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With the drug industry as its partner, an addiction policy group…

Fox Guarding the Hen House? – April 5, 2018 - ...Nickel’s three-year-old nonprofit is increasingly in the spotlight, both for its high-profile advocacy work and its close ties with drug makers. The vast majority of the ... Read More...

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Prison program helps lower overdose deaths

No More re·cid·i·vism – April 9, 2018 - Researchers from Brown University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found that the addiction treatment program was leading to a drop in post-incarceration overdo... Read More...

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Deaths, financial chaos bring scrutiny to Rehab Riviera

The OC Conundrum – April 6, 2018 - Mental health provider Sovereign Health has been having a rough time as well. In June, after Sovereign became entangled in civil lawsuits with insurance giant HealthNet over the validi... Read More...

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Not even the Bible is safe…where some kids hide their drugs

A Burning ... Bud? – April 9, 2018 - A Pringles can, ChapStick tube, hairbrush handle and the Bible. These are some of the places Louisville area drug users have hidden their stashes. Parents afraid their children may h... Read More...

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Johnny Manziel’s journey to sobriety could be NFL’s biggest nightmare

Out of the Mouth of Babes – April 7, 2018 - It’s often been said that a drunk mouth speaks sober thoughts. But in the case of Johnny Manziel, it seems like his journey to sobriety has moved him past the days of giving “... Read More...

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Surgeon General Says More People Should Carry Naloxone

Buy One, Get an Epipen at Half Off? – April 5, 2018 - The U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Jerome Adams, issued a public health advisory on Thursday urging more Americans to carry and learn to use the opioid overdose-reversing... Read More...

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“The People’s Preacher,” Addresses Opioid Crisis in Poignant New Book, “Preaching Under the Influence”

MEDIA: Reading is Holy – April 5, 2018 - In his newly released book, Preaching Under the Influence, A Minister’s Struggle, Brandon Holt, a nationally recognized pastor and licensed chemical dependency counselor, details... Read More...

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Dave Franco: Playing a Heroin Addict Made My Wife Say ‘You’re Not Fun to Be Around’

Art Imitates Life, and Death – April 6, 2018 - Prepping to play a heroin addict took a mental toll on Franco as well. “The whole research process also contributed to why I was so depressed. You can imagine how hard it i... Read More...

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People Taking Antidepressants Discover They Cannot Quit

That’s Depressing – April 7, 2018 - Victoria Toline would hunch over the kitchen table, steady her hands and draw a bead of liquid from a vial with a small dropper. It was a delicate operation that had become a daily ro... Read More...

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Alonzo Bodden on Comedy and Recovery in the Age of Trump

Comedian For Our Times – April 9, 2018 - By John Lavitt - “Although my life may seem great, meetings remind me that I’m still an addict and an alcoholic. It only stays great by maintaining my sobriety.” According to his... Read More...

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New Moms Who Smoke Pot Have THC in Breast Milk

Pure Babies Please – April 9, 2018 - Nursing women who smoke marijuana transfer low levels of cannabis’ main psychoactive ingredient, THC, to their children via breast milk, a new study finds. Researchers took samples o... Read More...

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Lamar Odom Says Marijuana Helped End Crack Addiction

That’s One Solution – April 5, 2018 - Former Los Angeles Lakers forward Lamar Odom is starting a new business, Rich Soil Organics, that will focus on producing marijuana-based products. According to a press release issu... Read More...

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Colin Farrell Voluntarily Checks Into Rehab for ‘Reset’

12 Stepper Holiday – April 3, 2018 - “He put himself in there. It was voluntary. He was not using again, but needed to do a little reset and get things back in alignment to make sure he doesn’t use again,” the source ex... Read More...

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Stem cell injections have the potential to cure alcoholism

Anything is Possible – March 28, 2018 - Researchers at the University of Chile have had a breakthrough that could ultimately lead to a cure for alcoholism. When the experts injected human stem cells into mice that had b... Read More...

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Profiles in Recovery: man grateful every day for sobriety

Happy to Be Alive – April 1, 2018 - “I never in a million years thought I would become a heroin addict, but it happened,” Kyne said. “But I’m a strong believer you’ve got to be accountable for your actions — you’ve got... Read More...

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NAATP’s 2018 Addiction Treatment Leadership Awards

Good Work Gentlemen! – March 27, 2018 - Founded in 1978, NAATP is a national professional membership association of addiction treatment providers. Its mission is to provide leadership, advocacy, training and other membe... Read More...

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New Study: Consistent Gig Attendance Can Help You Live Longer

Please, Just No SRO – March 27, 2018 - Accompanying research shows “a positive correlation between regularity of gig attendance and wellbeing”, a statistic that was further backed-up by the fact that participants who fo... Read More...

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…happiness can follow rage

Recovery is Possible – March 26, 2018 - He came back from Vietnam “in a rage.” Though Ron Brown didn’t know it yet, his experiences in the war had left him with post-traumatic stress disorder and in trying to cope with ... Read More...

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Morgan Stanley fired broker for using drugs years before he joined company

Rightful Determination – April 2, 2018 - A former New Jersey broker for the Wall Street bank was deemed a “reputational risk” and fired after publishing a November 2017 memoir about getting sober after years of bad beha... Read More...

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John Goodman Almost Left ‘Roseanne’ During Past Battle With Alcoholism

Sober Success Story! – April 2, 2018 - John received treatment for his alcoholism, and he’s now been sober for 10 years … John took home the 1993 Golden Globe for Best Actor on the hit sitcom, but the loss of privacy an... Read More...

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New Opioid Memorial Demeans People Who Died From Painkiller Overdoses

Not Just Names, They Are People – March 29, 2018 - by Maia Szalavitz. With his unerring eye for approaches that are not only cruel but also offensive and tasteless, President Trump has announced that the White House wi... Read More...

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Brooklyn’s Leslie Jamison writes about addiction in ‘The Recovering’

MEDIA: Book Recommendation – March 26, 2018 - On paper, Leslie Jamison had the kind of life every young author dreams of: Ivy League education, Iowa Writers’ Workshop, a Yaddo retreat and a published novel — all before ... Read More...

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Leslie Jamison Hopes To Change How People Think About Creativity And Recovery

Chasing the Muse ... Stone Cold Sober! – March 30, 2018 - Literature is full of books that glorify addiction, not so many about recovery. The novelist and essayist Leslie Jamison takes on sobriety in her new book “The R... Read More...

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‘When did it all begin to fall apart?’ A son’s addiction, and a mother’s guilt

MEDIA: The Only Life I Could Save – April 2, 2018 - Katherine Ketcham writes about her son’s addiction in her new book, “The Only Life I Could Save.” “My son, Bryan,” he begins again, “is a heroin addict.” He starts sob... Read More...

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Prosecutor sees parallels: Rogue rehabs in Florida and SoCal

The Heat is On – March 27, 2018 - Q: What is the problem with drug treatment facilities in South Florida, and how does it affect us in Orange County? A: We’ve seen an influx of thousands of young people descend upon So... Read More...

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Quitting Heroin in Florida

OPINION - New York Times – March 23, 2018 - I live in Florida, where I have been in treatment for drug addiction for the last year, through periods of recovery and occasions of relapse. People have long traveled to Flo... Read More...

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Prince had ‘exceedingly high’ concentration of fentanyl at time of death

Fame is No Protection – March 26, 2018 - A toxicology report from Prince’s autopsy, obtained Monday by The Associated Press, shows he had what multiple experts called an “exceedingly high” concentration of fentanyl in h... Read More...

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Synthetic pot leaves 2 dead and dozens hospitalized in Chicago area

UNREAL – April 2, 2018 - Two people have died and 56 have been sickened in the Chicago area and central Illinois after using synthetic pot, popularly known as K2 and Spice, state officials said Monday. Over the weekend,... Read More...

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Dwayne Johnson Opens Up About His Battle With Depression

No One is Immune – April 2, 2018 - Dwayne Johnson shared his personal battle with depression in a new interview, revealing that he was “crying constantly” at one point. Speaking to the Express, Johnson talked about the ... Read More...

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Adverse Childhood Experiences on Oprah

ACE (not the hardware store) Turns 20 – March 28, 2018 - by Tian Dayton, Ph.D. Adverse Childhood research has been around for a while but recently it has moved front and center in the conversation on childhood trauma. T... Read More...