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Addiction Recovery Care Agrees to Pay $16.2 Million Judgment For Medicaid Fraud

BUSINESS AS USUAL? – July 27, 2026 - The judgment, announced today by the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the Office of the Kentucky Attorney General, is part of a civil settlement resolving allegations that ARC and its a... Read More...

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Grandparents Happy Hour Loosens Alcohol Laws for Seniors

WHY NOT, THEY’RE ALMOST DEAD ANYWAY – July 24, 2026 - Gov. Tim Walz celebrated Grandparents Happy Hour. Walz signed into law Minnesota’s new “Grandparents’ Happy Hour” bill. The bill is a bit broader, affecting the p... Read More...

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When It Comes to Addiction Treatment – ‘Any Door Should Be the Right Door’

JUST OPEN IT AND GO IN – July 24, 2026 - Holly Warren was recently leafing through one of her old medical school textbooks, trying to recall how much instruction she’d received in addiction medicine — trying to recal... Read More...

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Carl Radke Says 5 Years of Sobriety ‘Changed My Life’

YES IT DOES! – July 28, 2026 - “The last few years of my drinking and partying, I was in a bad place and really struggling,” the ‘Summer House’ star says. Radke shares that his brother’s death in September 2020 “w... Read More...

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Trump Fired the Team Tracking Teen Addiction

PUNK ROCK CRACK – July 28, 2026 - There was some uncertainty about the future of the National Survey on Drug Use and Health last year, when the entire 17-member team responsible for it was laid off by the Trump admin... Read More...

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SAMHSA Sees Declines in Alcohol Use and Drug Taking in Latest Survey

GOOD NEWS – July 27, 2026 - The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration July 27 released results from its latest national survey on drug use and mental health. The survey found that fewer adolescent... Read More...

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SHARON STONE: I’m Finally Living a Weed-Free Life!!

NOT STONED SHARON – JULY 31, 2026 - Sharon is taking her health into her own hands ... cutting out weed and one of the medications she was prescribed following her nearly fatal 2001 stroke. The star says she’s ... Read More...

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Person of the Week: Issa Ibrahim

STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – Aug. 4, 2026 - Issa Ibrahim is a visual artist, author, musician and filmmaker. He hopes his story of resilience and survival will inspire greater compassion and a deeper understanding of ou... Read More...

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NYC Cop Honored for Saving Overdose Victim

SAVE-A-LIFE – July 11, 2026 - Sgt. Police Sergeant Flores heroically turned a life-threatening situation into a life-saving mission by administering Narcan to an overdosing patient and coordinating a swift medical re... Read More...

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Anne Lamott with Amy Poehle and Tina Fey

VIDEO – GIRL TALK – July 28, 2026 - For Anne Lamott, it goes Jesus, the cat, and then everyone else. Amy hangs with the ‘Bird by Bird’ author and talks about how she deals with bad reviews, binging on ‘Below Deck’ an... Read More...

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Emily Willis Still ‘Nonverbal’ – ‘Communicates With Her Eyes’ – Film Star Continues to Recover From Devastating Brain Injury

EYES DON’T LIE – July 31, 2026 - The former adult film star’s mom, Yesenia Cooper, sued Malibu Lighthouse Treatment Center in 2024, claiming Willis was left permanently disabled and in a vegetative state while she wa... Read More...

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THE HOSPITAL ALWAYS WINS

MUST READ – Issa Ibrahim's memoir details in searing prose his development of severe mental illness leading to a horrific family tragedy, his acquittal by reason of insanity, and his subsequent commission to a mental... Read More...

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Reading Alan Watts in Emily Dickinson’s Front Yard by Leonard Buschel

MEMORY – Aug. 4, 2026 - As I approach turning 32 years clean and sober in Alcoholics Anonymous, I am reminded of a very special afternoon many years ago when I was Reading Alan Watts in Emily Dickinson’s Fr... Read More...

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Syd On Marriage & Sobriety & Finding Her Voice

SOUL MATES – July 16, 2026 - The singer/songwriter shared details about married life ahead of the release of her third solo album “Beard,” revealing she wed her wife Simone in a courthouse ceremony last July. Nearly ... Read More...

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Tony Romo Tells Masked Cop He Had ‘zero’ Drinks Before Getting Arrested

BODY CAM VIDEO – LAWYERING UP – July 28, 2026 - Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo told a sheriff’s deputy he was on his way to see his grandparents and had consumed “zero” drinks during a traffic stop in Mi... Read More...

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Governor Andy Beshear Wanted to Make Treatment More Available – Sadly Fraud and Abuse Followed

THE BASTARDS – July 30, 2026 - By the end of 2020, Kentucky’s newly elected Gov. Andy Beshear had one goal above all others: Keep people alive. The state was battling two merciless threats. COVID-19 was killing hundr... Read More...

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Limiting Sugar Linked to Better Brain Health

3.14 NOT PIE – July 29, 2026 - Scientists have suggested eating very little sugar up to the age of two may help protect the brain decades later. The research analysed the impact of the end of sugar rationing in th... Read More...

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Woman Blows Whistle on Fake Sober Living Homes

AUDIO – UNBELIEVABLE – July 17, 2026 - A Navajo advocate who has blown the whistle on fraudulent “sober living” homes in Arizona says she began shining a light on the Medicaid scam targeting Native Americans af... Read More...

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The Science of Cannabis and Sleep

CHRONIC DREAMS – July 23, 2026 - For years, while he regularly smoked cannabis, his dreams seemed to disappear. Then, last summer, he quit. Soon afterward, his nights became populated by a vivid nocturnal world unlik... Read More...

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Most Commercial Childhood Drinks Can Raise Blood Pressure In Later Life

SAVE THE ADULT – July 23, 2026 - A 25-year study found that frequent consumption of soda, sports drinks, and fruit juice beginning in childhood was linked to a higher risk of high blood pressure in adulthood. Drinkin... Read More...

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78-year-old Georgia Woman Overdoses on Fentanyl After Prescription Mix-up at Pharmacy

VIDEO – BUYER BEWARE VERY AWARE – July 21, 2026 - Betty Thomas, 78, said she unknowingly used fentanyl patches for nearly three weeks after a Publix pharmacist in Decatur, Georgia, allegedly gave her another customer... Read More...

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RFK Jr. Received Compassion When He Was Busted for Heroin – Most Americans Do Not

NOW WHAT? – July 21, 2026 - In 1983, while on a flight to South Dakota, a 29-year-old Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was reported to have developed profuse sweating, pallor, and a weak pulse. Authorities found two-tenths of a... Read More...

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Eve Goldberg and Her BigVision: How a Mother’s Love Built a Home for Young Adults in NYC

EACH ONE, TEACH ONE – July 23, 2026 - Out of 8 billion people in this world, how is it possible that we somehow find the ones who change our lives forever? I’ve asked myself that question more than once because th... Read More...

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Overdose Rates Soar After Incarceration

SAD WAY TO GO – July 24, 2024 - On their way out the door, corrections officers offer people getting released from the Aroostook County Jail in Houlton a bag with the opioid overdose reversal medication naloxone, dru... Read More...

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Person of the Week: Vinsent Franke

STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – July 28, 2026 - Vinsent Franke is a dedicated healthcare professional and an industry leader in behavioral healthcare, rooted in the belief that everyone has the potential to rediscover thei... Read More...

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Real Housewives Kyle Richards Marks 4 Years Without Alcohol

NO VALIUM EITHER? – July 20, 2026 - “This past week marked 4 years since I gave up alcohol. I’ve talked about my reasons why I made that decision,” the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star, 57, shared in an Instagra... Read More...

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Emily Willis Was Porn’s Biggest Star. A $3M Settlement Won’t Answer What Happened to Her at Summit Malibu

AUDIO – MYSTERY ABOUNDS – July 24, 2026 - On July 15, a Santa Monica judge approved a $3 million settlement in a lawsuit brought by former adult performer Emily Willis’ mother and legal guardian against Malibu Lighth... Read More...

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Ron Howard Shares ‘Regrets’ He Carries After Brother Clint Howard’s Struggle with Addiction

BROTHERLY LOVE – July 22, 2026 - Both the famed director, now 72, and his younger brother, 67, appeared on In Depth with Graham Bensinger in 2023. During their conversations on the show, they discussed the period in ... Read More...

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Jodie Sweetin and John Stamos “Connected” Through Sobriety Journeys

THE ROOMS CONNECT – July 20, 2026 - Jodie Sweetin has a full heart on her sobriety journey. The Full House alum recently reflected on how she and her former costar John Stamos have “really connected” over their re... Read More...

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Health Insurers Use Vast Arsenal of Tools to Deny You Care – and Make More Money

ONLY IN AMERICA – July 22, 2026 - This is how the denial of care business model works: The commercial health insurance float is the cash a company holds onto during the time gap between collecting premium payments fr... Read More...

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