April 17 2018

Five drinks week could shorten your life

So Can 50 – April 13, 2018 - A study published in a medical journal, The Lancet, revealed that drinking…

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iPad is Far Bigger Threat to Children Than Anyone Realizes

Here Come the ‘techno-tots’ – April 2018 - Ten years ago, psychologist Sue Palmer predicted the toxic effects of social…

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Artist’s Corner with Diana Raab

Artist's Corner – Diana Raab, PhD is a memoirist, poet, essayist, blogger, and speaker. She presents workshops in writing for…

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The Disappearing Doctor

Does CVS Do Transplants Now? – April 7, 2018 - Big corporations — giant retailers and health insurance companies —…

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Demi Lovato hits back at fan who questioned her sobriety: ‘I don’t have to defend anything’

She’s Back – April 13, 2018 - Demi Lovato has just celebrated six years of sobriety, however after a group…

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San Clemente Hires Law Firms to Tackle Producers

Sue the Bastards – April 5, 2018 - A contract was approved, by a vote of 3-2, by the San…

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Women’s Stories of Assault, Fear, and Finding Friendship

Home Street Home – April 14, 2018 - A third of L.A.’s homeless population are women — and “once a…

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How Profiteers Lure Women Into Unneeded Surgery

Doctors For Sale? – April 14, 2018 -  “The work was lucrative. Doctors stood to make $14,000 a day.” Just…

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Family Trying to Escape Blame for the Opioid Crisis

You Can Run, But You Can’t Hide – APRIL 10, 2018 - Much as the role of the addictive multibillion-dollar…

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Congress searches for prescription to help fight growing opioid epidemic

War on Death – April 11, 2018 - WASHINGTON – The opioids epidemic that is ripping apart lives across the…

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We scorned addicts when they were black. It is different now…

White Privilege – April 12, 2018 - We have been here before — a raging epidemic of addiction that destroys…

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Woman Searches for Answers after Her Brother Dies in Sober Living Home

Death in Stockton – April 12, 2018 - Al Senella, president of the California Association of Alcohol and Drug Program…

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A Drug to End Addiction? Scientists Are Working on It.

Absurd or Amen? – APRIL 15, 2018 - Scrambling for ways to contain America’s out-of-control opioid crisis, some experts in…

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‘I didn’t know I had drinking problem until I decided I did’

Sobriety Starts at 60 – April 12, 2018 - On June 22, 2007, I had my last drink. Thanks to…

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While the opioid crisis has gained attention, meth has quietly destroyed lives

Staying Up – April 15, 2018 - Eric R. Miller’s story could be one ripped from the pages of a…

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Deaths Linked To Elephant Tranquilizer More Than Double Across West Virginia

West Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains ... Take Me Home Country Roads – April 15, 2018 - Overdose deaths linked to…

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Administration abandons crackdown on legal marijuana

Breathing a Sigh of Relief – APR 13, 2018 - The Trump administration is abandoning a Justice Department threat to…

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Google will resume accepting ads from treatment centers following rampant abuse

Use Clean Advertising – April 16, 2018 - Google plans to resume accepting advertisements from alcohol and drug addiction treatment…

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Did Drinking Give Me Breast Cancer?

Now That’s a Disease – May/June Issue -The science on the link is clear, but the alcohol industry has worked…

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Podcast Episode 16: Pia Mellody with Alanis Morissette

MEDIA: Podcast – April 13, 2018 - n this episode, Alanis talks with Pia Mellody about codependence and addiction recovery…

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CA bills would crack down on shady rehab practices

Broke or Brokering? – April 12, 2018 - Southern California is a hub for substance abuse treatment facilities. It’s a…

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Experts push for opioid treatment, against medical marijuana at ASAM

American Society for Addiction Medicine – April 14, 2018 - SAN DIEGO - Support for drugs like Suboxone, Vivitrol and…

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WATCH: A look inside ‘Heroin Alley’

Doing the Right Thing – April 15, 2018 - It’s not everyday that you hear about a neighborhood, plagued with…

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Florida woman caught with cocaine in purse blames the wind

Sounds Like One of Us – April 8, 2018 - The answer for the cocaine in her purse, a Florida…

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Americans going abroad for illegal heroin treatment

Going to Any Lengths – April 11, 2018 - As America’s opioid and heroin crisis rages, some struggling with addiction…

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Local lawmaker authors bill to stop patient brokering…

Modern Day Traders? – April 13, 2018 - As the opioid epidemic increases in California, more and more fake facilities…

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They lost their son, then started an agency to help addicts navigate treatment

A Higher Calling – April 14, 2018 - Founded by Avi and Julie Israel of Buffalo, Save the Michaels transitioned…

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Pharmacist who ran oxycodone ‘pill mill’ gets 15 years

Justice in Jersey – April 13, 2018 - Until he got busted, Michael Ludwikowski was your go-to guy if you…

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Busting the myth that doctors are to blame for the opiate overdose crisis

OPINION from CANADA – April 10, 2018 - Illicit fentanyl was the cause of the earliest deaths that the panel…

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20 Lies Addicts Say to Justify their Addiction

Rationalization Nation – April 14, 2018 - Angel came into counseling knowing that something was wrong but not knowing what…

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