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The Story and Significance of the Police, Treatment and Community Collaborative Logo

PTAC is Making a Difference – June 2018 - The mission of the Police, Treatment and Community (PTAC) Collaborative is to strategically widen community behavioral health and social service options available through law en... Read More...

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Anthony Hopkins: ‘I’m happy I’m an alcoholic. It’s a great gift’

Dr. Hannibal Lecter meets Dr. John Dolittle – May 28, 2018 - For anyone who looks toward their later years with trepidation, Sir Anthony Hopkins (“Tony, please”) is a proper tonic. He is 79, and happier than he has ever... Read More...

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Apple will offer software to cure digital addiction

Do You Really Want That? – June 2, 2018 - An Apple a day might not keep the doctor away. Tim Cook, the computer giant’s top exec, said Apple this week will start offering new software for hardcore users of iPhones and t... Read More...

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iPhone update will shame you for always being on your phone

Just What I Need, More Shaming – June 4, 2018 - Reckon you’re spending too much time on your iPhone? Apple will start letting you know very soon. The tech giant is expected to introduce a new Digital Health feature to t... Read More...

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If Addiction Is a Disease, Why Is Relapsing a Crime?

A Very Confused Nation – May 29, 2018 - When Julie Eldred tested positive for fentanyl in 2016, 11 days into her probation for a larceny charge, she was sent to jail. Such outcomes are typical in the American criminal j... Read More...

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Apple will let you FaceTime dozens of people at once

Make More Friends with Faces – June 4, 2018 - Apple will now let its customers FaceTime with 31 of their closest friends. The iPhone maker announced Monday at its annual developers conference that it would be expanding... Read More...

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Fighting the Stigma of Mental Illness with Joe Pantoliano

Shining a Light – May 29, 2018 - Actor Joe Pantoliano, aka “Joey Pants” to friends and colleagues, vividly remembers the first time he experienced stigma around mental illness. After being diagnosed with clinical depres... Read More...

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Synthetic Weed Is Back, Bigger Than Ever, and Scary as Hell

LEGALIZE IT – June 1, 2018 - The young woman had pale skin and fire-red hair, and by all appearances was only minutes away from dying from opioid overdose. The grim scene unfolded in February, in the Kensington section ... Read More...

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Why Ritalin Does Not Cause Gun Violence

Pills Don’t Kill People, Guns... – MAY 23, 2018 - In an attempt to support North’s claim, NRA spokesman Andrew Arulanandam sent PolitiFact a series of studies related to over-prescribing of ADHD medication. However, onl... Read More...

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Congress demands documents related to rehab industry’s ‘patient brokering’ of addicts

It’s about time,” said Michael Cartwright, CEO of AAC – May 30, 2018 - Those companies are American Addiction Centers, one of the nation’s largest treatment chains; Addiction No More in Texas; Addiction Recovery Now in ... Read More...

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How America’s go-to holiday spot became a shoreline of addiction

Coke on the Cape – May 28, 2018 - Cape Cod, Massachusetts is a difficult place to stay sober. In this “summer” community, the population hovers around 750,000 from late May to early September, and can spike to 1 million... Read More...

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She Bribed Docs To Prescribe INSYS’s Subsys Painkiller

Plain old Baksheesh – May 30, 2018 - A Middletown woman who worked as a pharmaceutical sales representative testified in court Wednesday that as a New Jersey sales representative for Insys, an Arizona-based pharmaceutic... Read More...

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Rehab Racket? ‘Patient Brokers’ Cashing in On Addicts

And the Beat Goes On – May 29, 2018 - A potential crackdown is looming on the world of “patient brokering,” where head-hunters find people fighting addiction, and essentially sell them to the highest bidder. Officials s... Read More...

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Celebrities Selling Marijuana BIG TIME

Lives! Up in Smoke – May 27, 2018 - Recreational marijuana is still against the law in 41 states. But a number of celebrities with their own brands to sell are seeing green all the same. Our Cover Story is reported by B... Read More...

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Maui Drug Court celebrates 18 years and 600-plus lives saved

Freedom of Choice – May 29, 2018 - When the Maui/Molokai Drug Court was in its infancy, the program participants organized a holiday party for their families. As I walked in and saw over 200 children, I was overwhelmed.... Read More...

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Mob Wife Opens Up About Her Sobriety

Soberano – May 25, 2018 - Anyone who watched Mob Wives or any other reality TV show that Renee Graziano has appeared on knows that she is an open book. Recently Renee opened up about her sobriety after overcoming substa... Read More...

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Clinician’s Corner with George Baxter-Holder

Stick with the Winners! – Dr. George Baxter-Holder grew up on Long Island and got his training in Seattle. He holds a Doctor of Nursing Practice from Duke University and a Masters in Nursing from the University of Washi... Read More...

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Rehab Program Forcing Addicts To Work As Indentured Employees

More Screwy Industry Publicity? – May 25, 2018 - People in need of drug rehab have a few options. For those with money or insurance, there are residential programs that cost thousands of dollars. Otherwise, there are pr... Read More...

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Arrest Of Boston Sober Home Operator Raises Questions About Addiction Treatment

Drugs for Sex – May 21, 2018 - Attorney David Perry’s addiction has been marked in various courtrooms for more than a decade. Although he became a symbol of addiction recovery success, charges for which he’ll appear in ... Read More...

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The ‘Insane’ Way Our Prison System Handles the Mentally Ill

MEDIA: NYT Book Review – May 22, 2018 - In 1946, Life magazine published an exposé that declared most American mental hospitals “a shame and a disgrace.” The report, by Albert Q. Maisel, featured scathing anecdotes of r... Read More...

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Mussels test positive for opioids in Seattle’s Puget Sound

Seattle’s Best – May 25, 2018 - The finding suggests “a lot of people” are taking oxycodone in the Puget Sound, researchers say. Scientists used mussels as a way to test pollution in Seattle’s waters and discovered high... Read More...

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Brad Pitt’s Lady Love Neri Oxman is Supportive of His Sobriety

Sober Star-Crossed Collaboration – May 24, 2018 - Brad Pitt is getting his life back together and his new girlfriend couldn’t be happier about it. The actor got sober following his nasty divorce with Angelia Jolie and h... Read More...

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Sobriety Is My Personal Pride

Rainbow Connection – May 25, 2018 - The finding suggests “a lot of people” are taking oxycodone in the Puget Sound, researchers say. Scientists used mussels as a way to test pollution in Seattle’s waters and discovered ... Read More...

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5 things John Oliver got wrong about ‘rehabs’

YES, Often Times He Is! – May 25, 2018 - John Oliver can be very funny. His show, “Last Week Tonight” cuts up everything from federal fundraising to the royal wedding to cryptocurrencies. I get it. I even like him. I pr... Read More...

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Alcoholic Cirrhosis Imposes Financial Burden on US Healthcare

But Good for Undertakers – May 25, 2018 - Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is rising, with patients more likely to get diagnosed in the later stages of the disease. The result could eventually become higher healthcare cost... Read More...

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Exercise helps treat addiction by altering brain’s dopamine system

Jane Fonda was Right – May 25, 2018 - New research by the University at Buffalo Research Institute on Addictions has identified a key mechanism in how aerobic exercise can help impact the brain in ways that may support ... Read More...

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Florida leaders cut drug programs

Another Unkind of Cut – May 25, 2018 - Gov. Rick Scott and leaders of the Florida House rejected appeals to save $28 million in prison programs Friday, choosing instead to allow hundreds of layoffs at inmate transition ... Read More...

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Fight opioid addiction like a disease, says Hazelden’s Dr. Marvin Seppala

Or Surrender? – May 25, 2018 - The death toll associated with the opioid crisis has now surpassed the height of the AIDS/HIV epidemic. More people die each year from abusing opioids than died in the entirety of the Viet... Read More...

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Addiction isn’t a physiological problem. It’s a mental health one…

First Person Tragedy – MAY 14, 2018 - As the Canadian physician and addiction specialist Gabor Mate succinctly put it, if we are to successfully treat the current epidemic of addiction, we need to change our thinking ... Read More...

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US fentanyl bust ‘enough to kill 26 million people

The Almost Dead – May 25, 2018 - Nearly 120lbs (54kg) of fentanyl, a powerful synthetic painkiller, has been seized by police in Nebraska - one of the largest busts in US history. The drugs, seized last month, could kil... Read More...