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As nation struggles with opioid crisis, workers bring addiction to the job

Career Highs and Lows – March 29, 2019 - And restaurants are just one of the many businesses where employees are under the influence. A new survey from DrugAbuse.com, which offers educational content and recovery resour... Read More...

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Mental Health Awareness Means Talking About All Types of Mental Illness

Happy World Bipolar Day, or Are We? – March 29, 2019 - Bipolar disorder is one of the most misunderstood mental illnesses, and the confusion around it persists even as we make strides in the way we talk about other ment... Read More...

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Millions of dollars in West Virginia drug treatment at stake in ACA repeal fight

Health Care for None – Mar 30, 2019 - Under the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare, West Virginia expanded its Medicaid program to those who make up to 138 percent of the federal poverty line. According to... Read More...

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Jana Kramer Says She’s “So Proud” of Husband Mike Caussin After Revealing Sex Addiction

Now This is Sexy – Mar. 31, 2019 - The former NFL player explained that Kramer “gave me an ultimatum” when she found out that he had cheated on her and they separated after one year of marriage. The two of them renewed ... Read More...

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House approves plan for overdose treatment at libraries

Where Knowledge Lives – Mar. 30, 2019 - “Every second matters during an overdose. Having medication on hand that reverses the effect of an opioid overdose could be the difference between life and death.” Library overdos... Read More...

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‘Alaskan Bush People’: Matt Brown Proudly Displays Sobriety Coin Post-Rehab

Cool To Be Sober – March 30, 2019 - “Matt your journey of not giving up or surrendering gives so many so much hope, including myself,” a third person wrote. “So proud of you and your journey to healing. Much love.” Bro... Read More...

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‘Congress is owned by pharma’

OMG – March 13, 2019 - OpenSecrets, a website operated by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, tracks money in U.S. politics. It ranked the top 20 members of the House and the Senate that have received the m... Read More...

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How the American opioid crisis got so big- Dopesick and American Overdose

BOOK REVIEWS - Read - It’s Healthy – March 19, 2019 - Journalists must impose narrative coherence on mountains of information. Macy, who has reported on the epidemic from her hometown of Roanoke, Virginia, since 2012, f... Read More...

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Chicago woman dies of fentanyl overdose at Cook County jail

CHICAGO! What Is Going On? – Mar 31, 2019 - Authorities say a 51-year-old woman died of a fentanyl overdose while in custody at the Cook County jail. Lavera Scott of Chicago died March 2. The Chicago Sun-Times reports ... Read More...

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This Boosts Your Happiness

So Glad We Metta – March 29, 2019 - “Walking around and offering kindness to others in the world reduces anxiety and increases happiness and feelings of social connection,” said study author Douglas Gentile. The loving... Read More...

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Samantha Ronson celebrates five years of sobriety

oh happy dAAy – March 30, 2019 - “I’ve spent most of my time in meetings trying to blend into the walls, but I’ve listened to every speaker, every share, every prayer, every aa related announcement, and have found so mu... Read More...

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How does an overdose affect the brain?

It’s Complicated – March 29, 2019 - To get more information on prevention and treatment, researchers need to understand how surviving an overdose changes the brain, according to the press release. The team’s research w... Read More...

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We Need More Focus on How the Drug War Attacks Parents of Color

In Every Way – Mar. 28, 2019 - If you take the time to spend a day in any family court, what you will see is disturbing: Benches full of parents of color and little black and brown children in despair. See, what is not ... Read More...

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Lawsuits Lay Bare Sackler Family’s Role in Opioid Crisis

The Faces of Evil – April 1, 2019 - The two lawsuits are part of a burst of recent litigation that has taken aim at the Sacklers, a far-flung billionaire family that has a network of trusts and companies in the United S... Read More...

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New York Targets Billionaire OxyContin Family

Untouchable? – March 28, 2019 - New York’s lawsuit echoes the other cases, alleging the Sacklers’ and Purdue’s aggressive marketing of OxyContin beginning in the mid-1990s led to massive over-prescribing and a scourge o... Read More...

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Here’s What a Legal Market for Cocaine Could Look Like

Ain’t Nobody’s Business But My Own – MARCH 26, 2019 - That isn’t stopping Steve Rolles, a senior policy analyst at the Transform Drug Policy Foundation, a UK think tank. He’s hoping that nations will soon regulate and l... Read More...

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Making Peace with the Heroin Addict I Used to Be

It’s an Inside Job – Mar. 28, 2019 - I came to Thailand eight months ago with a heroin habit I couldn’t handle. I wanted to stop but I couldn’t. In four years I had, mostly willingly, checked into 18 different rehabs, c... Read More...

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NBC News looks at allegations of abuse at residential facility for at-risk kids

Children as Commodities VIDEO ONLY – Full Story @ NBCNews.com... Read More...

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OxyContin Maker Purdue Pharma to Pay $270 Million Legal Settlement

45 Minute VIDEO REPORT – March 27, 2019 - The state of Oklahoma has reached a $270 million agreement with Purdue Pharma—the makers of OxyContin—settling a lawsuit that claimed the company contributed to the deaths of th... Read More...

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FBI announces 61 arrests of online opioid traffickers in coordinated Dark Web effort

BREAKING NEWS / VIDEO – MARCH 26, 2019 - “Law enforcement is most effective when we work together, and J-CODE is the global tip of the spear in the fight against online opioid trafficking,” FBI Director Christopher Wray... Read More...

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Harvard say soda and sports drinks increase risk of dying

Are You Drinking Death Every Day? – MAR. 18 2019 - Drinking soda, sports drinks and other sugary beverages increases the risk of dying from heart disease and some types of cancers, according to new research. Harvard res... Read More...

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Landmark ruling for parity coverage of mental health and addiction treatment

Progress! – MARCH 18, 2019 - The ruling came in the case of Wit v. United Behavioral Health (UBH). A federal court in Northern California found that UBH, which manages behavioral health services for UnitedHealthcare and... Read More...

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There’s nothing cute about Crack Pie

Tastes Good, in Bad Taste – MARCH 19, 2019 - Milk Bar debuted in 2008, a spinoff of David Chang’s Momofuku restaurants. If it seemed funny a decade ago to name a dessert after an addictive drug, the joke was one of priv... Read More...

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Health chief backs needle exchanges in anti-HIV strategy

The Message Matters – March 19, 2019 - “Syringe services programs aren’t necessarily the first thing that comes to mind when you think about a Republican Health secretary, but we’re in a battle between sickness and heal... Read More...

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Guggenheim Museum “Does Not Plan to Accept Any Gifts” from the Sackler Family

No Drug Money for Art – March 22, 2019 – The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York confirmed that it “does not plan to accept any gifts” from the Sackler family, the controversial owners of Purdue Pharma. The family ... Read More...

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Executive Corner with Sabrina Acatrinei

Stick with the Winners! – Sabrina Acatrinei has 13 years experience in case management and medical insurance. She holds a Bachelors degree in Social Work and CADC-I. Sabrina’s background includes work with the autistic ... Read More...

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Tate Galleries Will Refuse Sackler Money Because of Opioid Links

Even the English Reject Drug Money – March 21, 2019 - “The Sackler family has given generously to Tate in the past, as they have to a large number of U.K. arts institutions,” a Tate statement said. “We do not intend to... Read More...

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Dax Shepard’s Sobriety Is Everything to Kristen Bell

Love AA Style – March 23, 2019 - Every year on Shepard’s sober birthday, Bell “spoils the hell out of me,” says the comedian, 44, “The nicest presents she’s gotten me are always on my sober birthday.” Last fall, Bell ... Read More...

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Medieval Diseases Are Infecting California’s Homeless

Ignorance Is Bliss – March 11, 2019 - The diseases have flared as the nation’s homeless population has grown in the past two years: About 553,000 people were homeless at the end of 2018 ... People living on the streets ... Read More...

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Organic Food, Sustainable Fashion And Cocaine

Why Are The Woke Doing So Much Coke? – March 23, 2019 - Many may feel like a big cooked breakfast or a dessert after dinner ‘doesn’t count’ on the weekends, and that we deserve a treat after working hard all week. Some ... Read More...