Doctor & wife convicted of running $77M ‘pill mill’Greed Knows No Age – May 4. 2018 - An 80-year-old Manhattan doctor and his 82-year-old wife were convicted Friday of running a $77 million prescription “pill mill.” Dr. Rogelio Lucas and his wife of 55 years, Lydia, sat... Read More...May 8 2018
National Addiction Trade Association Meets in Denver to Address Addiction Crisis and Industry ConductMile High City Hosts Rehab Renaissance – DENVER (PRWEB) MAY 08, 2018 - The National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers (NAATP), the nation’s trade and professional membership society for addiction treatment pr... Read More...May 8 2018
Overdose victim leaves story of addiction on phoneAstounding – May 3, 2018 - “He was very easygoing, easy to be with, happy,” she said. He also led a secret life. To deal with depression, he started using heroin. “He didn’t see himself as an addict,” Jen Couzins said. ... Read More...May 8 2018
Amid the opioid epidemic, white = victim, black = addictThe Healing is the Same – April 28, 2018 - Rehab can be a frightening place when you first arrive. With any luck, you’ve already had some sort of “come to Jesus” moment with yourself and you’ve realized that you need to... Read More...May 8 2018
Can MDMA Treat Alcoholism?Maybe – April 26, 2018 - Clinical trials for the use of MDMA as a potential treatment for alcoholism have begun in the U.K. The study is the first of its kind, and may usher in the age of effective medicinal treatments ... Read More...May 8 2018
The crippling stigma of drug addiction by Dr. Jessica GreggMedical Malfeasance? – May 5, 2018 - I treat addiction for a living. My patients are often admitted to the hospital after inadvertently injecting bacteria into their bodies, along with heroin or methamphetamines. They h... Read More...May 8 2018
Willie Nelson at 85: A Visit With the King of Night LifeFarm Reduction – April 29, 2018 - Nelson remains focused as he reaches his 85th birthday, which he celebrates on April 29th. He’s still sharp: “Sometimes I forget lyrics to new songs or whatever, but normally I can reme... Read More...May 1 2018
The Teachers’ Glossary To Recovery: How We Got from AA to ZMEDIA: Book Recommendation – February 19, 2018 - As teachers, authors and women in recovery, Michele L. Dionisio and Tricia N. Ragusa wouldn’t say that the path to recovery is as easy as ABC. Instead, they’ve created a ... Read More...May 1 2018
Five habits that can add more than a decade to your lifeSo Many More Tomorrows – April 30, 2018 - People who stick to five healthy habits in adulthood can add more than a decade to their lives, according to a major study into the impact behaviour has on lifespan. Researchers... Read More...May 1 2018
Opioid Abuse Tied To Readmission RiskYES It IS – April 25, 2018 - Opioids are not more effective than non-opioid painkillers at relieving osteoarthritis pain, according to a new study that examined the long-term effects of both types of medications. Medica... Read More...May 1 2018
The trooper smelled booze. The driver said it was his basketball sneakersRe.bound for Jail – April 26, 2018 - It’s gotta be the shoes. That’s what the Federal Way man told a Washington State Patrol trooper was making his car smell, documents say. He said he was headed home from some late-nig... Read More...May 1 2018
Ex-Meth Addict Helps Homeless women receive much-needed pampering at spa dayWhat a Nice Gesture – April 30, 2018 - A woman recovering from methamphetamine addiction wants to help show other women in need that they’re still beautiful. Main Street Project will host a spa day for homeless women th... Read More...May 1 2018
Your Coffee Addiction, by DecadeSatire NOT Virginia Satir – April 28, 2018 - Early Twenties (Experimentation) The woman behind the counter raises an eyebrow and scowls as she hands you twelve ounces of syrupy lavender-mocha latte buried under whipped... Read More...May 1 2018
Creativity in sobriety: Man helps others in recoveryOne From the Heart – APRIL 28, 2018 - As a teen he struggled with drug and alcohol addiction. Now nearly a decade later, Chris Reed devotes much of his time to helping others get clean. He also came up with a creative w... Read More...May 1 2018
Six strategies to address the opioid epidemicTry Everything – April 28, 2018 - The devastating opioid epidemic is one of the largest public health problems facing the U.S. Over 2.5 million people in the U.S. suffer from opioid use disorder. Four in five new heroin... Read More...May 1 2018
Injecting Drugs Can Ruin a Heart. How Many Second Chances Should a User Get?What Price Humanity? – April 29, 2018 - Jerika Whitefield’s memories of the infection that almost killed her are muddled, except for a few. Her young children peering at her in the hospital bed. Her stepfather wrapping ... Read More...May 1 2018
National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Allows People To Turn In Expired, Unused DrugsPills Kill – April 28, 2018 - The event is held twice a year and during the last event in the fall the DEA collected nearly a million pounds of drugs. “Prescription drug addiction is just as devastating as heroin addict... Read More...May 1 2018
Seattle wipes criminal marijuana convictions for hundreds of peopleGod Works in Mysterious Ways – April 28, 2018 - Officials in Seattle are taking a step to vacate every misdemeanour marijuana conviction in the past few decades in a major step for the city since the state legalised rec... Read More...May 1 2018
How Drinking Alcohol May Affect The Bacteria In Your MouthSomething to Shout About? – April 25, 2018 - ...drinkers tended to have less of the good (Lactobacillales) and more of the bad (e.g., Bacteroidales, Actinomyces and Neisseria species) bacteria. In other words, drinking ... Read More...May 1 2018
Legislators taking aim at scams in the rehab industryBest Practices Perhaps – April 24, 2018 - End health mysterious insurance “scholarships”? A phrase common in the online and print rehab ads that lure thousands of addicts from around the country to centers in Southern C... Read More...May 1 2018
Lawmakers Debate Opioid Taxes as States Grapple With CrisisWhat’s the debate? – April 28, 2018 - In this April 26, 2018 photo, David Humes stands outside Legislative Hall, the state capitol building, in Dover, Del. Humes, whose son died from a heroin overdose in 2012, has been ... Read More...May 1 2018
One Trait That Predicts AddictionImpulsivity? – April 6, 2018 - Impulsivity can be described as rapid, unplanned reactions to internal or external provocations with little consideration of the consequences. Impulsivity often refers to problematic behav... Read More...May 1 2018
Fentanyl-Laced Cocaine Becoming a Deadly ProblemDanger Lines – March 29, 2018 - A pipe was the only sign of drug use found near Chris Bennett’s body in November. But it looked like the 32-year-old Taunton, Mass., native had stopped breathing and died of an opioid ove... Read More...May 1 2018
Narcan: Help or hindrance?Life or Death – April 26, 2018 - Narcan. It’s the opioid reversal drug that has saved thousands of lives here at home, all over Ohio, and nationwide. But it’s also been the source of controversy during a public health ... Read More...May 1 2018
Ryan Leaf On Addiction, Recovery And Service To OthersFumble! Recovery!!! – April 27, 2018 - Ryan Leaf doesn’t think that people are necessarily products of their environment. “If that were the case, I would have never ended up in a prison cell,” Leaf says. “I grew up in a... Read More...May 1 2018
City at Center of the Opioid Crisis Gave Up a Tool to Fight ItINSANITY or GREED? – APRIL 27, 2018 - The research is unambiguous: Needle exchanges reduce the spread of bloodborne diseases like hepatitis C and H.I.V. and do not increase drug use. They’ve been shown to reduce overdos... Read More...May 1 2018
Veterans’ grass-roots movement shares health benefits of marijuanaWeed Rather Be Pain and PTSD Free – April 28, 2018 - To get away from the memories of war in Afghanistan - the violence, the unexpected danger, the rush of adrenaline and the hypervigilance that can come with post-traum... Read More...May 1 2018
The Anatomy of a Litigation Bully Sovereign v. Buschel – by M. David Meagher, Esq. © 2018 This article is written with the permission of Leonard L. Buschel, the target of Dual Diagnosis Treatment Center, Inc., better known as Sovereign Health, ... Read More...May 1 2018
Dark chocolate may give your brain a boostSmart Chocolate – Apr 26, 2018 -In another study, Burk looked at how dark chocolate affects the immune system. Again, participants ate a dark chocolate bar, and scientists studied their blood work for the following week... Read More...May 1 2018
New Zealand TV star – ‘Most of the reason you drink is resentment and fear’AA Straight Up – April 22, 2018 - What you learn in AA is most of the reason that you drink is resentment and fear, the two main reasons,” Holt said. “Everyone, people, organisations, life, the world. So you write all o... Read More...April 24 2018