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Opioid Crisis Surging In Black Communities

Back in the Ghetto... – March 8, 2018 - The current drug addiction crisis began in rural America, but it’s quickly spreading to urban areas and into the African-American population in cities across the country. “It’s a... Read More...

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Cities and Counties are Going After Big Pharma

Wall Street Protects Its Own – March 2, 2018 - New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced in late January that New York City would be suingseveral large pharmaceutical companies, saying it was “time for Big Pharma to... Read More...

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Overshadowed by the Opioid Crisis: A Comeback by Cocaine

Superfly Crashes – March 5, 2018 - The opioid epidemic just keeps getting worse, presenting challenges discussed at length at a White House summit last week. But opioids are not America’s only significant drug problem. ... Read More...

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Can This Judge Solve the Opioid Crisis?

Can Anyone Solve It? – MARCH 5, 2018 - And the chorus: “This is not how we do things!” Judge Dan Aaron Polster of the Northern District of Ohio has perhaps the most daunting legal challenge in the country: resolving mor... Read More...

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First the Trauma of Addiction: Then Crushing Cost of Rehab

Treatment Industry Thrives on Drugs – March 8, 2018 - The rehab field is highly fragmented, with thousands of small providers offering treatment that often isn’t grounded in science. Some lack medical professionals or l... Read More...

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10 years sober, Chris Herren opens facility

Player/Coach/Healer/Businessman – March 7, 2018 - “For the past 10 years I’ve had a plan for a place like this,” he says. “I believe there is a void for anyone who is struggling, anyone who is not thriving. The center,... Read More...

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The more opioids doctors prescribe, the more money they make

Collusion. Bribery, Blackmail? – March 11, 2018 - In 2014 and 2015, opioid manufacturers paid hundreds of doctors across the country six-figure sums for speaking, consulting and other services. Thousands of other doctor... Read More...

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Alcoholics Anonymous manuscript to be auctioned for millions

The Big Book's Value? PRICELESS – March 9, 2018 - The Alcoholics Anonymous book has stats most authors only dream of: more than 30 million copies sold. Translated into 67 languages. In 2012, the Library of Congress rank... Read More...

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Demi Lovato Says Attending ‘Cliquey’ Met Gala Nearly Broke Her Sobriety

Nikki Sounds Like a Prickki – March 9, 2018 - In her new cover story for Billboard, which was released on Thursday (March 8), the star, who is currently on the road with her “Tell Me You Love Me World Tour” with DJ Khal... Read More...

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Trump calls for the death penalty for drug dealers

Executions on the Mall – March 10, 2018 - President Trump on Saturday again called for enacting the death penalty for drug dealers during a rally meant to bolster a struggling GOP candidate for a U.S. House seat here … ... Read More...

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Opioid-addicted baby at center of class action lawsuit

Big Fat Pharma Facts – March 05, 2018 - The family of a baby born addicted to opioids filed a class action lawsuit Wednesday against 20 pharmaceutical companies they accused of being negligent and responsible for the mo... Read More...

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‘The Opioid Diaries’: A Discussion With Photographer James Nachtwey and Senator Maggie Hassan

TIME MAGAZINE ‘The Opioid Diaries’ – March 7, 2018 - Photographer James Nachtwey presented a selection of his photographs from the March 5, 2018 issue of TIME Magazine, “The Opioid Diaries,” at an event Tuesday evening ... Read More...

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Opioid overdose among children nearly doubles

CHILDREN? – March 5, 2018- Children between the ages of 1 and 5 years were the second most-likely to be admitted for opioid overdose, accounting for over one-third of cases. The vast majority were likely the result of a... Read More...

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New rehab clinic offers holy grail to addicts: keep drinking

Don’t Forget to Tip ... Over – February 26, 2018 - Most people don’t want abstinence,” said Alavida’s medical director and co-founder Dr. Diane Rothon. “They want to be able to have a cocktail at the end of the day or a... Read More...

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Senator Calls Out Big Pharma For Opposing Legal Marijuana

Let's Play Monopoly – FEB 23, 2018 - “To them it’s competition for chronic pain, and that’s outrageous because we don’t have the crisis in people who take marijuana for chronic pain having overdose issues,” Sen. Kirsten... Read More...

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“Gotta Live It” From Folk-Punk Legend Sunny War

Music Time – Feb. 28, 2018 - War calls it “a very personal song about my struggle with alcoholism, my dysfunctional love life and the confusion I face daily participating in this rat race society ... In 2009, Sunny was... Read More...

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The $95,244 urine tests

Gold Mining – Feb. 26, 2018 - An 11Alive Investigation uncovered a surge in drug tests paid for with Georgia Medicaid funds, highlighting an industry some believe takes advantage of unnecessary expensive tests and vulne... Read More...

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Secret alcohol in kombucha?

No Shoot Sherlock – Jan. 28, 2018 - Kombucha is a wildly popular drink that has devotees believing it can help asthma, high blood pressure and prostate problems, even cancer. About $600 million a year is being spent on... Read More...

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Jail Inmate Dies After Overdose

Jail as Permanent Detox? – Feb. 28, 2018 - An inmate in the Chemung County Jail died after reportedly overdosing on narcotics. According to the Chemung County Sheriff’s Office, it happened Tuesday morning. The Sheriff’s... Read More...

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Beacon House Celebrates 60th Anniversary

Grand Old Dame – Jan. 29, 2018 - Drug and alcohol treatment center, the Beacon House is proud to announce that 2018 marks its 60th Anniversary. Established in 1958 by Mary Clark Ross and Dr. Donald Taugher, colleagues o... Read More...

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Admissions to hospital for drug-related mental health problems soar

Where Will It End? – March 3, 2018 - The statistics record damaging changes to people’s mental states as a result of taking illicit drugs, such as cannabis and cocaine, and also from the use of painkillers, alcohol and ... Read More...

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How Tragedy, Trauma And Addiction Play Out In The 2018 Oscars

Cinema Intoxication – MAR 2, 2018 - Victory came at a cost. The isolation, tension and high-stakes living resulted in an addiction to anxiolytics, painkillers and amphetamines just to function: sleep, talk, think. But h... Read More...

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The case for prescription heroin

No Crime, No Fentanyl, NO DEAD – June 20, 2017 - In the main treatment room, a familiar smell of rubbing alcohol lingers in the air — the kind of scent I associate with getting a vaccine shot. At Crosstown, the smell is... Read More...

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‘Heroin(e)’: Women Fighting Addiction In Appalachia

Films Can Save Lives Too – March 4, 2018 - Documentary filmmaker Elaine McMillion Sheldon chose Huntington as the setting for her short doc about America’s opioid crisis, Heroin(e). It’s now nominated for an Oscar. One ... Read More...

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Addiction advertising can trick you to death

Bottom Line is Paramount – March 2, 2018 - The Beacon House is one of the granddaddies of addiction treatment in California — a nonprofit founded in 1959, situated in a grand Victorian estate on the scenic Monterey Peni... Read More...

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History shows we can’t arrest our way out of drug addiction

Endless War – Feb. 28, 2018 - ...Sessions unveiled a new task force that would target the epidemic. But Sessions’ new group, led by Mary Daly, a former US attorney who supervised narcotics units in Virginia and New York... Read More...

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‘wonder drug’ used to treat alcoholism not as effective as thought

Studying the Studies – March 4, 2018 - A MEDICATION THAT had been hailed as “a wonder drug” to treat alcoholism has been found by a new study to less effective than had previously been hoped. Baclofen has been used sinc... Read More...

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Methadone makes a comeback

Drink of Life – March 4, 2018 - This week’s In Depth looks at where methadone treatment fits in with the opioid crisis killing tens of thousands of people each year in the U.S. It’s a treatment that has been around sinc... Read More...

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Canada considering decriminalization of all drugs

Northern Sanity – Feb. 26, 2018 - Two of Canada’s three major political parties are considering removing criminal penalties for the personal possession and use of all drugs – a step that health and drug policy experts s... Read More...

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Portugal’s radical drugs policy is working.

Killer Idea – Dec. 5, 2017 - In 2001, nearly two decades into Pereira’s accidental specialization in addiction, Portugal became the first country to decriminalize the possession and consumption of all illicit substances... Read More...