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L.A. Deputy Arrested for Smuggling Heroin Into Jail

UBERSMACK – May 7, 2024 - Michael Meiser, 39, was arrested April 30. Jail records show he was booked on suspicion of an unspecified felony on May 1. L.A. County Sheriff’s Department records show Meiser worked ... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictionMay 14 2024

Ultra-Processed Foods Linked to Early Death

FOOD-LIKE SUBSTANCES – May 8, 2024 - The study of 115,000 people found that those who ate large amounts of ultra-processed foods, especially processed meats, sugary breakfast foods and sugar and artificially s... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCancerdiet sodaEating Disorderfood addictionMay 14 2024

Philly Mayor Switching Tactics on Open Air Drug Market

AUDIO – IS ACCEPTANCE THE KEY? – May 7, 2024 - A number of major cities are changing the way they address addiction and homelessness. In Philadelphia, the city’s new mayor, Cherelle Parker, is employing an agg... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductionMay 14 2024

More Addiction Patients Can Take Methadone at Home

STILL NOT ENOUGH – May 8, 2024 - Despite methadone’s effectiveness, a labyrinth of state and federal rules keeps it inaccessible to many people who desperately need it. “What kind of normal person with a... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductionMay 14 2024methRecoveryRehab

Amazingly Beautiful Family Is Expanding Access to Free Narcan

VIDEO – ONE FROM THE HEART – May 9, 2024 - The Whittington family launched Med Kwik, vending machines filled with over-the-counter pharmacy items. Their daughter, 15-year-old Avery Whittington, who is s... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductionMay 14 2024RecoveryRehab

Amneal Pharmaceuticals Cops to $270 Million U.S. Opioid Payment

MEASLY AMOUNT – May 3, 2024 - Amneal Pharmaceuticals reached an agreement to pay $92.5 million in cash and provide $180 million worth of naloxone nasal spray, an overdose treatment medication, to resolve lawsu... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMay 7 2024opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin

Man Found in Boss’ Bathroom 9 Hours After Fentanyl Overdose

VIDEO – ONE LAST SHOT – May 1, 2024 - His family says he struggled with addiction for years, but they continue to ask why he went unnoticed for so long after his death. “I was supposed to meet him that night at 10:... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylMay 7 2024Overdose

50 Drug Overdoses in One Day In Austin, Texas

AND 4 DEAD – April 30, 2024 - Christa Steadman, ATCEMS public information officer, said officials suspect the “outbreak” is due to “a new batch in town” likely from the same source or same couple of sources du... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 7 2024OverdoseTrauma

FDA Approves Over-the-Counter Sales of Narcan

IT’S ABOUT TIME – May 1, 2024 -In a move that health experts say may reduce the number of fentanyl deaths, the FDA has approved over-the-counter sales of Narcan nasal spray -- a medication that rapidly reverse... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionMay 7 2024

How Ozempic Left This YouTuber In ‘absolute agony’

BUYER BEWARE – May 3, 2024 - An influencer revealed that she suffered a diarrhea ‘storm’ and ‘absolute agony’ while taking the blockbuster weight loss drug Ozempic. Jaime French, a 33-year-old interne... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaEating Disorderfood addictionMay 7 2024

How I Learned to Safely Taper off Psychiatric Drugs

IN SPITE OF BIG PHARMA – May 3, 2024 - When I was able to fully grasp the situation I was in, a feeling of overwhelming panic immediately set in. It was not a desperate need for narcotics I felt, but exclusive... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 7 2024

Women Reporting ‘Ozempic Breasts’

CH-CH-CHANGES – May 1, 2024 - Ozempic has already been linked to a host of bizarre bodily changes — including sagging skin and sunken-in cheeks. But now women are reporting a side effect dubbed ‘Ozempic bre... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionMay 7 2024Trauma

Johnson and Johnson to Pay $6.5 Billion for Talcum Powder Ovarian Cancer Lawsuits

BUSINESS AS USUAL – May 1, 2024 - The company announced that it still intends to defend itself amid the ongoing lawsuits, while simultaneously working to garner approval and support for the proposed settlement... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCancerMay 7 2024

Aspartame and Sucralose May Promote Diarrhea & Damage Your Gut

SUGER FREE POOP – April 24, 2024 - Common artificial sweeteners may be causing serious damage to your gut, scientists have warned. Not only that, but according to new research these additives could be transfor... Read More...

April 30 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaEating Disorderfood addiction

Two-Drug Combo Curbs Drinking for Alcoholics

DOUBLE, DOUBLE TOIL AND TROUBLE – April 18, 2024 - A combo of an allergy drug and a blood pressure med appears to lower daily drinking in folks battling severe alcoholism, French researchers report. The two... Read More...

12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 30 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab

Man Goes to Prison for Rehab Kickback Scheme

MISTAKES WERE MADE – April 25, 2024 - Kevin M. Dickau, 35, was sentenced on Tuesday to 15 months in federal prison. He and Dr. Akikur Mohammad of West Hills. CA pleaded guilty to the scheme in 2020, and at tha... Read More...

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The Polysubstance Use Epidemic Has Arrived

MORE IS NOT BETTER – April 23, 2024 - The Millennium Health report is based on 4.1 million urine samples collected from people receiving drug addiction care between 2013 and 2023. A key finding: Of the fent... Read More...

April 30 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanyl

Professor Overcame Opioid Addiction

AND HELPS OTHERS – April 19, 2024 - “My dad is a doctor, I grew up in the suburbs and kind of had every advantage. That mattered; it mattered in terms of my addiction and my recovery.” Today, Elswick is an ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 30 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRehab

Gift Cards Can Be a Tool to Stop Meth Addiction

AND THE GIFT OF A BETTER LIFE – April 16, 2024 - Clyde Davis battled a methamphetamine and heroin addiction for over nine years. Contingency management uses positive reinforcement as a behavioral treatment for... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 23 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionmethRecoveryRehab

Reports of Depression and Suicide After Taking Weight Loss Drugs

VIDEO – SMALLER COFFINS? – April 16, 2024 - “I have zero doubt that this drug caused me to be suicidal and I almost lost my life from it,” Etheridge said, referring to semaglutide, the active ingredient in the... Read More...

April 23 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionsuicide

Prescription Drugs Are the Leading Cause of Death

CVS - RITE AID - DUANE READE - TARGET – April 16, 2024 - Overtreatment with drugs kills many people, and the death rate is increasing. It is therefore strange that we have allowed this long-lasting drug pandem... Read More...

April 23 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionOverdoseTrauma

Ex-Gangster Turned Pastor Warns About POWERFUL Opiates

REDEMPTION SONG – April 2, 2024 - While it is unknown which opiate caused the overdoses, Pastor Mick Fleming, founder of Church on the Street, fears that deaths will be “off-the-scale” due to synthetic substances cal... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 16 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin

Los Angeles County Library Offers Narcan Clinics

BOOKS SAVE LIVES – April 2, 2024 - All 86 county libraries are stocked with Narcan, and staff has been trained on how to administer the medicine. According to the L.A. County Department of Health, accidental fenta... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 16 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionRecovery

Can Methadone Vans Deliver the Goods?

STEP RIGHT UP – April 1, 2024 - “This kind of initiative is about using harm reduction, bringing services to where people are; it’s about using an evidence-based strategy,” Dr. Cunningham. “We know metha... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 16 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionmethRecoveryRehab

U.K. Drug Treatment Boss Throws Down Gauntlet to Authorities

MAKE IT SAFER – April 7, 2024 - Exasperated by years of fruitless discussions while drug deaths mount, Martin Blakeborough told The Independent that he plans to pilot several “micro” drug consumption spaces. I... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 16 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionRecovery Advocate

Kodak Black Celebrates Sobriety

PILLFREE – April 8, 2024 - The Florida rapper said he’s the happiest he’s ever been since he began to work on his addiction to Percocets. “Bro, my average was 40 Percocets. I’m telling y’all this man. I ain’t ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 16 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyRecoveryRehab

Philadelphia Foundation Award Grants to 13 Addiction Recovery Organizations

BEST D.A. IN AMERICA – PHILADELPHIA (April 1, 2024) — District Attorney Larry Krasner awarded microgrants totaling over $357,000 to 13 addiction recovery groups as part of the Philadelphia District Attorney’s ... Read More...

12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 16 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab

New York is Ground Zero For Fentanyl Epidemic

MAKE SUBOXONE FREE – April 4, 2024 - It is very easy to find fentanyl in New York. Torren showed me how to connect to fentanyl dealers even on social media sites as apparently innocent as Instagram. He showed ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 16 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanyl

Kush Addicts Dig up Human Bones to Get High on Drug

GOING TO ANY LENGTHS – April 6, 2024 - Our country is currently faced with an existential threat due to the ravaging impact of drugs and substance abuse, particularly the devastating synthetic drug kush,” Bio said. ... Read More...

April 16 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addiction

Forced Drug Treatment Could Lead to More Fatal Overdoses

NPR AUDIO – NO ONE FORCED THEM TO START – April 6, 2024 - More people suffering from drug addiction are being forced into drug treatment and threatened with prison if they don’t comply. Some say it’s “tough love.” Cr... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 16 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionOverdoseRecoveryRehab

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