April 7 2020

‘Tyger Tyger’ Offers Different Picture of Addiction

WATCH – BUT DARKER –  Feb. 26, 2021 - The story, in which Mondragon shaped using his own personal experience…

4 years ago

Opioid Epidemic Hasn’t Gone Away With COVID-19. It’s Just Harder To Address

Hell hath no fury –  APRIL 2, 2020 - If a police officer responds to an overdose, they’ll try to…

5 years ago

Neil Lasher, Music Publishing Exec and Intervention Specialist, Dies of Coronavirus at 73

Tears for our fallen brethren –  April 5, 2020 - Jacob Fain, senior VP of A&R artist development at Sony/ATV,…

5 years ago

For Miami addicts, recovery is tough enough. Then came the virus

Pray for the newcomers –  MARCH 29, 2020 - Getting clean is challenging enough in regular times, and the coronavirus…

5 years ago

DEA to review dozens of requests to grow marijuana for research

Anything Can Happen – Mar. 30, 2020 - Other countries, including Canada and Australia, have licensed growers for research cannabis…

5 years ago

Big Pharma is Big Obstacle to Coronavirus Treatment

They’re at it again –  April 2, 2020 - Our exit strategy from the global lockdown depends on the development…

5 years ago

Debbie Harry reveals her heroin addiction was ‘drag’ as it took too much effort to track down substances

Blondie or Black Tar? –  April 2, 2020 - “I wasn’t taking drugs when I was working, so when I…

5 years ago

NIDA Director outlines risks to people who smoke and do drugs during pandemic

Another GOOD Reason to Quit! – April 2, 2020 - The Ideas and Opinions piece raises several important concerns regarding…

5 years ago

Bill Withers was in his 30s with job making toilets. Then a big hit changed his life.

“Ain’t No Sunshine” –  April 4, 2020 - “I lived a good portion of my life before I started to…

5 years ago

Tana Mongeau Opens Up About Recent Struggle with Xanax Addiction

1,763,901 views on YouTube - WTF? –  April 1, 2020  - “I spent the next six years continuing to bottle…

5 years ago

DOJ unleashes $163 million to fight drug addiction

Unleashes wild dogs? –  April 3, 2020 -  • Adult Drug Court and Veterans Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program, $1.75…

5 years ago

Stop Trying to Be Productive

Let Sleeping Dogs Lie –  April 1, 2020 - “It’s tough enough to be productive in the best of times…

5 years ago

A Family’s Journey Helps Shift the Science of Mental Illness

What Lies Beneath –  April 5, 2020 - On how the six brothers presented differently with schizophrenia — Donald, while…

5 years ago

Why Coronavirus is making people hoard illegal drugs?

So They Don’t Run Out –  April 5, 2020 - UK drug policy and crime experts told CNN they were…

5 years ago

The Set Aside Prayer: Opening up to new possibilities.

Now More Than Ever – No Better Time - The intention of the prayer is so simple and beautiful. It…

5 years ago

Betty Ford

Tribute to a Pioneer! – Read the history of Betty Ford and the Betty Ford Center. @History

5 years ago

Ryan Leaf Celebrates 8 Years of Sobriety

One first down at time –  April 3, 2020 - The Ryan Leaf comeback story is one for the ages,…

5 years ago

Cara Santana poses in towel to mark 16 years of sobriety

More will be revealed –  April 3, 2020 - In 2015 she told Origin Magazine:  ‘I feel very blessed that…

5 years ago

Addiction Treatment Pivots for Coronavirus

Curbside Meds – April 3, 2020 - The two medications, both narcotics, have been shown to be at least twice…

5 years ago

Global Lockdowns Resulting in ‘Horrifying Surge’ in Domestic Violence

Home is Where the Heartache Is –  April 6, 2020 - “We know lockdowns and quarantines are essential to suppressing…

5 years ago

While Corona Makes Headlines, Opioid Addiction Continues to Kill

Still Feeling No Pain –  April 2, 2020 - I grew up in rural, rust belt Pennsylvania. Although the economy…

5 years ago

Coronavirus is causing rise in drug and alcohol relapses

Will Rehabs Have Enough Beds? –  March 30, 2020 - “Social support and active involvement in the program both play…

5 years ago

A.A. Saved My Life. Can It Work Online?

It Works If You Work It –  April 2, 2020 - I caught my breath to see someone so addled,…

5 years ago

Sobriety struggle in time of isolation for former boxer Mia St. John

Not Down for the Count – April 2, 2020 - “And that was that,” St. John said. “I was gone…

5 years ago

The Reason You’re Exhausted Is ‘Moral Fatigue’

Not the Long Commute –  March 27, 2020 - And then came the coronavirus. It took a while — and…

5 years ago

Duran Duran’s John Taylor Reveals Coronavirus Recovery

Recovery Is Possible –  April 5, 2020 - “I am speaking out to answer to the enormous amount of fear…

5 years ago

Potential of using psychedelic drugs in psychiatry

Eight hours to salvation –  April 2, 2020 - Brain imaging over the past 20 years has taught scientists a…

5 years ago

Quote of the Week – Pema Chodron

"You are the sky. Everything else is just the weather." —Pema Chodron

5 years ago

Bay Area Getting Drunk as Hell During Shelter-in-Place

Day Drinking All Night –  March 31, 2020 -  …with in-person meetings cancelled, and massive server overloads making the online…

5 years ago

Americans drinking crazy amount of alcohol during coronavirus lockdown

Drinking the Day Away –  March 31 , 2020 - Americans are concocting cocktails to cope with the coronavirus —…

5 years ago