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Drug Problem Among Elderly

Pills for Everything – March 16, 2018 - When a psychopharmacologist prescribed the drug Klonopin, everything brightened. “It just leveled me out,” Ms. Falstein said. “I had more energy. And it helped me sleep, which I w... Read More...

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NYPD cop busted for heroin trafficking

Ain’t No Serpico – March 13, 2018 - An NYPD officer was busted Tuesday for trafficking heroin after returning from Massachusetts with $50,000 stashed in her car, authorities said … After a months-long investigation and ... Read More...

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Recovering Alcoholic’s Claims Dismissed Because He Did Not Show He Was “Disabled”

I Cannot Tell a Lie – March 16, 2018 - Plaintiff, a recovering alcoholic, was a former Addictions Counselor Assistant at the Creedmoor Addiction Treatment Center. He sued his employer, New York State Office of Alcoholis... Read More...

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Money Can Buy Happiness If You Spend It These 4 Ways

'Tis Better to Give Than to Recieve – March 12, 2018 - You’ve heard it over and over: Money doesn’t buy happiness. Even if people didn’t keep telling you that, you might guess from the large number of extremely wealthy ... Read More...

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Doctor arrested for running ‘pill mill’

American Mengele? – March 14, 2018 - A 73-year-old San Diego doctor and seven other people have been arrested on suspicion of distributing painkillers in what federal prosecutors call a “pill mill” scheme. The U.S. Att... Read More...

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Lights, Camera, Recovery: A Night at the Experience, Strength and Hope Awards

Sober Partying – March 12, 2018 - On a warm February evening at the Writers Guild Theater in Beverly Hills, writers, artists, and performers gathered together to celebrate their journey to recovery, and to honor their a... Read More...

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Treatment Program Owner Gets 11 Years For $175M Scheme

Broken Promises – March 14, 2018 - The co-owner of a Southern California sober-living facility was sentenced to 11 years in prison after pleading guilty in connection to a $175 million fraudulent billing scheme. The Los... Read More...

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Opioid overdoses kill almost 5 people every 60 minutes

USA #1 in Pain? – March 6, 2018 - “The potency and toxicity of what’s on the street is very high right now,” said Schuchat. “So we think there probably is not an increase in people using drugs, but there is an increase ... Read More...

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Future of Behavioral Rehabilitation Market

For Businesspersons Only – March 13, 2018 -This study also contains company profiling, product picture and specifications, sales, market share and contact information of various international, regional, and local vendo... Read More...

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Opioid Addiction: Getting Robbed While Getting Help

From Ripped, to Ripped Off – March 14, 2018 - “We call it addiction tourism,” says Greg Williams, executive vice president of Facing Addiction with NCADD (National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence), organizatio... Read More...

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Antismoking Activists Face Threats and Violence

Foreign Nicotine Drug Dealers – March 12, 2018 - “I do not know why I was not killed that day,” said Mr. Oluwafemi, who as deputy director of Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria has been one of his ... Read More...

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Scientists invent a treatment capable of CURING alcoholism and drug dependency

One Day at a Time – March 18, 2018 - A new pill invented by University of Sydney scientists could be the breakthrough to curing drug and alcohol addiction. Researchers have spent more than a decade developing SOC-1, in ... Read More...

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Trump’s opioid plan includes death penalty for dealers

Electrifying Idea – March 15, 2018 - The Trump administration is finalizing a long-awaited plan that it says will solve the opioid crisis, but it also calls for law enforcement measures — like the death penalty for some... Read More...

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‘historic’ plan to reduce nicotine in cigarettes

Addictive Idea – March 15, 2018 - Many adults try to quit smoking each year but fail because nicotine is such an addictive substance, said Mitch Zeller, director of the FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products. Cutting the nic... Read More...

The 12-step programme

The Right Brand – March 13, 2018 - Russell Brand may have reached the depths of addiction, with drugs, drink, sex and fame. But from social media to shopping, we’re all hooked on something, he says. If we can work out w... Read More...

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Binge-Drinking Is Even Worse Than We Thought

Remedy for Hopelessness? – March 16, 2018 - They found that binge-drinking was most common among adults between the age of 18 and 34, but more than half of all binge drinks consumed were by adults over the age of 35 (so... Read More...

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Opioid Protest at Met Museum Targets Donors Connected to OxyContin

Drug Money Buys Respect – March 10, 2018 - The photographer Nan Goldin led a protest at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Anti-opioid activists unfurled banners and scattered pill bottles on Saturday inside the Sackler Wi... Read More...

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18th century literary women took opiates to cope with pressures of domestic life

Some Things Never Change – March 11, 2018 - Eighteenth-century female authors such as Mary Robinson and Sara Coleridge were as dependent on laudanum as male writers, a new study reveals. Laudanum, an alcoholic medicine ... Read More...

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Former NHL stars participate in Skate for Sobriety event

30 Puck? – March 5, 2018 - Families Against Narcotics played host to its inaugural Skate for Sobriety event Friday at Fraser Hockeyland … The event benefitted FAN’s initiative, Hope Not Handcuffs (HNH), which launched F... Read More...

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‘Moms Love Wine’ Culture Is Ruining Lives

Syrah Seduction – February 27, 2018 - According Angela Sheppard, Director of Emerson House, an inpatient addiction treatment center for women run by Gosnold, the normalization of moms drinking is a problem. “I think tal... Read More...

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Pamela Anderson blames alcoholism for Tommy Lee’s brawl with their son

Queen of Alanon? – March 8, 2018 - Pamela Anderson has finally made her voice heard in the drama involving her son and ex-husband, Tommy Lee. The “Baywatch” star published a blog post on her website Thursday titled “Alc... Read More...

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Tommy Lee denies family’s alcoholism claims

A Family Affair – Mar 8, 2018 - Tommy Lee has denied his family’s claims that he struggling with alcoholism. The 55-year-old Mötley Crüe rocker was involved in an altercation with his eldest son Brandon Lee - whom he ha... Read More...

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Poet Discusses New Collection About Her Son’s Overdose Death

No Words? – Mar. 9, 2018 - Acclaimed poet Sheryl St. Germain is a college professor whose son died of a heroin overdose in 2014, after a long struggle with drug abuse. He was 30 years old. St. Germain directs the master... Read More...

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Questions And Answers About Opioids And Chronic Pain

American Medical Association – March 9, 2018 - Millions of Americans use opioids to relieve pain. But many also struggle with addiction. This week, a report in JAMA, the journal of the American Medical Association, fou... Read More...

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New York’s mobile addiction treatment service

Serving on the Front Line – March 8, 2018 - New York state is expanding a mobile addiction treatment services that uses upgraded vehicles to provide house calls to communities hard hit by the opioid epidemic. Democrati... Read More...

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Police found fraud, sex crimes in a Colorado sober-living home empire

Rehab Mogul in Jail for Life – March 11, 2018 - Cliff Brodsky, a Los Angeles investor in Bathum’s enterprises who successfully sued him for fraud, said brokers told him Bathum paid them up to $2,000 per patient. “They g... Read More...

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Opioid-Linked Killing Points to a Dangerous Trend

Doctor Shoots Patient (with pistol) – March 9, 2018 - What led an addiction doctor to keep a gun in his desk? On that April evening last year, according to interviews in the report, Lang yelled and cussed at the addicti... Read More...

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Steve-O celebrates 10 years

Now That’s a Miracle – March 11, 2018 - Steve-O has lots to be thankful for these days. The “Jackass” star, 43, announced on Saturday that he’s been sober for the last 10 years. “Hard to believe it’s been an entire deca... Read More...

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Tiny device sends pulses to reduce symptoms of withdrawal

ADVOCATE for this to be Free - March 5, 2018 - A recently approved medical device is tiny, but mighty in the fight against opioid abuse. The NSS-2 Bridge, a battery-powered device similar to a hearing aid, was created ... Read More...

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PEARL JAM’s MIKE MCCREADY To Be Honored At ‘MusiCares Concert’

Hitting the Right Note – March 9, 2018 - The MusiCares Foundation, an affiliated charity of the Recording Academy with an outstanding four-star rating from Charity Navigator, has announced that the 2018 MusiCares Concer... Read More...