Doctors treating teens for video game addictionOver DOS – April 19, 2018 - The recommended treatment for patients with “Internet Gaming Disorder” is 90 days away from the devices or technology they developed an addiction to. After that time, doctors said patients ca... Read More...April 24 2018
Now nine in ten teens at UK drug clinics are being treated for pot useReal Reefer Madness for Real – April 22, 2018 - ‘The big danger for young people – particularly teens – is that their brains can be really messed up by this stuff because they are still developing biologically. If they ... Read More...April 24 2018
Anguished Families Shoulder The Biggest Burdens Of Opioid AddictionWhen Will It STOP? – April 18, 2018 - Last August, Destini Johnson practically danced out of jail, after landing there for two months on drug charges. She bubbled with excitement about her new freedom and returning home... Read More...April 24 2018
Lawsuit Has Ended in TKO The Results are in... – On September 21, I was informed that I was being sued by Sovereign Health of California for publishing a link on August 25, 2015’s edition of the Addiction Recovery eBulletin with a few sen... Read More...April 24 2018
Why addicts desperate to kick the habit are turning to this risky treatmentMedically Assisted Tripping – April 21, 2018 - I’ve been running through a gauntlet of people for the past four hours, answering questions, laughing at jokes, getting spit on and hit on and molested. At every turn there... Read More...April 24 2018
Phoenix Sets Regulations For Sober Living HomesDessert Inn – April 19, 2018 -The Phoenix City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to set new regulations and policies for sober living homes. They will include new licensing and a new zoning structure. Many neighborhoo... Read More...April 24 2018
Prince’s doctor to pay $30,000 for illegally prescribing painkillerWhen Doves Never Stop Crying – April 19, 2018 - A Minnesota doctor accused of illegally prescribing an opioid painkiller for Prince a week before the musician died from a fentanyl overdose has agreed to pay $30,000 to s... Read More...April 24 2018
At Coachella Eminem Dedicated “Not Afraid” to his fans for helping him reach 10 years soberMusic and Love – April 16, 2018 - Today Eminem has performed at Coachella Festival and of course he dedicated his one of the three diamond songs, the Grammy winning single, “Not Afraid” to his fans: Eminem says: “I’m te... Read More...April 24 2018Dec 25 2018
Americans Filling Far Fewer Opioid PrescriptionsIt's a Good Thing, Right? – April 19, 2018 - (AP) — The number of prescriptions for opioid painkillers filled in the U.S. fell dramatically last year, showing their biggest drop in 25 years and continuing a decline amid... Read More...April 24 2018
Ketamine could become first new depression drug in more than 30 yearsIt’s About Time – April 16, 2018 - Ketamine, which has been called “the most important discovery in half a century,” just got a step closer to becoming the first new drug for depression in 35 years. The compound has a r... Read More...April 24 2018
Alcoholics are trialing MDMA therapyX Marks the Spot – April 18, 2018 - Research has already been done in the US into using MDMA to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with the aim to get the drug licensed as therapeutic medicine by 2021. However,... Read More...April 24 2018
Organs from drug overdoses could help transplant shortageTo Every Season... – Apr 16, 2018 - Fatal drug overdoses are increasing organ donations, and researchers reported Monday that people who receive those transplants generally fare as well as patients given organs from mor... Read More...April 24 2018
Florida Atlantic University: SUD TalksBEACONS OF HOPE - 360 Degrees of Empowerment – April 7, 2018 - Presentation by LEONARD BUSCHEL Full Story @ AREB... Read More...April 24 2018
The US is entering an age of corporate medicineOne Nation Under – April 22, 2018 - A golden age of corporate medicine may be dawning. A slew of mergers and acquisitions looks set to transform American healthcare, drawing health insurance giants, pharmacy benefit man... Read More...April 24 2018
Patrick Kennedy profits from opioid-addiction firmsHow Many Faces? – April 18, 2018 - Kennedy also sits on the boards of eight corporations deeply invested in Washington’s response to the opioid crisis, from which he said he collects director fees and holds an equity st... Read More...April 24 2018
Five drinks a week could shorten your lifeSo Can 50 – April 13, 2018 - A study published in a medical journal, The Lancet, revealed that drinking 100g of alcohol a week increases risk of mortality. Full VIDEO @ CNBC.com... Read More...April 17 2018
iPad is Far Bigger Threat to Children Than Anyone RealizesHere Come the ‘techno-tots’ – April 2018 - Ten years ago, psychologist Sue Palmer predicted the toxic effects of social media. Now she sees a worrying new danger … When the little girl pointed at the sweets at the check... Read More...April 17 2018
Artist’s Corner with Diana RaabArtist's Corner – Diana Raab, PhD is a memoirist, poet, essayist, blogger, and speaker. She presents workshops in writing for healing and transformation. She has a PhD in Psychology with a concentration in Transpersonal... Read More...April 17 2018
The Disappearing DoctorDoes CVS Do Transplants Now? – April 7, 2018 - Big corporations — giant retailers and health insurance companies — are teaming up to become your doctor … Is the doctor in? In this new medical age of urgent care centers ... Read More...April 17 2018
Demi Lovato hits back at fan who questioned her sobriety: ‘I don’t have to defend anything’She’s Back – April 13, 2018 - Demi Lovato has just celebrated six years of sobriety, however after a group picture including the star was posted online, she had fans questioning whether or not she was still sober. The 2... Read More...April 17 2018
San Clemente Hires Law Firms to Tackle ProducersSue the Bastards – April 5, 2018 - A contract was approved, by a vote of 3-2, by the San Clemente City Council at its Tuesday, April 3 meeting to hire Andrews & Thornton, Skikos Crawford Skikos & Joseph, and Rob... Read More...April 17 2018
Women’s Stories of Assault, Fear, and Finding FriendshipHome Street Home – April 14, 2018 - A third of L.A.’s homeless population are women — and “once a shelter is full, it’s full.” … Every time Graciela Fernandez gets off the bus at Skid Row, she clutches her industrial-gr... Read More...April 17 2018
How Profiteers Lure Women Into Unneeded SurgeryDoctors For Sale? – April 14, 2018 - “The work was lucrative. Doctors stood to make $14,000 a day.” Just like that, she had stumbled into a growing industry that makes money by coaxing women into having surgery — somet... Read More...April 17 2018
Family Trying to Escape Blame for the Opioid CrisisYou Can Run, But You Can’t Hide – APRIL 10, 2018 - Much as the role of the addictive multibillion-dollar painkiller OxyContin in the opioid crisis has stirred controversy and rancor nationwide, so it has divided members... Read More...April 17 2018
Congress searches for prescription to help fight growing opioid epidemicWar on Death – April 11, 2018 - WASHINGTON – The opioids epidemic that is ripping apart lives across the country appears to be uniting Republicans and Democrats in Congress. “I know of no other issue right now that comm... Read More...April 17 2018
We scorned addicts when they were black. It is different now…White Privilege – April 12, 2018 - We have been here before — a raging epidemic of addiction that destroys lives, families and communities. Who was on the front line in the 1990s, when the drug was crack and the addicts... Read More...April 17 2018
Woman Searches for Answers after Her Brother Dies in Sober Living HomeDeath in Stockton – April 12, 2018 - Al Senella, president of the California Association of Alcohol and Drug Program Executives, said incidents at sober living homes are hard to deal with. For one, he says even though s... Read More...April 17 2018
A Drug to End Addiction? Scientists Are Working on It.Absurd or Amen? – APRIL 15, 2018 - Scrambling for ways to contain America’s out-of-control opioid crisis, some experts in the field are convinced that one bit of good advice is to just say no to the enduring “just say n... Read More...April 17 2018
‘I didn’t know I had a drinking problem until I decided I did’Sobriety Starts at 60 – April 12, 2018 - On June 22, 2007, I had my last drink. Thanks to my faith in God and Alcoholics Anonymous I am still currently a sober, grateful alcoholic. I am 10 years, nine months, one week a... Read More...April 17 2018
While the opioid crisis has gained attention, meth has quietly destroyed livesStaying Up – April 15, 2018 - Eric R. Miller’s story could be one ripped from the pages of a cheap crime novel, a young life that started with struggle and strife, in foster homes at the age of 7. Before he was 20, he h... Read More...April 17 2018