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Deaths Linked To Elephant Tranquilizer More Than Double Across West Virginia

West Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains ... Take Me Home Country Roads – April 15, 2018 - Overdose deaths linked to heroin cut with a potent opioid meant for tranquilizing elephants more than doubled last year across West Vi... Read More...

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Administration abandons crackdown on legal marijuana

Breathing a Sigh of Relief – APR 13, 2018 - The Trump administration is abandoning a Justice Department threat to crack down on recreational marijuana in states where it is legal, a move that could enable cannabis busin... Read More...

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Google will resume accepting ads from treatment centers following rampant abuse

Use Clean Advertising – April 16, 2018 - Google plans to resume accepting advertisements from alcohol and drug addiction treatment centers following a lengthy period of review, Reuters reports. Google originally strippe... Read More...

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Did Drinking Give Me Breast Cancer?

Now That’s a Disease – May/June Issue -The science on the link is clear, but the alcohol industry has worked hard to downplay it. I thought I’d done everything right: breastfeeding my children, a careful diet, plenty of... Read More...

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Podcast Episode 16: Pia Mellody with Alanis Morissette

MEDIA: Podcast – April 13, 2018 - n this episode, Alanis talks with Pia Mellody about codependence and addiction recovery as well as parenting and creating functional relationships. Full Story @ Alanis.com... Read More...

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CA bills would crack down on shady rehab practices

Broke or Brokering? – April 12, 2018 - Southern California is a hub for substance abuse treatment facilities. It’s a lucrative industry – and patient advocates say this has led to unsavory practices … Treatment faciliti... Read More...

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Experts push for opioid treatment, against medical marijuana at ASAM

American Society for Addiction Medicine – April 14, 2018 - SAN DIEGO - Support for drugs like Suboxone, Vivitrol and methadone was one of the rallying cries at the annual American Society for Addiction Medicine conferen... Read More...

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WATCH: A look inside ‘Heroin Alley’

Doing the Right Thing – April 15, 2018 - It’s not everyday that you hear about a neighborhood, plagued with drug sales and use, coming together and saying: “We have had enough, no more!” That’s exactly what’s happening ... Read More...

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Florida woman caught with cocaine in purse blames the wind

Sounds Like One of Us – April 8, 2018 - The answer for the cocaine in her purse, a Florida woman allegedly said, was blowing in the wind. Kennecia Posey, 26, was arrested in March on drug possession charges in Fort Pie... Read More...

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Americans going abroad for illegal heroin treatment

Going to Any Lengths – April 11, 2018 - As America’s opioid and heroin crisis rages, some struggling with addiction are turning to a drug illegal in the US. Jonathan Levinson went to one clinic offering the treatment in... Read More...

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Local lawmaker authors bill to stop patient brokering…

Modern Day Traders? – April 13, 2018 - As the opioid epidemic increases in California, more and more fake facilities are preying on desperate patients. These so-called rehab centers are taking advantage of patients whil... Read More...

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They lost their son, then started an agency to help addicts navigate treatment

A Higher Calling – April 14, 2018 - Founded by Avi and Julie Israel of Buffalo, Save the Michaels transitioned last year into an agency for addicts in need as well as their families, designed to help them navigate a con... Read More...

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Pharmacist who ran oxycodone ‘pill mill’ gets 15 years

Justice in Jersey – April 13, 2018 - Until he got busted, Michael Ludwikowski was your go-to guy if you had a fudged oxycodone prescription. Customers came to him with prescriptions that were obviously “washed” or “blea... Read More...

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Busting the myth that doctors are to blame for the opiate overdose crisis

OPINION from CANADA – April 10, 2018 - Illicit fentanyl was the cause of the earliest deaths that the panel looked at. Now, Egilson said, the toxicology reports show that fentanyl is found in 80 per cent of those who ha... Read More...

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20 Lies Addicts Say to Justify their Addiction

Rationalization Nation – April 14, 2018 - Angel came into counseling knowing that something was wrong but not knowing what it was. After being married for seven years, he noticed his wife became more secretive and dista... Read More...

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With One Picture, Patton Oswalt Gave Meaningful Advice for Anyone Living with Depression

Best Tweet Ever – April 3, 2018 - It can be hard to find the right words to describe depression, and in the pursuit of getting across what it’s really like, people write poems, craft metaphors, draw pictures and even pl... Read More...

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A Reckoning With an Imperfect Science in ‘Blue Dreams’

MEDIA: Book Review – April 3, 2018 - She takes us on similar journeys into lithium and MAO inhibitors, each bringing hope and problems. And then, in the late 1980s there’s the arrival of serotonin reuptake inhibitors, k... Read More...

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Hidden Dangers of Addictive Food Stimulants

Chemical Brothers – March 21, 2018 - Many different types of stimulants can be found in the foods and drinks we consume. Some are natural ingredients that we’ve been consuming for millennia, such as caffeine, now embe... Read More...

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Artist’s Corner with John Lavitt

Artist's Profile: Growing up in New York City as a stutterer, John Lavitt embraced writing as a way to express himself when the words would not come. After graduating from Brown University, he lived on the Greek island ... Read More...

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Hospitals to Provide $50 Million in Treatment Funding

That’s a Lot of Suboxone – April 6, 2018 - New Hampshire’s hospitals have agreed to spend $50 million over the next five years to fund the programs that combat the state’s ongoing opioid crisis. The announcement Friday ... Read More...

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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...