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Gabor Has Answers

ARTIST'S CORNER – Gabor Maté – Q. If you are in recovery, what was your Drug of Choice and when did you discontinue its use? A. I have never had a substance addiction, but have engaged in behaviors tha... Read More...

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Mom recovering from drug addiction gets early Christmas surprises

Tears for Xmas – Dec. 15, 2017 - Jessica McCutcheon recently regained custody from the Department of Social Services of her three children, the News & Observer reported. She had struggled with drug ... Read More...

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Artie Lange Jetting to Rehab

Good Luck Guy – DEC. 15, 2017 - Artie Lange’s life is at stake ... And that’s why friends are getting him on a private jet to rehab after appearing in court Friday. Artie’s attorney, Frank Arleo, tells ... Read More...

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Energy drinks ‘have more than an ENTIRE day’s sugar recommendation’

Not Sober Living Approved? – Dec. 15, 2017 - Energy drinks should be banned from sale to under-16s, urged campaign group Action on Sugar. They played a “huge” role in children’s sugar intake, which is l... Read More...

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Colorado’s largest treatment provider for drug and alcohol addiction is closing

Doesn't Seem Right – Dec. 15, 2017 - Arapahoe House announced Friday that its last day at all of its locations will be Jan. 2. As of Friday, it will no longer accept new patients. It currently serves 5,... Read More...

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Woman helping addicts, homeless with “blessing bags”

Service with a SOBER Smile – Dec. 15, 2017 - Brenda is the founder of “The Addict’s Parents United,” a group that supports parents dealing with children battling addiction. “It’s a way to give back t... Read More...

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Tampa Bay Bucs player Grimes talks about 25-year painkiller addiction

Super Bowl Pills – Dec. 15, 2017 - Taking first step to recovery was most difficult task of his life ... Grimes said he started using opioids midway through his career as a center with the Tampa Bay Buc... Read More...

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DEA agents say ‘We feel like our system was hijacked’

Too BIG to Prosecute for MURDER – DEC. 17, 2017 - Pharmacist Jeffrey Clawson was selling as many as 2,000 pain pills per day … “This is the best case we’ve ever had against a major distributor in the hi... Read More...

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Suicide Rates Projected To Rise In New Hampshire, Linked To Substance Misuse

Final Exit – DEC. 11, 2017 - A new, national study has alarming predictions for New Hampshire. The report draws a strong connection between substance abuse and suicide, and says the Granite State will h... Read More...

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Stripped Clean, “Television with a Higher Purpose” provides hope and healing in community

Woman with a Mission – Dec. 17, 2017 - To spread awareness on life’s modern moral issues, Elyria resident Amanda Joan Quimper created her own series and non-profit called, “Stripped Clean, Television wi... Read More...

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Detox can end in death at some ‘non-medical’ SoCal rehabs

Below it All – Dec. 17, 2017 - “This is the beginning of your beautiful new life!” So began a contract for Above It All Treatment Center, a drug rehabilitation facility in Lake Arrowhead where, in Febru... Read More...

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Philip Seymour Hoffman and the Devastation of Addiction

The Final Eulogy – Mimi O’Donnell Reflects on our Loss Dec. 13, 2017 - His mantra was: We have it to give. And he did. Phil was endlessly generous with his time and energy and mone... Read More...

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Affleck is Continuing to Receive Treatment for Alcohol Addiction

Ben's Struggle is Epic, Like so Many of Us – Dec. 15, 2017 - The 45-year-old actor who was photographed outside an L.A. area treatment center on Thursday has been open in the past about his long struggl... Read More...

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Inside a judge’s rehab: Unpaid work at a local Coca-Cola plant

What 13th Amendment – Dec. 4, 2017 - But Landrith also is involved in a more sinister byproduct of criminal justice reform ... It’s the latest discovery in an ongoing investigation by Reveal from Th... Read More...

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Rehab is a lonely place for a gay man like me

The Normal Heart – Dec. 11, 2017 - After an excruciating eight-year battle with alcohol, I went to rehab. My rehab was a small place, and to my knowledge I was the only out gay man there. My sexuality a... Read More...

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Examining Concerns Of Patient Brokering And Addiction Treatment Fraud

Real Live Testimony – December 12, 2017 – The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold a hearing on Tuesday, December 12, 2017, at 10:15 a.m. in 2322 Rayburn House Office Building. The hea... Read More...

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Opioids on the Quad

Education for Body and Mind – Oct. 30, 2017 – Seven students from colleges in the Philadelphia area — including the University of Pennsylvania, Temple and Villanova — live, eat and socialize here, wher... Read More...

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He Wanted to Stay Sober. So He Surrounded Himself With Drinkers.

Temptations Strengthen Resolve – Dec. 8, 2017 – Each night, after closing time at the Manhattan restaurant where Michael McGarry works, his colleagues wind down with whiskey sours and pale ales. Mr. McG... Read More...

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Inmates die, others sickened. Smuggled drugs the suspect.

Jail House Overdose – Dec. 7, 2017 – Miami-Dade homicide bureau will investigate, as they do with all deaths at jails. Investigators will also focus on who smuggled the illegal drugs into the jail. CON... Read More...

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Medical Pot Is Our Best Hope to Fight the Opioid Epidemic

SAYS WHO? – Dec. 8, 2017 – Last year, a pharmaceutical company called Insys Therapeutics gave half a million dollars to the campaign to stop marijuana legalization in Arizona. CONTINUED @ RollingStone.... Read More...

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March 6, 2017 – Opioid Advocacy Group Secretly Funded by Pharmaceutical Company

Follow the Money – March 6, 2017 – the Boston Globe has revealed that Advocates for Opioid Recovery, a new advocacy group which includes as paid spokespeople former congressmen Newt Gingrich and Patrick... Read More...

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FDA Approves Injectable Opioid for America’s Drug Crisis

Perfect 7% Solution? – Dec. 2, 2017 - Individor, a London-based pharmaceuticals group, are the creators of the newly approved injectable product called Sublocade. CONTINUED @ Newsweek.com ... Read More...

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What is AYAHUASCA?

Medicine or Mistake? – Nov. 29, 2017 – ...it has come into vogue as a treatment or psychological tool by visitors from other countries. This centuries-old brew is now attracting attention as scientists ... Read More...

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Lil Peep Od’d on Fentanyl, Xanax & Many Other Drugs

21 and Done – Dec. 8, 2917 – As we reported, the 21-year-old rapper was found dead on his tour bus during a stop in Tucson, Arizona. He was unresponsive and they were unable to revive him. CONTINUED @ ... Read More...

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Owner faces drug-treatment charges

Stayed Too Long at the Fair – Dec. 8, 201 – John Michael Skeffington was worried this year as he saw people in the sober-home industry charged with patient brokering and insurance fraud, he reported... Read More...

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DEA Raided Doctor’s Office for Prescribing High Doses of Painkillers

Chronic Situation – Dec. 7, 2017 – Tennant’s record is not spotless, however: in 1997 he was fined $625,000 by the federal government in a case related to the methadone programs he ran at the time for f... Read More...

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Video series to show path to recovery for opioid users

We Are Everywhere – December 9, 2017 – One way to reduce the stigma of drug abuse and send a message there are successful pathways to recovery is putting a human face on the illness. Actually, many huma... Read More...

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Supplements Claiming to Ease Opioid Addiction Come Under Scrutiny

Detox Dangers – Dec. 8, 2017 – Because dietary supplements are regulated differently than food and drugs, these products do not require clinical trials before entering the market ... “Though the benefits... Read More...

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State enlists recovering addicts to help fight drug crisis

Where One or More are Gathered... – December 4, 2017 – Experts say recovering addicts can connect with people battling addiction in ways that clinicians can’t. The shared experience gives these recovery... Read More...