Opioid Deaths Do Not Correlate with Pain Pill Abuse or Addiction Rates Self Will Run Riot? – August 21, 2019 - In 2017, just 30 percent of opioid-related deaths involved prescription analgesics, and the records compiled by the CDC indicate that 68 percent of those cases also invo... Read More...Aug 27 2019
Potentially Flawed University Study Reports Adults Who Mix Cannabis with Opioids for Pain Relief Experience Higher Anxiety and Depression Results Totally Debunked – Aug. 23, 2019 - Published in the Journal of Addiction Medicine (JMA) the study, is entitled, Opioid and Cannabis Co-use Among Adults with Chronic Pain. The study implies that when co... Read More...Aug 27 2019
Sheriff sued over 2018 overdose death of inmate Too Little, Too Late – August 24, 2019 - The suit names Sheriff Peyton Grinnell and Deputies Zack Marable and Joshua Searcy, who worked at the 960-bed facility. Sacchetta says her son’s Constitutional rights we... Read More...Aug 27 2019
Air Pollution Linked to Mental Health Problems in Children Caution: Choking Hazard – August 24, 2019 - When looking at the insurance data for 151 million individuals collected between 2003 and 2013 in the United States, researchers found that the rate for bipolar disorder wa... Read More...Aug 27 2019
How Sobriety Led to Home Ownership with Megan Holiday & Breanna Webb KROQ 106.7 FM – AUGUST 23, 2019 - KROQ 106.7 FM radio personality Megan Holiday was raised in the 909, launched her radio career in the Bay Area, and now has her dream job as the host of the 7-11p. On this epi... Read More...Aug 27 2019
Loving-Kindness Meditation May Slow Cellular Aging Live Long and Prosper – August 24, 2019 - Telomeres are the end caps of DNA on our chromosomes, which help in DNA replication and get shorter over time. “Chronological age and biological age are not identical.... Read More...Aug 27 2019
Shares of Pharma Companies Soar After Johnson & Johnson Verdict Little Loss Makes Bigger Profits – Aug. 26, 2019 - Teva Pharmaceutical and Purdue Pharma, the privately held maker of OxyContin that taken the brunt of the public’s blame for the drug crisis, settled with the s... Read More...Aug 27 2019
Seattle Mariners First-ever ‘Recovery Day’ Celebrates Sobriety Let’s All Move To Seattle – August 23, 2019 -Each day presents a new set of challenges during his recovery, Johnson said. “It’s constantly a struggle. My disease is well and active in my life, especially with m... Read More...Aug 27 2019
Do Drug Addiction Treatment Centers Know What They’re Doing? If They Advertise on the eBulletin – Aug. 24, 2019 - Thankfully, modern times means modern treatment and, with centers like the Betty Ford Clinic, opened in 1982, a person can now receive proper, compassionat... Read More...Aug 27 2019
Can Lowered Penalties For Drug Possession Solve Colorado’s Addiction Crisis? Just Like Seattle and Portugal – Aug. 26, 2019 - “Our largest mental health and addiction institutions in the state are our prisons and our local jails,” said state Rep. Leslie Herod, one of the legislation’s s... Read More...Aug 27 2019
It’s the Go-To Controlled Substance to Treat Opioid Addiction. Why Won’t More Pharmacies Stock It? It’s Complicated – August 13, 2019 - Doctors and pharmacists also receive different education about how long buprenorphine should be prescribed before tapering a patient off the drug. Medical providers sometim... Read More...Aug 27 2019
Teen Blames Vaping After Lung Collapses Just Like Civil Society? – August 19, 2019 - Two days later, a surgeon operated to repair the hole in his lung. His surgeon told CBS News Ammirata’s lungs were inflamed, which could have come from something he... Read More...Aug 27 2019
Khloe Kardashian Calls Ex Lamar Odom ‘Courageous’ for Talking About Addiction in Memoir Khloe’s Call – AUGUST 25, 2019 - But Khloe was totally okay with it. “It’s his truth, he’s allowed to tell his version. Him and I each played a significant role in each other’s lives so I think it’s natural, li... Read More...Aug 27 2019
How to Be Sober! Again. Play It Again Bill and Bob – AUG. 23, 2019 - While we waited for our lunch, I texted Keisha and told her I was with a guy from AA. A couple minutes later, a close friend texted me to say he and some people were... Read More...Aug 27 2019
Risk of Depressive Relapse Three Times Higher After Previous Antidepressant Use Caution Ahead – August 20, 2019 - According to Amsterdam and Kim, previous studies have found that a prior antidepressant trial results in up to a 50% loss of effectiveness for the next attempt. In the latest s... Read More...Aug 27 2019
Ben Affleck Celebrates One Year of Sobriety Ben a Long Time Coming – August 24, 2019 - The source also said that Affleck and Garner have both been doing amazing work when it comes parenting their kids, Violet, 13, Seraphina, 10, and Samuel 7. Last... Read More...Aug 27 2019
Executive Corner with Roland Williams Stick with the Winners! – August 23, 2019 - Mr. Williams is an interventionist, author, trainer, counselor and consultant specializing in addiction related issues. He is one of the first Licensed Advanced Addict... Read More...Aug 27 2019
SAMHSA to Drop SUD Treatment Confidentiality Rules Peek-a-Boo – AUGUST 23, 2019 - SAMHSA no longer believes this policy is advisable in light of the current public health crisis arising from opioid use, misuse, and abuse. In the past 10 years, there has been a substa... Read More...Aug 27 2019
Publicized plans for drug treatment at Sugar Grove fall through Cluster Treatment in West Virginia – Aug. 25, 2019 - Officials said they planned to bring about 200 jobs, ranging from health care providers to housekeepers, to the struggling county. They even wanted to turn the b... Read More...Aug 27 2019
Massive Blaze Destroys NJ Rehab Center What About The Clients? – AUGUST 25, 2019 - “The explosion was really intense,” said Paterson Fire Chief Brian McDermott. “The barrel went up 300 feet easily, blew the roof off.” Residents and neighbors evacuated th... Read More...Aug 27 2019
Alice Cooper Opens Up On Wanting to Quit Persona Amid Addiction Recovery Alice Not In Chains – August 22, 2019 - After calling it quits on the substances, Cooper made a deal with his wife, to prove he was truly clean. They began going to church. It was then that Cooper spoke with his past... Read More...Aug 27 2019
Who’s responsible for the opioid epidemic? Doctors or pharmaceutical companies? Pain Makes Millions – Aug. 25, 2019 - In the annals of “60 Minutes,” we have rarely come across a doctor like Florida physician Barry Schultz. Prosecutors say he wantonly prescribed and sold massive quantities of hig... Read More...Aug 27 2019
Seattle Has Figured Out How to End the War on Drugs Will Anyone Else Follow? – Aug. 23, 2019 - Anyone caught here with a small amount of drugs — even heroin — isn’t typically prosecuted. Instead, that person is steered toward social services to get help. This model is... Read More...Aug 27 2019
The science of addiction: a personal struggle to kick cocaine gives a neuroscientist unique insights The Malleable Reality – August 24, 2019 - “What I learned to do in that moment,” she explains, “was to doubt my reality; to realise that what was critical in life was the story, the veneer. And that felt like ... Read More...Aug 27 2019
Sanders, Warren Back Major Shift to Fight Drug Overdoses Injecting Real Reform Into The Election – August 25, 2019 - At supervised injection sites, medical professionals monitor for overdoses and provide clean injection supplies to discourage users from sharing need... Read More...Aug 27 2019
Nancy Cartwright Launches the “Know More About Drugs Alliance” Save The Children – August 23, 2019 - WASHINGTON (ABC7) — The world knows Nancy Cartwright as the iconic voice of Bart Simpson, but the Emmy-winner is now using her voice to advocate for children around the world wit... Read More...Aug 27 2019
Quote of the Week “The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.” –Rollo May ... Read More...Aug 27 2019
Dylan McDermott Celebrates 35 Years of Sobriety: It’s My ‘Greatest Accomplishment’ The Heroes Journey Continues – August 20, 2019 - “Today is my Sober Birthday. 35 years! Staying sober has been my greatest accomplishment,” wrote the actor, 57. “I say that because I was able to show up for myself in... Read More...Aug 27 2019
Are Selfies Bad For Your Mental Health? Ask Narcissus – August 21, 2109 - “The preoccupation with putting the right image into the world, and taking the right picture, means that you’re making your external self the focus of what matters,” clin... Read More...Aug 27 2019
Executive Corner with Ester Nicholson Stick with the Winners! – August 15, 2019 - A gifted vocal artist in her own right, Nicholson’s musical career includes tours with Rod Stewart and Bette Midler—and appearances on such television shows as Oprah, The ... Read More...Aug 20 2019