E-cigarettes are gateway to nicotine addictionSexy Paraphernalia – February 7, 2019 - A new study finds that e-cigarettes, packed with high concentrations of nicotine, are a gateway to addiction for young users. You’ve probably heard of Juul by now. It has been ar... Read More...Feb 12 2019
World Health Organization Recommends Rescheduling Cannabis in International LawEVERYBODY Must Get Stoned – February 8, 2019 - the organization said that in recent years this situation had changed as attitudes toward the drug shifted. Cannabis and cannabis-related products have now been legalized f... Read More...Feb 12 2019
Former wrestler explains his battle with drug addictionGetting off the MAT – February 11, 2019 - A decade ago, had you looked at Winn, it would have been hard to say his life was less than perfect. Winn said he was the valedictorian at his high school and captain of the wr... Read More...Feb 12 2019
Driver charged with felony DUI after striking 9 pedestriansAlcohol Abuse Kills Others – Feb. 10, 2019 - Three other vehicles on the street sustained minor to moderate damage as well. Hundreds of people were on the street, sidewalk, in parking lots and in front of nearby restaur... Read More...Feb 12 2019
Why judge’s ruling on patient brokering may up-end prosecutionsWhat Price Innocence? – Feb 6, 2019 - Like dozens of others charged with patient brokering since prosecutors began their crackdown on Palm Beach County’s illicit drug treatment industry, James Kigar blames his legal wo... Read More...Feb 12 2019
For millennials, cancers fueled by obesity are on riseJust Say NO to Denny's? – February 4, 2019 - Overall, the risk of colorectal, endometrial, pancreatic and gallbladder cancers in millennials was about double the rate baby boomers had at the same age, the study found. I... Read More...Feb 12 2019
Seattle Salmon Found To Contain Cocaine, Antidepressants, And Pain RelieversDrugs found in schools ... of fish – Feb. 7, 2019 - Some of the drugs and contaminates found include Flonase, Aleve, Tylenol, Paxil, Valium, Zoloft, Tagamet, OxyContin, Darvon, Nicotine, caffeine, Fungicides, antiseptic... Read More...Feb 12 2019
Denver may decriminalize hallucinogenic mushroomsDo You Believe in Magic? – February 7, 2019 - researchers from Johns Hopkins said the active ingredient in hallucinogenic mushrooms - psilocybin - has low abuse potential, and could reduce psychological distress and opi... Read More...Feb 12 2019
Casper, Wyoming Sues Opioid MakersPushers on Trial – Feb. 9, 2019 - The Casper Star-Tribune reported Thursday the city joins a growing list of governments nationwide filing similar suits. In Wyoming, the state, the Northern Arapahoe Tribe and Carbon Cou... Read More...Feb 12 2019
Matthew Perry’s poignant update after he got kicked out of therapyOpening up to the world – Feb. 8, 2018 - The Friends star had tweeted on Wednesday: “I got kicked out of therapy today.” He then went quiet on his 1.27million followers, who flooded the actor with concerned messages abo... Read More...Feb 12 2019
Chaka Khan Gets Candid About Past Addiction to Prescription DrugsShe’s Baaaack – Feb. 8, 2019 - “Extra’s” Tanika Ray caught up with Chaka Khan at her new Los Angeles home, where she opened up about her past addiction to prescription drugs. Khan admitted, “It got pretty bad.” After th... Read More...Feb 12 2019
Maybe Pot Isn’t Bad for Sperm Count After AllA Little Marijuana Mistake? – Feb. 6, 2019 - More than one study (including one last December) has suggested that cannabis could lower men’s sperm counts or otherwise negatively affect their reproductive health. But man... Read More...Feb 12 2019
Justin Bieber’s Comments About Sobriety & CelibacyAd-Justin to Married Life – February 7, 2019 - Justin’s story is hardly new — a young talented musician becomes a pop star, is catapulted to incomparable fame, loses their identity, and all control over their life ... W... Read More...Feb 12 2019
Access To Guns, Not Mental Health, May Be Responsible For Gun Violence"Are you talking to me?" – February 18, 2019 - Instead, they found that people who simply had access to a gun were 18 times more likely to have threatened someone with a firearm compared to people who had no such acces... Read More...Feb 12 2019
Museum Targeted by Protesters for Accepting OxyContin MoneyTaking it to the Arts – Feb. 9, 2019 - Designed to look like prescription slips for OxyContin, the powerful opioid painkiller, they were part of the latest protest targeting cultural institutions that accept donations f... Read More...Feb 12 2019
Feds take first formal swing at stopping Supervised Consumption Space (SCS)Do NO Harm Reduction – February 6, 2019 - Research from numerous countries shows SCS help prevent overdose and blood-borne disease ... Since 2017, when the City of Philadelphia shut down “El Campamento,” an unsanctione... Read More...Feb 12 2019
‘Dreamland’: Gary Oldman, Armie Hammer, Evangeline Lilly To Star In Opioid Crisis ThrillerBLOCKBUSTER IN THE MAKING – February 6, 2019 - Gary Oldman, Armie Hammer and Evangeline Lilly have been set to star in thriller Dreamland, billed as the first theatrical feature to tackle the international opioid crisis... Read More...Feb 12 2019
‘Westworld’ star Evan Rachel Wood opens up about suicide attempt, mental illnessIt Can Happen to Anyone – Feb. 1, 2018 - “The beautiful thing about being at the bottom is there is nowhere to go but up,” she said. “I had to be vulnerable and give up some control. I had to put my shame and my pride a... Read More...Feb 5 2019
After the overdose: A family’s journey into grief and guiltThe End of the World – Jan. 27, 2019 - For families like this one, the scars of the crisis will endure far longer. In an instant, the years-long cycle of treatment centers, detoxes and jail cells, the late-night phone c... Read More...Feb 5 2019
Mothers whose children OD’d back safe injection sitesOf course they do... – January 28, 2019 - “At least if they go into the safe injection site, their drugs are tested,” Cindy said. “You have counseling provided so you can hopefully get them into detox. This way they wou... Read More...Feb 5 2019
Steep Climb In Benzodiazepine Prescribing By Family DoctorsChill Pill Popularity – January 25, 2019 - Long-term use of the drugs can cause physical dependence, addiction and death from overdose. “I don’t think people realize that benzodiazepines share many of the same character... Read More...Feb 5 2019
Treating addiction with Buddhist-based recovery programNo Guru, No Bill, No God – Feb. 3, 2019 - They sit side by side on cushions on the floor of a tiny, rectangular yoga studio, making small talk until the Refuge Recovery meeting begins. Taking turns, each reads laminated... Read More...Feb 5 2019
Emma Stone Battles Anxiety and Shatters Mental Health StigmaSharing her Struggles – January 31, 2019 - Sitting in a classroom at just 15 years old, Emma Stone didn’t let her anxiety stop her from making a decision that would change her life — convincing her parents to let her mo... Read More...Feb 5 2019
Charlie Sheen On His Sobriety, New Super Bowl CommercialBowl of Nuts – January 31, 2019 - The actor, 53, makes a surprise appearance in this year’s Planters Peanut Super Bowl ad, where he delivers a line he wrote himself. In the commercial the Planters NUTmobile goes on a wi... Read More...Feb 5 2019
Does Your Skin Affect Your Mental Health—and Vice Versa?Not Just Skin Deep – February 2, 2019 - Further, there’s increasing—but imperfect—evidence that acne itself can cause depression, a connection that some dermatologists and psychiatrists alike are paying increased atten... Read More...Feb 5 2019
The largest-ever U.S. fentanyl bust came at a legal entry pointLegal Entry – February 1, 2019 - Vanda Felbab-Brown, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, said most drugs are smuggled into the United States through legal ports of entry. Although smugglers have at times used ... Read More...Feb 5 2019
This Podcast Gives You the Straight Dope About DrugsEvidence-Based Talk Radio – JAN. 31 2019 - Each of the 10 episodes released so far explores complex stories of drug addiction, policy and research, but in a way that makes the heavy subject matter engaging — by showing ... Read More...Feb 5 2019
Binge drinking can rewrite your DNAFOREVER – Jan 31, 2019 - “This is just the beginning of the study. I think we have a lot of questions to answer,” he says. Some doctors say that in regard to this study, proceed with caution. “You may have a tendency to... Read More...Feb 5 2019
Eight TV Series That Celebrate SobrietyLoudermilk and more... – Feb. 1, 2019 - Entering the New Year sober is an admirable, if misguided, practice. February, aka Sobruary (I am still workshopping a “sober” title), is a far better month in which to eschew the... Read More...Feb 5 2019
Can CBD Treat Opioid Addiction?ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE – February 03, 2019 - CBD as an Addiction Antidote Research on CBD’s potential to treat opioid addiction itself is even more preliminary, though growing. Yasmin Hurd, Ph.D., director of the Addict... Read More...Feb 5 2019