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Congress demands documents related to rehab industry’s ‘patient brokering’ of addicts

It’s about time,” said Michael Cartwright, CEO of AAC – May 30, 2018 - Those companies are American Addiction Centers, one of the nation’s largest treatment chains; Addiction No More in Texas; Addiction Recovery Now in ... Read More...

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How America’s go-to holiday spot became a shoreline of addiction

Coke on the Cape – May 28, 2018 - Cape Cod, Massachusetts is a difficult place to stay sober. In this “summer” community, the population hovers around 750,000 from late May to early September, and can spike to 1 million... Read More...

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She Bribed Docs To Prescribe INSYS’s Subsys Painkiller

Plain old Baksheesh – May 30, 2018 - A Middletown woman who worked as a pharmaceutical sales representative testified in court Wednesday that as a New Jersey sales representative for Insys, an Arizona-based pharmaceutic... Read More...

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Rehab Racket? ‘Patient Brokers’ Cashing in On Addicts

And the Beat Goes On – May 29, 2018 - A potential crackdown is looming on the world of “patient brokering,” where head-hunters find people fighting addiction, and essentially sell them to the highest bidder. Officials s... Read More...

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Celebrities Selling Marijuana BIG TIME

Lives! Up in Smoke – May 27, 2018 - Recreational marijuana is still against the law in 41 states. But a number of celebrities with their own brands to sell are seeing green all the same. Our Cover Story is reported by B... Read More...

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Maui Drug Court celebrates 18 years and 600-plus lives saved

Freedom of Choice – May 29, 2018 - When the Maui/Molokai Drug Court was in its infancy, the program participants organized a holiday party for their families. As I walked in and saw over 200 children, I was overwhelmed.... Read More...

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Mob Wife Opens Up About Her Sobriety

Soberano – May 25, 2018 - Anyone who watched Mob Wives or any other reality TV show that Renee Graziano has appeared on knows that she is an open book. Recently Renee opened up about her sobriety after overcoming substa... Read More...

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Clinician’s Corner with George Baxter-Holder

Stick with the Winners! – Dr. George Baxter-Holder grew up on Long Island and got his training in Seattle. He holds a Doctor of Nursing Practice from Duke University and a Masters in Nursing from the University of Washi... Read More...

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Rehab Program Forcing Addicts To Work As Indentured Employees

More Screwy Industry Publicity? – May 25, 2018 - People in need of drug rehab have a few options. For those with money or insurance, there are residential programs that cost thousands of dollars. Otherwise, there are pr... Read More...

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Arrest Of Boston Sober Home Operator Raises Questions About Addiction Treatment

Drugs for Sex – May 21, 2018 - Attorney David Perry’s addiction has been marked in various courtrooms for more than a decade. Although he became a symbol of addiction recovery success, charges for which he’ll appear in ... Read More...

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The ‘Insane’ Way Our Prison System Handles the Mentally Ill

MEDIA: NYT Book Review – May 22, 2018 - In 1946, Life magazine published an exposé that declared most American mental hospitals “a shame and a disgrace.” The report, by Albert Q. Maisel, featured scathing anecdotes of r... Read More...

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Mussels test positive for opioids in Seattle’s Puget Sound

Seattle’s Best – May 25, 2018 - The finding suggests “a lot of people” are taking oxycodone in the Puget Sound, researchers say. Scientists used mussels as a way to test pollution in Seattle’s waters and discovered high... Read More...

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Brad Pitt’s Lady Love Neri Oxman is Supportive of His Sobriety

Sober Star-Crossed Collaboration – May 24, 2018 - Brad Pitt is getting his life back together and his new girlfriend couldn’t be happier about it. The actor got sober following his nasty divorce with Angelia Jolie and h... Read More...

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Sobriety Is My Personal Pride

Rainbow Connection – May 25, 2018 - The finding suggests “a lot of people” are taking oxycodone in the Puget Sound, researchers say. Scientists used mussels as a way to test pollution in Seattle’s waters and discovered ... Read More...

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5 things John Oliver got wrong about ‘rehabs’

YES, Often Times He Is! – May 25, 2018 - John Oliver can be very funny. His show, “Last Week Tonight” cuts up everything from federal fundraising to the royal wedding to cryptocurrencies. I get it. I even like him. I pr... Read More...

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Alcoholic Cirrhosis Imposes Financial Burden on US Healthcare

But Good for Undertakers – May 25, 2018 - Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is rising, with patients more likely to get diagnosed in the later stages of the disease. The result could eventually become higher healthcare cost... Read More...

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Exercise helps treat addiction by altering brain’s dopamine system

Jane Fonda was Right – May 25, 2018 - New research by the University at Buffalo Research Institute on Addictions has identified a key mechanism in how aerobic exercise can help impact the brain in ways that may support ... Read More...

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Florida leaders cut drug programs

Another Unkind of Cut – May 25, 2018 - Gov. Rick Scott and leaders of the Florida House rejected appeals to save $28 million in prison programs Friday, choosing instead to allow hundreds of layoffs at inmate transition ... Read More...

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Fight opioid addiction like a disease, says Hazelden’s Dr. Marvin Seppala

Or Surrender? – May 25, 2018 - The death toll associated with the opioid crisis has now surpassed the height of the AIDS/HIV epidemic. More people die each year from abusing opioids than died in the entirety of the Viet... Read More...

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Addiction isn’t a physiological problem. It’s a mental health one…

First Person Tragedy – MAY 14, 2018 - As the Canadian physician and addiction specialist Gabor Mate succinctly put it, if we are to successfully treat the current epidemic of addiction, we need to change our thinking ... Read More...

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US fentanyl bust ‘enough to kill 26 million people

The Almost Dead – May 25, 2018 - Nearly 120lbs (54kg) of fentanyl, a powerful synthetic painkiller, has been seized by police in Nebraska - one of the largest busts in US history. The drugs, seized last month, could kil... Read More...

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Why You Should Stop Being So Hard on Yourself

Be Your Own Best Friend – May 22, 2018 - “We’re all our own worst critics.” Ever heard that one before? Yes, it’s an obnoxious cliché, but it’s not just self-help fluff. Evolutionary psychologists have studied our natur... Read More...

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Teaching Sobriety With ‘The Bottle’

An New OLD Approach to Prevention – May 27, 2018 - Somewhere in 1950s Georgia, a teacher brought a whiskey bottle and a Bible to her classroom. She stood in front of her elementary-school students and asked, “What do yo... Read More...

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DMC’s Article On 25-Year Battle With Addiction

On and Off-Stage Victory (PLUS)??? – May 23, 2018 - Darryl “DMC” McDaniels of the iconic trio Run-DMC recently opened in an article written for Men’s Health Magazine about his battle with addiction, and truths he discov... Read More...

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Undiscovered for 39 days: State probes recovery center death

Where Were the Counselors? – May 26, 2018 - The 27-year-old father and aspiring rapper from New Jersey was trying to turn his life around after struggling for years with an addiction to marijuana and the drug Molly, a s... Read More...

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Origins of an Epidemic: Purdue Pharma Absolutely Knew Its Opioids Were Abused

America’s Grave Fillers – May 29, 2018 - The head of the Justice Department’s criminal division at the time, Alice S. Fisher, did not respond to emails seeking comment about the decision not to pursue indictments. That ... Read More...

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Jason Wahler Is Getting Help After Relapsing: ‘I Am Beyond Embarrassed’

Getting Back Up! Bravo! – April 30, 2018 - “My name is Jason and I’m an alcoholic-addict. I have 39 days of sobriety after being active in my addiction for the past three + years; before that, I had four years of sobrie... Read More...

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America’s 150-Year Opioid Epidemic starting with laudanum, a highly addictive 19th century painkiller

NY Times Feature – May 18, 2018 - A bottle of laudanum, a highly addictive liquid preparation of opium widely used as a painkiller and sleep aid in the late 19th century. After the death of her father, a prominent hotel... Read More...

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Chattanooga Ironman competitor shares his story of sobriety

The Comeback Kid – May 19, 2018 - Racing for Recovery is the treatment program Crandell helped create to assist others in their road to sobriety.Years after being homeless in Florida, Crandell is a family man and licens... Read More...

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NYPD Overdose Squad Working To Get K2 Out Of Brooklyn

CBS VIDEO – May 24, 2018 - Nearly 100 people had to be hospitalized over the past week due to a tainted batch of K2 in Brooklyn, health officials say. On Thursday night, CBS2’s Ali Bauman took an exclusive look at the N... Read More...