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Arrests at North Carolina Methadone Clinic

DRUG WAR CONTINUES – May 21, 2024 - Probation Officer Carter was hot on Emma’s heels. Early on August 16, 2023, according to Onslow County Superior Court filings, he waited outside her house in Hubert, a... Read More...

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UnitedHealth Demands Algorithm Denying Patients Care Was Legal

HEARTLESS PLAN – May 22, 2024 - Investigations found those payment denials were based on an algorithm’s predictions, unbeknownst to patients, and UnitedHealth’s employees were advised not to stray from those c... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionMay 28 2024Trauma

California Pays Meth Users to Get Clean

THE GOLDEN STATE – May 22, 2024 - Quinn Coburn knows the lifestyle well. He has used meth most of his adult life, and has done five stints in jail for dealing marijuana, methamphetamine, and heroin. Now 56, he... Read More...

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Tobacco/Nicotine Industry: We MUST Addict Kids and Teens for Life

SO MUCH MONEY IN ADDICTION – May 23, 2024 - The World Health Organization (WHO) and STOP, a global tobacco industry watchdog, are launching today “Hooking the next generation,” a report highlighting how ... Read More...

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Actress Cara Santana Makes Directorial Debut With Drug Rehab Industry Exposé

TREATMENT INDUSTRY UNDER THE MICROSCOPE – May 20, 2024 - Actress Cara Santana (Daughter of the Bride) will make her directorial debut with The Shuffle, a documentary on the corruption of the addiction tr... Read More...

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Fentanyl’s Causing Record Number of Youth Deaths

AUDIO – LOSING OUR CHILDREN – May 22, 2024 - The trend has shocked many pediatricians, who say they feel unprepared to provide counseling on opioid addiction. Across the country, fentanyl has largely fueled a more... Read More...

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Baltimore Becomes the Overdose Capital of America

A COUNTRY GONE MAD – May 23. 2024 - In the past 6 years, nearly 6,000 lives have been lost. The death rate from 2018 to 2022 was nearly double that of any other large city, and higher than nearly all of Appala... Read More...

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I Was Addicted To Meth For 7 Years And No One Knew

EXCEPT HER – May 14, 2024 - I was “dating” a bad boy at the time. Our relationship only lasted a summer, but we were together long enough for him to introduce me to methamphetamine, which he sold. I hardly dra... Read More...

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Recovery Is Possible

VIDEO – TO ANYONE! – MAY 15, 2024 - A message of hope from the depths of darkness. Elmore Smith, a recovered drug addict, said. “When you see me, you see hope, you see a miracle, because I was the one... Read More...

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Walgreens Offering Cheaper Version of Opioid Reversal Drug

SAVE-A-LIFE CHEAPLY – May 15, 2024 - Walgreens’ version of the drug is $34.99, according to the release, which the parent company says is “a lower price than the comparable national brand product at Walgreens ... Read More...

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OPINION: Providing Safe Supply Would Reduce Overdoses

GOOD IDEA – May 13, 2024 - It seems very cruel to me to recognize how many people are visibly struggling with drug addiction in our state and, essentially, to think that punishment will be a more effective mot... Read More...

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‘Wizard of Oz’ Star Judy Garland Fought Crippling Drug Addictions

STILL THE GREATEST – May 5, 2024 - 15 years after she was discovered by Hollywood, Garland was spat out by the star factory. As a child, she was put on extreme diets to please studio executives who would... Read More...

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I Didn’t Understand Opioid Addiction Until My Son Died

SUCH A SAD MAN – May 7, 2024 - Over many years, I have resuscitated countless numbers of patients dying from a drug overdose while working as an emergency physician. I knew I had to stop everything else I was ... Read More...

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Faster Approach for Starting Extended-release Injectable Naltrexone

BIG PHARMA FOREVER – May 8, 2024 - Starting people with opioid use disorder on injectable, extended-release naltrexone (XR-naltrexone) within five to seven days of seeking treatment is more effective tha... Read More...

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Is Addiction Treatment the Next Frontier for Ultrasound Technology?

TIME WILL TELL – May 6, 2024 - Nestled inside a giant MRI machine, the woman wears a helmet with special probes. Peering through high-tech goggles, she sees images designed to trigger the awful, familiar cravi... Read More...

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How a Trial Treatment for Heroin Addiction is Changing Lives

CHANGING MEANS SAVING – May 4, 2024 - Robbie Mason started using heroin when he was a child. His hands are dotted with pinprick scars. He used for so long he stopped being able to inject into the veins in his ... Read More...

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Police Dismantle Drug-Ridden Homeless Encampment

WILL IT HELP? – May 10, 2024 - Police in Philadelphia have moved to dismantle a homeless encampment in Kensington, an area of the city that is described as the largest open-air drugs market in America. Fentany... Read More...

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‘A Call to All’ rally held in Brevard to combat ongoing opioid epidemic

VIDEO – FAMILIES MOURN – May 5, 2024 - Raising awareness about the dangers of illicit fentanyl and other deadly drugs, the event “A Call to All” on Friday, May 3, was created to combat the synthetic drug epidemic i... Read More...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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

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