Aug 20 2019

Executive Corner with Ester Nicholson

Stick with the Winners! – August 15, 2019 - A gifted vocal artist in her own right, Nicholson’s musical career…

5 years ago

ABC’s ‘What Would You Do?’ Focuses On The Opioid Crisis

Answer The Question –  August 16, 2019 - When our father and son ask Angela how many pills she’s had…

5 years ago

Wendy’s Manager Says ‘Most’ Job Applicants Are ‘Recovering Addicts’

Talk About Stigma!... – Aug. 13, 2019 - “Not everybody who has a drug problem is a criminal,” Rose said.…

5 years ago

Iceland Cuts Teen Drinking

Quality of Life –   July 31, 2019 - The walk is one step toward Iceland’s success into turning around…

5 years ago

Introducing Paradigm HQ

New Digs –  August 14, 2019 -  What our corporate team members all have in common is their dedication to…

5 years ago

Purdue Pharma Sought to Divert Online Readers from Critical L.A. Times Series

Smart Devils – AUG. 15, 2019 - “By purchasing highly targeted strings of keywords that people are likely to use…

5 years ago

New Guidelines on Prescribing Fewer Opioids Could Have Massive Impact

Guide This! –   Aug. 16, 2019 - The Michigan Surgical Quality Collaborative and the Michigan Opioid Prescribing Engagement Network…

5 years ago

The Dangerous New Obsession with Fasting

Life in the Fast Lane –  August 17, 2019 - This scary phenomenon even has a shiny new name: biohacking,…

5 years ago

Patient-Brokering Kickbacks Brought in Thousands for Mail Order Ring

Dealing in America – Aug 16, 2019 – Jonathan Paul “Smitty” Smith for insurance fraud and fraudulent use of personal…

5 years ago

Mystery Lung Illness Linked to Vaping

What’s In Your Device? –   August 16, 2019 - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday that…

5 years ago

Gene Mutation Contributes to Addiction

Alcoholic Mutants? –  August 16, 2019 -   Why do some people face a higher risk than others for alcoholism…

5 years ago

Drug Tests and Background Checks Are Becoming Less Important to Employers

70,000 Less Job Applicants a Year? – August 13, 2019 - Paying more and asking for less to attract talent.…

5 years ago

Former Alcoholic Offers Liver To Dying Man Ineligible For Transplant

Easy Come... –   Aug. 14, 2019 - David Dennis is a chronic alcoholic with end-stage liver disease who was…

5 years ago

Lawmakers Hope to Overhaul Privacy Rules for Substance-Use Disorders

HIPAA, We Hardly Knew Ya –  August 14, 2019 - “If providers are unable to get the full picture of…

5 years ago

Court Listened to AMA on Defining Alcoholism as Disease, Not a Crime

Tell That to the Police –   AUGUST 16, 2019 - IN 1988, THE SUPREME COURT DECIDED A CASE IN…

5 years ago

Most Canadians Prefer Drug Treatment That Doesn’t Rely on Opioid Replacement

Northern Exposure – August 15, 2019 - Approval rates for safe injection sites and needle exchange programs were similar at…

5 years ago

Author Patty Steele Releases “The Gift of Second Chances” Memoir of Addiction, Recovery, Hope

MEDIA: Book Article –  August 16, 2019 - “I hope by disclosing my personal dysfunction, my mental malady, during and…

5 years ago

Happy 50th Birthday, Matthew Perry – His Best Quotes on ‘Friends,’ Sobriety and Fame

Once A Star... –  Aug. 19, 2019 - On using his struggles with sobriety to help others. “I had a…

5 years ago

JUST IN! 2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health Report Data Findings by SAMHSA

Good News –  August 20, 2019 - Today, SAMHSA released the latest data findings from the 2018 NSDUH. NSDUH provides…

5 years ago

How I Survived Wedding Season in My First Year of Sobriety

Not High In High Society –  August 15, 2019 - The seventh wedding I attended fell on my one-year sober…

5 years ago

Social Media is Harmful to Teen Girls’ Mental Health

Introspection Disconnection – Aug. 14, 2019 - Teenagers should get nine to 10 hours of sleep per night, according to…

5 years ago

How Steve-O Got Sober … and Stayed Sober

11 Years and Counting –  August 13, 2019 - #Jackass legend #SteveO tells @grahamwire how he got #sober, got through…

5 years ago

AA MEETS CLIMATE CHANGE

Powerless Over Everything –   August 16, 2019 - Grounded in the healing power of ritual, Schmidt’s peer-to-peer support group,…

5 years ago

We Put “Sin Tax” on Cigarettes & Alcohol. Why Not Meat?

Please Sir, Can I Have Some More? –   August 11, 2019 - “The person who eats 400 pounds of…

5 years ago

How Getting Sober Finally Made Me Cool

The Party Never Stops – August 16, 2019 - I KNOW. Drinking doesn’t make you cool is exactly what PSAs…

5 years ago

America’s War on Drugs Has Treated People Unequally Since Its Beginning

Good Morning Heartache – AUGUST 12, 2019 - When Prohibition ended in 1933, drug enforcers finally had a new agency…

5 years ago

FDA Pushes for Graphic Warning Labels on Cigarettes

Removing the Smoke Screen –   August 15, 2019 - Other color illustrations would warn smokers that cigarettes can cause…

5 years ago

Rock Cocaine Makes Paris Neighborhood ‘Hell’

Paris is Burning...Crack! – Aug. 18, 2019 - “We had our share of burned cars, weed trafficking and prostitution,” said…

5 years ago

The Brazen Way Chinese Company Pumped Fentanyl Ingredients Into U.S.

Exporters of Death –   AUG 18, 2019 - Over a period of a year, posing as an interested customer,…

5 years ago

U.S. Panel Recommends Screening Adults For Illicit Drug Use

Finally, A Solution? –   AUGUST 13, 2019 - The task force defined illicit drug use as both taking illicit…

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