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Experimental Pain Medication May Work Without Risk of Addiction

IT’S ABOUT TIME – Feb. 2, 2024 - The drug, called VX-548, works by blocking pain signals from nerves in the body before they get to the brain. Unlike opioids, it works only on peripheral nerves, and not on the... Read More...

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Celebrities Spearhead Alcohol-Free Brands

ANYTHING FOR A BUCK? – Jan. 31, 2024 - The ‘sober curious’ movement has gained momentum, particularly among younger generations. It’s driven by a growing awareness of alcohol’s effects on health and well-being... Read More...

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Doctor Who Prescribed 500k Opioid Doses Gets Conviction Nullified

NOW WHAT? – Feb. 2, 2024 - A Virginia doctor who prescribed more than 500,000 opioid doses in less than two years had his conviction and 40-year prison sentence thrown out by a federal appeals court on Friday.... Read More...

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Four Caught Transporting 370 Gallons of Liquid Heroin

VIDEO – SMACK ON TAP? – Feb. 1, 2024 - Police had a search warrant on the defendants’ motel room and two trucks. They located and took eight 55-gallon barrels containing approximately 370 gallons of a liquid narcot... Read More...

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Lifestyle & Environment Will Cause Cancer Cases to Jump 77% by 2050

KEEP IT SIMPLE – Feb. 2, 2024 - The global cancer burden is projected to surge by 77% to over 35 million new cases in 2050, stemming from population growth, aging, and changing risk factors associated with soc... Read More...

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US Babies Born Prematurely Has Grown by 12%

ANXIOUS TO GET ON SOCIAL MEDIA? – Jan. 31, 2024 - The rate of babies born prematurely in the US grew 12% from 2014 to 2022 to nearly 8.7%, with pronounced racial and age disparities among the mothers. Black mo... Read More...

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My Month in Rehab – Alcohol Was Killing Me

TREATMENTS WORKS – Jan. 23, 2024 - I was sitting on the bathroom floor, sobbing. The room was spinning. It was the heart of lockdown and I wasn’t coping – or, rather, I was attempting to cope by drinking heavi... Read More...

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Giving up Alcohol Made Me Realize the Benefits of Sobriety

HALLELUJAH – Jan. 30, 2024 - So, I decided to give sobriety a chance. I began working with sober women to figure out why I drank in the first place. In turn, I developed an understanding that sobriety is so mu... Read More...

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Josh Eagle Talks About Creativity In Sobriety

AUDIO – GETTING BETTER ALL THE TIME – Jan. 23, 2024 - Getting sober, I felt like that I now have the ability to really love as deeply as possible. And that’s myself and that’s others—and not just people in my circl... Read More...

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What Was Your Rock Bottom Moment?

LOOK BACK, DON’T GO BACK – Jan. 27, 2024 - Maybe you woke up in a jail cell after a night of heavy drinking with only the foggiest memory of what you did to get there. Or maybe you drank too much at a friend or famil... Read More...

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Heartbreaking Trailer For Wendy Williams Documentary “I Have No Money”

VIDEO – SAD TELEVISION – Feb. 2, 2024 - The trailer also appears to imply that Williams is still struggling with drinking after having gone to rehab last June, on top of other possible health issues. “Anyone c... Read More...

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Did The DEA Make Up a Faux “Fentanyl Facts” Quiz?

IMAGINATION DISTORTED – Jan. 29, 2024 - The tournament part of the “One Pill Can Kill Game Over Tournament,” where DEA guest commentators shared fentanyl misinformation soundbites while college students played Rocket... Read More...

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ADHD Meds Recalled Because Bottles Contain a Different Drug

OOPS! – Jan. 29, 2024 - Patients who have received the wrong medicine have a higher risk of getting into accidents and injuring themselves, as well as being more likely to experience drowsiness and depression,... Read More...

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Nearly Half of All UK Teens Feel Addicted to Social Media

SO AM I – Feb. 2, 2024 - In recent years, there has been growing concern about the addictive qualities of social media. Last year, the US surgeon general issued a public health advisory on the risks that social media... Read More...

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Quote of the Week – Ariana Grande

“Block out all the negative energy and just love.” – Ariana Grande ... Read More...

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Author Breaks Silence Surrounding Addiction

THIS MAN KNOWS – Jan. 20, 2024 - Sam Quinones has been on the front line of reporting on illicit drugs, from his decade as a reporter and writer in Mexico to his decade at the Los Angeles Times covering immigr... Read More...

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Rewiring Your Brain!

IT HAS TO HAPPEN – Jan. 26, 2024 - Many people are wired to seek and respond to rewards. Your brain interprets food as rewarding when you are hungry and water as rewarding when you are thirsty. But addictive substanc... Read More...

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Abstinence-Based Treatment Isn’t Dead…Yet

NOT AFTER 89 YEARS – Jan. 26, 2024 - The SUD treatment industry is beginning to move away from an abstinence-only approach to care and towards harm-reduction and medication-assisted treatment approaches. Resea... Read More...

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Mayor Defends Drug-Screening Plan for Welfare Recipients

IT’S COMPLICATED – Jan. 18, 2024 - People will be asked questions during a screening process and may be referred to a doctor, said Cedric Akbar, the director of Positive Directions Equals Change, an addiction ... Read More...

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Fentanyl Forum Tells parents to Talk With Their Children

AUDIO – COMMUNICATION IS KEY – Jan. 24, 2024 - The message during a recent public health forum was clear and chilling: Don’t do drugs. They could kill you – or, at the very least, ruin your life. About 30 peo... Read More...

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Relapse Pays Big on the Florida Shuffle

CAVEAT EMPTOR – Jan. 19, 2024 - Drug addiction, a disease that takes hundreds of lives in Palm Beach County every year, is often misunderstood and mistreated. That’s slowly changing, but experts say much is yet to be... Read More...

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Emma Corlett – Social Media Star: Meth Addict’s Recovery Story

VIDEO – EVERYONE CAN CHANGE – Jan. 20, 2024 - “It’s really hard to believe, looking back at the old Emma, to who I am now. I would never have imagined I would do modelling.” Who Emma is now is a long way away from ... Read More...

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How Marijuana Affects Health

NOT GOOD – Jan. 23, 2024 - Common effects of using the drug include feeling elated, increased appetite, experiencing relaxation and having difficulty thinking due to distorted perceptions. Additionally, patients can ... Read More...

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Children of Narcissists and Addicts

HANDLE WITH CARE – Jan. 20, 2024 - Narcissistic parents are ignoring, controlling, blaming, self-absorbed, and intolerant or unaware of their children’s needs and of the effects of their behavior on other people. Chi... Read More...

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Do Tea Drinkers Age Slower?

YES – Jan. 23, 2024 - From our skin to our cells, the food we eat supplies a range of essential nutrients that can support our body’s microbial machinery and help us to live longer, healthier lives. One bevera... Read More...

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New Synthetic Opioids Could Make Fentanyl Crisis Look Like ‘the good old days’

THE GOOD OLD DAYS WEREN’T – Jan. 23, 2024 - Chemists refer to this category of drugs as “nitazenes,” even though the term is incorrect; it should be “benzimidazole-based opioids.” The Swiss drug maker CIBA, now... Read More...

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Get To Know “gas station heroin”

DON’T USE AND DRIVE! – Jan. 24, 2024 - Many tianeptine users are taking the substance because they believe it’s a safer alternative to opioids like heroin and fentanyl or because they’re trying to wean themsel... Read More...

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Finding Recovery and Staying Safe from New England Journal of Medicine

VIDEO – HELPFUL INFORMATION – Jan. 25, 2024 - In this Double Take video from the New England Journal of Medicine and NEJM Knowledge+, Jennifer Foreman (Randolph Health Medical Group) and her son, Dylan Glover, reco... Read More...

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Junkies Don’t Exist

PERSONAL ESSAY – Jan. 25, 2024 - I’ll never forget the time a relative casually called me a “junkie,” as I organised my collection of drugstore makeup and fancy soaps on my bathroom countertop. This particular... Read More...

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Hunter Mayhew Dedicated to Helping People Defeat Addiction

DON’T GIVE UP THE FIGHT – Jan. 25, 2024 - Daniel Hand High School graduate Joe Deane lost his life due to fentanyl poisoning in 2018 after numerous attempts to shake his addiction and get his promising future ... Read More...

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