Cumberland Heights Designated an Aetna Institute of Quality Tradition – Jan. 5, 2018 - Nonprofit treatment center Cumberland Heights has been designated an Aetna Institute of Quality® for Behavioral Health – Substance Abuse. Aetna makes information about the qua... Read More...Jan 9 2017
Moms United to end the war on drugs Lost Children in American War – Jan. 8, 2018 - Moms United to End the War on Drugs campaign is re-launching their #momsresolutions campaign for the New Year, showcasing what we will resist and defend... Read More...Jan 9 2017
US is ‘the most dangerous of wealthy nations for a child to be born into’ USA USA USA – Jan. 8, 2018 - But there’s plenty of evidence that things were bad already. Babies born in the United States have a lower life expectancy than their counterparts in other countries ... ... Read More...Jan 9 2017
I tried to go without alcohol for a month — and I only made it 10 days It's Not That Easy – Jan. 5, 2018 - I grew up in a small town outside of Anchorage, Alaska, where alcohol and drug use were (and remain) prevalent. I had my first drink when I was 12-years-old, and have ... Read More...Jan 9 2017
Former star overcoming addiction — with help of WWE Hall of Famer One Hand, One Heart – Jan. 6, 2018 - Polaco, a former ECW champion who has wrestled the likes of Kurt Angle, CM Punk, Sabu and Tommy Dreamer, said his addiction issues stem from his unhappiness with who ... Read More...Jan 9 2017
Beware these 7 myths of opioid addiction It Could Happen to Anyone – Jan. 4, 2018 - Think you know everything you need to know about opioid addiction? Consider these seven myths first. — Myth #1: People with opioid use disorders (addiction... Read More...Jan 9 2017
Mark Lundholm wrings laughter from pain Laughter Heals and It's an Art – Jan. 4, 2018 - Mark Lundholm is a comedian and one-time drug addict. He does what any comedian would do: make fun of the things he knows. For him, that means family dysfu... Read More...Jan 9 2017
13 Things You Should Give Up If You Want to Be Successful To Start the New Year – Jan. 3, 2018 - Sometimes, to become successful and get closer to the person you can become, you don’t need to add more things — you need to give some of them up. There are cer... Read More...Jan 9 2017
Addicts warned: Facebook groups are not anonymous Anonymity: A New Paradigm? – Jan. 6, 2018 - For members of the official Alcoholics Anonymous fellowship, the news is shocking and further vindicates their decision not to start a Facebook Group thems... Read More...Jan 9 2017
Navy Admiral: No family safe from opioid epidemic The Enemy Within – Jan. 5, 2018 - After losing his son Jonathan to the opioid epidemic, James Wennefeld, a retired Navy Admiral and Fmr. Vice Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his family dedicated ... Read More...Jan 9 2017
Why Even Tougher Regulations on Smoking Are Justified Worse Than Heroin? – Jan. 5, 2018 - Some 40-50% of smokers try to quit each year, but fewer than 5% of them succeed ... In fact, smoking also harms bystanders in a more important way: Each person who... Read More...Jan 9 2017
Trump Says Countries That Had Success Dealing with Drugs Chose to be ‘Very Harsh No Torture We Hope – Jan. 6, 2018 - “We are going to do everything we can,” said Trump. “It’s a very difficult situation, difficult for many countries. Not so difficult for some, believe it or not, t... Read More...Jan 9 2017
Inside the Story of America’s 19th-Century Opiate AddictionJANUARY 4, 2018 - The Civil War helped set off America’s opiate epidemic. The Union Army alone issued nearly 10 million opium pills to its soldiers, plus 2.8 million ounces of opium powders and tinctures. An unknown numb... Read More...Jan 9 2017
Google makes millions from plight of addicts Addicts for Sale – Jan. 7, 2018 - An undercover investigation by The Sunday Times has found that the internet giant charged the middlemen as much as £200 each time someone accesses their website with... Read More...Jan 9 2017
Year End Film List of 2017 The Year's Best – Jan. 2, 2018 - I've seen most of these in the theater, a few at home. (Ratings based on personal reaction, opinion, enjoyability and my delight for the art. Not a crit... Read More...Jan 16 2017
Dear eBulletin Readers A Letter from the Editor/Publisher — Jan. 2, 2018 - Dear eBulletin readers and beloved advertisers, It’s 2018 and the Addiction/Recovery eBulletin is very excited to be launching our new website, ... Read More...Jan 16 2017
Everything You Know is a Lie! WARNING – Dec. 22, 2017 - VIEWER COMMENTS: It’s been preached for years that Big Pharm does not care about you.They haven’t cured nothing since Polio. Please do the research. Inform yourself and trus... Read More...Jan 9 2017
Bill calls for mandatory jail or rehab for drug offenders January 4, 2018 - A new House bill would require mandatory jail time or rehabilitation for drug users who violate their probation. Local representative Niraj Antani introduced the bill. He said it’s all about saving liv... Read More...Jan 2 2018
Administration Takes Step That Could Threaten Marijuana Legalization ARREST THEM POTHEADS – Jan. 4, 2018 - “It puts the industry on notice in these states who thought they had cover from the states and the feds,” he said. “All these people are going to wake up today w... Read More...Jan 9 2017
City of Addict Entrepreneurs Cashoholics Anonymous — Dec. 27, 2017 - The vans, she learned after tailing one, were ferrying addicts all over town to what amounted to halfway houses for those in recovery: sober living homes. “I fol... Read More...Jan 2 2018
Darryl Strawberry: Sex addiction drove him to dalliances during games No One Told Him to Slide — Dec. 24, 2017 - “It was a pretty crazy lifestyle, you know,” Strawberry said in the interview that runs on Thursday’s show. “All addictions have to do with behavior.” … S... Read More...Jan 2 2018
U.K. Woman Tried to Bring Painkillers Into Egypt. She Was Sentenced to 3 Years 0 Tolerance – Dec. 26, 2017 - Laura Plummer, 33, was arrested after authorities found her bringing 300 tablets of Tramadol, a powerful class C painkiller, into Egypt, the BBC reports. Trama... Read More...Jan 2 2018
Father Shares Emotional Post About Daughter’s Heroin Overdose The Family Afterwards — December 28, 2017 - An Ohio father made a Facebook post about losing his daughter to a heroin overdose, opening people’s eyes up to the harsh reality of opioid addiction. Ti... Read More...Jan 2 2018
Judge finds McKees Rocks rehab operator is a danger; keeps him locked up Double Agent — Dec. 27, 2017 - Prosecutors say accused heroin dealer David Francis delivered drugs to overdose victims, vouched for his alleged New York suppliers in order to get them released from... Read More...Jan 2 2018
2 Addiction Recovery Centers Under Investigation in Oklahoma Slave Labor is Back — Dec. 28, 2017 - A sign marks the entrance to the Faith Based Therapeutic Community Corporation recovery program in Fort Gibson. The program is under investigation for alleged fo... Read More...Jan 2 2018
Massachusetts prosecutors to throw out 8,000 convictions in second drug lab scandal Evil Woman — Dec. 28, 2017 - “Foster and Kaczmarek piled misrepresentation upon misrepresentation,” Superior Court Judge Richard J. Carey wrote last June, “to shield the mental health work sheets fro... Read More...Jan 2 2018
Kickstarter’s Yancey Strickler Announces Support For Five NonProfits Help for the Addiction Services — Dec. 28, 2017 - On Thursday, Kickstarter Co-Founder and current CEO, Yancey Strickler, took to Twitter to announce his support for five nonprofits after reading pred... Read More...Jan 2 2018
5 Ways to Get Sober in the New Year Many Paths, One Destination — Dec. 31, 2017 - New Year’s resolutions come and go, but a resolve to get sober is accessible and sustainable throughout the year. Experts working in addiction treatment ... Read More...Dec 25 2018Jan 2 2018
A Doctor with a Phone and a Mission Call Centers Connect – Dec. 27, 2017 - More than 200,000 people seek addiction treatment on the phone or online every month. Few of them realize that their pleas for help are a valuable commodity —... Read More...Jan 2 2018
Philadelphia’s Overdose Epidemic Philly Photo Essay – Dec. 28, 2017 - Seth Ditizio, an investigator for nine years in the Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s Office and before that a veteran of the Army infantry in Iraq, knows death.... Read More...Jan 2 2018