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‘Opiate Effect’ draws crowd, sparks dialogue

Films Can Teach – January 31, 2018 - ... Jan. 25 featured a screening of the documentary “The Opiate Effect,” followed by a panel discussion. The event, organized by Fed Up Manchester, The Collaborative, United Counseli... Read More...

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Sobriety Nation to serve as primary for Wendell Chavous

Racing to Recovery – Jan. 30, 2018 - Sobriety Nation, a national non-profit organization dedicated to ending the tragedies addiction causes families, has teamed up with Premium Motorsports and driver Wendell Chavous fo... Read More...

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Should doctors be allowed to have addicted patients committed involuntarily to treatment

Attraction or Coercion? – FEB. 02, 2018 - Governor Charles Baker’s proposal to allow individuals to be involuntarily placed in a drug treatment program for up to 72 hours will help save lives. It will also address the a... Read More...

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Military health officials: No deaths from vaping

Use Caution with Addictions – Feb. 1, 2018 - Military health officials say there have been no fatalities as a result of vaping. The unequivocal statement from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner on Thursday comes after th... Read More...

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Photographers Capture Opioid Epidemic

Shooting Gallery – Feb 4, 2018 - The images, which quickly went viral, served as visual, chilling proof that that the country is in the throes of a devastating opioid epidemic. Today, people addicted to heroin or prescr... Read More...

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If Opioids Are a Public Health Crisis, Let’s Admit the Crack Was Too

OPINION: It’s Black & White – Feb. 2, 018 - I rejoice in the progress being made in Philadelphia’s response to drug addiction, but it’s nonetheless bittersweet. As I witness the growing compassion for the mostly whi... Read More...

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Vending machines distribute prescription opioids to addicts

Canadian Containment – January 24, 2018 - The vending machine project could solve those problems. Under the pilot project, drug users would be able to get two to three hydromorphone pills three times a day. The cost per... Read More...

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A Doctor’s Painful Struggle With an Opioid-Addicted Patient

New York Times – FEB. 1, 2018 - The cavalier overprescription of addictive drugs was bewildering: After a tooth extraction, I emerged from an oral surgeon’s office with a two-week supply of Percocet. When S. came to see... Read More...

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Pain Doc Gets 10 Years in Prison for Patient Overdose Deaths

Not Enough – Feb. 2, 2018 - A western Montana pain doctor who was convicted of prescribing drugs that led to the overdose deaths of two patients has been sentenced to 10 years in prison … During the trial, prosecutors a... Read More...

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Rehab Riviera on TV, Part 2

Home Audience Astounded – Jan. 28, 2018 - Aired: 1/28/2018 | 0:26:48 | Episode The discussion of rehab scandals continues with OC Register investigative reporter Teri Sforza, addiction doctor Daniel Headrick and rehab... Read More...

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A look at gaming addiction – from an actual gamer

More than Pong – Feb. 3, 2018 - Before becoming a psychotherapist, Driver himself suffered from a gaming disorder, his addiction focused on MMORPG’s (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games) such as Everquest. “... Read More...

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CA Lawmakers resolve to control rogue rehabs this year

Illegal or Unethical? – January 31, 2018 - California’s troubled addiction treatment industry may face stricter oversight and a raft of new requirements in 2018, as lawmakers try to protect vulnerable patients and redu... Read More...

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Fentanyl Adds Deadly Kick to Opioid Woes in Britain

Human Toll Too High – Feb. 4, 2018 - No place has been hit harder by heroin, fentanyl and opioid addiction recently than Hull, a former fishing town of 260,000 people about 150 miles north of London that was improbably ... Read More...

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‘Pinking’ of alcohol marketing spurs culture of ‘wine moms’

Meds for Mom – Feb. 4, 2018 - There’s an enormous sense of self-medication … The fastest thing you can do at the cutting board is open a bottle of wine, pour yourself a glass. It’s faster than going to your doctor to sa... Read More...

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Doctor Argues That Her Profession Needs to Slow Down

MEDIA: Book Review – Jan. 26, 2918 - SLOW MEDICINE , The Way to Healing , By Victoria Sweet , 289 pp. Riverhead Books. $27 - At the beginning of her book, she relates how her 93-year-old father was mistreated after bein... Read More...

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Remembering Bob Marley on his Birthday

Redemption Song – February 6, 1945 - May 11, 1981 Full Song @ YouTube.com... Read More...

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Vaping cannabinoid oils blamed for 2 deaths, 60 hospitalizations

CBDeaths – February 1st 2018 - Two Marines have died in accidents blamed on synthetic cannabinoid-induced seizures. The Army bans the use of cannabis products, including Cannabinoid oil, known as CBD oil, so some soldie... Read More...

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Cliffside Malibu Adds Outpatient Treatment

Day Care – Jan. 22, 2018 - “There’s a tremendous need for outpatient addiction treatment services in greater Los Angeles in the wake of the opioid epidemic. This new center is committed to providing the highest standard... Read More...

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Blue light bulbs to discourage shooting up

It’s All in Vein – JANUARY 15, 2018 -Unfortunately, this new initiative is anything but a kind approach. It is, instead, an attempt to appease neighbors with little compassion for how the actions will impact people who ... Read More...

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Voting with our Fingertips: A Movement Against Techno-Trash

By Tian Dayton, Ph.D – Jan 23, 2018 - Whether through TV streaming channels, newsrooms or the internet, technology is inevitably shaping who we are and who we will become. And it can become addictive in which case we’re... Read More...

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Tobacco, alcohol killed 120 times more Americans than all other drugs combined

FLASHBACK to 2015 – February 12, 2015 - Still, the number of deaths caused by drugs are overwhelmingly dominated by tobacco and alcohol - the two most popularly used and legally accessible drugs on the market. Tobacco k... Read More...

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Safe-injection sites get green light from Philadelphia

Brotherly and Sisterly Love – JANUARY 23, 2018 - And though the precise locations of Philadelphia sites have not been established, the city could be the first in America to open an officially-sanctioned safe-injection s... Read More...

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Chris Cornell’s Family at 2018 Grammy Awards 8 Months After His Death

The Family Afterwards – January 28, 2018 - Chris Cornell‘s widow Vicky Cornell and daughters Toni, 13, and Lily, 17, walked the red carpet at the 2018 Grammy Awards on Sunday. It was the first time the late Soundgarden ... Read More...

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“It’s Not Your Child, It’s The Drugs That Are Doing That And There’s Always Hope”

Good News – Jan. 25, 2018 - Kim Koop says after being diagnosed with a learning disability, being bullied in school, cutting, and even attempting suicide her daughter Madison started experimenting with drugs at the age ... Read More...

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Things You Need To Know Before Dating A Recovering Addict

Caveat Emptor – Jan. 22, 2018 - The cruel irony about relationships is that, often, by the time people reach an age when they’ve learned a lot about themselves, about how to treat others, about what they want in a partn... Read More...

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We know junk food makes us sick. Are ‘junk values’ making us depressed? By JOHANN HARI

Milk Duds Aren’t for Happy People – Jan. 21, 2018 - The best anti-depressant is to change our way of life … Junk food has taken over our diets, and it is making millions of people physically sick. A growing body of scie... Read More...

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Just one cigarette raises heart disease risk

Never Start – Jan. 25, 2018 - Smoking just one single cigarette a day can significantly raise your risk of heart disease and stroke, researchers say in a new report. While it’s better to cut down than to smoke heavily, ... Read More...

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Artie Lange Is Not Ready to Die: ‘F*ck ’Em All’

Radio Star – Jan. 23, 2018 - Sixty-nine days later, I heard the news, like anyone else who follows Lange: that he was near death after stabbing himself in the stomach nine times with a 13-inch kitchen knife. Mandy: Whe... Read More...

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For Recovery Journalists and Los Angeles Press

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACT: January 22, 2018 Madison Hill Public Relations Rachel Madison Hill Madisonhillpr@gmail.com (323) 445.0425 EMMY AWARD WINNER AND NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLING AUTHOR JAN... Read More...

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Adderall on campus: Students turn to prescription stimulant

Evelyn Wood Approved – Jan. 22, 2018 - About 10 hours had passed – and she felt like she could still keep going. Her focus and alertness were aided by a small orange pill – Adderall, a prescription stimulant prescribed ... Read More...