August 20, 2019 Issue - Addiction/Recovery eBulletin

August 20, 2019 • Vol. 7, No. 6

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Executive Corner with Ester Nicholson

Stick with the Winners! – August 15, 2019 - A gifted vocal artist in her own right, Nicholson’s musical career includes tours with Rod Stewart and Bette Midler—and appearances on such television shows as Oprah, The ... Read More...

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ABC’s ‘What Would You Do?’ Focuses On The Opioid Crisis

Answer The Question – August 16, 2019 - When our father and son ask Angela how many pills she’s had so far today, nearby customers observe. In one scene, when Angela steps away for a moment, customers Diane and... Read More...

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Wendy’s Manager Says ‘Most’ Job Applicants Are ‘Recovering Addicts’

Talk About Stigma!... – Aug. 13, 2019 - “Not everybody who has a drug problem is a criminal,” Rose said. “If you’re recovering, that means you’re trying to do the right thing, you’re trying to get back on track. Ther... Read More...

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Iceland Cuts Teen Drinking

Quality of Life – July 31, 2019 - The walk is one step toward Iceland’s success into turning around a crisis in teenage drinking. Focusing on local participation and promoting more music and sports options for... Read More...

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Introducing Paradigm HQ

New Digs – August 14, 2019 - What our corporate team members all have in common is their dedication to best and most efficiently meeting the needs of our dynamic client population. In addition to providin... Read More...

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Purdue Pharma Sought to Divert Online Readers from Critical L.A. Times Series

Smart Devils – AUG. 15, 2019 - “By purchasing highly targeted strings of keywords that people are likely to use to find out more information about the articles, we can ensure that PurduePharmaFacts.com is at the top ... Read More...

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New Guidelines on Prescribing Fewer Opioids Could Have Massive Impact

Guide This! – Aug. 16, 2019 - The Michigan Surgical Quality Collaborative and the Michigan Opioid Prescribing Engagement Network reviewed data on how 50,000 patients took opioids for pain management. New guide... Read More...

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The Dangerous New Obsession with Fasting

Life in the Fast Lane – August 17, 2019 - This scary phenomenon even has a shiny new name: biohacking, a term that originated in Silicon Valley, a place where billionaires infuse themselves with the blood of healthy... Read More...

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Patient-Brokering Kickbacks Brought in Thousands for Mail Order Ring

Dealing in America – Aug 16, 2019 – Jonathan Paul “Smitty” Smith for insurance fraud and fraudulent use of personal identification. Smith said Tuesday he wasn’t familiar with the charges and couldn’t comment, but he ... Read More...

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Mystery Lung Illness Linked to Vaping

What’s In Your Device? – August 16, 2019 - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday that officials are working with health departments in at least five states with confirmed cases — Californi... Read More...

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Gene Mutation Contributes to Addiction

Alcoholic Mutants? – August 16, 2019 - Why do some people face a higher risk than others for alcoholism and drug abuse? A researcher at the OU College of Medicine, William R. Lovallo, Ph.D., recently publishe... Read More...

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Drug Tests and Background Checks Are Becoming Less Important to Employers

70,000 Less Job Applicants a Year? – August 13, 2019 - Paying more and asking for less to attract talent. Close to 40% of employers say they have loosened job requirements in order to recruit workers, according to... Read More...

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Former Alcoholic Offers Liver To Dying Man Ineligible For Transplant

Easy Come... – Aug. 14, 2019 - David Dennis is a chronic alcoholic with end-stage liver disease who was removed from the transplant waitlist. He has launched a formal challenge through the BC Human Rights Trib... Read More...

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Lawmakers Hope to Overhaul Privacy Rules for Substance-Use Disorders

HIPAA, We Hardly Knew Ya – August 14, 2019 - “If providers are unable to get the full picture of a patient’s condition, it can often have tragic consequences,” Blumenauer said in a statement to Modern Healthcar... Read More...

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Court Listened to AMA on Defining Alcoholism as a Disease, Not a Crime

Tell That to the Police – AUGUST 16, 2019 - IN 1988, THE SUPREME COURT DECIDED A CASE IN WHICH THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (VA) WOULDN’T GRANT MORE TIME FOR TWO VETERANS WHO WERE PRIMARY ALCOHOLICS... Read More...

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Most Canadians Prefer Drug Treatment That Doesn’t Rely on Opioid Replacement

Northern Exposure – August 15, 2019 - Approval rates for safe injection sites and needle exchange programs were similar at 59 per cent and 58 per cent respectively. “Canadians who voted for the Liberal Party (77 per ... Read More...

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Author Patty Steele Releases “The Gift of Second Chances” a Memoir of Addiction, Recovery, Hope

MEDIA: Book Article – August 16, 2019 - “I hope by disclosing my personal dysfunction, my mental malady, during and after my active drinking days, that I can put in simple words the experience of addiction,” St... Read More...

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Happy 50th Birthday, Matthew Perry – His Best Quotes on ‘Friends,’ Sobriety and Fame

Once A Star... – Aug. 19, 2019 - On using his struggles with sobriety to help others. “I had a big problem with alcohol and pills and I couldn’t stop. Eventually things got so bad that I couldn’t hide it, and t... Read More...

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JUST IN! 2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health Report Data Findings by SAMHSA

Good News – August 20, 2019 - Today, SAMHSA released the latest data findings from the 2018 NSDUH. NSDUH provides estimates of the use of illegal substances, prescription drugs, alcohol, and tobacco, as well as... Read More...

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How I Survived Wedding Season in My First Year of Sobriety

Not High In High Society – August 15, 2019 - The seventh wedding I attended fell on my one-year sober anniversary. At a cliff-side ceremony in Maine, the clouds rolled in. By the time the sun came out again, my... Read More...

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Social Media is Harmful to Teen Girls’ Mental Health

Introspection Disconnection – Aug. 14, 2019 - Teenagers should get nine to 10 hours of sleep per night, according to Ashton. In addition, it’s important that teens keep their sleep schedules consistent, instead of sk... Read More...

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How Steve-O Got Sober … and Stayed Sober

11 Years and Counting – August 13, 2019 - #Jackass legend #SteveO tells @grahamwire how he got #sober, got through uncomfortable times and what those struggling can do. Full Story @ YouTube.com ... Read More...

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AA MEETS CLIMATE CHANGE

Powerless Over Everything – August 16, 2019 - Grounded in the healing power of ritual, Schmidt’s peer-to-peer support group, Good Grief, mirrors the format of Alcoholics Anonymous. Schmidt, whose parents... Read More...

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We Put “Sin Tax” on Cigarettes & Alcohol. Why Not Meat?

Please Sir, Can I Have Some More? – August 11, 2019 - “The person who eats 400 pounds of animal meat every year is treading on the environment for others, and so a meat tax could be implemented as a matter of ... Read More...

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How Getting Sober Finally Made Me Cool

The Party Never Stops – August 16, 2019 - I KNOW. Drinking doesn’t make you cool is exactly what PSAs told us when we were kids, and it was an idea I railed against for 28 years of my life. Anyone who said that obvio... Read More...

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America’s War on Drugs Has Treated People Unequally Since Its Beginning

Good Morning Heartache – AUGUST 12, 2019 - When Prohibition ended in 1933, drug enforcers finally had a new agency they could call their own, the Federal Bureau of Narcotics. This launched the career of its first com... Read More...

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FDA Pushes for Graphic Warning Labels on Cigarettes

Removing the Smoke Screen – August 15, 2019 - Other color illustrations would warn smokers that cigarettes can cause heart disease, impotence, and diabetes. The labels would take up more than half of the front... Read More...

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Rock Cocaine Makes a Paris Neighborhood ‘Hell’

Paris is Burning...Crack! – Aug. 18, 2019 - “We had our share of burned cars, weed trafficking and prostitution,” said Rafia Bibi, a 59-year-old Tunisian woman who has lived in the area for the past 15 years, and who... Read More...

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The Brazen Way a Chinese Company Pumped Fentanyl Ingredients Into U.S.

Exporters of Death – AUG 18, 2019 - Over a period of a year, posing as an interested customer, I messaged with or spoke to 17 Yuancheng salespeople, sometimes for hours at a time. These were wide-ranging conve... Read More...

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U.S. Panel Recommends Screening Adults For Illicit Drug Use

Finally, A Solution? – AUGUST 13, 2019 - The task force defined illicit drug use as both taking illicit drugs and using prescription drugs for nonmedical purposes — meaning for reasons, durations, frequencies,... Read More...

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