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Real Mexican Drug Traffickers Find ‘Narcos: Mexico’ Nostalgic and Relatable

Chillin’ with the Villains – December 11, 2018 - Curious, I hit them up with a simple proposal: I ordered their products for delivery to my home, offered them a beer, and shot the shit with them. As we chatted about the... Read More...

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Russia Is Punishing People for Helping Drug Users

Russian Roulette – December 11, 2018 - As a result of the fine, the ARF – a skeleton crew battling Russia’s alarming drug-related HIV epidemic – is now fighting for its life. Amnesty International described the fine as ... Read More...

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‘ReSET-O’ opioid addiction recovery app cleared by the FDA

App for Living – December 11, 2018 - “Digital technologies and data science have incredible potential to unlock the next chapter of medical innovation and to help individuals finally take control of their own health in ... Read More...

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4,500 kits containing overdose reversal drug distributed in hours

Saving Citizens – Dec. 13, 2018 - “It is important that people are aware that they can also go to their local pharmacy on any day to get the overdose reversal medication naloxone,” Dr. Levine said. “This medication rev... Read More...

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How Do You Recover After Millions Have Watched You Overdose?

By Staying Clean? – Dec. 12, 2018 - Hemphill’s 11-year drug addiction, her criminal record, her struggles as a mother — they were now everybody’s business, splashed across the news and social media with a new genre of A... Read More...

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Recovery cafe closes as founder slams lack of addiction support

Say It Isn’t So – December 2018 - Ms Hutton claimed volunteer numbers had tailed off for various reasons, adding: ‘We recognised there were issues with people’s motivation about four or five months ago and we have voice... Read More...

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Two arrested in patient-brokering scheme involving fraudulent prescriptions

Drugs for Drug Addicts – Dec, 14, 2018 - WEST PALM BEACH — A pharmacist and a “middleman” conspired to split thousands of dollars in insurance reimbursements from fraudulent prescriptions with an undercover police offic... Read More...

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“I died and came back. And I still wanted to get high.”

SHOCKING – Dec. 7, 2018 - Sarah Kordenbrock’s addiction started when she was just 18 years old. She was prescribed pain killers for an injury, but those quickly turned into a need for heroin. She was on her way to becom... Read More...

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How the way we talk about addiction can make it harder for people to recover

She’d Rather be Called DEAD? – Dec. 13, 2018 - Dick was in her mid-20s, working full-time as a medical administrator and living with her mother, when she began experimenting with cocaine and heroin. She became ill and t... Read More...

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Tennessee Physician Charged with “Massive” Opioid Distribution Scheme

Dr. Dealer – December 14, 2018 -The indictment alleges a pattern of conduct by Orusa whereby patients were prescribed oxycodone and other Schedule II controlled substances without obtaining the patient’s prior medical h... Read More...

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The lawsuits that could bankrupt the biggest opioid pushers

60 Minutes Special Report – Dec. 16, 2018 - Mike Moore says he’s, “just a country lawyer from Mississippi.” But this country lawyer has engineered two of the most lucrative legal settlements in American history. As Miss... Read More...

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Snow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody praised by fans after emotional interview on alcoholism

Telling Truth to Powerlessness – Dec. 15, 2018 - Ryan agreed and pointed out the different culture in America, before Gary added: ‘I would spend a lot of time going out, and if I wasn’t able to find someone I would go o... Read More...

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Elizabeth Vargas opens up about her recovery from alcohol addiction

She’s taking the right steps – December 12, 2018 - Support and understanding, not shame, she told me is crucial to helping addicts. “Addiction is a tremendous, terrible disease in this country and for decades the has r... Read More...

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A Haircut Can Change Everything

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Russell Brand Celebrates 16 Years of Sobriety

SWEET – Dec. 14, 2018 - The 43-year-old comic has recalled how he reached a low point in his life that saw him sneaking off to use heroin and crack cocaine in friends’ bathrooms. He said in a video uploaded to his socia... Read More...

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Fentanyl now America’s deadliest drug!

United States of Death – Dec. 12, 2018 - As an example, roughly 40 percent of people listed as dying of a cocaine overdose also had fentanyl in their system. After fentanyl, heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine were the ... Read More...

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New Study Confirms Screen Time Affects Brains of Children

Little Brains on Fire – Dec 10, 2018 - Susie Steimle reports on National Institute of Health study on impact of screen time to brain development in children... Full Story @ YouTube.com... Read More...

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Boys need better access to mental health care

Boys Do Cry – December 15, 2018 - Boys see seeking help as “a sign of weakness,” said Dennis Barbour, president of the partnership for male youth. Compounding the problem, almost half of adolescents with mental health ... Read More...

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The Forgotten Addiction

Blame It On the Alcohol – December 10, 2018 - Alcohol misuse occurs when a person drinks in a manner, situation, amount, or frequency that could cause harm to that individual or those around them. The data and statistic... Read More...

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Despair, Love and Loss: A Journey Inside West Virginia’s Opioid Crisis

American Scream – Dec. 13, 2018 - But the lives of these people, like all lives, are more than their lowest points; there is boredom, laughter, fatigue, friendship, scheming, desperation, love, loss and death. The addic... Read More...

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CRITIC REVIEWS FOR BEN IS BACK

42 Reviews of “Ben Is Back” – NOW PLAYING - VIDEOS – Julia Roberts and Lucas Hedges pour their hearts and souls into the unflinching and unforgettable addiction drama about a mother who can’t quite trust the son she lov... Read More...

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Older Americans Are Flocking to Medical Marijuana

The Rolling Stoned – Dec. 7, 2018 - “You might not like it,” Dr. David Casarett, chief of palliative care at Duke University Medical Center, tells fellow physicians. “You might not believe in it. But your patients are u... Read More...

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Three men charged for roles in overdose death at sober living facility

Sober Dying – December 3, 2018 - Officials charged Tyler Castro with principal to second-degree murder in the in the death of Dylan McClendon Friday, November 30. Two other men, Baylor Johnson and Lambert Louviere III,... Read More...

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Why would anyone cut heroin with fentanyl?

More Money – Dec. 4, 2018 - In fact, deaths from synthetic opioids now outpace deaths from heroin or other opioid drugs in the U.S., according to federal data. But why cut heroin with fentanyl in the first place? Resear... Read More...

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The Strongest Evidence Yet for a Highly Controversial Addiction Treatment

Can’t Hurt – Dec. 8, 2018 - Dan Ciccarone, who leads the Heroin In Transition research team at the University of California at San Francisco, argues that the U.S. at least needs to rapidly scale up the use of medication... Read More...

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New Memoir Details Author’s Near-Death Experiences, Recovery from Alcoholism and Drug Use

MEDIA: Book Suggestion – DECEMBER 05, 2018 - Near-death experiences and unforeseen miracles brought author Herb Klingele to a new understanding and appreciation for life. Klingele’s debut memoir, “Soul Sanctuary: Notori... Read More...

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Viewpoint: The Slippery Slope of ED Buprenorphine

More Pills – Dec. 1, 2018 - Finances: Insurance companies created financial incentives in the 1980s and 1990s to abandon multidisciplinary treatment for chronic pain and rewarded medication-only care. Insurance companie... Read More...

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National Addiction Expert Warns There’s a Bigger Threat Looming Than Opioids

Tell It Like It Is – Dec. 03, 2018 - Figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveal that overdose deaths have more than tripled for cocaine and quadrupled for meth since 2012. A UN report shows C... Read More...

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The incredibly unpopular idea that could stem opioid deaths

By Columnist Megan McArdle – Dec. 4, 2018 - If drugs were comic book villains, fentanyl would be the pitiless 20-story-tall super-robot towering over lesser henchmen such as heroin or oxycodone. Those older drugs are ul... Read More...

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The Overdose Crisis Is So Bad That Some Experts Want To Prescribe Heroin To Treat Addiction

NO MORE FENTANYL – December 6, 2018 - The report authors also talked to researchers and public health officials in countries that tried the practice, as well as officials, doctors, and sheriffs in Ohio and New Hampshire... Read More...