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AUGUST 25, 2017- The marketing blitz and an infusion of private equity money have helped make Recovery Centers of America into the self-described fastest-growing addiction treatment provider in the country. Launched less than three years ago by a high-end real estate developer, it’s part of a rush of entrepreneurs who see opportunity in the treatment business as the opioid crisis sweeps the country … Every room has a flat-screen television and private bath … One staff member complained to the state that patients were trading their medication for financial and physical favors. CONTINUED @ StatNews.com
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“The Boston Globe article contains unsubstantiated allegations that included information in violation of several laws, such as:Confidentiality of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Patient Records (42 C.F.R, Part 2), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and related regulations, as well as the MA patient bill of rights.”…CONTINUED @ AddictionRecoveryeBulletin.org
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Aug. 23, 2017 – A former rehab patient says instead of getting clean, he was exposed to harder drugs. Carolyn Johnson reports for the NBC4 News… CONTINUED @ NBCLosAngeles.com
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August 22, 2017 – Counselors and former addicts Judah Weiner (from left to right), Stephen Siegel and Henry Moultrie at Journeys, the first drug and alcohol rehab center geared to assist Jewish addicts in Borough Park.The center, called Journeys, is state-certified and has more than 10 rooms for counseling and group therapy. “The answer isn’t to send them off to some fancy rehab in California or Arizona,” said Barbara Silverstein, 45, program director and health care coordinator of the center. CONTINUED @ NYDailyNews.com
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Delmonico was a 22-year-old addicted to Adderall, the attention-deficit disorder drug he had been prescribed since high school. And without undergoing 45 days of treatment in February 2015, the rookie White Sox outfielder knows he never would be enjoying one of the best debuts in team history now. “I dug down deep. Not only did I learn about the medicine and what it was doing to me, but I had to figure out what was going on in my life and get back to being myself … the previous summer when he was suspended 50 games by Major League Baseball. CONTINUED @ ChicagoTribune.com
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September Issue: Addiction hijacks the brain’s neural pathways. Scientists are challenging the view that it’s a moral failing and researching treatments that could offer an exit from the cycle of desire, bingeing, and withdrawal that traps tens of millions of people. Janna Raine became addicted to heroin two decades ago after taking prescription pain pills for a work injury. Last year she was living in a homeless encampment under a Seattle freeway. CONTINUED @ NationalGeographic.com
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August 24, 2017 – She called her friend, John Shinholser, president of the McShin Foundation, an addiction recovery center, who told her jail was the best place for Austin and to leave him there. “You don’t let a drunk driver back out on the road when they’re still drunk, why are you going to let an addict back out in the community when they’re still toxic?” Shinholser explained. CONTINUED @ WRIC.com
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Aug 23 2017 – With the obviously-growing reputation of benzos, and Xanax in particular, I just wanted to try them. But tolerance built pretty quick, and soon it starts to take triple what it took at first to get you where you want to be. Being sober was the last thing I wanted because I liked the feeling of Xanax so much, so I was pretty much on it 24 hours a day.” CONTINUED @ Vice.com
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The state’s announcement came hours after the Globe and STAT published on their websites a lengthy investigation into evidence of turmoil and shoddy care at RCA’s Danvers and Westminster treatment centers. The Massachusetts facilities have been plagued by concerns of understaffing and inadequate treatment, and staff have complained to the state that they fear they are not able to keep patients safe. Statewide this year, the DPH has investigated nine complaints at treatment centers — and three of those investigations were at RCA properties. CONTINUED @ StatNews.com
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August 24, 2017 – “It’s terrible right now. I don’t know of any business that wants to kill its customers, but this one does,” said Timothy Schnellenberger, who has worked for years in running addiction recovery centers in Florida. “It really breaks my heart. Kids are dying left and right. Florida has the most sober homes per capita of any state, said David Sheridan, President of the National Alliance for Recovery Residences. CONTINUED @ SFChronicle.com
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Aug. 21, 2017 – Appriss, a 600-employee company in Louisville, is working to mitigate a U.S. opioid crisis blamed for more than 20,000 fatal overdoses a year—33,000 when heroin-related deaths are included—and $79 billion in annual response costs and lost productivity. CONTINUED @ Bloomberg.com
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August 24, 2017 – America’s opioid epidemic has infiltrated all segments of the population, regardless of age, race or class. This is why New York City Councilman Rafael Salamanca introduced a bill Thursday that would force New York’s public schools to stock anti-overdose kits. The drug naloxone can reverse opioid overdoses and may be delivered with a cheap easily used a nasal spray. From 2000 to 2016, 69 people ages 15 to 18 died from opioid-related overdoses, according to data released from the Department of Health. CONTINUED @ Fox5NY.com
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Aug. 22, 2017 – A former nurse at a Wheatfield drug rehabilitation facility who had sex with two male patients last year faces a possible four-year prison sentence as she admitted Tuesday that she violated probation terms. CONTINUED @ BuffaloNews.com
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August 25, 2017 – Methamphetamine use was linked most strongly to a type of stroke caused by bleeding in the brain, known as a hemorrhagic stroke, as opposed to ischemic stroke, which is caused by blood clots. CONTINUED @ FoxNews.com
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August 25, 2017 – Smith joined “CBS This Morning” to discuss how addiction changes the way a person’s brain functions and whether it can be re-trained out of those changes. CONTINUED @ CBSNews.com
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August 20, 2017 – A new Transformational Talks series! People sharing a lived experience of transformation. Kevin serves as director of Kennedy St recovery services, a social enterprise, a Brighton-based organization, offering various recovery programs and a professional advice & coaching service. CONTINUED @ YouTube.com
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Aug. 24, 2017 – When it all spun out of control, he found himself in prison after breaking into homes to steal prescription pills in Montana … Leaf, who has been clean and sober for more than five years now, said three principles guide his life now — accountability, spirituality and community. CONTINUED @ YakimaHerald.com
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Aug. 23, 2017 – In some states, such as Ohio, it’s so difficult to get a petition approved that many families don’t even try. In other states, “judges and attorneys are hesitant to move forward” in part because of civil rights concerns, said Dr. Marvin Seppala, chief medical officer at the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation. CONTINUED @ USAToday.com
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August 27, 2017 – The MDMA program was created by a small group of psychedelic researchers who had toiled for years in the face of ridicule, funding shortages and skepticism. But the results have been so positive that this month the Food and Drug Administration deemed it a “breakthrough therapy” – setting it on a fast track for review and potential approval. CONTINUED @ DenverPost.com
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August 28, 2017 – I wanted to highlight his story of being an addict and how he turned everything around and launched a sobriety app that helps recovering addicts connect with peers anonymously 24/7. “My name is Damien and I’m a recovering addict. I’m also the founder of Pocket Rehab. CONTINUED @ HuffingtonPost.com
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Addiction/Recovery eBulletin, Publisher & Editor:
Leonard Buschel
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August 25, 2017 – It’s ironic that an 18-year-old white kid can smoke the same pot at University of Virginia that an 18-year-old black kid smokes in Westhaven, a housing project in Charlottesville. The main difference is that UVA has campus police, who keep the drug user on campus and out of jail. It’s to protect the college’s interest: conserving daddy’s $300,000 investment in the Charlottesville economy. The same city pays Charlottesville police to arrest the black kid… CONTINUED @ HuffingtonPost.com
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