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Hazelden/Betty Ford Adds Mental Health Treatment As Addicts Demand Help

VIDEO – GOOD FOR BUSINESS TOO! – April 17, 2025 - Beginning this month, care for substance use and mental health will go hand-in-hand. Rannon Arch, Director of Co-Occurring Clinical Services for the Hazelden Betty F... Read More...

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Max Beesley: ‘Alcoholism is very quick – you can soon get in trouble’

AN ACTOR’S OBSERVATION – April 17, 2025 - At 8.30am, on the morning of 7 July 2005, Max Beesley was at a hotel in Marylebone participating in a read-through for a new BBC drama, Hotel Babylon. The producer had ... Read More...

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Health Seekers Say Microdosing Psychedelics Helps Them

BETTER THAN MICRO-PLASTICS – April 17, 2025 - “I started microdosing and within a couple of months, I had a general sense of well-being that I hadn’t had in so long,” said Marine Corps combat veteran Matt Metzger. He... Read More...

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‘Soberchella’ Has More Non-Alcoholic Options Than Ever

SAME OLD MUSIC – April 14, 2025 - From Lewis Hamilton’s alcohol-free tequila to a ‘Free AF’ spritz, here’s what sober-minded festival goers are sipping on this year. The New Bar is back for its third year in... Read More...

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Denise Welch Celebrates 13 Years: Recalls Shocking Details From Her Last ‘Shameful’ Binge

ONLY BINGING NETFLIX – April 18, 2025 - The Loose Women star, 66, said she woke up hung over with no recollection of the night before to find she’d pulled a bathroom door off its hinges and thrown a lamp on the... Read More...

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What Happened to Emily Willis? Inside Coma-Stricken Porn Star’s Health Updates

REHAB DANGERS – April 17, 2025 - The former adult film star – born Litzy Lara Banuelos — checked into the Summit Malibu rehab on January 27, 2024, in hopes of overcoming her ketamine addiction, but things took a turn... Read More...

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Bohemian Rhapsody (Live at Coachella 2025) Benson Boone

VIDEO – MUSICAL INTERLUDE 2025 – April 14, 2025 - Watch Benson Boone’s performance of “Bohemian Rhapsody” with Special Guest Brian May live at Coachella 2025. CONTINUE@YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h... Read More...

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Bohemian Rhapsody 1981 Live QUEEN Freddie Mercury

VIDEO – MUSICAL INTERLUDE 1981 – 10,650,637 views since Mar 2, 2013 - “Queen Rock Montreal” Live Concert 1981 “the older i get, the more i realize that queen (and many other bands) simply enriched my life so much. f... Read More...

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Smart-Cribs Soothe Babies With Opiate Withdrawal

WTF? – April 17, 2025 - Tech out of the University of Vermont Medical Center is helping babies suffering from drug exposure get a better night’s sleep. Vermont’s opioid overdoses increased almost 500% in the... Read More...

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Person of the Week: Heather Hayes

STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – April 22, 2025 - Heather Hayes is the founder and CEO of Heather R. Hayes & Associates, Inc. She is a Master’s level Licensed Counselor in the State of Georgia, and Board Registere... Read More...

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Psilocybin Gives Man 2nd Chance After 10-year Opioid Addiction

WHATEVER WORKS – April 16, 2025 - Over 10 years, Schaefer had tried recovering from what began with dependence on a prescription for the pain killer Percocet and later spiraled into an all-consuming heroin addi... Read More...

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FDA Shuts Down Food Safety Checks

YOU WANT FRIES WITH THOSE MAGGOTS? – April 18, 2025 - In a move raising major concerns across the food industry, the FDA shuts down food safety quality checks amid staff cuts, putting key food testing programs ... Read More...

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‘Most Dangerous Sex Position’ In The World

ENJOYING THE RIDE – April 11, 2025 - But medics have warned one sex position could be responsible for up to half of all penile fractures, a serious eye-watering injury that can leave men in agony. According to surgeo... Read More...

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Salvation Army Denys Addiction Medications To Clients

‘largest provider of residential treatment’ – April 16, 2025 - A federal judge has given the go-ahead for a class-action lawsuit that could radically expand Americans’ access to lifesaving addiction medications. ... Read More...

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Hospital Adopts Revolutionary ‘hotspotting’ Addiction Treatment Program

VIDEO – PROGRESS – April 14, 2025 - New York City’s public hospital system is adopting a revolutionary addiction treatment program at its medical facility serving the South Bronx after the same initiative helped dra... Read More...

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Mayor On Drug Use & Sobriety & Homophobic Abuse

BELFAST MAYOR – April 17, 2025 - It is no secret that Belfast is currently in the grip of a drugs epidemic, and when asked if he had ever smoked marijuana, Micky Murray admitted that he has tried it twice. “I d... Read More...

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Rehabs Reeling From Federal Funding Cuts

VIDEO – WE SHALL SURVIVE – April 9, 2025 - Long-distance running is something that comes naturally to the Running Rooster but he says he lost that passion while battling addiction. Thanks to organizations like Dawn ... Read More...

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Lawyer’s Ties to ‘Corrupt’ Drug Clinics

VIDEO – LAWYER TO JAIL? – April 17, 2025 - When Brett Ryan was arrested for DUI in 2023, the Lakewood defense lawyer he hired quickly referred him to a substance abuse treatment clinic. … we were just trying to make ... Read More...

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Smartphones Lower Rates of Cognitive Decline for Elders

NOW IT’S GOOD FOR YOU – April 14, 2025 - Fears that smartphones, tablets and other devices could drive dementia in later life have been challenged by research that found lower rates of cognitive decline in olde... Read More...

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Alcoholics Anonymous Celebrates 90 Years of Recovery in Vancouver, CAN, July 3-6

PARTY HEARTY – April 16, 2025 - Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.) will bring together tens and tens of thousands of members and guests from around the world, July 3–6, 2025, for its International Convention in Vancouver, B... Read More...

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Taking a Mental Health Leave From Work

SANITY MATTERS – April 17, 2025 - Her first panic attack came at a company-wide meeting, right before her scheduled presentation. Carolina Lasso had given many similar talks about her marketing team’s accomplis... Read More...

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Quote of the Week – Pope Francis

“I want to tell you: carry on, keep riding the waves of love, of charity. Be ‘surfers’ of love!” – Pope Francis, Dec. 17, 1936 – Apr. 21, 2025 ... Read More...

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Winter in America – Gil Scott-Heron – LIVE

VIDEO – MUSICAL INTERLUDE – TODAY - A great performance from Gil Scott-Heron and the Midnight Band, live at the Wax Museum Nightclub. Ripped from Channel 4 and Robert Mugge’s brilliant documentary Black Wax about Gil... Read More...

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Supporting Your Partner on Their Sobriety Journey

HELPING HAND – April 4, 2025 - “Recovery affects both people in the relationship—not just the one with addiction. Partners might feel stressed or anxious. Sometimes even resentful, especially if trust has been an iss... Read More...

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Every Sip of Alcohol Increases Your Risk of Cancer

AIN’T NO GOOD – April 8, 2025 - Alcohol, whether consumed regularly or only on special occasions, takes a toll on your body. From your brain and heart, to your lungs and muscles, to your gastrointestinal and im... Read More...

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Artificial Sweetener Tricks Your Brain Into Feeling More Hungry

Bon Appétit – April 4, 2025 - Nothing in life comes free, not even a sugar-free drink. Scientists have now linked the artificial sweetener sucralose (sold as Splenda) to yet another potential health downside... Read More...

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Needle Exchange Program Feels Effects of Trump’s Aid Cuts

DIRTY BUSINESS – April 3, 2025 - PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — A secluded corner surrounded by litter and makeshift structures on the outskirts of South Africa’s capital is home to dozens of people with drug ad... Read More...

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U.S. Fentanyl Deaths Plunging

LIFE MATTERS – April 10, 2025 - Federal spending cuts instigated by the White House threaten to reverse a steep decline in American overdose deaths and are jeopardizing other gains in the battle against synthet... Read More...

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Doctors Prescribing Heroin?

VIDEO – INNOVATION – April 8, 2025 - A complementary but no less controversial harm reduction strategy, heroin-assisted treatment involves administering pharmaceutical-grade heroin under medical supervision. It stabi... Read More...

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17-Year-old Develops Irreversible ‘POPCORN LUNG’ From Vapes and e-Cigarettes

VIDEO – DON’T SMOKE – April 9, 2025 - Christie Martin received a panicked call from her daughter Brianne Cullen who claimed she was struggling to breathe. Horrified, Christie rushed the 17-year-old to a nearby ER... Read More...

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