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Chris Cornell’s Family at 2018 Grammy Awards 8 Months After His Death

The Family Afterwards – January 28, 2018 - Chris Cornell‘s widow Vicky Cornell and daughters Toni, 13, and Lily, 17, walked the red carpet at the 2018 Grammy Awards on Sunday. It was the first time the late Soundgarden ... Read More...

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“It’s Not Your Child, It’s The Drugs That Are Doing That And There’s Always Hope”

Good News – Jan. 25, 2018 - Kim Koop says after being diagnosed with a learning disability, being bullied in school, cutting, and even attempting suicide her daughter Madison started experimenting with drugs at the age ... Read More...

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Things You Need To Know Before Dating A Recovering Addict

Caveat Emptor – Jan. 22, 2018 - The cruel irony about relationships is that, often, by the time people reach an age when they’ve learned a lot about themselves, about how to treat others, about what they want in a partn... Read More...

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We know junk food makes us sick. Are ‘junk values’ making us depressed? By JOHANN HARI

Milk Duds Aren’t for Happy People – Jan. 21, 2018 - The best anti-depressant is to change our way of life … Junk food has taken over our diets, and it is making millions of people physically sick. A growing body of scie... Read More...

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Just one cigarette raises heart disease risk

Never Start – Jan. 25, 2018 - Smoking just one single cigarette a day can significantly raise your risk of heart disease and stroke, researchers say in a new report. While it’s better to cut down than to smoke heavily, ... Read More...

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Artie Lange Is Not Ready to Die: ‘F*ck ’Em All’

Radio Star – Jan. 23, 2018 - Sixty-nine days later, I heard the news, like anyone else who follows Lange: that he was near death after stabbing himself in the stomach nine times with a 13-inch kitchen knife. Mandy: Whe... Read More...

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For Recovery Journalists and Los Angeles Press

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACT: January 22, 2018 Madison Hill Public Relations Rachel Madison Hill Madisonhillpr@gmail.com (323) 445.0425 EMMY AWARD WINNER AND NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLING AUTHOR JAN... Read More...

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Adderall on campus: Students turn to prescription stimulant

Evelyn Wood Approved – Jan. 22, 2018 - About 10 hours had passed – and she felt like she could still keep going. Her focus and alertness were aided by a small orange pill – Adderall, a prescription stimulant prescribed ... Read More...

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Radio forum explores human side of addiction crisis

Radio Radio – January 25, 2018 - Kali McConnell, a drummer who has played alongside musicians such as Willie Nelson and Pete Seeger, said he lost everything to opioid addiction. He was prescribed the pills to treat chro... Read More...

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Rehab bills patient’s insurance nearly $1,000 a day for drug testing

Business is Whizzness – Jan 23, 2018 - Residential drug treatment centers are doing big business as the opioid epidemic continues to grows. Facilities routinely charge patients’ insurance thousands of dollars a day for ... Read More...

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Uncle’s Overdose Spurs Medicaid Official To Change Course

Family Focus – January 26, 2018 - Dr. Andrey Ostrovsky’s family did not discuss what killed his uncle in 2015. The man was young, not quite two weeks past his 45th birthday, when he died and had lost touch with loved on... Read More...

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Executive Corner with Leonard Buschel

Stick with the Winners – Leonard Buschel is a Philadelphia native, and a very happy Los Angeles transplant. He is a California Certified Substance Abuse Counselor with years of experience working with people struggling ... Read More...

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Cracking down’ on pregnant addicts

Mommy Dearest – Jan. 19, 2018 - The threat of jail may already be having harmful effects by discouraging pregnant Big Horn County women from seeking prenatal medical care … Harris announced last week that he will begin ... Read More...

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Meet a runner who overcame her addictions to alcohol and food

Megyn Kelly Show – Jan. 24, 2018 - Continuing our Run for TODAY series, Megyn Kelly TODAY welcomes Shelley Leone, who shares her struggles with alcohol and drug addiction and overeating, and reveals that she has lost 70... Read More...

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‘Money, Greed, Drugs’

She had been shot twice. – JAN. 26, 2018 - She had been shot twice. The door to the house had been left unlocked. In Linwood, an affluent suburb outside Atlantic City, some had to strain to remember the last time there ... Read More...

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Inside Philadelphia’s heroin hub

Humans Being – January 26, 2018 - PHOTO ESSAY Full Story @ NYPost.com... Read More...

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Opioid crisis is serious because drugs aren’t ‘ghetto’ now

Black Tar Goes Suburban – January 25, 2018 - “It’s not a ghetto drug. It’s happening to doctors’ kids,” the Brooklyn Republican and ex-NYPD cop told the Brooklyn Daily Eagle in an article published Tuesday … That rankle... Read More...

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Drug treatment center had more than 400 calls to 911 in 2 years

What’s the Emergency? – Jan. 23, 2018 - The I-Team reported how River Oaks Residential Treatment Center in Riverview billed patients’ insurance policies tens-of-thousands of dollars for frequent drug tests, potentially ... Read More...

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Rehab Riviera, Part One

EXPERTS In Conversation – Jan. 22, 2018 - Southern California is a mecca for drug and alcohol treatment centers – coastal retreats that cater to the rich and famous fighting addiction, but also a haven for insurance sca... Read More...

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Darryl Strawberry discusses his new book, facing addiction

The Hero’s Journey – January 22, 2018 - After a 17-year major league career that featured a much-publicized battle with substance abuse, Strawberry said he’s been clean for “over 14 years.’’ ... “It has nothing to do wi... Read More...

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Vaping Can Be Addictive and May Lure Teenagers to Smoking

To Replace the Customers Who Died? – Jan. 23, 2018 - The new report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine is the most comprehensive analysis of existing research on e-cigarettes. It concluded t... Read More...

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Addict Dies in a School Restroom. He Was the Teacher.

Roil Model – Jan. 26, 2018 - Mr. Azimi had texted her just that morning: “These next few months will probably be difficult because I know you’re sick. Everything is going to work out and we’re going to have a good futur... Read More...

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Don’t Call Her a Victim: After Surviving Opioids, Nan Goldin Goes After the Makers

Big Pharma KILLS, and She knows it! – Jan. 22, 2018 - The celebrated photographer was sitting in the press room of the Manhattan Criminal Courts Building, a spot that she suggested because of her love of crime dramas an... Read More...

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TRUMP’S 24-YEAR-OLD PICK FOR SENIOR DRUG POLICY JOB STEPS DOWN

AN OUTRAGE – Jan. 25, 2018 - Taylor Weyeneth’s only professional experience before assuming the position of Deputy Chief of Staff for the ONDCP was working on the Trump 2016 presidential election campaign. Before that, ... Read More...

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New York City Announces Lawsuit Against Nation’s Largest Opioid Manufacturers

Building a Prison on Wall Street? – Jan. 23, 2018, NEW YORK — Mayor Bill de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray announced a the City had filed a lawsuit today in New York State Supreme Court to hold manufacturers and ... Read More...

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Opioid commission member: Our work is a ‘sham’

Fooled You! – Jan. 23, 2018 - (CNN) “Trump gave great speech, then did ‘nothing’ The Republican-led Congress has turned the work of the president’s opioid commission into a “charade” and a “sham,” a member of the panel... Read More...

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Young women using ADHD medicine up 700 percent

Doctors Prefer Thin Women? – Jan. 19, 2018 - The findings, published today in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, highlight the need for more research to be done on how these medications could potentially a... Read More...

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Author responds to opiate crisis

Hooked on Good Advice – Jan. 18, 2018 - Author Clyde Mighells, of Howard, has released a new book called Curbing the Opiate Crisis; A Call to Action, a rallying cry against the systems he says have allowed the crisis to... Read More...

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Addiction is a symptom of illness

That We All Have? – Jan 22, 2018 - Doctors may over-prescribe medications that are known to be addictive, such as Xanax, Valium or opiates in general. Even when choosing to avoid drugs that aren’t prescribed by a profes... Read More...

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WWE star Eva Marie pens emotional essay about her battle with alcoholism

Getting Off the Mat – Jan. 17, 2018 - The WWE Diva, 33, who recently celebrated five years of sobriety, has been known to speak candidly on the debilitating disease which she revealed left her at ‘rock bottom’ in her 20... Read More...