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How Attorneys Can Help As Addiction Cases Rise Post-Pandemic by Sue Bright

When will it end? – June 28, 2020 - In establishing a solid defense for legal cases, take time to discuss the client’s history with drugs and alcohol. Attorneys can play an important role in ensuring their clients be... Read More...

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‘It was a perfect storm how I got sober’: Student battles through addiction to graduate

WATCH – Miracles Do Happen! – July 1, 2020 - Morrison started out at Lane Community College writing for the student-run newspaper, The Torch. Two years later, he transferred to the U of O and quickly got involved ... Read More...

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Providing Vapes to Incarcerated People

Freedom would be even better – JUNE 30, 2020 - One aspect is the potential benefits of nicotine and the harms of withdrawal to people in this setting. Nicotine has calming properties which help to explain, for exampl... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryJuly 7 2020Vaping

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Art exhibit removes the stigma of addiction

WATCH – Celebration time is now – July 2, 2020 - This is a disease condition. This isn’t just a series of bad moral decisions and that’s what they come into the treatment center with. We’re trying to disjoint that id... Read More...

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Involuntary treatment for the addicted is unconstitutional?

Coercion or Compassion? – July 1, 2020 - On Wednesday morning, Cameron and local leaders and advocates gathered in overwhelming support of Casey’s Law, asserting its 16-year impact on people with substance use disord... Read More...

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How To Achieve Emotional Sobriety

Balancing Act As If – June 30, 2020 - The next step is recovery is emotional sobriety, or learning to deal with the uncomfortable feelings, thoughts, and behaviors that the addictive behaviors attempted to cover up o... Read More...

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North America to Hold the Lion’s Share in Addiction Treatment Market, 2020 to 2025

America’$ Rehab Dream – July 3, 2020 - Recent developments in the COVID-19 pandemic have led to increased drug addiction relapses. Hence, companies in the addiction treatment market are capitalizing on the demand for... Read More...

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Internet addiction causing emotional issues in teenagers

Oh, only teenagers? – July 2, 2020 - Lead author James Donald from the University of Sydney said the rate and intensity of online activity among teenagers is increasing daily. “We also know that many platforms on ... Read More...

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‘Left with nothing’: Funding shortfall cancels opioid response grants

What’s more important? – JULY 4, 2020 — Change the Outcome was one of more than two dozen programs that sought but failed to receive funding through Minnesota’s landmark Opioid Epidemic Response Law, which in its ear... Read More...

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Leslie Jordan Fan Mail

“Who knew when Leonard started his recovery bulletin years ago, how pertinent and necessary it would become in the days of hunkering down from the Covid 19 virus. When one has exhausted all the available online... Read More...

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Charlie Sheen on Quitting Smoking: “The Sooner the Better”

Poof – July 04, 2020 - from Charlie Sheen, dear @my lungs,it was one year ago TODAY,that i quit smoking!hashtag -YOU’RE WELCOME!if i could goback in time and have NEVER STARTED,i would absolutely do so!i... Read More...

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Q&A with Ken Pomerance

Stick with the Winners – July 2, 2020 - Kenny has over 37 years of long-term recovery and has been married to his wife, Jamie, for over 32 years. Jaime has 34 years of long-term recovery. Kenny and Jamie have two ch... Read More...

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The Opioid Crisis and America’s Addiction to Prohibition

Lock up 'dem addicts Now! – June 29, 2020 - For individuals addicted to opioids or suffering from chronic pain, a war on drugs has never been a prescription for improving wellness. This dominant abstinence‐based pol... Read More...

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‘I’m a f**king grandma!’ Sia is sober and a GRANDMOTHER at the age of just 44

Sobriety is Wild – July 1, 2020 - The musician, whose real name is Sia Kate Isobelle Furler, said that her adopted children now call her ‘Nana’. The Grammy-nominated artist joked that she was trying to get them to... Read More...

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The Seattle journalist talks addiction and sobriety in memoir

Report from the Great Northwest – July 1, 2020 - In Quitter, Barnett exercises the trademark candor people have come to expect from her Twitter feed and on her local news blog The C is For Crank. But instead of apply... Read More...

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Mötley Crüe’s Nikki Sixx celebrates 19 years sober

Still a Teenager – July 3, 2020 - Nikki Sixx had previously struggled with substance abuse, while even overdosing from heroin in 1987. Since that moment in time, he has been active in a recovery program, noting that ... Read More...

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Robbie Williams has strange new “addiction”

Hole in the head or hole in one? – July 2, 2020 - “This is something I was explaining to my wife Ayda. My addictions will manifest every day. So when I wasn’t sleeping last night, I was playing golf online. It’s some... Read More...

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A Memoir of a Canadian Rock Star

WATCH - MEDIA: Recovery Memoir – June 30, 2020 - Great Big Sea founding member Séan McCann and his wife Andrea Aragon discuss their book, “One Good Reason: A Memoir of Addiction and Recovery, Music and Love,” and how... Read More...

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‘Real-life Frankensteins’ $52M scheme involving sober living patients undergoing surgery for cash & prizes

Faces of Greed – July 3, 2020 - A Beverly Hills surgeon, his girlfriend and four others were charged in connection with an elaborate scheme, paying patients at Southern California sober living homes to undergo medica... Read More...

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End the War on DRUG Addicts by JOHN STOSSEL

WATCH – Free Treatment Instead? – July 1, 2020 - But “one problem kept cropping up,” CARL HART says in his soon-to-be-released book, Drug Use For Grown-Ups: Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear, “the evidence did not ... Read More...

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Western addicts head to Thailand to detox

Seeking Help Overseas – July 1, 2020 - Chiang Mai, Thailand (CNN) — Kneeling beside a gutter within a walled compound adjoining a complex of golden-roofed temples, 50 men in red pajamas with the word “overcome” on th... Read More...

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Novartis pays $678 million to settle kickbacks to doctors

Chump Change – JULY 1, 2020 - Over the years, speaker programs have been a controversial practice in the pharmaceutical industry. Federal prosecutors have alleged the programs are sometimes nothing more than social e... Read More...

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Hispanic community, racial disparities in healthcare add to the burden

Healthy is for the Wealthy – July 1, 2020 - In recent years, the opioid overdose crisis ravaging Philadelphia has often been painted as affecting mostly white people. But even as overdose deaths slowly decrease among... Read More...

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Top Movies About Addiction Recover

Movies are Miraculous – July 1, 2020 - For some, watching movies can be a form of relaxation and entertainment. But for others, it can be more than that. It can serve as an inspiration, or as a way to learn valuable ... Read More...

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Alcohol and drug addiction increasing since Covid-19 pandemic

To drink ‘n drug or not to... – June 17, 2020 - In Florida, 57% of people reported an increase in substance abuse and the largest increase was between people 35 to 44 years old. Alcohol was the number one substanc... Read More...

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Summer House’s Star Reveals He’s in Therapy to Help With Sobriety

Sponsor, Therapy and the STEPS!!! – June 24, 2020 - Getting help. Carl Radke, best known for his role on Bravo’s Summer House, is opening up about his journey to being a happier person. In May, the reality star... Read More...

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Heather Locklear

From quitting time to getting time – June 19, 2020 - “We are all going through a challenging time right now,” she said. “I at first want to say thank you to all the first responders, to the people who you order from ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyJune 30 2020Recovery

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Road to Recovery: Using art to overcome addiction

Inspired by Grief – June 25, 2020 - The series focuses on their faces and is called “Into the Light.” The pieces will be displayed in an exhibit in Asheville in the fall, aimed at removing the stigma from opioi... Read More...

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Mama June Struggles to Admit She’s a Drug Addict

First Step’s First – June 25, 2020 - When asked how she feels and if she thinks she has a drug addiction, June says, “I feel like I have spent a lot of money … I do have an addictive personality, but when I think abo... Read More...

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Employees walk out of addiction center over alleged missing paychecks

Strange story for sure – June 25, 2020 - Meanwhile, the center owes money. According to fire protection company Brewer and Company, they have been waiting for months on a payment of $125,000 for installing a sprinkle... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 30 2020RecoveryRehab

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