Articles of Interest

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THIS is the Oscar Nominated Movie to WATCH! All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

VIDEO – DOCUMENTARIES RULE – March 9, 2023 - Between then and now, the museum announced it would no longer accept donations from the Sacklers and excised their name from its galleries. Once the Met’s most cherished ... Read More...

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My Addicted Son Might Still Be Alive If The Court Had Ordered Treatment

VIDEO – NO MARCHMAN ACT in TENNESSEE? – March 10, 2023 - Oh my God, what to do? I called 911 and reported the strange call. The operator said she would send an officer to my house. The Metro police car pulled up in ... Read More...

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Cara Delevingne Gets Vulnerable About Her Sobriety

ONE FEELING AT A TIME – March 9, 2023 - Every single story is important and this is mine. We are all human. Of course we will fall and make mistakes. We will walk through really hard things in life but it’s how we ge... Read More...

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Blac Chyna’s Sobriety Journey

A MUST READ INTERVIEW – March 9, 2023 - When asked what sparked the change, Chyna said, “Honestly, I’m just changing everything about me. So, people that I had to cut off … certain business relationships. I ha... Read More...

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Is Addiction a Choice? Big Questions with Gabor Maté

VIDEO – IS PIZZA? – Nov. 2022 - Over four decades of clinical experience, renowned physician and addiction expert Dr Gabor Maté has seen how health systems neglect the role that trauma exerts on our bodies and our mi... Read More...

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What Your Breath Is Trying To Tell You About Your Health

VIDEO – BRING BACK MASKS – March 10, 2023 - “Seventy-five percent of prescription drugs, including antidepressants, antihistamines, and blood pressure drugs have dry mouth as a side effect,” says Katz. So, if you fin... Read More...

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What Are the Different Types of Addiction?

A DOPE FOR DOPAMINE – March 9, 2023 - Living with addiction doesn’t always involve drugs or alcohol. Identifying many types of addiction can help you find the help you need to finally end a vicious cycle. We... Read More...

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Idaho Murder Victim’s Mom in Jail After Tragic Relapse

NO MERCY, NO PEACE – March 9, 2023 - The 43-year-old has been struggling with drug abuse throughout her adult life and was jailed on drug charges on February 24. She is being held at the Kootenai Count... Read More...

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Former Addict Fosters Success Through Teen Challenge Program

VIDEO – HERO THROUGH AND THROUGH – March 9, 2024 - “The gentleman that I work with are living examples that there is life after addiction,” said Intake Coordinator Derek Dare. “It’s just nice to see the family and mo... Read More...

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Why You Think This Puppy Is Cuter Than A Baby

DOG GOD – March 13, 2023 - “If you look at a fully-grown person, there’s first activity in the retina of your eyes, immediately transferred to the brain regions in the back of your brain. Here your brain makes ... Read More...

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Why Riley Keough Didn’t Want ‘Daisy Jones’ Drug Addiction to Seem ‘Glamorous’

NO NEED TO EXAGGERATE – March 15, 2023 - The eponymous star of “Daisy Jones and the Six” revealed that she was determined to showcase the novel’s depiction of substance abuse in a respectful way, especially giv... Read More...

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Macklemore Inspiring Others In Sobriety

VIDEO – GREAT INTERVIEW – March 2, 2023 - Macklemore joins Elvis Duran and the Morning Show in studio to talk all about how his song ‘Thrift Shop’ changed his life, inspiring others in their sobriety journey as... Read More...

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DEA’s New Rules Deadly to Opioid Addicts says Ryan Hampton

YOUR GOVERNMENT AT WORK – March 14, 2023 - I worked on Capitol Hill and in state houses across the country for years, before a seemingly benign OxyContin prescription for pain sent me into a decade-long tailspi... Read More...

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Zuckerberg Was Warned on Social Media Addiction

THE KIDS ARE NOT ALRIGHT – March 13, 2023 - The revelations were disclosed in a lawsuit over social media addiction that had been filed previously but with key portions sealed from public view. An unredacted version ... Read More...

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Doctor Who Battled Addiction Helps Peers Do Same

DOCTOR FEELGOOD – March 14, 2023 - In his early years as a primary care doctor in Boston, addiction devoured Grinspoon’s practice and his life. He snorted oxycodone in his office, wrote fraudulent prescriptions... Read More...

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Alcohol Is Biggest Killer

AND IT’S LEGAL – March 15, 2023 - Headlines in 2022 declared Oregon to be the “worst in the nation” for addiction. But many local experts in behavioral health say state rankings should be taken with a grain of salt. ... Read More...

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Alcoholism: 6 Effective Tips For At Home Alcohol Detox

DO TRY THIS AT HOME – March 14, 2023 - The discomfort level of alcohol withdrawal symptoms can range from mild to quite bothersome. Finding a treatment for alcohol withdrawal might sometimes be difficult. You’v... Read More...

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1 Million Fentanyl Pills Seized

SIMPLE SUPPLY & DEMAND – March 10, 2023 - The buyers, however, were a confidential informant who has worked with the government since 2014 and an undercover Hawthorne police officer working as part of the federal... Read More...

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On the Trail of Fentanyl King

BLIND AMBITION – March 8, 2023 - An order came in from a young marine in North Carolina. He wanted Oxy. Allawi went about fulfilling the order, choosing from among the bags of powders and chemicals strewn about... Read More...

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Rite Aid Sued for Allowing “millions of opioid pills” to Flow Illegally From Stores

MORE THAN THE CARTELS? – March 15, 2023 - The lawsuit, filed in Cleveland federal court, said Rite Aid repeatedly filled prescriptions from May 2014 to June 2019 that were medically unnecessary, for off-label use or ... Read More...

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Carnival Cruises Serving Booze-Free Cocktails

NOT DRUNK JUST SEASICK – March 14, 2023 - Martini Seduction: Red passionfruit nectar, fresh lime juice, and a hint of orange mix with Lyre’s White Cane instead of vodka Spicy Chipotle Pineapple Mart... Read More...

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John Shinholser – Recovery Icon to Retire

AUDIO – PASSION & COMPASSION – March 12, 2023 - If the Iran hostage evacuation had not succeeded, John Shinholser‘s life might have been a lot different. At the age of 23, Shinholser was part of a unit stationed ... Read More...

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Quote of the Week – George Orwell

“Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations.” – George Orwell ... Read More...

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Want to know more about the REEL Recovery Film Festival?

LIVE AND IN PERSON! – July 5, 2022 – Watch the video and see what goes on behind the scenes. 14th Annual REEL Recovery Film Festival, October 21-27, 2022, Laemmle NoHo Cinema, 5240 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywo... Read More...

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Book Excerpt: HIGH Confessions of a Cannabis Addict by Leonard Lee Buschel

HIGH-lights – Jan. 30, 2022 - Once I was back home, selling the hash was no problem, until I was dealing my last quarter ounce to some guys in a friend’s basement in the Kensington and Allegheny neighborhood of Phil... Read More...

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Publisher Turns 27* and is subject of a piece in Shout Out LA

A PUFF PIECE ON AN EX-POTHEAD – August 2, 2021 - Occasionally the gang and I would wait at the news stand for the ‘bulldog’ edition, dropped off at 11pm. An early edition of the morning Inky, nickname for the Phila... Read More...

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Robert Downey Sr., Filmmaker and Provocateur, Is Dead at 85

A MAN OF HIS TIME, A MAN AHEAD OF HIS TIME, A MAN FOR ALL TIME – July 7, 2021 - The film, though probably a financial success by Mr. Downey’s standards, made only about $2.7 million. (By comparison, “Butch Cass... Read More...

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Writers In Treatment: Melding Recovery, the Arts, and Information

The accident that led to a Film Festival November 12, 2020 - For the past twelve years, Leonard Buschel has been an instrumental force in adding flavor and culture to the recovery community by filling ... 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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