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Paul Krassner, anarchist and leader of the Yippies, dies at 87

Fearless and thorough from the very start – July 21, 2019 - An FBI agent once described him in a letter to Life magazine as “a raving, unconfined nut,” a phrase that Mr. Krassner gleefully adapted for the title of hi... Read More...

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Treatment Center Owner Pleads Guilty to $57 Million Money Laundering Conspiracy

Green Showers – July 9, 2019 - Kyle Ryan Marcotte, 36, of Jacksonville Beach, Florida, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Joel Toomey of the Middle District of Florida to a one-count information chargi... Read More...

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Buzz Aldrin forced to save Apollo 11 Moon landing after fatal Neil Armstrong error

50 Years - Walking on the Moon – July 15, 2019 - Tuesday marked the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission and in light of that, a series of stories and documents have been released to mark the event. ... Read More...

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See the DEA’s Pain Pill Database

INTERACTIVE: This Page is a Trip – July 21, 2019 - The Washington Post sifted through nearly 380 million transactions from 2006 through 2012 that are detailed in the DEA’s database and analyzed shipments of oxycodo... Read More...

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Sum 41’s Deryck Whibley on How Sobriety and Tom Petty Changed His Life

To Sum It All Up... – July 16, 2019 - Steve Baltin: How did getting sober affect you musically? Deryck Whibley: From six years old I wanted to be a musician and so I followed that path. But once all the par... Read More...

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Buzz Aldrin on Long-Term Sobriety

Walking the Walk, One Day at a Time – FROM August 2, 2016 By John Lavitt – Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, celebrating 37 years (now 40 years) of sobriety, reflects on his challenges after coming back from the Moon and what d... Read More...

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Cannabis Treatment Counters Addiction

Marijuana Assisted Treatment – July 15, 2019 - A paper about the University of Sydney and NSW Health clinical trial provides the first strong evidence that so-called cannabinoid agonist medication — which targ... Read More...

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Quote of the Week

“Being honest may not get you al lot of friends, but it'll always get you the right ones.” –John Lennon ... Read More...

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From Addict to Entrepreneur with Holly Wilson, Founder of Women’s Recovery

One Woman's Day at a Time – July 15, 2019 - Having an intimate knowledge of substance abuse recovery, Holly is a strong advocate for clinically savvy, gender-specific, co-occurring treatment. Holly is deeply c... Read More...

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In 7 years, 76 Billion Opioid Pills Flood America

Is it Love, Pain or Profits? – July 16, 2019 - The information comes from a database maintained by the Drug Enforcement Administration that tracks the path of every single pain pill sold in the United States — from m... Read More...

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The First Day Movie with Chris Herren

New York Theatrical Premier Nov. 1, 2019 – Theatrical Premiere at the 11th REEL Recovery Film Festival & Symposium - Los Angeles and on November1st at the 7th Annual NY Reel Recovery Film Festival & Sympo... Read More...

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Suboxone Maker Agrees To Pay $1.4 Billion In Settlement

They’ll Say Anything To Sell Drug$ – July 11, 2019 - In announcing the Reckitt Benckiser settlement, the Justice Department noted that Suboxone is a medication designed to help people suffering from opioid dependen... Read More...

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The Burgeoning Benzo Crisis

Mother’s Little Helper – July 8, 2019 - Often, women don’t know what they’re getting into. “Most people taking psychiatric drugs these days do not get an adequate explanation about the nature of the medication,” says... Read More...

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NCAD Spotlight: Data Will Drive Better Outcomes, Reimbursement

Business is Business and Nobody Lies – July 8, 2019 - Joanna Conti, BS, MS, considers her family “extremely fortunate” to have found programs that treated her daughter for an alcohol addiction despite ha... Read More...

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Jobs Van picks up panhandlers and drives them towards a brighter future

A Square Meal and a Full Heart – JULY 09, 2019 - Cira loves his work, although he says when he first considered taking a job driving around picking up homeless people, his wife needed some convincing. Cira not ... Read More...

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Dwight Gooden Arrested on Cocaine Charges in New Jersey

Stopped Going to Meetings? – July 12, 2019 - Known by the nickname “Doc,” Gooden was electric as a starting pitcher. He had a fastball that approached 100 miles per hour and a devastating curveball, and he domi... Read More...

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Florida might be making a ‘dent’ in opioid epidemic

Thanks to Naloxone – July 08, 2019 - “It feels like the resources that are being provided are helping the problem,” David Daniels said. He’s an operations manager at Big Bend Community Based Care, which provides subs... Read More...

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In an Alcohol-Soaked Nation, More Seek Booze-Free Social Spaces

Hang Up On Hangovers – July 9, 2019 - Since giving up booze, Logan-Rice said, she has seen alcohol in unexpected places — even an assisted living facility that offered bottles of wine as door prizes when she at... Read More...

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“He Threw Wine In My face.”

Ala-none too soon – JULY 12, 2019 - We had walked into a Thai restaurant for dinner, been seated, and told by the waiter that they didn’t serve alcohol. David said, “No worries, mate,” ordered a Coke, and then excuse... Read More...

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Police officer went radio silent. He was found alive, overdosed on heroin

Cops Cop Too! – July 12, 2019 - Ellery was initially charged on April 15 with just a single, municipal summons of driving while intoxicated, according to a copy of the summons obtained by NJ Advance Media. The case... Read More...

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Opioid treatment may reduce contact with law enforcement

So Would Decriminalization – July 12, 2019 - “Contact with the criminal justice system – both in terms of crime and imprisonment – among opioid-dependent people is associated with a significant economic b... Read More...

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Police warn not to flush drugs down toilet for fear of creating ‘meth-gators’

First the Squirrel, Now This? – July 15, 2019 - That’s the warning coming out of the Loretta Police Department in Tennessee after investigators said they caught someone “attempting to flush methamphetamine alon... Read More...

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Juul CEO tells parents ‘I’m sorry’

And I’m Rich – JUL 13 2019 - “First of all, I’d tell them that I’m sorry that their child’s using the product,” said Burns, who joined Juul in late 2017. “It’s not intended for them. I hope there was nothing that we ... Read More...

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‘Carried him out in a body bag’: Woman says man overdosed, died on airplane

D.O.A. Where's the NARCAN?– July 15, 2019 - “Appreciate @lynnelyman sharing this tragic experience. Flight Attendants are aviation’s first responders and we need the proper tools to respond and save lives. In the air... Read More...

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Florida cop planted meth on drivers. One lost custody of his daughter.

War of Decency – July 11, 2019 - It was October 2017 and Bowling was on his way to the store to pick up diapers with his friend Shelly Smith when they saw the flashing lights swirl in the rearview mirror. He ha... Read More...

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Addiction Costs Employers $100 Billion Every Year

Stockholders Up In Arms? – July 9, 2019 - Substance use disorder is a mental health disorder that has expensive and destructive effects on both the person who is suffering, and the people around them. The loss... Read More...

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REEL Recovery Film Festival Partners with National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)

RRFF Partners with NAMI – July 11, 2019 - Films accepted for the REEL Recovery Film Festival Week will be shown on NAMI Day, Sunday, October 13th, from 1pm to 9pm. A portion of the proceeds will go to benefit N... Read More...

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Executive Corner with Ryan Hampton

Stick with the Winners! – July 15, 2019 - Over four years into recovery from a decade-long opioid addiction, Ryan Hampton has been rocketed to the center of America’s rising addiction recovery advocacy movemen... Read More...

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Motorcycle Crash Shows Bioethicist The Dark Side of Quitting Opioids

NEW BOOK: In Pain – July 8, 2019 - Interview highlights On what happened when he tried tapering opioids after an ill-advised consultation with a plastic surgeon, who recommended abruptly redu... Read More...

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Canadian singer who quit drinking calls for booze-free options at music venues

More Than Just Diet Coke – July 11, 2019 - Before you quit, how much did drinking feel like a part of your job? I would say it felt like a huge part of my job. As musicians, I mean, it would be a shocking situ... Read More...