Sackler family faces criminal investigations for opioid crisisDeadliest Crime Family on Earth – Nov. 19, 2018 - The Sackler name is prominently attached to prestigious cultural and academic institutions that have accepted millions donated by the family in the US and the UK. It is ... Read More...Nov 20 2018
Here’s Why Acadia Healthcare Company Inc. Is PlummetingWhat Goes Up, Must... – Nov. 16, 2018 - Traders are reacting harshly to a short-seller report that was published by an author named Penn Little today. The crux of the short-seller’s argument is that Acadia is engaged in... Read More...Nov 20 2018
Switzerland’s Experiment with Addiction TreatmentPrescription for Change – November 9, 2018 - The 1,500 patients at Switzerland’s 22 peps centers have all tried unsuccessfully to kick their habit with drug-replacement therapy. Marco, 44, said: “Methadone didn’t work f... Read More...Nov 20 2018
Lil Xan Announces He Will Go to Rehab and Change His Rap NameDeath and Life – NOVEMBER 16, 2018 - “I just dropped out of SoundCloud Uni to go to rehab, I leave in like 5 days And I couldn’t be happier with this choice I love you guys for being so supportive and can’t wait too get... Read More...Nov 20 2018
Alcohol is killing more people, and younger, especially womenMessage from Thanatos – Nov. 16, 2018 - States can influence drinking – especially dangerous binge drinking – with policies such as taxes on alcohol and restrictions on where and when it can be sold. Psychologist Benjam... Read More...Nov 20 2018
Acadia Healthcare: Very Scary Findings From A 14-Month InvestigationIn The News – Nov. 16, 2018 - I was once a patient in two facilities that were later purchased by Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. (Nasdaq: ACHC), specifically Sierra Tucson (Oro Valley, AZ) in 2006 and Bayside Marin (S... Read More...Nov 20 2018
Drugs, anxiety and sobriety define Jeff Tweedy as much as his musicWilco Wonder – Nov. 17, 2018 - Christopher Booker: Even after recording nearly 20 albums, winning 2 grammys, and writing a nearly 300 page memoir, trying to explain where it all comes from, remains an elusive task for... Read More...Nov 20 2018
Florida sues Walgreens, CVS over opioid salesDrug Dealers – Nov. 17, 2018 - Bondi said in a press release that CVS and Walgreens “played a role in creating the opioid crisis.” She said the companies failed to stop “suspicious orders of opioids” and “dispensed unre... Read More...Nov 20 2018
California Fire Hits ‘Rehab Riviera,’ Putting Addiction Care in JeopardyPatient’s Care Comes First – Nov. 16, 2018 - The Southern California blaze has also affected hundreds of patients battling personal demons. Many have been moved from tranquil facilities to sister facilities, Airbnb rent... Read More...Nov 20 2018
Grad hopes to help others through book about addictionStudent Edition – Nov. 18, 2018 - “I want to change the way people look at addiction,” Petersen said. “I hope it can reach people in a way that it opens up their hearts so they don’t see addiction so negatively.” The bo... Read More...Nov 20 2018
Herbert Fingarette, Contrarian Philosopher on Alcoholism, Dies at 97Right or Wrong - Doesn’t Matter Now – Nov. 15, 2018 - Herbert Fingarette, a contrarian philosopher who, while plumbing the perplexities of personal responsibility, defined heavy drinking as willful behavior rather than ... Read More...Nov 13. 2018
Son of Alleged Pill Mill Operator Indicted in His Father’s DeathWicked Twist of Events – NOV 8, 2018 - 20-year-old Jonah Lake faces four counts in the shooting death of Kevin Lake. The victim had earlier pleaded guilty to federal fraud, tax evasion, and drug charges for allegedly r... Read More...Nov 13. 2018
Tracking addiction: New treatments appear to be workingWhatever Works – Nov. 11, 2018 - In October the Kennedy Center in Berkeley County started offering a new medical option for addicts who commit to counseling, and treatment for opioid or heroin addiction has shown that i... Read More...Nov 13. 2018
Do intoxicated rehab patients have the mental capacity to enter contracts?It’s Complicated – Nov. 2, 2018 - Attorneys for Deem say on the day Arbuckle signed the arbitration agreement, he was in the throes of addiction and lacked the capacity to contract. A drug screen performed the same day ... Read More...Nov 13. 2018
What Happened After I Found Out My Son Was Addicted to HeroinInto Action – Oct. 2018 -Soon Cuttaia left her job managing car dealerships to pursue a career in social work so she could help those who, like her son, were stuck in what she called “the hamster wheel” of rehabilitatio... Read More...Nov 13. 2018
4 Environmental Addiction Factors Crucial In RecoveryGood Advice – Nov 05, 2018 - Today I want to focus on the environmental domain, which not only contributes to addiction, but also maintains it. Environmentalists and social scientists believe that external factors and f... Read More...Nov 13. 2018
Blue Cross of Alabama to drop OxyContin coverage in 2019It’s a Start – November 7, 2018 - The insurer will cover oxycodone alternatives Xtampza ER and Roxybond, which are designed to be more difficult to abuse. It will also cover Lucemyra, a newly approved non-opioid designe... Read More...Nov 13. 2018
FDA Is Reportedly Looking to Ban Menthol CigarettesNot Kool? – Nov. 10, 2018 - A separate report from the Washington Post this week said that the FDA was planning to announce a ban on the sale of flavored cartridges, or pods, in “tens of thousands of convenience stores ... Read More...Nov 13. 2018
Man resurfaces from grave to raise awareness on opioid addictionWe Can Rise Again – November 10, 2018 - Edwards was buried alive here on Thursday and brought back to Earth on Saturday. Edwards is on an anti-drug mission hoping to provide hope to so many in despair. He used his time ... Read More...Nov 13. 2018
New Mom Worries About Maintaining Her SobrietyStay Focused – 11-10-2018 - “I was really sad and I didn’t want to feel my feelings,” she says. “I turned to the most natural way I could find to cover that all up and I started using drugs: prescription pills; heroin f... Read More...Nov 13. 2018
Demi Lovato’s Sober Companion Has Friends Worried: “He Was Still Using Drugs Four Months Ago”Still in the News? – NOV 10, 2018 - Meanwhile, another person came forward in defense of Henry. “The designer has never tried to hide his past struggles with addiction, and he is currently clean, sober and focused on m... Read More...Nov 13. 2018
Drug-addicted are choosing prison over treatment. Will Issue 1 help or hurt?Why? – Nov. 2, 2018 - Bailey, a 26-year-old Northern Kentucky man who’d been arrested with heroin, hadn’t reported to his probation officer on three different days or found a job, court documents say. He also didn’t com... Read More...Nov 13. 2018
Ohio Issue 1 fails. What’s next for reducing prison population?Voters Had Their Say – Nov. 6, 2018 - Ohio prosecutors, judges, coroners and even Gov. John Kasich urged a “no” vote on the proposal, which would have reduced fourth- and fifth-degree drug possession charges to misdemea... Read More...Nov 13. 2018
REEL Recovery Film Festival Returns to New YorkBack in the Big Apple – Nov. 2, 2018 - Addiction and Overconsumption to a Simpler, Honest Life. Buschel spoke to The Fix about how he got here and what makes this year's RRFF so special. “After 26 years of abusing eve... Read More...Nov 13. 2018
Multiple Rehab Facilities Destroyed in Malibu FiresStill Saving Souls - Please Pray for Rain – Nov. 10, 2018 - Even amid the chaos and danger, treatment continues as scheduled at off-site locations for spots like Malibu Hills Treatment Center and Milestones Ranch Malibu... Read More...Nov 13. 2018
Parents Are Cutting Off Their Opioid-Addicted Kids — and It’s the Toughest Decision of Their LivesThe Act of Letting Go – Nov. 12, 2018 - Kim isn’t an addict, but like everyone else in the room, drug and alcohol abuse had sunk its barbs into his kids, and that was robbing him of his health, sanity, and nearly every ... Read More...Nov 13. 2018
Desperate Mother of a Drug Addict Turns to Lawmakers for HelpKeep Trying – November 7, 2018 - CHICAGO (CBS)–With the increase of opioid addiction across the U.S., drug addiction is devastating more families than ever, and one mother in suburban Chicago is fighting to change her p... Read More...Nov 13. 2018
A Night Near Death | The ‘Heroin Hug:’ The Warmth That Fuels AddictionSpiritual Sickness – November 9, 2018 - “Some of the people I talked to, they call it the heroin hug,” Scott explains. “And they said you know, the first time you do it, you just get this secure feeling. It’s almost lik... Read More...Nov 13. 2018
Sex addiction may affect 10 percent of menTaking matters into your own hand – Nov. 9, 2018 - It’s the impairment part that matters — people must feel like the thoughts or behaviors interfere with normal life in some way. They used data from a large national que... Read More...Nov 13. 2018
Black Hawk Down hero now working to help veterans suffering from addictionFull Time Job – November 11th 2018 - The mission was a success, but just as his men were preparing to leave, an American Blackhawk helicopter was hit. This was the infamous Black Hawk Down moment. Hooten and his team sp... Read More...Nov 13. 2018