An Overdose Left Him With Brain Damage. Now What?The Needle and the Damage Done – August 18, 2019 - It was a Sunday afternoon, and in the cozy house at the end of the street, Andrew Foote sat in his usual chair while a movie played on the television. The young man’s h... Read More...Aug 21 2018
Epidemic: Two Recent Gifts to Fight Drug Addiction Are the Exception, Not the RuleMeet the Hero and the Hypocrite – August 16, 2018 - The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the country’s largest public health funder, has stayed out of the fray even though it led the philanthropic community in addressing... Read More...Aug 21 2018
Hundreds attend opioid addiction protest in Stamford FridayPurdue Pharma: Guilty as Charged – August 17, 2018 - A couple hundred protesters gathered outside of the Stamford headquarters of drug maker Purdue Pharma on Friday... Full Story @ WTNH.com... Read More...Aug 21 2018
US multinational buys into UK rehab centres as demand growsMoney Money Money – August 17, 2018 - The UK private rehab market is set to grow exponentially, one of the largest addiction firms in the country has said after receiving US investment. Addiction treatment centres have ... Read More...Aug 21 2018
Sister of man found dead gives tearful testimony after seeing ‘Oxy Doc’Prescribing Death for New Yorkers – July 11, 2018 - The sister of a Staten Island man who died of a drug overdose two days after visiting a Manhattan physician dubbed the “Oxy Doc” dissolved into tears on the stand Wedn... Read More...Aug 21 2018
Josh Gordon returns to Browns, vows to put sobriety firstTrying NOT to Score – August 18, 2018 - Gordon, who’s been in a treatment program at the University of Florida, announced on Twitter Saturday that he’s back with the Browns, but that he must continue to work hard on sta... Read More...Aug 21 2018
Gov. declares September addiction ‘recovery month’Set to Save Lives – August 16, 2018 - n March, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown declared addiction a crisis and requested state leaders to come up with a strategy to combat it. Several hundred people met in downtown Portland Thur... Read More...Aug 21 2018
Rash of overdoses show dangers of powerful synthetic drugsFAKE DRUGS are Our Enemy – August 16, 2018 - On the same day that more than two dozen people were raced from a New Haven, Conn., park to emergency rooms after violent reactions to synthetic marijuana, federal authoritie... Read More...Aug 21 2018
Betty Ford Foundation Claims Groups Fraudulently Using NameFreedom Healthcare Crooks – August 15, 2018 - Websites associated with Freedom Healthcare of America and Addiction Enders are using deceptive practices and unauthorized trademark material to mislead consumers seeking ad... Read More...Aug 21 2018
Will Self Interview: Rehab and Bristol’s “nasty” drug problemFor Our UK Fans: Totally Entertaining – August 17, 2018 - “At a spiritual level it’s a disaster, it’s just basically saying we’re going to lie around in our own shit.” Novelist Will Self thinks as a society we’re faili... Read More...Aug 21 2018
Behind Aretha Franklin’s successful career was a life of failed marriages and alcoholismI Say a Little Prayer – August 17, 2018 - But Aretha’s life was far from sunshine and rainbows, and amid a wildly successful career spanning nearly six decades, the singer struggled with alcoholism, abusive marriages an... Read More...Aug 21 2018
This E.R. Treats Opioid Addiction on DemandThat's Very Rare – August 18, 2018 - Every year, thousands of people addicted to opioids show up at hospital emergency rooms in withdrawal so agonizing it leaves them moaning and writhing on the floor. Usually, they’re ... Read More...Aug 21 2018
Seven Things That Inevitably Happen to Your Personal Life When You Get Sober by Holly Glenn WhitakerThere is a Solution – August 17, 2018 - This year, I celebrated five years sober. It’s been over six years since I first started seriously questioning my relationship with alcohol and considered a life without it ... Th... Read More...Aug 21 2018Dec 25 2018
Purdue Pharma’s Sales Pitch Downplayed Risks of Opioid AddictionSackler Family - Guilty as Sin – August 17, 2018 - Two decades ago, Purdue Pharma produced thousands of brochures and videos that urged patients with chronic pain to ask their physicians for opioids such as OxyContin, a... Read More...Aug 21 2018
‘The devil’s aspirin’: why do so many celebrities like Elon Musk blame Ambien?Such a Friendly Sounding Word... – August 17, 2018 - “It is often a choice of no sleep or Ambien,” Musk told the New York Times in an interview published on Thursday, which came after the Tesla founder claimed on Twitt... Read More...Aug 21 2018
Bleak New Estimates in Drug Epidemic: A Record 72,000 Overdose Deaths in 2017American Dream Denied – August 15, 2018 - The death toll is higher than the peak yearly death totals from H.I.V., car crashes or gun deaths. Analysts pointed to two major reasons for the increase: A growing number of A... Read More...Aug 21 2018
76 people non-lethal overdose on K-2 at Connecticut parkKeeping it Unreal – August 15, 2018 - 71 people suffering from apparent overdoses were transported to local hospitals from the New Haven Green, according Dave Hartman with New Haven Police. Another 5 people refused medi... Read More...Aug 21 2018
‘Patrick Melrose’: How Benedict Cumberbatch Became an Expert in Addiction to Deliver His Career BestAct As If – August 18, 2018 -Not only is Showtime’s five-part mini-series “Patrick Melrose” a superb cinematic adaptation of Edward St Aubyn’s five searing novels, it marks Benedict Cumberbatch’s best performance ever. ... Read More...Aug 21 2018
Margot Kidder’s Death Ruled a SuicideBi-Polar Destruction – August 8, 2018 - “Superman” actress Margot Kidder’s death has been ruled a suicide, according to the Associated Press. Kidder’s daughter, Maggie McGuane, told the publication on Wednesday that she... Read More...Aug 14 2018
Ant McPartlin pulls out of I’m A Celebrity to focus on rehabSelf Care Comes First – August 9, 2018 - McPartlin first checked himself into rehab last summer, citing an addiction to prescription drugs. He returned to the screens but stepped back from all presenting duties after c... Read More...Aug 14 2018
As the opioid crisis continues, more seniors are overdosingOlder But Wiser? – August 8, 2018 - In the last week, 14 people have died from drug overdoses in Cuyahoga County. While addicts younger in age may come to mind, half of these recent deaths were people age 60 and over ..... Read More...Aug 14 2018
Wyoming Ranks High for Best Addiction Treatment SupportPositive STATE of Affairs – August 7, 2018 - Wyoming is considered one of the best states for drug addiction treatment support ranking second in a new study. It’s no surprise: a drug epidemic is sweeping the nation, and... Read More...Aug 14 2018
Breaking Amish’s Sabrina Burkholder Nearly Died of Heroin OverdoseToo Much Rumspringa? – August 09, 2018 - Burkholder, who also appears on the TLC spinoff Return to Amish, described the emotional state both Sean and Jethro were in after they realized she no longer had a pulse. “Sean d... Read More...Aug 14 2018
Artist’s Corner with Steve JonesStick with the Winners – Steve Jones grew up on the wind-swept island of Anglesey, North Wales and graduated, in Chemistry, at North London University. His first play, Cracked Eggs was staged at the Finborough Theatre i... Read More...Aug 14 2018
Norway to Give Hundreds of Drug Addicts Free Heroin to ‘Improve Quality of LifeSolution Based Solution – AUGUST 11, 2018 - The government announced that the Norwegian Directorate for Health and Social Affairs was asked to propose a program that would improve the quality of life for those strugglin... Read More...Aug 14 2018
Psychedelic Drugs Show Hope for Treating Mental DisordersDoors of Perception Still Open – August 11, 2018 - They aren’t drugs you’d ever expect to see scribbled on a doctor’s prescription pad: ecstasy, “magic” mushrooms, ayahuasca. But in recent years, a number of small studi... Read More...Aug 14 2018
Lisa Marie Presley Looks Back on Her Past Battle with Drug AddictionReliving the Pain – August 10, 2018 - In a recent interview with “Today” Lisa Marie Presley revealed she is recovering from a fight with drug addiction. The singer also opened up about her father, Elvis Presley’s legacy... Read More...Aug 14 2018
Families Choose Empathy Over ‘Tough Love’ To Rescue Loved Ones From OpioidsDoing the Right Thing – August 10, 2018 - Two torturous days later, Jeff Duncan came home. Although he returned to rehab, the Duncans decided their approach wasn’t working. They sought help, eventually connecting with a... Read More...Aug 14 2018
Montgomery doctor arrested in pill mill case among state’s highest prescribersLock Him Up – August 9, 2018 - “The caller then said that Stehl had given his cellular telephone number and told to “call if needed a refill,” the complaint cited. The investigator states he checked Stehl’s Prescript... Read More...Aug 14 2018
Coroner sent letters to doctors whose patients died of opioid overdoses. Doctors’ habits quickly changedWarning Shots Work – August 9, 2018 - Addressed directly to the doctor, the letter arrived in a plain business envelope with a return address of the San Diego County medical examiner’s office. Its contents were intended... Read More...Aug 14 2018