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Addiction Treatment Market to Flourish with Impressive Compound Annual Growth Rate by 2025

Pipe-Dream Come True – May 2, 2018 - Transparency Market Research (TMR) has published a new report titled “Addiction Treatment Market – Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecast, 2017–2025”. Ac... Read More...

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De Blasio Moves to Bring Safe Injection Sites to New York City

Compassion and Acceptance – May 3, 2018 - Mayor Bill de Blasio is championing a plan that would make New York City a pioneer in creating supervised injection sites for illegal drug users, part of a novel but contentious... Read More...

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Home of polygamist Warren Jeffs converted into sober living

The Saints Go Marching Inn – May 4, 2018 - A sprawling 44-bedroom house surrounded by towering brick walls that was the home base for polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs has been converted into a sober living center by ... Read More...

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Caron Treatment Centers Launches Program to Help Those with Opioid Addiction

Implementing a Solution – May 3, 2018 - “Opioid addiction is an illness, one that requires specialized treatment by trained and licensed professionals and a lifetime of careful management,” says Dr. Joseph Garbely, FASA... Read More...

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Homeless couple overcomes drug addiction, earns high school diploma

GRADUATE HEROES – May 4, 2018 - Marriage is a difficult journey for any couple, but when you throw in homelessness, drug addiction, and child protective services in the mix; the breaking point is closer than you think. ... Read More...

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Drug epidemic ensnares 25-year-old pill for nerve pain

Why Not? – May 4, 2018 - The story line sounds familiar: a popular pain drug becomes a new way to get high as prescribing by doctors soars. But the latest drug raising red flags is not part of the opioid family at the c... Read More...

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Celebs, Addiction Experts Gather At Florida Atlantic University On Substance Abuse Epidemic

Spreading the Love – May 4, 2018 - Former Major League Baseball right-fielder Darryl Strawberry had a phenomenal, 17-year career in the majors. Known for his copious home run tally, the intimidating presence of his 6-fo... Read More...

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The Pain Hustlers – New York Times

Crime of the Century – MAY 2, 2018 - Selling drugs is a relationship business. It’s best to do it in person. That is why, on a summer evening in 2012, Alec Burlakoff was out for dinner with Steven Chun, the owner of Sar... Read More...

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Doctor & wife convicted of running $77M ‘pill mill’

Greed Knows No Age – May 4. 2018 - An 80-year-old Manhattan doctor and his 82-year-old wife were convicted Friday of running a $77 million prescription “pill mill.” Dr. Rogelio Lucas and his wife of 55 years, Lydia, sat... Read More...

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National Addiction Trade Association Meets in Denver to Address Addiction Crisis and Industry Conduct

Mile High City Hosts Rehab Renaissance – DENVER (PRWEB) MAY 08, 2018 - The National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers (NAATP), the nation’s trade and professional membership society for addiction treatment pr... Read More...

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Overdose victim leaves story of addiction on phone

Astounding – May 3, 2018 - “He was very easygoing, easy to be with, happy,” she said. He also led a secret life. To deal with depression, he started using heroin. “He didn’t see himself as an addict,” Jen Couzins said. ... Read More...

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Amid the opioid epidemic, white = victim, black = addict

The Healing is the Same – April 28, 2018 - Rehab can be a frightening place when you first arrive. With any luck, you’ve already had some sort of “come to Jesus” moment with yourself and you’ve realized that you need to... Read More...

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Can MDMA Treat Alcoholism?

Maybe – April 26, 2018 - Clinical trials for the use of MDMA as a potential treatment for alcoholism have begun in the U.K. The study is the first of its kind, and may usher in the age of effective medicinal treatments ... Read More...

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The crippling stigma of drug addiction by Dr. Jessica Gregg

Medical Malfeasance? – May 5, 2018 - I treat addiction for a living. My patients are often admitted to the hospital after inadvertently injecting bacteria into their bodies, along with heroin or methamphetamines. They h... Read More...

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Willie Nelson at 85: A Visit With the King of Night Life

Farm Reduction – April 29, 2018 - Nelson remains focused as he reaches his 85th birthday, which he celebrates on April 29th. He’s still sharp: “Sometimes I forget lyrics to new songs or whatever, but normally I can reme... Read More...

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The Teachers’ Glossary To Recovery: How We Got from AA to Z

MEDIA: Book Recommendation – February 19, 2018 - As teachers, authors and women in recovery, Michele L. Dionisio and Tricia N. Ragusa wouldn’t say that the path to recovery is as easy as ABC. Instead, they’ve created a ... Read More...

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Five habits that can add more than a decade to your life

So Many More Tomorrows – April 30, 2018 - People who stick to five healthy habits in adulthood can add more than a decade to their lives, according to a major study into the impact behaviour has on lifespan. Researchers... Read More...

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Opioid Abuse Tied To Readmission Risk

YES It IS – April 25, 2018 - Opioids are not more effective than non-opioid painkillers at relieving osteoarthritis pain, according to a new study that examined the long-term effects of both types of medications. Medica... Read More...

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The trooper smelled booze. The driver said it was his basketball sneakers

Re.bound for Jail – April 26, 2018 - It’s gotta be the shoes. That’s what the Federal Way man told a Washington State Patrol trooper was making his car smell, documents say. He said he was headed home from some late-nig... Read More...

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Ex-Meth Addict Helps Homeless women receive much-needed pampering at spa day

What a Nice Gesture – April 30, 2018 - A woman recovering from methamphetamine addiction wants to help show other women in need that they’re still beautiful. Main Street Project will host a spa day for homeless women th... Read More...

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Your Coffee Addiction, by Decade

Satire NOT Virginia Satir – April 28, 2018 - Early Twenties (Experimentation) The woman behind the counter raises an eyebrow and scowls as she hands you twelve ounces of syrupy lavender-mocha latte buried under whipped... Read More...

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Creativity in sobriety: Man helps others in recovery

One From the Heart – APRIL 28, 2018 - As a teen he struggled with drug and alcohol addiction. Now nearly a decade later, Chris Reed devotes much of his time to helping others get clean. He also came up with a creative w... Read More...

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Six strategies to address the opioid epidemic

Try Everything – April 28, 2018 - The devastating opioid epidemic is one of the largest public health problems facing the U.S. Over 2.5 million people in the U.S. suffer from opioid use disorder. Four in five new heroin... Read More...

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Injecting Drugs Can Ruin a Heart. How Many Second Chances Should a User Get?

What Price Humanity? – April 29, 2018 - Jerika Whitefield’s memories of the infection that almost killed her are muddled, except for a few. Her young children peering at her in the hospital bed. Her stepfather wrapping ... Read More...

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National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Allows People To Turn In Expired, Unused Drugs

Pills Kill – April 28, 2018 - The event is held twice a year and during the last event in the fall the DEA collected nearly a million pounds of drugs. “Prescription drug addiction is just as devastating as heroin addict... Read More...

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Seattle wipes criminal marijuana convictions for hundreds of people

God Works in Mysterious Ways – April 28, 2018 - Officials in Seattle are taking a step to vacate every misdemeanour marijuana conviction in the past few decades in a major step for the city since the state legalised rec... Read More...

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How Drinking Alcohol May Affect The Bacteria In Your Mouth

Something to Shout About? – April 25, 2018 - ...drinkers tended to have less of the good (Lactobacillales) and more of the bad (e.g., Bacteroidales, Actinomyces and Neisseria species) bacteria. In other words, drinking ... Read More...

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Legislators taking aim at scams in the rehab industry

Best Practices Perhaps – April 24, 2018 - End health mysterious insurance “scholarships”? A phrase common in the online and print rehab ads that lure thousands of addicts from around the country to centers in Southern C... Read More...

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Lawmakers Debate Opioid Taxes as States Grapple With Crisis

What’s the debate? – April 28, 2018 - In this April 26, 2018 photo, David Humes stands outside Legislative Hall, the state capitol building, in Dover, Del. Humes, whose son died from a heroin overdose in 2012, has been ... Read More...

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One Trait That Predicts Addiction

Impulsivity? – April 6, 2018 - Impulsivity can be described as rapid, unplanned reactions to internal or external provocations with little consideration of the consequences. Impulsivity often refers to problematic behav... Read More...