Contaminated heroin putting users at risk in Los AngelesYour Next High Could Be Your Last – August 22, 2018 - LOS ANGELES — Health officials have identified three more cases of botulism associated with black tar heroin in Los Angeles County. The county Department of Public H... Read More...Aug 28 2018
Construction workers are uniquely at risk for heroin OD’sGet Them Early Treatment – August 24, 2018 - A study released Thursday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one of the few analyses of its kind in the country, backs up what Dougherty and others say t... Read More...Aug 28 2018
America’s Invisible Pot AddictsPlants Anonymous – AUG 20, 2018 - The proliferation of retail boutiques in California did not really bother him, Evan told me, but the billboards did. Advertisements for delivery, advertisements promoting the substance ... Read More...Aug 28 2018
Singer Jonathan Davis Breaks Silence After Wife Deven, 39, Found DeadLove Story – August 24, 2018 - The star ended with a message to his late wife, “Deven, I love you bebe. I’ll never love anyone the way I loved you and I’ll never get over losing you. I promise I’ll do everything in my p... Read More...Aug 28 2018
Comic strip shouldn’t make fun of alcoholismLetter to the Editor – August 26, 2018 - Week after week we see episodes of the dim-witted neighbor Thirsty not doing work or angering his wife because he needs a drink. Recently, when asked about dinner the previous ni... Read More...Aug 28 2018
Danny Trejo speaks about his sobriety and acting careerNo BS Here – August 23, 2018 - Danny Trejo has starred in dozens of films like Spy Kids, Heat, Machete, Desperato and television shows like Breaking Bad and many more ... He says he dealt with drugs and went to jail at ... Read More...Aug 28 2018
Meth-Addicted Mothers and Child AbuseThe World of Meth Addiction on VIDEO – August 24, 2018 - Newman’s short documentary, Motherhood and Meth, focuses on the drug’s frequently overlooked and arguably most vulnerable victims: children. Although no scientifi... Read More...Aug 28 2018
‘America’s Got Talent’ Judge Mel B Headed to Rehab for Alcoholism, Sex AddictionAdmittedly Salacious – August 26, 2018 -She attributed her decision to the creative process behind her new book, which involved her diving into the alleged abuse she faced in her marriage to Stephen Belafonte and other ... Read More...Aug 28 2018
Alabama ‘pill mill’ doctor gets 12 years in prisonEnjoy Your Free Vacation – August 25, 2018 - “To ensure that his scheme was a profitable one, Dr. Sanchez required his patients to return to his office each month and undergo physical examinations before receiving presc... Read More...Aug 28 2018
Hazelden Betty Ford CEO calling for opioid reformsHelp Is Available – August 22, 2018 - If you need help with drug or alcohol abuse and begin your search for treatment on the web like 65% of people do, you need to be very careful. That’s the message from Mark Mishek, t... Read More...Aug 28 2018
Is addiction a disease or a choice? Answers are not black and whiteSpontaneous Admission? – August 24, 2018 - Renee Ratliff, the clinical coordinator for Mountain Comprehensive Care Center’s drug rehab facility, Mountain Center for Recover and Hope, said studies prove addiction is a d... Read More...Aug 28 2018
How a Young War Veteran Became a Serial Bank Robber, Then a NovelistMEDIA: Book Rave – August 10, 2018 - Tracing the arc of Mr. Walker’s descent into addiction and crime, “Cherry” is a raw coming-of-age story in reverse — a young man drops out of college, enlists in the Army and goes to... Read More...Aug 28 2018
Ben Affleck rehab: Star’s relapse offers yet another important reminder about addictionStay Safe Big Guy – August 24, 2018 - More importantly, all the money and support in the world cannot buy a lifetime of guaranteed abstinence. In her statement, both Lovato and Affleck acknowledged this, with Lovato no... Read More...Aug 28 2018
Dispatches From A ‘Dopesick’ AmericaHeartbreaking: I Dare You to Listen – August 21, 2018 - Beth Macy takes a ground-level look at the crisis in Dopesick, a new book focusing on central Appalachia. Macy has spent three decades reporting on the region, foc... Read More...Aug 28 2018
Photojournalism Project Shines New Light – Chasing Nirvana CleanUse Clean Lenses – August 25, 2018 - “When you have a child struggling with addiction, it’s a fight to the last breath. But when you come through the other side, it’s a fight to help others,” Ochrym said. “I don’t want ... Read More...Aug 28 2018
2 Years After Prince’s Accidental Overdose, His Family Sues Doctor Who Prescribed Pain PillsCourtroom Drama Coming – August 24, 2018 - In the lawsuit filed in Hennepin County District this week, obtained by the Associated Press, the family alleges that Schulenberg “and others had an opportunity and duty during... Read More...Aug 28 2018
There’s “no safe level of alcohol,” major new study concludesUnsafe at Any Bar – August 23, 2018 - Regular alcohol consumption can have negative impacts on the body’s organs and tissues, while binge drinking can lead to injuries or alcohol poisoning. Alcohol dependence can lead t... Read More...Aug 28 2018
N.J.’s biggest drug treatment program turns 50Job Well Done – August 25, 2018 - “They didn’t want nothing from me but to be better,” said Keegan, who still has his certificate after 47 years of sobriety. The retired tugboat operator was with his family to be a par... Read More...Aug 28 2018
Mom speaks out about son’s death at detox center after doc found guilty of sober-home scamNot Just a Statistic – August 21, 2018 - A police report showed Jason admitted to staff that he had taken other medications - two pills of the narcotic suboxone from a box of so-called “dead meds,” which is medication ... Read More...Aug 28 2018
Vaping ‘can damage vital immune system cells’Plume in Love – August 14, 2018 - Vaping can damage vital immune system cells and may be more harmful than previously thought, a study suggests. Researchers found e-cigarette vapour disabled important immune cells in t... Read More...Aug 21 2018
Painting Portsmouth, by Sam QuinonesPainting the Town Clean – August 12, 2018 - With the town blasted by this huge supply, and the sense of community shredded by job loss and more, widespread pain-pill addiction was a fact of life in Portsmouth by the end... Read More...Aug 21 2018
HMP Acquires Vendome Group’s Behavioral Healthcare UnitProgress and Perfection? – July 10, 2018 - HMP’s third acquisition in 18 months as part of a pivot toward an events-focused strategy under CEO Jeff Hennessy, the deal includes the quarterly magazines Addiction Professio... Read More...Aug 21 2018
Johnny Kline, dead at 86, Harlem Globetrotter Turned Drug Abuse CounselorA Real Mensch – August 17, 2018 - “I was a stinking, drugged-out dope fiend,” Kline wrote in “Never Lose” (1996), his autobiography. “People who knew me would cross the street to avoid seeing me.” His daughter Sharon sa... Read More...Aug 21 2018
American Fix: Inside the Opioid Addiction Crisis – and How to End It by Ryan HamptonMEDIA: Book of the Month – August 2018 - Nearly every American knows someone who has been affected by the opioid crisis. Addiction is a trans-partisan issue that impacts individuals from every walk of life. Millions of ... Read More...Aug 21 2018
Elvis’ addiction was the perfect prescription for an early deathEven the Good Die Young – August 16, 2018 - But on this day 41 years ago, millions of music lovers wept to the news that Elvis Presley, the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll, was dead. He was only 42 years old and a bloated, fading... Read More...Aug 21 2018
DEA Wants More Marijuana Grown and Fewer Opioids Produced In 2019. Really.Who’s Smoking What? – August 16, 2018 - U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, a longtime opponent of marijuana legalization, added that “the opioid epidemic that we are facing today is the worst drug crisis in American h... Read More...Aug 21 2018
Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las VegasMEDIA: BOOK for Gamblers – 2014 - Drawing on fifteen years of field research in Las Vegas, anthropologist Natasha Dow Schüll shows how the mechanical rhythm of electronic gambling pulls players into a trancelike state t... Read More...Aug 21 2018
What is synthetic marijuana?It’s Garbage – AUGUST 16, 2018 -No deaths were reported, but two people suffered life-threatening symptoms. Synthetic marijuana — also known as “K2,” “spice,” “crazy monkey,” and “Scooby snacks” — is a designer drug. It... Read More...Aug 21 2018
Deep brain stimulation might one day treat the worst cases of alcohol addictionScience May One Day... – August 17, 2018 - That’s because once alcohol hooks you in, it becomes extremely difficult to break free. To make matters even worse, even existing therapies are rather ineffective and bear a hi... Read More...Aug 21 2018
Fighting drug addiction in teens: What parents should knowTalking Helps – August 14th 2018 - The stress of school and pressures from friends might be factors that could lead them to use and become addicted to drugs and substances. “Typically what we’re seeing in terms of stat... Read More...Aug 21 2018