Trump privately talks up executing all big drug dealersWith an Injection of Fentanyl? – Feb. 25, 2018 - In Singapore, the death penalty is mandatory for drug trafficking offenses. And President Trump loves it. He’s been telling friends for months that the country’s policy t... Read More...Feb 27 2018
Addiction Recovery in the Lap of LuxurySober, and the Living is Easy – Feb. 23, 2017 - In 2015, he opened the Lighthouse, a luxury sober-living home in Darien for executives. Last year, he opened a second branch in New Canaan. With rates of $10,500 to $17,50... Read More...Feb 27 2018
3 Books to Help You Understand MillennialsChildren of the Corn? – Feb. 14, 2018 - KIDS THESE DAYS Human Capital and the Making of Millennials By Malcolm Harris 261 pp. Little, Brown. $25. THE SELFIE GENERATION How Our Self Images Are Changing Our Notions o... Read More...Feb 27 2018
Jodie Sweetin: “I’ve Been Sober For Six Years From Drugs”No Artificial Sweeteners – Feb. 24, 2917 - Sweetin, 36, revealed: “I have not had any alcohol in at least eight years, and I have been sober from illegal substances for at least six years. “I take my sobriety very serio... Read More...Dec 25 2018Feb 27 2018
The Show Goes On for Arrested ‘Housewife’Married to Recovery? – Feb. 23, 2018 - Ms. de Lesseps says she has quit smoking, been practicing yoga, regularly attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and rehearsing rigorously. A few months ago, she moved to the Upp... Read More...Feb 27 2018
WATCH: Gabriel Byrne’s speech on alcoholism … brings nation to tearsThe Rooms to the Rescue – Feb. 16, 2018 - The Irish actor spoke candidly about his past demons. International actor Gabriel Byrne joined Ryan Tubridy on this week’s Late Late Show following his recent win at the Irish F... Read More...Feb 20 2018
Meet the Murderers: Family Feud over Opioid CrisisPill Pushers – Feb. 13, 2018 - The Sackler family, a sprawling and now feuding transatlantic dynasty, is famous in cultural and academic circles for decades of generous philanthropy towards some of the world’s leading i... Read More...Feb 20 2018
Scan environment for a bouquet of happiness dailySeek and Ye Shall Find – FEBRUARY 12, 2018 - It’s a choice, not occasion. 1. Being happy doesn’t mean everything’s perfect, it means you’ve decided to look beyond the imperfections: You may never have everything that’s... Read More...Feb 20 2018
Can We Ever Replace Alcohol?Science May One Day Do So... – Feb 9, 2018 - David Nutt is the director of the neuropsychopharmacology unit in the Division of Brain Sciences at Imperial College London. He claims to have invented a viable alcohol subst... Read More...Feb 20 2018
Disease Definition of Addiction Does More Harm Than GoodTrue? – Feb. 9, 2018 - Among other problems, it has obstructed other channels of investigation, including the social, psychological and societal roots of addiction … Definitions point us to strategies of investigation, ... Read More...Feb 20 2018
How to Talk With Teenagers About VapingA Bad OMEN – Feb. 14, 2018- Instead of leading with facts, consider starting with genuine curiosity. Setting judgment to the side, ask, “What’s your take on e-cigarettes?” or “Do you know kids who are vaping?” or someth... Read More...Feb 20 2018
Former addict whose overdose photo went viral reveals the real story behind the picAnd Lives to Tell the Tale... Feb. 17, 2018 - “Eventually, I was snorting it in the bathroom of my high school. And I knew it wasn’t good, but I couldn’t stop.” Adderall is an oral medication - but crushing and snorting... Read More...Feb 20 2018
Colorado’s largest drug treatment provider shut down: What went wrong at Arapahoe House?Management? – Feb. 18, 2018 - In the months before the abrupt shutdown of Colorado’s largest alcohol and drug treatment provider, others in the substance abuse field worried Arapahoe House’s new leadership lacked experi... Read More...Feb 20 2018
Opioid makers gave $10M to drug advocacy groups amid epidemicPayoff to Pain players – Feb. 18, 2018 - Fourteen nonprofit groups, mostly representing pain patients and specialists, received nearly $9 million from the drugmakers, according to investigators. Doctors affiliated with ... Read More...Feb 20 2018
Investigation by Crime ReporterCall Center or Non-Profit? – Jan. 25, 2018 - “We did have a name change,” confirmed Wendy Hart, Secretary of the National Addiction Foundation. “We were first called the National Assessment Foundation, but the new name ... Read More...Feb 20 2018
Chelsea Handler announces her own marijuana brandCan You Handler It? – Feb. 13, 2018 - Another celebrity has announced plans to enter into the retail marijuana industry. Comedian Chelsea Handler announced to her 3.3 million Instagram followers todaythat she plans to g... Read More...Feb 20 2018
A $17,850 urine testUrine the Money – February 19, 2018 - Her bill shows that Sunset Labs LLC charged $4,675 to check her urine for a slew of different types of opioids: $2,975 for benzodiazepines, a class of drugs for treating anxiety, an... Read More...Feb 20 2018
Johann Hari: What causes drug addiction?2:25 min. VIDEO – Feb. 16, 2018 - Ishmael Daro talks to Johann Hari, journalist and author of ‘Chasing the Scream’, about what we’re getting wrong with our approach to treating drug addiction. Full Story 2 YouTube.com... Read More...Feb 20 2018
Why Are We Tranquilizing Our Brightest Children?So They Don't Take Over? – Feb. 12, 2018 - Smart Kids Are More Likely to Be Misdiagnosed I was on to something. Some scientists believe that kids with IQs in the top 5 to 10 percent of the population are especially at... Read More...Feb 20 2018
Rehab sued over fraud, exploitation, neglect, wrongful deathInvestigation – Feb. 16, 2018 - RIVERVIEW, Fla. — A widow is seeking justice tonight against a drug treatment center that’s part of an ongoing I-Team investigation. “There is an absolute lack of oversight, there’s a lac... Read More...Feb 20 2018
Finding Jackie Wallace: When great journalism goes viralRiches to Rags – Feb. 18, 2018 - One of the great and humbling things about journalism in the digital age is being able to see at any given moment exactly how many people your journalism is reaching. Humbling because so... Read More...Feb 20 2018
Frances Bean Cobain Celebrates 2 Years of SobrietyBest Wishes – Feb. 15, 2018 - The model called getting sober the “best decision” she’s ever made. She says without drugs or alcohol she’s more in touch with her emotions and the world around her. “I am constantly evolvi... Read More...Feb 20 2018
The Marriage Junkie: Kick Your Obsession with Relationships and Learn to Love Living with YourselfMEDIA: Book Review – February 7, 2018 - by Sherry Gaba. After Rihanna and Alanis Morissette and Amber Smith and Rachel Uchitel, we've all heard about love addiction people who feel they can only be happy when they are d... Read More...Feb 20 2018
Good Samaritan Law offers treatment, few takersWant Help? No Thank You. – Feb. 12, 2018 - A year ago, local police responding to drug overdoses started handing out treatment information instead of making arrests for drug possession. The change was in line with Ohio’... Read More...Feb 20 2018
Quarterback Johnny Manziel addresses sobrietyIt Ain’t Easy – Feb. 12, 2018 - Former quarterback Johnny Manziel said he hopes to return to the National Football League following what he calls his “huge downfall,” and opened up about how he has turned his life aroun... Read More...Feb 20 2018
Sober living apartments open in ChattanoogaRenting a Safer Life – Feb. 16, 2018 - There’s a new living option for those facing addiction, CADAS opened a 24-unit sober living apartment complex on the North Shore. The goal is to help those in the process of recove... Read More...Feb 20 2018
Drug companies accused of being ‘cheerleaders’ for opioidsWin One for the Dealers – Feb. 13, 2018 - The five biggest companies making prescription opioids have been accused by a US Senate committee of spending $10m on patient advocacy and medical groups to encourage use of the... Read More...Feb 20 2018
After 4th DWI, man argues legal limit discriminates against alcoholicsWe Are a Clever Bunch – Feb. 9, 2018 - After his fourth driving while intoxicated conviction in 2016, a San Antonio man tried to overturn his four-year prison sentence by arguing that Texas’ legal limit on drunken drivi... Read More...Feb 13 2018
Jim Carroll for ‘drug czar’Jim Carroll – Feb. 9, 2018 - President Donald Trump’s first choice for the post, Rep. Tom Marino, withdrew from consideration in October … White House deputy chief of staff Jim Carroll will be nominated as President Don... Read More...Feb 13 2018
Women at Greater Risk for Alcohol AddictionWomen’s Lives Matter – Free Seminar February 21, 2018 - Audrey A. Klein, PhD, MBA, is executive director of the Butler Center for Research at the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation in Center City, Minnesota, where she overs... Read More...Feb 13 2018