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Rehab Riviera, Part One

EXPERTS In Conversation – Jan. 22, 2018 - Southern California is a mecca for drug and alcohol treatment centers – coastal retreats that cater to the rich and famous fighting addiction, but also a haven for insurance sca... Read More...

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Darryl Strawberry discusses his new book, facing addiction

The Hero’s Journey – January 22, 2018 - After a 17-year major league career that featured a much-publicized battle with substance abuse, Strawberry said he’s been clean for “over 14 years.’’ ... “It has nothing to do wi... Read More...

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Vaping Can Be Addictive and May Lure Teenagers to Smoking

To Replace the Customers Who Died? – Jan. 23, 2018 - The new report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine is the most comprehensive analysis of existing research on e-cigarettes. It concluded t... Read More...

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Addict Dies in a School Restroom. He Was the Teacher.

Roil Model – Jan. 26, 2018 - Mr. Azimi had texted her just that morning: “These next few months will probably be difficult because I know you’re sick. Everything is going to work out and we’re going to have a good futur... Read More...

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Don’t Call Her a Victim: After Surviving Opioids, Nan Goldin Goes After the Makers

Big Pharma KILLS, and She knows it! – Jan. 22, 2018 - The celebrated photographer was sitting in the press room of the Manhattan Criminal Courts Building, a spot that she suggested because of her love of crime dramas an... Read More...

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TRUMP’S 24-YEAR-OLD PICK FOR SENIOR DRUG POLICY JOB STEPS DOWN

AN OUTRAGE – Jan. 25, 2018 - Taylor Weyeneth’s only professional experience before assuming the position of Deputy Chief of Staff for the ONDCP was working on the Trump 2016 presidential election campaign. Before that, ... Read More...

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New York City Announces Lawsuit Against Nation’s Largest Opioid Manufacturers

Building a Prison on Wall Street? – Jan. 23, 2018, NEW YORK — Mayor Bill de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray announced a the City had filed a lawsuit today in New York State Supreme Court to hold manufacturers and ... Read More...

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Opioid commission member: Our work is a ‘sham’

Fooled You! – Jan. 23, 2018 - (CNN) “Trump gave great speech, then did ‘nothing’ The Republican-led Congress has turned the work of the president’s opioid commission into a “charade” and a “sham,” a member of the panel... Read More...

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Young women using ADHD medicine up 700 percent

Doctors Prefer Thin Women? – Jan. 19, 2018 - The findings, published today in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, highlight the need for more research to be done on how these medications could potentially a... Read More...

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Author responds to opiate crisis

Hooked on Good Advice – Jan. 18, 2018 - Author Clyde Mighells, of Howard, has released a new book called Curbing the Opiate Crisis; A Call to Action, a rallying cry against the systems he says have allowed the crisis to... Read More...

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Addiction is a symptom of illness

That We All Have? – Jan 22, 2018 - Doctors may over-prescribe medications that are known to be addictive, such as Xanax, Valium or opiates in general. Even when choosing to avoid drugs that aren’t prescribed by a profes... Read More...

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WWE star Eva Marie pens emotional essay about her battle with alcoholism

Getting Off the Mat – Jan. 17, 2018 - The WWE Diva, 33, who recently celebrated five years of sobriety, has been known to speak candidly on the debilitating disease which she revealed left her at ‘rock bottom’ in her 20... Read More...

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Tom Petty’s Cause of Death: Accidental Overdose

Medicine Cabinet Cannon – Jan. 19, 2018 - The Hall of Fame musician had taken several pain medications, including Fentanyl, oxycodone and generic Xanax. Other medications included generic Restoril (a sleep aid) and gene... Read More...

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Cranberries’ Dolores O’Riordan Dies of Fentanyl Poisoning in London

OBITUARY – Jan. 18, 2018 - Lead Singer of the Cranberries Dolores O’Riordan died of Fentanyl poisoning Monday, said a source in the London Police Department. Authorities found counterfeit fentanyl near the 46 years old ... Read More...

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Ex-Patient Sues Malibu Rehab Center For Sexual Assault

Making a Passages – Jan 18, 2018 - MALIBU, CA – A Malibu-based rehabilitation center was sued Thursday by a former patient who alleges he was sexually assaulted in 2017 by another patient while he was under sedation. Th... Read More...

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McShin controversy hits close to home for mayor who lost son to heroin

No One Is Immune – Jan. 17, 2018 - The McShin Foundation had applied for a special-use permit to operate a 28-day, 14-bed residential-treatment program inside the building, which they have used since August for daytime ... Read More...

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Recovery Experts Warn Against Sending Addicts to Jail

Incarceration Mistake – Jan. 15, 2018 - Lori Criss is with the Ohio Council of Behavioral Health and Family Service Providers, which advocates for behavioral health services. She says the bill that proposes 30 days in j... Read More...

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One-Year of Sobriety for Ex-Tampa Bay Buccaneer Austin Sererian-Jenkins

The Most Important Goal – Jan. 21, 2018 - On the anniversary of making the choice to live a better and more fulfilled alcohol-free life, Seferian-Jenkins expressed his gratitude for being able to overcome some of his da... Read More...

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We should have made the opioid crisis OUR problem from the start

Professional MORONS – January 18, 2018 - Shamefully, during the crack epidemic, we never took collective ownership to solve the problem because the crisis didn’t spread beyond a narrow segment of society. Instead, there... Read More...

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City leader suggests medics stop responding to overdoses

Let Let Eat Death – June 26, 2017 - ...Picard’s plan doesn’t stop there. If the individual doesn’t show up to court and already had a record of incidents, medics should not respond to additional calls for help, he sugge... Read More...

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‘Tide Pod Challenge’ prompts national health warning

Too Clean! – Jan 19, 2018 - But teens have been recording themselves taking a dare called the “Tide Pod Challenge,” where someone tries eating a pod — and usually spits it out immediately. This week, the online video-st... Read More...

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Generation Sober Hardcover

MEDIA: Amazing BOOK – 40 pounds of fun... Full Story @ Generation-Sober.com... Read More...

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Just How Bad Is Kids’ Smartphone Addiction?

The End Is Near? – Jan. 9, 2018 - That worries a group of Apple investors, who are calling on the company to investigate what effects this screen time has on children’s brains and development. In a letter co-signed by N... Read More...

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“Two Kinds of Truth” By Michael Connelly

MEDIA: Fiction – Jan. 18, 2018 - When looking for the pharmacists’ killers, he agrees to go undercover. … Connelly brings the national opioid crisis up close and personal in “Two Kinds of Truth.” When Bosch sees what’s ... Read More...

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Film aims to reverse the stigma

Movies Make a Difference – Jan. 16, 2018 - Addiction knows no boundaries and doesn’t discriminate on gender, race, age or wealth. There’s a stigma - most are picturing someone who looks run down, beaten and dirty. A fil... Read More...

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Adult actress, 23, dies in a Hollywood rehab facility from ‘cocktail of prescription drugs and alcohol’

Too Young - Too Sad – Jan 20, 2018 - Olivia Lua, 23, died in a rehab facility in West Hollywood on Friday morning. The actress, who used the screen name Olivia Voltaire, is believed to have died from mixing prescription... Read More...

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Tom Petty’s Daughter Insists Her Father Wasn’t a Drug Addict

Rest In Peace – Jan. 20, 2018 - “His recent death is tragic yet he died from doing what he loved and what will continue to keep his spirit alive. Touring with a broken hip because he would have it no other way. He loved... Read More...

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Sober Living Permit Denied

Living Sober is Never Denied – Jan. 18, 2018 - “Speaking of them as if they were violent criminals, as if they were inmates. There was talk of – ‘what if they escape?’ They want to be there, they are not trying to escap... Read More...

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‘Alcoholic’s Guide to Adventure’ Author Arrested After Drunken 911 Call

Mrs. Tuffet Objects – Jan. 18, 2018 - Little Miss Muffet has nothing on a Florida man who called 911 to report that his wife had become a “black widow spider.” William Rutger, 61, of Tarpon Springs, called for emergency... Read More...

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California Bill aims to plug holes in treatment industry

With What, a Cork? – Jan. 17, 2018 - Addicts around the country are enticed to California with offers of free travel, rent, cigarettes and even manicures, often landing in centers that would not be allowed to open elsew... Read More...