - “I think we’re all wondering about the connection between suicide deaths and opioid deaths. And it’s likely that there are some connections for some of the deaths, and then for other death... Read More...Jan 29 2019
Aetna fined $190,000 over opioid addiction coverageA Drop in the Bucket – January 8, 2019 -“Making sure Pennsylvanians receive the substance use disorder benefits to which they are entitled under their health insurance coverage is a key part of Gov. Wolf’s battle agains... Read More...Jan 29 2019
Therapist sees rise in marijuana addictionThere is Always MA – January 25, 2019 - Links to psychosis Dr. Erik Messamore is a psychiatrist who specializes in psychotic disorders. He has more than 20 years of experience treating patients with schizophrenia, the ... Read More...Jan 29 2019
Why Crystal Meth Has Made a Big Comeback in PhiladelphiaHigher and Higher – January 22, 2019 - A year ago this exchange would have been inconceivable on the streets of Kensington—even though they have echoed for decades with the shouts of dealers hawking branded heroin and a... Read More...Jan 29 2019
FDA Inaction On Deadly Opioids ‘Borders On Criminal’Killers at the Top – Jan. 26, 2019 - The Sackler family pushed doctors to get “more patients on opioids, at higher doses, for longer, than ever before” while paying “themselves billions of dollars,” Massachusetts Attorn... Read More...Jan 29 2019
‘Honey Boy’ Review: Shia LaBeouf’s Life Story Is Now Addiction DramaArt Injected with Reality – Jan. 25, 2019 - With “Honey Boy,” LaBeouf has scripted a rambling, understated autobiographical summation of his troubled youth, pinning much of his rough entryway into young adulthood on his... Read More...Jan 29 2019
How to Help and Be HelpedFunny how much he thinks he knows... – Jan. 27, 2019 - There are occasional irritations. Vocabulary is in places needlessly obscure (“prognathic”, anyone?) or misused (“inhere” is a repeat offender), and at times the po... Read More...Jan 29 2019
Southworth Associates Proudly Announces AcquisitionAt the Helm – Jan. 22, 2019 - “I am excited about the future of Southworth Associates and feel deeply honored John entrusted me to carry on his name and vision. I know the name John Southworth is synonymous with interve... Read More...Jan 29 2019
FDA’s opioids adviser says FDA complicit in deathsGovernment Population Control? – Jan. 24, 2019 - “I think that the FDA has learned nothing. The modus operandi of the agency is that they talk a good game and then nothing happens. Working directly with the agency for t... Read More...Jan 29 2019
Woman banned from Walmart after riding cart while drinking wine from Pringles canIt's OK at Costco, if you have 100 cans – Jan. 12, 2019 - Officers responded to a call around 9 a.m. about a suspicious person in the store’s parking lot, the Times Record News reported. Investigators found the woman at... Read More...Jan 22 2019
Meth’s resurgence spotlights lack of meds to combat the addictionNo Meds, No Treatment, No Hope? – Jan. 13, 2019 - But unlike the opioid epidemic — for which medications exist to help combat addiction — medical providers have few such tools to help methamphetamine users survive and r... Read More...Jan 22 2019
Drug addiction is a serious epidemic, why don’t we treat it like one? by Becky FloodContagious? or Not? – Jan. 9, 2019 - Drug addiction is an intergenerational disease, just as prevalent in the family tree as cancer or diabetes. In fact, studies found that animals exposed to prenatal stress tend to exh... Read More...Jan 22 2019
The Tricky Ethics of Transplants for AddictsGo For It – JAN 19, 2019 -How many of you think we should do liver transplants for alcoholics?” About half the hands were slowly raised, while the other members of the class looked around nervously. These were third-yea... Read More...Jan 22 2019
Partnership for Drug-Free Kids joined forces with Center on AddictionANTI-ADDICTION ADVOCACY – Jan. 2019 - Center on Addiction was founded in 1992 by Joseph A. Califano, Jr., former U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare in the Carter administration and Chief Domestic Advisor ... Read More...Jan 22 2019
Marketing opioids to doctors tied to increased overdose deathsPopulation Control? – January 18, 2019 - Researchers used three measures of opioid marketing: number of payments to doctors, marketing value in dollars, and number of physicians receiving marketing. The analysis found a... Read More...Jan 22 2019
Fentanyl test strips are effective in reducing overdose riskPlease Use One – JANUARY 19, 2019 - During the first stage of the study, each participant received 10 fentanyl test strips, which work like an over-the-counter pregnancy test. A single-use strip is dipped into water con... Read More...Jan 22 2019
Mom rolled onto, suffocated 1-year-old son after overdoseCollateral Damage – Jan. 20, 2019 - Authorities said it appeared King had rolled over onto the boy and suffocated him. He was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. The mother has been charged with endangering the welfar... Read More...Jan 22 2019
‘I’m trying not to die right now’: Why opioid-addicted patients are still searching for helpLive To Get High To Live? – 01/20/2019 - “There has never been a system that demands quality of care for treatment of substance use disorders,” said Nora Volkow, the director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, whi... Read More...Jan 22 2019
Severe Juuling Addiction Lands Teen In RehabNo More Inhaling – January 20, 2019 - “He went from being a straight-A student to an F student,” Luka’s mother, Kelly Kinard, said. “(It was) a very rapid decline in grades. His behavior became explosive. He was very an... Read More...Jan 22 2019
3 Drug-Free Ways to Optimize In-the-Moment HappinessLike Drug Free Magic – Jan. 20, 2019 - For their recent study, Hoeppner and her team surveyed 531 adults who self-described themselves as seeking or being in recovery from problematic substance use. The participants for... Read More...Jan 22 2019
Former homeless, disabled woman steps in to help good SamaritanHelping the Helper – JANUARY 17, 2019 -”When I met her, I said, ‘Over my dead body, you’re not going to be on the street, don’t worry.’ She cried, and I told her ‘I’ll take you under my wing, don’t worry,’” Biton-Jackso... Read More...Jan 22 2019
Acupuncture may help those battling addictionBetter Needles – January 18th 2019 - Derek Johnson, a licensed acupuncturist with UC Medical Center, says that acupuncture therapy uses tiny needles which are placed into pressure points to promote the body’s own healin... Read More...Jan 22 2019
Why Are so Many Women Dying from Drug Overdoses?Doses Are Too High – January 16, 2019 - “Everyone wants a simple answer about why this is happening, but it just doesn’t exist,” said Dr. Michael Genovese, a clinical psychiatrist and chief medical officer at Acadia Hea... Read More...Jan 22 2019