Kellyanne Ignoring Drug Experts as She Takes Over Opioid CrisisAmerica’s Drug Counselor – Feb. 6, 2018 - Under Conway’s leadership, efforts have amounted to the promise of a “just say no” campaign and a call for a border wall, which is aligned with Trump’s claim that the opioid cri... Read More...Feb 13 2018
Embattled Sovereign Health closing and consolidating centersAnother One Bites the Dust? – February 5, 2018 - Health Net, in a counter-suit filed a year ago, said Sharma and his companies were engaged in massive fraud. Within the span of a single year, Sovereign’s companies went ... Read More...Feb 13 2018
DEA launches new crackdown on pharmacies and opioid over-prescribersIt’s About Time – January 30, 2018 - The amount of prescription narcotics that have wound up with drug dealers and users during the past decade has been staggering. This week, the House Energy and Commerce Committee, wh... Read More...Feb 6 2018
Jackass made pranksters into stars…A Look Back at the Backside – Feb. 4, 2018 - THE Jackass crew mesmerised and shocked the world with their hilarious and, at times, truly dangerous stunts. The likes of Johnny Knoxville, born Philip John Clapp Jr, became... Read More...Feb 6 2018
Company shipped nearly 21 million painkillers to town with 2,900 peopleKilling Americans for Fun And Profit? – Jan 30, 2018, - The state’s overdose death rate was 48.3 per 100,000 people that year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In comparison, the state’s homi... Read More...Feb 6 2018
DMX imprisoned as flight risk after positive drug testQuitting Ain’t Easy – Jan. 30, 2018 - Promises by DMX to continue drug rehabilitation and to be accompanied by a drug counselor during travel so he could continue his career “was a great big lie, a repeated lie as it tu... Read More...Feb 6 2018
Video game addiction ‘contributes to depression and anxiety’Also Relieves Depression and Anxiety – Jan. 31, 2018 - Addiction to video games can contribute to depression, anxiety and low self-esteem in players, affecting them both psychologically and physically, a study has sugge... Read More...Feb 6 2018
Stronger cannabis linked to rise in demand for drug treatmentGrowing Brains Are Delicate – Jan. 31, 2018 - Scientists at King’s College London drew on data from the Netherlands to show that admissions to specialist treatment centres rose when coffee shops sold increasingly more p... Read More...Feb 6 2018
Amid Opioid Epidemic, Drug Rehab Operators Eyeing Skilled Nursing FacilitiesPatients are Patients – January 31, 2018 - As millions of Americans grapple with opioid abuse disorders, skilled nursing facilities are attractive locations for drug treatment facilities. With more than 2 million people... Read More...Feb 6 2018
Mass planned for those affected by drug addictionSad Goodbyes – Feb. 1, 2018, - A Mass of Remembrance and Healing will be held Feb. 11 in Oakland for people who have been affected by the drug epidemic, Bishop David Zubik announced. The service begins at 2:30 p.m. at S... Read More...Feb 6 2018
From Crack Addict to America’s Most Celebrated ChefFree Taste – Jan. 31, 2018 - “I didn’t think I was a drug addict,” Solomonov told The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg in a recent podcast episode of The Atlantic Interview. Even after he dropped out of college, a decision f... Read More...Feb 6 2018
‘Opiate Effect’ draws crowd, sparks dialogueFilms Can Teach – January 31, 2018 - ... Jan. 25 featured a screening of the documentary “The Opiate Effect,” followed by a panel discussion. The event, organized by Fed Up Manchester, The Collaborative, United Counseli... Read More...Feb 6 2018
Sobriety Nation to serve as primary for Wendell ChavousRacing to Recovery – Jan. 30, 2018 - Sobriety Nation, a national non-profit organization dedicated to ending the tragedies addiction causes families, has teamed up with Premium Motorsports and driver Wendell Chavous fo... Read More...Feb 6 2018
Should doctors be allowed to have addicted patients committed involuntarily to treatmentAttraction or Coercion? – FEB. 02, 2018 - Governor Charles Baker’s proposal to allow individuals to be involuntarily placed in a drug treatment program for up to 72 hours will help save lives. It will also address the a... Read More...Feb 6 2018
Military health officials: No deaths from vapingUse Caution with Addictions – Feb. 1, 2018 - Military health officials say there have been no fatalities as a result of vaping. The unequivocal statement from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner on Thursday comes after th... Read More...Feb 6 2018
Photographers Capture Opioid EpidemicShooting Gallery – Feb 4, 2018 - The images, which quickly went viral, served as visual, chilling proof that that the country is in the throes of a devastating opioid epidemic. Today, people addicted to heroin or prescr... Read More...Feb 6 2018
If Opioids Are a Public Health Crisis, Let’s Admit the Crack Was TooOPINION: It’s Black & White – Feb. 2, 018 - I rejoice in the progress being made in Philadelphia’s response to drug addiction, but it’s nonetheless bittersweet. As I witness the growing compassion for the mostly whi... Read More...Feb 6 2018
Vending machines distribute prescription opioids to addictsCanadian Containment – January 24, 2018 - The vending machine project could solve those problems. Under the pilot project, drug users would be able to get two to three hydromorphone pills three times a day. The cost per... Read More...Feb 6 2018
A Doctor’s Painful Struggle With an Opioid-Addicted PatientNew York Times – FEB. 1, 2018 - The cavalier overprescription of addictive drugs was bewildering: After a tooth extraction, I emerged from an oral surgeon’s office with a two-week supply of Percocet. When S. came to see... Read More...Feb 6 2018
Pain Doc Gets 10 Years in Prison for Patient Overdose DeathsNot Enough – Feb. 2, 2018 - A western Montana pain doctor who was convicted of prescribing drugs that led to the overdose deaths of two patients has been sentenced to 10 years in prison … During the trial, prosecutors a... Read More...Feb 6 2018
Rehab Riviera on TV, Part 2Home Audience Astounded – Jan. 28, 2018 - Aired: 1/28/2018 | 0:26:48 | Episode The discussion of rehab scandals continues with OC Register investigative reporter Teri Sforza, addiction doctor Daniel Headrick and rehab... Read More...Feb 6 2018
A look at gaming addiction – from an actual gamerMore than Pong – Feb. 3, 2018 - Before becoming a psychotherapist, Driver himself suffered from a gaming disorder, his addiction focused on MMORPG’s (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games) such as Everquest. “... Read More...Feb 6 2018
CA Lawmakers resolve to control rogue rehabs this yearIllegal or Unethical? – January 31, 2018 - California’s troubled addiction treatment industry may face stricter oversight and a raft of new requirements in 2018, as lawmakers try to protect vulnerable patients and redu... Read More...Feb 6 2018
Fentanyl Adds Deadly Kick to Opioid Woes in BritainHuman Toll Too High – Feb. 4, 2018 - No place has been hit harder by heroin, fentanyl and opioid addiction recently than Hull, a former fishing town of 260,000 people about 150 miles north of London that was improbably ... Read More...Feb 6 2018
‘Pinking’ of alcohol marketing spurs culture of ‘wine moms’Meds for Mom – Feb. 4, 2018 - There’s an enormous sense of self-medication … The fastest thing you can do at the cutting board is open a bottle of wine, pour yourself a glass. It’s faster than going to your doctor to sa... Read More...Feb 6 2018
Doctor Argues That Her Profession Needs to Slow DownMEDIA: Book Review – Jan. 26, 2918 - SLOW MEDICINE , The Way to Healing , By Victoria Sweet , 289 pp. Riverhead Books. $27 - At the beginning of her book, she relates how her 93-year-old father was mistreated after bein... Read More...Feb 6 2018
Remembering Bob Marley on his BirthdayRedemption Song – February 6, 1945 - May 11, 1981 Full Song @ YouTube.com... Read More...Feb 6 2018
Vaping cannabinoid oils blamed for 2 deaths, 60 hospitalizationsCBDeaths – February 1st 2018 - Two Marines have died in accidents blamed on synthetic cannabinoid-induced seizures. The Army bans the use of cannabis products, including Cannabinoid oil, known as CBD oil, so some soldie... Read More...Feb 6 2018
Cliffside Malibu Adds Outpatient TreatmentDay Care – Jan. 22, 2018 - “There’s a tremendous need for outpatient addiction treatment services in greater Los Angeles in the wake of the opioid epidemic. This new center is committed to providing the highest standard... Read More...Jan 30 2017
Blue light bulbs to discourage shooting upIt’s All in Vein – JANUARY 15, 2018 -Unfortunately, this new initiative is anything but a kind approach. It is, instead, an attempt to appease neighbors with little compassion for how the actions will impact people who ... Read More...Jan 30 2017