Large-Scale Art Protest Outside OxyContin Maker Ends in ArrestFeel Like Spooning? – June 22, 2018 - The sculpture, about 10 feet long and weighing some 700 pounds, is a huge depiction of the sort of spoon addicts use to cook heroin before injecting it. On Friday morning, the spoon... Read More...June 26 2018
Retailers experiment with blue lights to deter drug useLove In Vein – June 24, 2018 - Colored bulbs cast an eerie blue glow in the restroom of a convenience store where people who inject heroin and other drugs have been seeking the relative privacy of the stalls to shoot up... Read More...June 26 2018
Purdue Pharma “will no longer promote opioids to doctors”They Lied and So Many Died – June 22, 2018 - One of the largest suppliers of OxyContin said this weekend it will no longer promote the powerful painkiller to doctors. CBS News’ Nikki Battiste reports on the opioid marke... Read More...June 26 2018
House overwhelmingly passes final opioid packageThe FINAL Solution? – June 22, 2018 - The House on Friday overwhelmingly passed sweeping bipartisan opioid legislation, concluding the chamber’s two-week voteathon on dozens of bills to address the drug abuse epidemic. ... Read More...June 26 2018
Selma Blair Celebrates Two Years of Sobriety: “I Am a Living Miracle”Bravo! – June 22, 2018 - Congratulations, Selma Blair! The 45-year-old actress took to Instagram on Thursday, June 21 to celebrate two years of sober living. “Two years sober. Two years feeling everything and nothing. T... Read More...Dec 25 2018June 26 2018
After An Overdose, Patients Aren’t Getting Treatments That Could Prevent The Next OneBroken System – June 18, 2018 - More than 115 Americans are dying every day from an opioid overdose. But a study out Monday finds that just three in 10 patients revived by an EMT or in an emergency room received the fol... Read More...June 26 2018
Government financed Treatment center forcibly injected kids with drugsStarting Them Young – June 20, 2018 - Migrant children, traumatized from being detained under the Trump administration’s zero tolerance immigration policy, are being forcibly injected with powerful psychotropic drugs th... Read More...June 26 2018
Netflix addiction is real – we are entertaining ourselves to deathNetflix Addiction Now? You’ll Never Run Out! – June 20, 2018 - The World Health Organization recently classified obsessive video-gaming as an addiction. Not to sound like a compulsive gambler, but I bet it will not be l... Read More...June 26 2018
Compulsive video-game playing now new mental health problemToo Much Joy Sticking – June 18, 2018 - In its latest revision to a disease classification manual, the U.N. health agency said Monday that compulsively playing video games now qualifies as a mental health condition. The... Read More...June 19 2018
Psychosis often the effect of long-term, recreational marijuana useBrain Damages – June 15, 2018 - Diego was a 20-year-old college junior who was brought to the emergency room by the police. They were called by his resident advisor for bizarre behavior in the dormitory. Diego was anxio... Read More...June 19 2018
5 Differences Between Binge Drinking & High-Functioning AlcoholismGood to Know – June 6, 2018 - On the surface, the behavior of alcoholics and binge drinkers appears very similar: excessive drinking and the inability to control their drinking,” Kristin Wilson, MA, LPC, Vice President ... Read More...June 19 2018
Poker great Greg Merson Celebrates 6.5 Years of Sobriety!Not Bluffing Anymore – June 11, 2018 - The world of poker is replete with stories of great success and massive failure, the game bringing riches and ruin in equal measure, and Greg Merson has tasted both, but today the ... Read More...June 19 2018
Toddlers are eating more sugar than the maximum amount recommended for adultsSugar Babies – June 11, 2018 - We’ve long known that processed sugar is bad for kids. And yet new data presented this week (June 10) at the American Society for Nutrition’s annual meeting show that American infants are ... Read More...June 19 2018
Local church opens doors for recovered addicts looking to baptismSplash Mountain? – June 10, 2018 - The center helps men turn their lives around through a 6-12 month program. Cory Johnson, Michael Byrd, and Mark Parrett say though addiction is something few can understand, they appre... Read More...June 19 2018
Apps bring mental health care into your handsTap Here – June 11, 2018 - This digital age is changing the way people reach out for help. There’s an app for that and “that” means your mental health. Apps for meditation and counseling are letting people literally tak... Read More...June 19 2018
Suicide Rates Rising Faster Among WomenFemale Troubles – June 14, 2018 - The number of people dying by suicide in the United States has risen by about 30 percent in the past two decades. And while the majority of suicide-related deaths today are among boys a... Read More...June 19 2018
Where the brain processes spiritual experiencesIt’s an Inside Job – June 1, 2018 - Yale scientists have identified a possible neurobiological home for the spiritual experience - the sense of connection to something greater than oneself. Activity in the parietal cort... Read More...June 19 2018
9-year-old daughter sent to rehab after she became addicted to playing ‘Fortnite’For 2 Weeks? – June 4, 2018 - A nine-year-old girl living in the UK was sent to an addiction rehabilitation program after becoming addicted to “Fortnite,” the wildly popular video game with more than 125 million players... Read More...June 19 2018
The Creative Arts Comfort and Heal During Chaotic Times by Ericha Scott, Ph.DBeauty Saves Lives – May 2018 - We are living in complicated and difficult times. We are all affected by what is happening on the world stage, regardless of nationality, political affiliation, gender, age, race or relig... Read More...Dec 25 2018June 19 2018
Dad Overcame a Heroin Addiction. Then His Son Started Taking Painkillers.All in the Family – June 14, 2018 - Decades ago, Rick Dyer, 66, was using 48 to 50 bags of heroin a day. When he finally got sober, it was after experiencing the agonies of withdrawal in a Massachusetts jail cell. Rick,... Read More...June 19 2018
Why the rise in cannabis addiction treatment for women?Because They’re Smarter Than Men? – June 14, 2018 - Rising numbers of women and over 40s are seeking treatment for cannabis addiction in England and Wales. The number of women entering drug addiction treatment for the u... Read More...June 19 2018
Neighbors push back against proposed psychiatric hospitalCrazy – June 13, 2018 - A proposed psychiatric hospital in Clive is getting some pushback from potential neighbors who don’t want the facility in their backyard. But mental health advocates are pushing back, too, saying... Read More...June 19 2018
Great Summer ReadsMEDIA: Summer Books – June 1, 2018 - Even the most modest mystery novel has the dignity of its lineage. It runs from an echt genius, Edgar Allan Poe, through Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett, downriver in time to K... Read More...June 19 2018
New strategy in suing opioid maker blamed for addiction crisis: Target the family who runs itThe American Holocausters – June 16, 2018 - Now the Sackler name is front and center in a lawsuit accusing the family and the company they own and run, Purdue Pharma, of helping to fuel the deadly opioid crisis that has... Read More...June 19 2018
Feds: Woman ran buprenorphine treatment clinics as ‘cash business’The Business of Treatment? – June 11, 2018 - A federal grand jury indicted a Washington County woman on charges of unlawfully dispensing drugs and health care fraud. Federal prosecutors said Monday that Jennifer Hess, t... Read More...June 19 2018
Ariana Grande’s Brother Marks One Year of Sobriety with Powerful LetterClean and Supreme – June 16, 2018 - After the tragic events of Manchester, with the senseless loss of life and the fear that came from knowing my family was unsafe and that I was completely powerless to protect them, I ... Read More...June 19 2018
Nan Goldin Survived an Overdose to Fight the Opioid EpidemicGrabbing Them By The Cojones - PHOTO ESSAY – June 11, 2018 - ON A RECENT April morning, the artist Nan Goldin and around 100 protesters entered the Smithsonian Institution’s Arthur M. Sackler Gallery on the south side o... Read More...June 19 2018
Major Study of Drinking Will Be Shut DownCorruption on the Rocks – June 15, 2018 - The extensive government trial was intended to settle an age-old question about alcohol and diet: Does a daily cocktail or beer really protect against heart attacks and stroke? ... Read More...June 19 2018
Massachusetts Sues Oxy Maker, Say it ‘Peddled Falsehoods’Killers on Trial – June 13, 2018 - The state of Massachusetts is taking a new step in the fight against the opioid epidemic, filing a lawsuit against Purdue Pharma that also names the OxyContin maker’s executives. The s... Read More...June 19 2018
Lady Gaga Shared an Important Message About Mental HealthWonder Wonder – June 12, 2018 - She went on to address her own experiences surrounding mental health. “I have struggled for a long time, both being public and not public about my mental health issues or my mental illnes... Read More...June 19 2018