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‘Absolutely frightening’: Surge In Ketamine Cases Hits Urology Wards

HOW IS IT DOWN THERE? – Dec. 30, 2025 - Few places have felt the effects of that increase more than urology departments. Chronic ketamine use can cause irreversible damage to the bladder and urinary tract, and depart... Read More...

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Naloxone Boxes: OD Antidote Accessible 24/7 for Free

NO ONE HAS TO DIE – Dec. 30, 2025 - “Naloxone is such a safe, easy-to-use, lifesaving tool, and it’s often treated like, ‘Oh, this is a medicine—we have to safeguard it, we have to restrict it,’” co-author Shelley Fa... Read More...

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Weight Loss Drug – Semaglutide – Shows Promise for Treating Alcohol Addiction

VIDEO – ASK NORA VOLKOW – Jan 2, 2026 - Mounting evidence suggests the drug could address alcohol use disorder, a condition that contributes to an estimated 178,000 deaths annually in the United States. “This stuff ... Read More...

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Ketamine Addiction Left Me Peeing Out Flesh – “one use got me hooked”

VIDEO – STOP THE MADNESS – Jan 2, 2026 - Erin, 22, first took the drug when she was offered it at a rave aged 18 and got hooked as she said it calmed her anxiety. At the height of her addiction, Erin was taking seven... Read More...

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Top 2025 Addiction Research Articles

FACTS AND STUDIES – Dec. 22, 2025 - Each year, I review the most important addiction science in medical, neuroscience, and public health journals. In 2025, research addressed questions experts grapple with daily: Wha... Read More...

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Overdose Crisis is Turning Around

LESSONS LEARNED? – Dec. 25, 2025 - Overdose deaths are falling at a pace the United States has not seen in decades. Centers for Disease Control projections show a nearly 25% decline for the twelve months ending in Ap... Read More...

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Evaluating Treatment for PTSD in People Receiving Buprenorphine or Methadone

NEW INFORMATION – Dec. 23, 2025 - Dr. Kelly Peck is the lead author on a recent article looking at the prevalence of current posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) than in ... Read More...

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Stimulant ADHD Meds Work Differently Than Thought

OH SHIT – Dec, 24, 2025 - Brain areas affected by the drugs control reward and wakefulness, not attention. In the U.S., about 3.5 million kids ages 3 to 17 take an ADHD medication, a number that has increased as more... Read More...

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Powerful New Drug Creating a ‘Withdrawal Crisis’ in Philadelphia

BROTHERLY LOVE? – Dec. 15, 2025 - Medetomidine, a veterinary sedative, mixed into fentanyl has sent thousands to hospitals, not only for overdose but for life-threatening withdrawal. It is spreading to other cities. ... Read More...

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Caron Treatment Centers’ CEO Wants to Remove the ‘Number One Barrier’ to Addiction Treatment

STIGMA SUCKS – Dec. 18, 2025 - From a business perspective, the gap is staggering. “Fifty-four million Americans today suffer from substance use disorder,” Driscoll says. “But there’s only about 12 million that are a... Read More...

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Cardiologist’s Warning If You Are on Omeprazole or Ibuprofen

DANGER OVER THE COUNTER – Dec. 18, 2025 - Dr Aurelio Rojas, who boasts over 1.1 million followers on Instagram, posted a video explaining what people must be wary of when it comes to Omeprazole, ibuprofen, othe... Read More...

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What It’s Like For Some Parents of Adults With Addiction

IT WASN’T DRUGS! – Dec. 19, 2025 - Unlike other diseases where a treatment can reliably keep someone stable, it’s difficult to know what will work with drug addiction. There are a variety of approaches and no simple ... Read More...

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My Ketamine Habit Kept Me High While My Kids Opened Xmas Gifts

MERRY CHRISTMAS – Dec. 19, 2025 - Victoria would spend the day snorting ketamine, a habit that lost her her children and cost her £40,000. Victoria Vigors was thrown out of her local pub on Christmas Eve and later de... Read More...

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3 Foods That Quietly Increase Cancer Risk

STAY HEALTHY – Dec. 11, 2025 - While cancer risk depends on many factors beyond specific foods, small dietary shifts can help us enjoy our favorite meals without nudging our risk upward. We spoke with two experts to ... Read More...

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Vaccine Could Slow Dementia And Cut Death Risk by 30%

SCIENCE MATTERS – Dec. 5, 2025 - “Because the vaccine is safe, affordable, and already widely available, this finding could have major implications for public health,” says epidemiologist Haroon Ahmed. “More research... Read More...

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The Battle Over Funding for Addiction Research

NBC VIDEO – MUST WATCH – Nov. 8, 2025 - Nearly 30 million Americans are diagnosed with alcohol use disorder, but the amount of funding to research what causes alcoholism tends to be less than funding allocated to res... Read More...

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How a Homeless Man Escaped the Grip of Fentanyl

ONE HOT MEAL AT A TIME – Dec. 3, 2025 - WHEN EVAN CARVER shuffled into the chapel of Salvation Army’s rehab center looking frail and steadying himself with a walker, he wasn’t sure he could quit fentanyl for good. Bu... Read More...

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More Adults in 20s and 30s Dying from Drugs & Alcohol

STOP DYING SO MUCH! – Dec. 1, 2025 - Department Epidemiologist Megan Hanley said the report used 2023 Illinois Department of Public Health data, which showed a concerning trend. Hanley said that although substance... Read More...

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Fentanyl Vaccine About to Get Its First Major Test

NEEDLES – Dec. 3, 2025 - JUST A TINY amount of fentanyl, the equivalent of a few grains of sand, is enough to stop a person’s breathing. The synthetic opioid is tasteless, odorless, and invisible when mixed with othe... Read More...

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Doctor Who Gave Matthew Perry Ketamine Gets 30 Months in Prison

NOT REALLY A FRIEND – Dec. 3, 2025 - Mr. Perry, who played Chandler Bing on “Friends” and had long struggled with addiction, became increasingly reliant on ketamine in the weeks before he was found unresponsive in hi... Read More...

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Dramatic Decreases in Drug Deaths

HOPE IS IN THE AIR – Nov. 24, 2025 - Drug deaths in New Hampshire fell 33.4% from 2023 to 2024, according to data from the New Hampshire Drug Monitoring Initiative. That’s the largest single-year decrease in over a d... Read More...

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Ultra-Processed Foods Affect Every Organ in Your Body

FOOD-LIKE SUBSTANCES – Nov. 21, 2025 - The manufacturing process breaks down raw ingredients into molecular slurry, then reconstructs them using emulsifiers, texturizers, and artificial flavors. The result is somethi... Read More...

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Sorbitol Linked to Liver Disease

CHEW ON THAT – Nov. 27, 2025 - Experts said the findings suggest that ‘sugar free’ alternatives could be just as harmful, if not more so, to liver health than once thought, and urged officials to reconsider their rol... Read More...

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Addiction Among Physicians

EASY ACCESS – Nov. 26, 2025 - As physicians, we pride ourselves on diagnostic acuity, precision in judgment, and emotional endurance. But there’s a blind spot many of us share—one that doesn’t respond to intellect, t... Read More...

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Are States Spending Opioid Settlement Funds Wisely?

FOUND MONEY LOST – Nov. 2025 - In March 2022, companies involved in the opioid crisis reached a settlement with New Jersey that would provide the state $1 billion over 18 years. These funds were generally understood ... Read More...

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Take-home Methadone Provides Lifesaving Bridge

HOME IS WHERE THE HEROIN IS – Nov. 22, 2025 - This is a moment where a life can tip one way or the other. And we now have a practical, economical, and proven way to help people stay on the path to recovery.” Susan Ca... Read More...

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Trump Is Wrong About Fentanyl in Almost Every Way

NO KIDDING – Nov. 15, 2025 - The killing has already started. Since September, the military has carried out 20 strikes on boats supposedly smuggling drugs in the Caribbean and the eastern Pacific, killing at least 80... Read More...

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Telehealth Founder Convicted of Running Adderall Pill Mill

ADD-A-GIRL – Nov. 20, 2025 - Ruthia He, founder and CEO of Done Global, and David Brody, president of Done Health, were convicted on one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, four counts of distrib... Read More...

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Antidepressant with Side Effects Given to Millions of Children is ‘no better than a placebo’

PROZAC FLUOXETINE POISON? – Nov. 22, 2025 - A medication meant to lift spirits may be falling flat. An antidepressant commonly prescribed to children and teens may not be as effective as once thought. Now... Read More...

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The Opioid Crisis We’re Not Measuring

WHY NOT? – Nov. 19, 2025 - We Can’t Fix the Opioid Crisis If We Don’t Know What’s Killing People. Much of our country still relies on toxicology panels built for yesterday’s drug supply. These panels can reliably ide... Read More...

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