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National Institutes of Health stops $100 million drinking study funded by the alcohol industry

Fox in the Hen House – May 17, 2018 - The National Institutes of Health has ordered a halt to a $100 million, 10-year study of moderate drinking that’s being funded in large part by the alcoholic-beverage industry. Thur... Read More...

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Treat Addiction Like Cancer

NYT OPINION – May 19, 2018 - Around the same time, I was helping my 22-year-old daughter, who struggled with alcohol and drug addiction. The contrast between the two experiences was stark. While my stepbrother received ... Read More...

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8 Ways Sex Changes When You’re Sober

It Gets Shorter? – May 14, 2018 - Sex can be an incredibly vulnerable experience. For people who struggle with alcoholism, the desire to dull some of the more uncomfortable feelings associated with sex - like fear, anxi... Read More...

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Big Law Leader Shares Struggles with Alcoholism, Challenges for Profession

Legally Clean – May 18, 2018 - This week Legal Speak focuses on substance abuse and mental health problems plaguing the legal profession. We know from a 2016 breakthrough study that lawyers suffer from alcoholism, depre... Read More...

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‘How the f**k did I get ten years?’ Boy George reflects on his decade of sobriety

Sober Chameleon Karma – May 17, 2018 - Reflecting on his sobriety, Boy George said: ‘Obviously when you’re in it, it’s only when you get quality clean time, as you know, you go “oh wow, how did I do that? How the f**k d... Read More...

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Delray Beach’s tough sober home rules pay off. Other cities follow suit.

Progress Not Perfection – May 19, 2018 - Don’t call Delray Beach the drug relapse capital anymore. The city, once declared Ground Zero for the opioid epidemic, accounted for just four of Palm Beach County’s 168 drug dea... Read More...

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Royce da 5’9” Talks Sobriety, Eminem, & Bad Meets Evil

Brothers in Recovery – May 18, 2018 - Royce da 5’9” and Eminem have a bond that’s deeper than rap. The Detroit rapper reveals this on “Stay Woke” off his new album Book of Ryan. “Thanks to Marshall I’m sober, doin’ what... Read More...

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Jury finds treatment center partly liable for man’s death

“you need to get into a safe environment” – May 18, 2018 - One of the largest addiction treatment companies in the country is on the hook for millions of dollars after a jury found it partly liable for the death of a Ca... Read More...

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Debates over sober-living homes often turn into bullying sessions

Home Sweet & Sour Home – May 17, 2018 - Outspoken Costa Mesa residents are being bullied by representatives of the sober-living industry ... Why? Because they are determined to publicly expose how sober living homes... Read More...

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Addiction doctor shares opioid epidemic response

The Doctor’s Opinion – May 18, 2018 - Dr. James Thompson leans in as the woman sitting on the couch in his office shares her story. As an addiction specialist, every day he examines why it happens, how to stop it and wh... Read More...

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Predatory behavior runs rampant in Facebook’s addiction support groups

Preying Not Praying – May 21, 2018 - When Laurie Couch first joined the Affected by Addiction Support Group, a closed Facebook group with 70,000 members, she felt a sense of belonging. Here were people who understood he... Read More...

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Homelessness, Addiction and Recovery: Inside Margot Kidder’s Battle with Mental Health

Remembrance – May 14, 2018 - While Margot Kidder is best known for her recurring role as Lois Lane in the original Superman films, she will also be remembered for her long and courageous battle with bipolar disorder, on... Read More...

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Cops could soon be armed with cocaine breathalyzers

Busted for a DUI - Driving Under Intensity – May 10, 2018 - “Currently, there is a great demand for on-site drug testing,” said Qiaoqiang Gan, associate professor of electrical engineering in the University at Buffalo S... Read More...

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How opioid addiction is hurting businesses

Workers Hard To Find ... Clean – May 7, 2018 - Walmart is making its opioid policy more strict, limiting the duration of such prescriptions and requiring that they be filled electronically. The company announced on Mond... Read More...

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How for-profit prisons have become the biggest lobby

Drug Addiction Good for Business – April 28, 2018 - The biggest beneficiaries of private prisons’ political donations have been Republican politicians in Florida, Tennessee, and border states with high populations of un... Read More...

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Should opioid abusers pay the price for their choices?

Choice, Chance or Fate? – May 7, 2018 - Those are contradictory beliefs if you play them out logically, addiction experts say. A person’s early decision to use opioids may have been a choice, they say. But the repeated ... Read More...

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7 in 10 say Opioid addiction is a very serious problem – CBS poll

It’s Unanimous – May 8, 2018 - When Americans are asked who they blame most for the opioid addiction problem, people who abuse pain medication top the list (28 percent), followed by pharmaceutical companies who make and... Read More...

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TEDX- Depression and spiritual awakening—two sides of one door

Patience and Perseverance – May 2018 - This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Is depression, as most of us experience it, meaningless suffering? Dr. Lisa Miller present... Read More...

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Passionate plea for a recovery high school

Non-Higher Learning – May 8, 2018 - Addiction advocates made a passionate plea for Delaware to stop dragging its feet when dealing with the opioid epidemic and devote a surplus of state revenues to the creation of a rec... Read More...

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Scientists Have Successfully Tested a Cure for Alcoholism

AA Obsolete? – May 8, 2018 - Biologists from the University of Texas tested the world’s first drug for alcoholism – JVW-1034. As scholars have noted, alcoholism is not developing due to the fact that a person has a weak... Read More...

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Summertime and sobriety is difficult

The Season of Our Discontent? – May 11, 2018 - He says that’s where the AA program has helped. He can surround himself with people who help him resist the warm weather temptations and stay on the sober path. The challen... Read More...

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Owner of detox center given SBA award

Stick with the Winners! – May 12, 2018 - Though Orem business owner Tara Gleave came into business ownership in a roundabout way, she is passionate about what she does. This passion led a recent prestigious recognition.... Read More...

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Reversing An Overdose Isn’t Complicated, But Getting The Antidote Can Be

Who’s On First? – May 7, 2018 - A few months ago, Kourtnaye Sturgeon helped save someone’s life. She was driving in downtown Indianapolis when she saw people gathered around a car on the side of the road. Sturgeon pulle... Read More...

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Sen. Tammy Baldwin’s TV ad focuses on mother’s drug addiction

It’s on Television – MAY 7, 2018 - Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin’s latest television ad focuses on her mother’s addiction to prescription drugs and battle with mental illness. Baldwin unveiled the ad on Monday, a ... Read More...

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UCSD developing biosensor that monitors alcohol in people struggling with substance abuse

Science is Real – May 9, 2018 - The device now has to be refined so that it can be tested in live animals and, eventually, humans. Hall is trying to create a low-power sensor that can be injected blow the surface of the... Read More...

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Biggest addiction facing the world may not be what you think

Smoke and Glass – May 11, 2018 - ABC News - If you’re worried about addiction killing people, you’re probably worried about drugs. But they pale in comparison to the deaths caused by two everyday addictions: alcohol a... Read More...

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How A.I. Can Help Addicts Stay Sober

With AA? – May 9, 2018 - Artificial intelligence is the future. It can predict when we’ll die, help us buy stuff we don’t need, diagnose cancer, and imperfectly predict songs we’d like. It’s not perfect, and sometimes i... Read More...

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Teenage Vaping Puts Structure In Place For Heroin Addiction

Vapeway Drug – May 9, 2018 - Teenage smoking has decreased over the past few years in America, but that is not necessarily good news. “Teenagers have flocked to e-cigarettes, and when combined with use of traditional ci... Read More...

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People taking medication face stigma that they’re not ‘fully recovered’

Sweet and Sour Bullshit – MAY 10, 2018 - “Methadone is stopping me from putting a needle in my body,” she said. “It doesn’t get you high. It stops the cravings, and even if you do use you’re not going to be able to feel... Read More...

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Eric Schneiderman’s Downfall Puts a Spotlight on Men, Alcohol and Violence

Punch Drunk Asshole – May 9, 2018 - As one of his accusers recalls in the piece, Mr. Schneiderman “would almost always drink two bottles of wine in a night, then bring a bottle of Scotch into the bedroom. He would get a... Read More...