Detox can end in death at some ‘non-medical’ SoCal rehabs Below it All – Dec. 17, 2017 - “This is the beginning of your beautiful new life!” So began a contract for Above It All Treatment Center, a drug rehabilitation facility in Lake Arrowhead where, in Febru... Read More...Dec 19 2017
Philip Seymour Hoffman and the Devastation of Addiction The Final Eulogy – Mimi O’Donnell Reflects on our Loss Dec. 13, 2017 - His mantra was: We have it to give. And he did. Phil was endlessly generous with his time and energy and mone... Read More...Dec 19 2017
Affleck is Continuing to Receive Treatment for Alcohol Addiction Ben's Struggle is Epic, Like so Many of Us – Dec. 15, 2017 - The 45-year-old actor who was photographed outside an L.A. area treatment center on Thursday has been open in the past about his long struggl... Read More...Dec 19 2017
Inside a judge’s rehab: Unpaid work at a local Coca-Cola plant What 13th Amendment – Dec. 4, 2017 - But Landrith also is involved in a more sinister byproduct of criminal justice reform ... It’s the latest discovery in an ongoing investigation by Reveal from Th... Read More...Dec 19 2017
Rehab is a lonely place for a gay man like me The Normal Heart – Dec. 11, 2017 - After an excruciating eight-year battle with alcohol, I went to rehab. My rehab was a small place, and to my knowledge I was the only out gay man there. My sexuality a... Read More...Dec 19 2017
Examining Concerns Of Patient Brokering And Addiction Treatment Fraud Real Live Testimony – December 12, 2017 – The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold a hearing on Tuesday, December 12, 2017, at 10:15 a.m. in 2322 Rayburn House Office Building. The hea... Read More...Dec 19 2017
Opioids on the Quad Education for Body and Mind – Oct. 30, 2017 – Seven students from colleges in the Philadelphia area — including the University of Pennsylvania, Temple and Villanova — live, eat and socialize here, wher... Read More...Dec 12 2017
He Wanted to Stay Sober. So He Surrounded Himself With Drinkers. Temptations Strengthen Resolve – Dec. 8, 2017 – Each night, after closing time at the Manhattan restaurant where Michael McGarry works, his colleagues wind down with whiskey sours and pale ales. Mr. McG... Read More...Dec 12 2017
Inmates die, others sickened. Smuggled drugs the suspect. Jail House Overdose – Dec. 7, 2017 – Miami-Dade homicide bureau will investigate, as they do with all deaths at jails. Investigators will also focus on who smuggled the illegal drugs into the jail. CON... Read More...Dec 12 2017
Medical Pot Is Our Best Hope to Fight the Opioid Epidemic SAYS WHO? – Dec. 8, 2017 – Last year, a pharmaceutical company called Insys Therapeutics gave half a million dollars to the campaign to stop marijuana legalization in Arizona. CONTINUED @ RollingStone.... Read More...Dec 12 2017
March 6, 2017 – Opioid Advocacy Group Secretly Funded by Pharmaceutical Company Follow the Money – March 6, 2017 – the Boston Globe has revealed that Advocates for Opioid Recovery, a new advocacy group which includes as paid spokespeople former congressmen Newt Gingrich and Patrick... Read More...Dec 12 2017
FDA Approves Injectable Opioid for America’s Drug Crisis Perfect 7% Solution? – Dec. 2, 2017 - Individor, a London-based pharmaceuticals group, are the creators of the newly approved injectable product called Sublocade. CONTINUED @ Newsweek.com ... Read More...Dec 12 2017
What is AYAHUASCA? Medicine or Mistake? – Nov. 29, 2017 – ...it has come into vogue as a treatment or psychological tool by visitors from other countries. This centuries-old brew is now attracting attention as scientists ... Read More...Dec 12 2017
Lil Peep Od’d on Fentanyl, Xanax & Many Other Drugs 21 and Done – Dec. 8, 2917 – As we reported, the 21-year-old rapper was found dead on his tour bus during a stop in Tucson, Arizona. He was unresponsive and they were unable to revive him. CONTINUED @ ... Read More...Dec 12 2017
Owner faces drug-treatment charges Stayed Too Long at the Fair – Dec. 8, 201 – John Michael Skeffington was worried this year as he saw people in the sober-home industry charged with patient brokering and insurance fraud, he reported... Read More...Dec 12 2017
DEA Raided Doctor’s Office for Prescribing High Doses of Painkillers Chronic Situation – Dec. 7, 2017 – Tennant’s record is not spotless, however: in 1997 he was fined $625,000 by the federal government in a case related to the methadone programs he ran at the time for f... Read More...Dec 12 2017
Video series to show path to recovery for opioid users We Are Everywhere – December 9, 2017 – One way to reduce the stigma of drug abuse and send a message there are successful pathways to recovery is putting a human face on the illness. Actually, many huma... Read More...Dec 12 2017
Supplements Claiming to Ease Opioid Addiction Come Under Scrutiny Detox Dangers – Dec. 8, 2017 – Because dietary supplements are regulated differently than food and drugs, these products do not require clinical trials before entering the market ... “Though the benefits... Read More...Dec 12 2017
State enlists recovering addicts to help fight drug crisis Where One or More are Gathered... – December 4, 2017 – Experts say recovering addicts can connect with people battling addiction in ways that clinicians can’t. The shared experience gives these recovery... Read More...Dec 12 2017
Nov. 7, 2017 – In the Matter of TONMOY SHARMA Legal Matters – Nov. 7, 2017 – WHEREFORE, Complainant requests the Respondent Tonmoy Sharma be prohibited for the remainder of Respondent Tonmoy Sharma’s life, from employment in, or presence in, and f... Read More...Dec 12 2017
Recovering addict gives hundreds of coats, hot meals to those in need Truly Being of Service – Dec. 8, 2017 – Wanda Lopez grew tired of seeing children shivering at the bus stops. She set aside a couple thousand dollars and purchased hundreds of brand-new coats. With the ... Read More...Dec 12 2017
Wisconsin moving ahead with plan to drug test food stamp users Good Deal for Labs – Dec. 5, 2017 – Florida had a drug test requirement for food stamp recipients that a federal appeals court blocked in 2014, finding it violated constitutional protections against unr... Read More...Dec 12 2017
‘I orgasmed 50 times a day’: Secret world of sex addiction There is Help Available – Dec. 10, 2017 – “I engage in high-risk and detrimental sexual behaviours that I have trouble controlling,” she said, adding that her urges were “intermittent” but had a “seriou... Read More...Dec 12 2017
Hey, ‘Budtender’: Los Angeles’s Power Brokers of Pot Crank Up the Kook Haze Hangs over LA Again – Dec. 9, 2017 – Carli Jo Bidlingmaier was talking to a group of 20-somethings in a living room in the Bel-Air neighborhood here, weeks before the wildfires. She was explaining ... Read More...Dec 12 2017
‘Opiophobia’ Has Left Africa in Agony When Pain is Not Just in Your Head – Dec. 4, 2017 – KAMPALA, Uganda — Pain is only the latest woe in John Bizimungu’s life ... Now, at 75 and on crutches, he sits at home hoping customers will drop by. ... Read More...Dec 12 2017
Addiction stories on screen and stage are at an all-time high Art Imitates Life ... and Death – Dec. 7, 2017 – The opioid crisis is fueling a rise in Hollywood movies based on substance abuse. Actress Chloe Sevigny vowed she would never play a heroin addict becaus... Read More...Dec 12 2017
How Addicts Are Lured Into Sex Trafficking By Fraudulent Treatment Centers OUTRAGEOUS? – November 30, 2017 – Addicts who are lured in from around the country seeking treatment are getting caught in a vicious cycle of predatory scams and violent abuse … A multi-million dollar i... Read More...Dec 12 2017
Do people choose to become opioid addicts? Not Initially – Dec. 8, 2017 – And I don’t know of any alcoholics and addicts who regained long-term recovery by choosing to exercise greater control over their lives. Instead, the recovering alcoholics... Read More...Dec 12 2017
Pat Kelly on Tonmoy Sharma Sovereign Health CEO In Praise of Dr. Sharma – June 7, 2016 – In this video, certified interventionist, Pat Kelly, CATC and CIP, discusses and reviews the vision for long-term drug and alcohol addiction treatment and care t... Read More...Dec 12 2017