Poet & Ex-Con – Life After Prison Poetry Lives – 2019 - As a 16-year-old student who had never been in trouble, Betts hijacked a car at gunpoint, confessed to the crime, was “certified” an adult despite his age, and sentenced to nine years in prison,... Read More...Jan 7 2020
F.D.A. Failed to Ensure Safe Prescribing of Opioids Watched People Die Every Day – Dec. 30, 2019 - “What’s surprising here is the design of the program was deficient from the start,” said Caleb Alexander, the senior author of the study, who serves as a paid expert wit... Read More...Jan 7 2020
Why Did the Pentagon Push the FDA to Approve a Powerful New Opioid 200 Times More Powerful Than Heroin? It’s the American Way? – Jan. 6, 2020 - Over a period of several months, both the FDA and the DoD were either unwilling or unable to articulate to me how an opioid made it onto a list supposedly reserved for life-sav... Read More...Jan 7 2020
Big Pharma raises prescription drug prices on New Year’s Day Happy New Year STOCKHOLDERS – January 1, 2020 - “Hard-working Americans don’t deserve to pay such high prices for the drugs they need. We are fighting DAILY to make sure this HAPPENS,” he tweeted in November. M... Read More...Jan 7 2020
A Cuban Describes Her Recovery from Alcoholism Island Relief – December 30, 2019 - Kirenia Medina: I must have been about 15 years old and my boyfriend at the time was 18. Every time we met up with his friends, it was pretty normal for a bottle to be passed aroun... Read More...Jan 7 2020
In Appalachia, Crafting a Road to Recovery With Dulcimer Strings Strumming Towards Sobriety – January 3, 2020 - The heritage of handcrafted stringed instruments runs deep in this tiny Appalachian village (pop. 770) stretched along the banks of Troublesome Creek. The communit... Read More...Jan 7 2020
The writer as glamorous drunk? That myth is long gone Clarity NOT Claret – December 30, 2019 - The four characters sit around a kitchen table drinking endless glasses of gin and talking about love. And a lot more. Carver, often regarded as one of America’s greates... Read More...Jan 7 2020
The 7 Biggest Lessons from 7 Years of Sobriety Actions Speak Louder Than Words – December 30, 2019 - Intentions matter the most. Where you’re coming from is the biggest determining factor of the end result. Intentions determine everything from the first ... Read More...Jan 7 2020
More U.S. Teens Are Overdosing on Valium, Xanax Tension in the air – Dec. 24, 2019 - Benzodiazepines like Valium, Xanax, Ativan and Klonopin have been traditionally prescribed to treat anxiety and insomnia, but doctors have started handing them out as substitute f... Read More...Jan 7 2020
Cannabis: Why don’t its illnesses and deaths command media headlines? Opiates – Jan. 3, 2020 - On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 2,561 people have been hospitalized with vaping-related lung illness and 55 have died. That’s one more death and over 50 more h... Read More...Jan 7 2020
Quote of the Week “Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.” —Rene Descartes ... Read More...Jan 7 2020
Jennifer Gimenez Marries Tim Ryan in Private Beverly Hills Ceremony on New Year’s Eve Couple of Swells – December 31, 2019 - Gimenez announced the news of her engagement to Ryan — the subject of the 2018 A+E documentary special Dope Man — back in June, taking to Instagram to share a sweet pic of herse... Read More...Jan 7 2020
24 Great Local News Stories From 2019 Start the Presses – December 21, 2019 - Their reporting showed that when facility operators stand to gain from relapses, patients are routinely paid — in money, drugs, free flights, and more — to attend rehabs.... Read More...Dec 31 2019
After My Daughter’s Overdose, My Family Vowed to Fight the Opioid Epidemic How do we do that? – Dec. 25, 2019 - There was so much we didn’t know about Victoria until reading her journal. Victoria had a weight problem in her early teens, but blossomed. We didn’t realize that she had an... Read More...Dec 31 2019
Beyond the Bubble Gum Bandit: How one man overcame his addiction Chew On This – Dec. 25, 2019 - In March 2010, McAuliffe, then 42, was arrested and booked into the Coweta County jail. He had hidden his cocaine use — which started when he was a teenager — from many in his lif... Read More...Dec 31 2019
Cannabis-related psychosis, addiction, ER visits for young users on the rise TOO HIGH – December 23, 2019 - At Caron, the number of patients who were admitted with a primary diagnosis of cannabis use disorder increased more than 22% from 2014 to 2019. In those five years, people admitted to t... Read More...Dec 31 2019
Local Family Celebrates Sobriety and Togetherness at Christmas Home Sweet Home – December 25, 2019 - After years of anguish and many overdoses, the monthly medication Vivitrol has given Kaitlin her life back. “It’s so worth it. To be there for your family and yoursel... Read More...Dec 31 2019
Heartwarming moment – son gifts father first pair of Jordan sneakers for Christmas Father and Son – Dec. 26, 2019 - He continued: ‘This last time he made a promise & he stuck with it ... One of our first Christmas Moments together & it was one to capture because he got his first pair of Jor... Read More...Dec 31 2019
McShin Foundation Hope Dealers Documentary Prison Is Not Forever! – Fall 2019 - In 2018 the McShin Foundation located in Richmond, Virginia started the Recovery and Reentry Program at RSW Regional Jail in Front Royal, VA. Founded with the help of ... Read More...Dec 31 2019
The Bahá’i Faith and Views on Alcohol Faith and Alcohol – 2019 - The Bahái Faith and Views on Alcohol The Bahái faith has clear views on drinking that prohibit members from overindulging or becoming tempted to drink alcohol. The Most Holy book states ... Read More...Dec 31 2019
New LEGO-shaped MDMA prompts overdose fears ahead of Australia New Year’s Eve Watch Out Down Under – Dec. 27, 2019 - NSW was rocked this year when MDMA was involved in the death of six people at music festivals. The NSW Poisons Information Centre’s Professor Andrew Dawson said the new strand w... Read More...Dec 31 2019
Mobile addiction treatment center battles stigma, shame, and rising overdoses House calls on the Homeless – December 28, 2019 - Though the city has worked to expand the availability of medications like buprenorphine, convincing people to enter treatment can be difficult. For people in ac... Read More...Dec 31 2019
Pastor Creates Sober Bar for Recovering Addicts Getting the monkey off their (bar) back – December 29, 2019 - “What we do differently is that we have a safe place,” Pfeiffer said. “They can come and shoot pool; they come in here and throw darts; they can listen to... Read More...Dec 31 2019
A Drug to Curb Meth Addiction? Cleaning up this meth – December 27, 2019 - Although it may not make headlines like the opioid crisis, deaths involving meth addiction are on the rise. In the U.S., overdose deaths involving meth have soared since 20... Read More...Dec 31 2019
Fatal overdose at a St. Paul ‘sober home’ sheds light on unregulated industry Wrong Time at the Wrong Place – DECEMBER 30, 2019 - When Thomas McCue moved into a “sober home” in St. Paul in 2017, his parents felt hopeful that he was finally getting his life back on track after years of ... Read More...Dec 31 2019
Recovery from Addiction: “You Have to Want It” If you work it... – December 22, 2019 - We spoke with recovery community members to learn what changes, if any, they’ve seen over the past year in their experiences with finding and receiving opioid addiction r... Read More...Dec 31 2019
Purdue Pharma Owners Laugh All The Way To The Bank Savage Capitalism – Sept 4, 2019 - Full Story @DavidIcke ... Read More...Dec 31 2019
Men with drug or alcohol addiction are ‘up to seven times more likely to commit domestic violence’ Call 911 – Dec. 23, 2019 - Among those with a drug problem, 2.1% had been arrested for threatening, attacking or sexually assaulting their wife, girlfriend or ex - seven times higher than average - the BBC reported. ... Read More...Dec 31 2019
In 2019, the Legal Fight Over Opioids Unraveled Into Confusion and Infighting In It For the Money – December 26, 2019 - “The opioid crisis has just presented such an emergency and it’s called for quick action,” Zimmerman said. “To the extent that it hasn’t worked, I don’t think that’s necessar... Read More...Dec 31 2019
How to quit vaping for good: 8 tips from addiction experts Decision Time – December 27, 2019 - Speaking to an expert might be what you need to quit for good. While you might not find a rehab center near you that treats only nicotine addiction, most rehab centers for alcohol ... Read More...Dec 31 2019