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Woman’s remarkable before and after pictures as she battles heroin addiction

Recovery is Beautiful – Feb. 15, 2019 - But she is now 80 days clean and is already looking remarkably healthier. She appeared on TV yesterday where she received high praise for overcoming her demons thanks to a three-m... Read More...

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Addicted to opioids for five years. This is one man’s story of recovery.

Overcoming – February 17, 2019 - I think it was the way in which my parents reacted to it,” he said of his overdose. “My mom was in Poland at the time, and her mom, my grandma, was sick with pancreatic cancer; she had b... Read More...

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‘Dreamland’ Author Sam Quinones Tries to Help Gary Oldman’s ‘Dreamand’ Movie Find a New Title

Pay Sam Money! – February 6, 2019 - Quinones’ book explored how opiate addiction took over countless towns throughout America starting in the 1990s. The name for the book came from the nickname given to a popular swimm... Read More...

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5 Street Drugs that Might Have Medicinal Value

Right Next to the Tylenol PM – February 18, 2019 - ...the US Food and Drug Administration acknowledged that psilocybin-the active ingredient found in magic mushrooms-has real potential to become a powerful treatment for... Read More...

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Patient-brokering case is county’s first to go to trial

Let the Trials Begin – Feb. 12, 2019 - Sean Krizan said he can’t remember how many checks he received for referring his sober home’s residents to treatment centers across Palm Beach County, but he does remember receivi... Read More...

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The FDA is prioritizing lethal opioids over recovery by Ryan Hampton

Man with a Plan – Feb. 14, 2019 - In my own personal recovery journey, medication assisted treatment—specifically buprenorphine—became key to my success. After countless attempts to enter recovery, I knew that I needed ... Read More...

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Depression speeds brain aging?

This is Your Brain on Depression – February 14, 2019 - “We think depression might be accelerating the normal aging,” Yale neuroscientist Irina Esterlis said ... the preliminary findings are a reminder of how important i... Read More...

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Jodie Sweetin to Be Honored by Sobriety-Focused Organization Writers in Treatment

IN LOS ANGELES, FEB. 28 – February 11, 2019 - 10th Annual Experience, Strength and Hope Awards honoring Jodie Sweetin, February 28, Skirball Cultural Center. Full Story @ HollywoodReporter.com... Read More...

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Driving While on Opioids; ‘Compelling Evidence’ of Danger

No Kidding! – February 15, 2019 - “There has been heightened concern about drugged driving in recent years due in part to increasing permissibility and availability of marijuana, and excess consumption of prescription o... Read More...

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Maryland Considers Using Cannabis to Combat the Opioid Epidemic

Anything That Helps – Feb. 17, 2019 - Right now, Maryland legislators are considering a new bill that would add opioid use disorder to the list of conditions qualified to be treated with medical marijuana. The new legis... Read More...

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Massachusetts To Help Test Addiction Treatment Rating System

Suboxone to the Rescue – February 17, 2019 - Massachusetts has agreed to participate in a new rating system that is being developed to measure the quality of addiction treatment programs. State health officials say the ... Read More...

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Overcoming drug addiction finish marathon. Army vet shares his story.

A better line, the finish line – Feb. 15, 2019 - Their recourse was to give out painkillers,” he said. Even when he deployed to Iraq. “I thought I had food poisoning and actually I was going through withdrawals and didn... Read More...

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Pablo Escobar-themed restaurant garnishes burgers with $100 bill and fake cocaine

The Onion? Or with onions? – Feb. 16, 2019 - The pop-up restaurant in Melbourne, Australia is called Pablo’s Escoburgers. The concept is facing social media outrage for being in “poor taste,” as critics point out that t... Read More...

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Neighborhood opposed to sober living community for 50 men

The Stag House? – Feb. 14, 2019 - New Points is building “the world’s first Sober Living Community built ground-up specifically for the recovery process,” according to its website, www.newspoints.org. Five buildings, ap... Read More...

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Eminem Taught Royce da 5’9’’ You “Don’t Have to be Drunk or High”

One musician talking to another – Feb. 14, 2019 - One of those artists is Royce da 5’9’’, who recently revealed in an interview with Ari Melber on MSNBC that he learned a very valuable lesson on sobriety from Eminem. “O... Read More...

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Nan Goldin threatens London gallery boycott over £1m gift from Sackler family

Into Action – Feb. 17, 2019 - The artist last weekend staged a major protest at the Guggenheim Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York over their links to the large family of arts philanthropists, one grou... Read More...

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In 1969 the fifth Beatle was heroin: John Lennon’s addiction took its toll on the band

And We Thought It Was Yoko’s Fault – February 15, 2019 - Lennon intuited society’s inability to understand, much less combat addiction. “They’re so stupid about drugs,” he exclaimed. “They’re not looking at the cause o... Read More...

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Sears Once Sold Heroin

Everyone was happy – March 2019 - As morphine’s medical uses increased—for surgery, for accidents, for pretty much any disease or injury—so did the number of patients dependent on the drug. Scientists called this new e... Read More...

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What Is Love Addiction?

Happy Valentine's Day – Feb 10, 2019 - What kind of disorder is love addiction? There is no consensus on the diagnostic criteria for love addiction, nor agreements on what kind of disorder it is. For instance, patholo... Read More...

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Teachers Canned Smoking Pot

They Did Inhale – February 8, 2019 - The cases highlight the chasm between federal law, where marijuana is classified as a Schedule I drug and is illegal, and state law, where marijuana, for medical and recreational use... Read More...

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Illinois Begins Radical Program to Swap Opioids for Pot

Fair Trade – Feb. 2019 - “Just half way through the first day of the launch and we’ve already seen a lot of interest and patients and physicians have successfully registered for the Opioid Alternative Pilot Program,” I... Read More...

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Miracle treatment or dangerous drug? Indonesian growers cash in on Kratom

It’s Complicated – February 9, 2019 - Part of the coffee family, the leaf has been used for centuries in Southeast Asia and Papua New Guinea for its pain-relieving and mildly stimulating effects but it is now sold in p... Read More...

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Cops turned old scuba rescue truck into a drug-fighting HQ on wheels

Street Helping Man – Feb. 8, 2019 - The 40-year-old Newark woman, however, still had not made the call by 9 a.m. She had a better option: Damaris Febus, a Newark detective in plainclothes, was about to help her. They we... Read More...

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Charlie Sheen tells Lindsay Lohan to ‘stay the course’

Expert Advice – Feb. 8, 2019 - Both stars have lived through very public meltdowns. In 2007, Lohan, now 32, made headlines constantly after a string of arrests for DUI, cocaine possession and other offenses. Sheen, for... Read More...

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With Trump Threats, State Shies Away from Overdose Prevention Centers

Let Them Eat Death – February 8, 2019 - That court filing coincidentally followed by one day testimony from New York State Health Commissioner Howard Zucker that he is withholding approval of supervised injection facili... Read More...

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Study identifies new target to prevent and treat alcoholism

What's that in your genes? – FEBRUARY 8, 2019 - Scientists at the Oregon National Primate Research Center at OHSU discovered a gene that had lower expression in the brains of nonhuman primates that voluntarily consumed ... Read More...

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Women’s hormones play role in drug addiction, higher relapse rates

Easy Does It – Feb. 8, 2019 - Erin Calipari, an assistant professor of pharmacology in the Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research, points out that women represent a particularly vulnerable population, with higher rat... Read More...

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Treating Drug Addiction by Altering Memory

Fuhgeddaboudit – Feb. 4, 2019 - Within the memory many sounds are associated with different actions. If someone pops a wine bottle, a person knows that they will soon have something good to drink. That is a memory and ... Read More...

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‘Hillbilly Poet’ proves a country boy can survive addiction

Writing his wrongs – Feb. 4, 2019 - That’s all it took for God to transform recovered heroin and meth addict Will Banet into the Hillbilly Poet. Never one to consider himself a poet — let alone an author — Will said the... Read More...

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Winnipeg woman developed addiction to meth in sober housing

Crazy Canadians – Feb. 4, 2019 - Siddle was referred as a tenant by the Behavioural Health Foundation after she completed a six-month residential treatment for mental health issues and alcohol and pill use. She was one ... Read More...