How Many Stars Does Your Drug Rehab Deserve? How Do Many You Have? – September 6, 2019 - The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services rates hospitals, and it’s directly tied into their payment. The ratings are based on quality metrics reported from the hospit... Read More...Sept 10 2019
The dangers of underage drinking Getaway Drug – September 7, 2019 - Despite news of the opioid crisis dominating headlines, alcohol remains one of the most abused substances by teens. Here in Talbot County, the latest youth risk behavior survey in... Read More...Sept 10 2019
Starbucks to offer mental health services as employee benefit Tooooo Much Caffffeine? – September 5, 2019 - n an interview with Yahoo Finance, Johnson said that the company found that some employees were afraid to reach out to the Employee Assistance Program, so they’re workin... Read More...Sept 10 2019
Acadia Healthcare’s Sierra Tucson, Expands into California California, Here We Come – September 09, 2019 - Sierra Tucson announced last week that it has expanded into California by assuming the management of a pair of California treatment centers. Sober Living by the S... Read More...Sept 10 2019
We Can’t Allow Big Pharma To ‘Check Mate’ Court System and Families Devastated by Opioid Crisis Crisis or Conspiracy? – Sept. 9, 2019 - by Ryan Hampton. As we move forward and seek justice for the families and survivors of the drug epidemic, we have to remember that people with substance use disorder are ... Read More...Sept 10 2019
Today Is World Suicide Prevention Day Please Ask for Help – SEPTEMBER 10, 2019 - “Look at the trees, look at the birds, look at the clouds, look at the stars... and if you have eyes you will be able to see that the whole existence is joyful. ... Read More...Sept 10 2019
CDC: Stop using possible deadly e-cigarettes. Please Don’t Die – Sept. 6, 2019 - Many chemicals and additives are present in e-cigarettes, according to officials on the call. They do not know what chemicals, or combination of chemicals, could lead to gett... Read More...Sept 10 2019
Is Food Addiction a Real Thing? Can’t answer, my mouth is full... – September 6, 2019 - If you’re a big fan of sugary snacks and desserts, or you love fried foods, for example, you know how strong the urge can be to devour extra helpin... Read More...Sept 10 2019
DRUG addiction soon to be decriminalized in Malaysia If It’s Good Enough for Malaysia... – Sept. 8, 2019 - Data from the National Anti-Drugs Agency (AADK) made available to Sunday Star reveals that a total of 124,466 drug addicts were recorded between 2014 and J... Read More...Sept 10 2019
A Purdue Bankruptcy Would Make Opioids Cases Even Messier Take the Money and Run – September 8, 2019 - OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and lawyers representing local governments both said Sunday that they’re interested in continuing negotiations to settle lawsuits over ... Read More...Sept 10 2019
New study links all soda to an early death Like Anyone Still Drinks This Poison – September 4, 2019 - For sugar-sweetened soft drinks, one or more glasses a day were associated with deaths from digestive diseases, including diseases of the liver, appen... Read More...Sept 10 2019
Living on the Streets, Dying on the Streets To Live and Die in LA – September 5, 2019 - Three-quarters of the way into a year in which deaths of homeless people in LA County are on a record-setting pace to top 1,000. Bodies are being found in virt... Read More...Sept 10 2019
Opioid Maker Reaches Settlement In Mammoth Opioid Lawsuit Is CVS Next? – September 6, 2019 - ...facing the two counties in a test case of whether the drug industry should be forced to pay for the prescription opioid epidemic, which has killed more than 200,000 people since ... Read More...Sept 10 2019
Are Fentanyl-Meth Deaths Due to Contamination, or “Speedballing”? Does It Matter? – September 9, 2019 - “We don’t know how often fentanyl is being mixed with methamphetamine, or if people are intentionally taking both drugs together.”Ray is currently researching the situation in I... Read More...Sept 10 2019
OxyContin heiress offered ex-opioid addict Courtney Love $100K to attend fashion show Not for the Love of money! – September 8, 2019 - The emails add, “The brand has no relation to Purdue … other than Joss is married to the family.” David was on the board of Purdue, manages some of the family wealth,... Read More...Sept 10 2019
Quote of the Week “The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention.” —Kahlil Gibran ... Read More...Sept 10 2019
What’s next for the Esalen Institute? Visiting Consciousness – Sept. 5, 2019 - Pilgrims and seekers, scholars and pupils, the restless and the curious — for more than 50 years, they’ve all made their way to the Esalen Institute in search of some kind of ... Read More...Sept 10 2019
Brad Pitt talks about his AA home group Rigorous Honesty & Gratitude – Sept. 4, 2019 - With starring roles in two of 2019’s biggest movies, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” and “Ad Astra,” Brad Pitt spoke to the New York Times about a particularl... Read More...Sept 10 2019
Becoming Coach Jake: A Story of Overcoming the Odds, on the Soccer Field and Beyond MEDIA: BOOK RECOMMENDATION! – September 3, 2019 - “Martin Jacobson’s journey is a very personal one, but it uniquely intersects with two of the largest global issues of our time. We have an opioid epidemic that... Read More...Sept 3 2019
Hard-drinking Young Adults Suffer Surge in Deadly Liver Disease And Then There is Always the Booze – August 27, 2019 - People ages 25 to 34 represent the greatest increase in deaths driven by alcohol-related liver cirrhosis — a nearly 11% increase per year from 2009 to 2017, ac... Read More...Sept 3 2019
Ex-CEO of Rehab Pleads Guilty to Milking Patients for Profits Everyone Loves Money – August 28, 2019 - In pleading guilty to charges of conspiring to commit money laundering and health-care fraud, Gerner, 46, of Shamong, Burlington County, told a federal judge that he and... Read More...Sept 3 2019
Tyler Skaggs’ autopsy: Fentanyl, Oxycodone and Alcohol Reaching Home Too Early – AUG. 30, 2019 - We will not rest until we learn the truth about how Tyler came into possession of these narcotics, including who supplied them. To that end, we have hired attorn... Read More...Sept 3 2019
The Wisdom of Insecurity by Alan Watts Book of The New Month – Sept. 2019 - We live in an age of unprecedented anxiety. Spending all our time trying to anticipate and plan for the future and to lamenting the past, we forget to embrace the here and n... Read More...Sept 3 2019
Artist’s Corner with Coach Jake Stick with the Winners! September 3, 2019 In the Fall of 2018, Martin Luther King Jr. High School’s boys soccer program won its 18th New York City public school championship to culminate a 19–0 season in which it wa... Read More...Sept 3 2019
Alternatives to Alcoholics Anonymous that don’t involve god or going cold turkey By Tracey Anne Duncan – Aug. 22, 2019 -Y12SR, or Yoga for 12-Step Recovery, is a yoga-centered holistic recovery program that has both the physical postures and philosophy of yoga as its foundation. It is an u... Read More...Sept 3 2019
3 Reasons to Get Up Early That Are More About Happiness… You Can Sleep When You’re Dead – Aug. 26, 2019 - As a recovering over-achiever, I know the dangers of attaching my self-worth to how much I get done. I’ve worked hard to overcome my type A tendencies — so why d... Read More...Sept 3 2019
Amazing Hidden Super Powers Behind Anxiety Disorders The Re-Framer – Sept. 1, 2019 - Anxiety disorders are commonly associated with being a purely negative thing. It’s no surprise, since anxiety, especially in its severe forms, can make one’s life difficult. What... Read More...Sept 3 2019
What Should “Overdose Awareness” Really Mean? Discussions Are Good – Aug. 29, 2019 - It Has Never Been Just Opioids The idea that North America is facing an “opioid crisis” does not accurately describe reality. Most drug-related deaths involve... Read More...Sept 3 2019
The allure of pricey, unproven treatments What’s Behind the Curtain? – August 31, 2019 - “I thought he was going to die,” Cheryl says. “He was reaching for things, and he was talking to Bill Gates and he was talking to somebody else I’m just certain he... Read More...Sept 3 2019
Opinion: Treat the fentanyl crisis like a poisoning outbreak But No Poison Ever Felt This Good – SEP. 1, 2019 - America’s fentanyl problem is far deadlier than past crises with other illegal drugs. It also has a fundamentally different character. For most victims, fentan... Read More...Sept 3 2019