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U.S. Gives $590 Million to Moderna Pharmaceutical to Speed Up Bird Flu Vaccine

THIS IS HOW IT WORKS – Jan. 18, 2025 - The money will go to Moderna, the Massachusetts-based pharmaceutical company that previously developed a COVID-19 vaccine. Since 2023, Moderna has been working to create a... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJan 28 2025

Notorious Pill Mill Doctor Dead, But No One Mourns The Wicked

VIDEO – DEATH HAS NO MERCY – Jan. 22, 2025 - Gayden, a disgraced former doctor, prescribed more oxycodone in six months from his beachside office than the entire state of California before his world came crashing dow... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJan 28 2025

The Gold Standard in Alcoholism Treatment

VIDEO – NALTREXONE COMMERCIAL – Jan. 23, 2025 - Volpicelli said he thinks Naltrexone is the gold standard for medications to treat AUD, having been around for 30 years and proven to be safe and effective. Markers in ... Read More...

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Sackler Family to Pay $7.4 Billion for Addicting Americans

VIDEO – January 23, 2025 - Purdue, under the leadership of the Sackler families, invented, manufactured and aggressively marketed opioid products for decades. States and cities across the country said it fueled waves... Read More...

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Face Moisturizer Sold at Sephora & Amazon Recalled

TURN THE OTHER CHEEK? – Jan. 23, 2025 - Before slathering on your moisturizer, you might want to take a second to check the jar. First Aid Beauty recently voluntarily ordered back more than 2,700 pots of its... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJan 28 2025Trauma

Walgreen’s Internal Emails Revealed

VIDEO – GREED KILLS – Jan. 23, 2025 - Walgreens’ senior managers ignored staff concerns and urged them to keep working with “pill mill” doctors over-prescribing opioid drugs, emails uncovered by the Justice Dep... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 28 2025

Spravato Nasal Spray Approved for Major Depressive Disorder

NEW NOSE CANDY – Jan. 23, 2025 - Regulators based their approval on the data culled from a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Results showed the drug offered quick relief and much better efficacy tha... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJan 28 2025

Trump Falsely Triples Number of Reported Overdose Deaths

STILL TOO MANY – Jan. 23, 2025 - “They’re killing our people. They’re killing 250,000, 300,000 American people a year, not 100, like has been reported for 15 years. It’s probably 300,000.” Trump often exaggerat... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 28 2025Overdose

Beer Glasses of Cocaine Were Going for $5 as Island Paradise Became Addicted to Drugs

HEAVEN TO HELL – Jan. 22, 2025 - Telmo Mineiro, a fisherman from São Miguel, takes a heavy drag on his cigarette and points to where he found a brick of uncut cocaine on the shore. “We were hunting for sea urch... Read More...

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8 Facts About Addiction and Recovery

VIDEO – TO START – Jan. 15, 2025 - Yet, the reality is that the majority of people experiencing addiction—whether to alcohol, opioids, stimulants, or cannabis—don’t seek treatment. There are many reasons someone m... Read More...

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Trump Lies About Canadian Fentanyl ‘Pouring’ into US

INVADE NOW? – Jan. 17, 2025 - As everyone is aware, thousands of people are pouring through Mexico and Canada, bringing Crime and Drugs at levels never seen before,” Donald Trump posted on Truth Social, singlin... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylJan 21 2025

Walgreens Filled Millions of Illegitimate Prescriptions for Opioids and other Drugs

MURDERERS? – Jan. 17, 2025 - Filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the complaint says the drugstore chain’s pharmacists filled controlled substance prescriptions with clear red fla... Read More...

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The Most Egregious Healthcare Profiteering Announced

GREED IS GOOD – Jan, 7, 2025 - Selling body parts without consent and billing desperate parents $97,599 for air transport among worst examples. Also the outdated practice of baby tongue-tie cutting, which conti... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJanuary 14 2025

Opinion: Doctor’s Role In Fentanyl Crisis

DO LESS HARM – Jan. 8, 2025 - The medical community is willingly under-medicating the entire nation for pain, and we have a national calamity with Fentanyl overdoses. Doctors share the blame because their culpability... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylJanuary 14 2025

Trump’s Quest for Greenland Could Make Ozempic More Expensive

HE CAN AFFORD IT – Jan. 9, 2025 - Trump has cranked up the pressure on Danish officials to sell the strategically important North American island, turning to his go-to tactic: Threatening tariffs. Massive ones. Durin... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJanuary 14 2025

Naltrexone: Wonder Drug for Alcoholism?

IS IT? or ISN’T IT? – Jan 8, 2025 - Although it’s been used since the 1980s, naltrexone remains a relatively unknown treatment for alcohol dependency. Costing around £3 per pill, the drug blocks the “euphoric and sed... Read More...

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Walgreens Introduces Low-Cost Naloxone

SAVE A LIFE FOR LE$$ – Jan. 2, 2025 - Walgreens recently introduced a store-brand version of naloxone, the opioid overdose reversal medication. The Walgreens medication is called Walgreens Brand Naloxone HCl Nasal Sp... Read More...

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Over 400 People Saved in Knox County With Narcan

VIDEO – LIVES MATTER – Dec. 31, 2024 - “Each number of those is a person,” said Jessica Stanley, regional overdose prevention specialist. “So that is initially 422 families.” Numbers from Tennessee show naloxone r... Read More...

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Mexican Cartels Test Fentanyl on Vulnerable People and Animals

AUDIO – FAILURE IS DYING – Dec. 26, 2024 - The cartel operatives came to the homeless encampment carrying syringes filled with their latest fentanyl formula. The offer was simple, according to two men living at the c... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylJan 7 2025

San Francisco Bans Welfare Cash for Drug Addicts Who Refuse Treatment

GAME CHANGER? Or CASH GRAB? – Jan. 3, 2025 - “San Francisco is a city of compassion, but also a city that demands accountability,” Breed said in a statement. “We fund a wide range of treatment and recovery services t... Read More...

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Make Hard-Drug Possession a Felony to Convince Homeless Addicts to Get Clean – by Marcia Kelbon

THEN WHAT? – Dec. 25, 2024 - As many of us prepare to enjoy the holidays in our snug homes, let’s pause to remember those without such amenities. And to review the approaches we have been taking to reduce the p... Read More...

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Couple Who Lost Their Son Helping Others Battling Addiction

JUST PLAIN SAD – Dec. 24, 2024 - The holidays are a particularly tough time for those living with addiction. After their own family tragedy, one mom and dad are working to provide a place for those who are struggl... Read More...

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County Team Member Reflects On the First Year

CLEANING DIRTY MONEY – Dec. 24, 2024 - (Valerie Mangskau has battled addiction and is nine years sober) Looking ahead to 2025, DART will spearhead efforts to keep low-level substance abuse offenders from receiving cr... Read More...

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Hawaii Crime Boss Died of an Overdose in Federal Custody

WHAT GOES AROUND... – Dec. 24, 2024 - Michael Miske, 50, died of ‘’toxicity of fentanyl and para-fluorofentanyl,’’ the medical examiner’s office said in a statement. The death appears to have been accidental but the ... Read More...

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The C.E.O.s Are Tripping

MANTRA - Make More Money – Dec. 12, 2034 - The first order of business was a microdose, 0.25 milligrams, of psilocybin (the main psychedelic substance found in hallucinogenic mushrooms), which was child’s play compar... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 31 2024Drug Abuse and AddictionPsychedelics

Fatal Overdoses in Green Bay DROPPED 73% in 2024

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Justice Department $ues Dope Happy CV$

TOO BIG TO PROSECUTE – Dec. 26, 2024 - The U.S. Justice Department is suing pharmacy giant CVS, accusing it of putting profits over patient safety and thus fueling the opioid crisis. The accusations bear similarities... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 31 2024

Pain Medication for Dogs Linked to Illnesses and Death

WHO DO YOU SUE? – Dec. 18, 2024 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued an alert to veterinarians about a popular medication used to control pain associated with osteoarthritis in dogs after numerous... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 24 2024Trauma

There Are Microplastics In Everyone

PLASTIC FANTASTIC LOVER – Dec. 18, 2024 - It’s a disturbing thought: At this very moment, tiny crumbs of plastic are trickling through our bodies, a parade of unwelcome houseguests ready to take up residence in some ... Read More...

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Behind Bars – Pleas For Buprenorphine Go Nowhere

WHERE’S BIG PHARMA WHEN YOU NEED THEM? – Dec. 18, 2024 - For nine months, while incarcerated in a county jail in Portland, Maine, he pleaded for a medication called buprenorphine. Mannion, a barber, recreational fish... Read More...

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