‘Ketamine Queen’ Sold Fatal Dose to Matthew Perry – Pleads Guilty PERRY CASE – September 3, 2025 - A woman branded as the “Ketamine Queen” pleaded guilty Wednesday to selling Matthew Perry the drug that killed him. Jasveen Sangha pleaded guilty to five federal charges, and her tria... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionSept 09 2025Trauma
Ibuprofen Could Be Fueling a Global Health Threat USERS BEWARE!!! – Aug. 28, 2025 - Ibuprofen and acetaminophen are among the most widely used pain and fever remedies, but new findings from the University of South Australia suggest they may be contributing to a glob... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaSept 02 2025
New Drug Could Block Pain Without Addiction Risks NO PAIN, MORE SANE – Aug. 22, 2025 - Pain management providers use a combination of evidence-based treatment options that involve medications, therapy, injections, and specialized procedures to improve pain. But some... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 26 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addiction
At Caron Treatment Centers – Everyone is on Ozempic WEIGHT NOT - WANT NOT – Aug. 21, 2025 - “I don’t think of this as doing anything wild west. We’re using something off-label under the umbrella of addiction, whether that be food, sex, alcohol, or opioids.” — Steven K... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 26 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Overdose Deaths Decrease 27% in 2024 LET THE SLIDE CONTINUE – May 2025 - Annual drug overdose deaths are projected to reach their lowest level since 2019. Almost all states across the nation saw decreases; Louisiana, Michigan, New Hampshire, Ohio, Vi... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 26 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionOverdose
Meth Addict Declares SF Needs to Ban Torch Lighters AND GLASS PIPES – Aug. 19, 2025 - In the heart of our vibrant city, a subtle yet destructive force is fueling the drug epidemic so evident on San Francisco’s streets: the widespread availability of disposable torch l... Read More...Aug 19 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionmeth
Vape Store Tosses All 7-OH Products Following Statewide Ban VIDEO – KRATOM BE GONE – Aug. 13, 2025 - According to Dr. Dawn Sollee, a toxicologist with the Florida Poison Control Center, 7-OH has opioid-like effects, which can make it seem attractive to those seeking pain reli... Read More...Aug 19 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionVaping
Americans Get 55% of Their Calories from Non-foods WATCH YOUR WEENY – August 7, 2025 - Americans on average get more than half of their calories from ultra-processed foods. Young people, aged 1 to 18 consumed even higher amounts at 61.9%, compared to adults aged 19 a... Read More...Aug 19 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaEating Disorderfood addiction
Scott Cochran Was Snorting 50 Fentanyl Pills a Day STILL HAS A NOSE? – Aug. 10, 2025 - “I was the worst of the worst addicts,” Cochran said. Doctors first prescribed him blood thinners before moving him up to Vicodin after they proved ineffective. But after the Vicod... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 19 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanyl
Nasal Spray Shows Rapid Antidepressant Effects THE NOSE KNOWS – Aug. 16, 2025 - Roughly one in three individuals with major depressive disorder does not respond adequately to at least two oral antidepressants, placing them in the category of having treatment-resi... Read More...Aug 19 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadepression
Corruption, Profiteering and Dismal Rates of Recovery In America’s Drug Treatment System BAD NEWS – Aug. 11, 2025 - Nearly eight years ago, journalist Shoshana Walter followed a lead on a drug and alcohol rehab program that put patients to work at a chicken plant. What she found was one of many programs ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 19 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRehab
Benadryl Linked to Dementia? WHO DO YOU TRUST? – July 21, 2025 - Benadryl interferes with the brain chemical acetylcholine, which is responsible for attention, concentration and memory, said Dr. Malaz Boustani, a geriatrician and neuroscientist ... Read More...Aug 12 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMental Health
Feel Free Energy Drinks Contain an Addictive Ingredient ADDICTIVE ELIXIR – August 4, 2025 - Feel Free is being marketed for adults as an alternative to alcohol. The beverage’s two main ingredients are kava root and kratom. Botanic Tonics claims that it promotes “relaxatio... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 12 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediafood addiction
Funds For Fighting Fentanyl Finally Freed AUDIO – FOR HOW LONG? – Aug. 5, 2025 - NPR reported last month that the Trump administration was withholding $140 million from the OD2A program, which state and local public health departments rely on to lower overdo... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 12 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanyl
The 48-Hour Fentanyl Clock AUDIO – NOW OR EVERE – Aug. 7, 2025 - This is Radio Atlantic. I’m Hanna Rosin. Today, we have the second episode of No Easy Fix, our three-part series about why San Francisco, one of the world’s most innovative... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 12 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanyl
Psychedelic Therapy Crashed and Burned LEGALIZE THEM ALL – July 29, 2025 - Last year, prescription MDMA looked like a sure thing. After decades of clinical research, political wrangling, and aggressive promotion, the popular underground club drug wa... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 12 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaPsychedelics
It Was a Promising Addiction Treatment. Most Patients Never Got It. WHO MESSED UP? – Aug. 7, 2023 - How political red tape and a drug company’s thirst for profits limited the reach of a drug that experts believe could have reduced the opioid epidemic’s toll. The writer interviewed do... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 12 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Media
Jackie O Reveals What Sparked Addiction to Painkillers VIDEO – CURIOSITY? – July 25, 2025 - A man in his 30s called into the Kyle and Jackie O show to speak with Dr Sam Hay, the network’s go-to physician, to ask for advice on how to manage his hip pain before he had repl... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 05 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity Sobriety
Gas Station Heroin Banned in Delaware ABOUT TIME – July 23, 2025 - Tianeptine, known as “gas station heroin” for its easy accessibility at local gas stations, is marketed as Coaxil or Stablon and is prescribed in some Latin American, Asian and European c... Read More...Aug 05 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin Addiction
‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Could Lead to 1000 More Overdose Deaths A Year GRAVEYARDS REJOICE – July 25, 2025 - The day before the bill passed the House, a group of researchers sent a memo to House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, estimating that the package would... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 05 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
Inside the Collapse of the F.D.A. MS. SISYPHUS – July 8, 2025 - The reckoning that Robert Califf spent years warning about began, as so many things seem to these days, on social media. It was October 2024. His tenure as commissioner of the Food and D... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 05 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRehab
Popular Sugar Substitute Linked to Brain Damage KEEP IT REAL – July 18, 2025 - Research indicates that erythritol, a sugar substitute commonly recommended for individuals with obesity or diabetes, may carry unexpected health risks. From low-carb ice creams and ket... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 29 2025life expectancyMental Health
New Tax Law Will Only Increase Overdose Deaths by 1000 Each Year PROGRESS NOT PERFECTION – July 18, 2025 - The Republican tax bill signed into law earlier this month could result in a significant death toll for people seeking treatment for opioid addiction, according to a group of... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 29 2025opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
“What doctors never told me about quitting antidepressants.” IT’S GONNA HURT – July 19, 2025 - I was just 21 when I first took antidepressants. I had just been diagnosed with anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder and was convinced I must be going “mad” — whatever that mean... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 29 2025
Rehab Center Facing Uncertainty With Potential Medicaid Cuts VIDEO – REPORTING BAD NEWS – July 19, 2025 - Danny McGee struggled with drug and alcohol addiction for more than 50 years. McGee said when he entered the Veteran’s Alcoholic Rehabilitation Program (VARP) in early 202... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 29 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Doctor Accused of Trading Opiates For Sex NOT QUAALUDES? – July 18, 2025 - Dr. Karla issued more than 30,000 prescriptions for oxycodone to over 1,500 different patients. At various times, Karla would issue as many as 50 prescriptions for oxycodone in ... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 29 2025opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
Extended-Release Injectable Buprenorphine EUPHORIC RECALL? – July 19, 2025 - Extended-release injectable buprenorphine (XR-BUP) has emerged as a promising alternative to address some of the adherence challenges of oral opioid use disorder (OUD) medications. ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediabuprenorphineJuly 29 2025
‘Mother Methadone’ Reclaims Empathy Against Opioid Stigma AUDIO – MOTHER TERESA OF ADDICTS – July 18, 2025 - Like many young doctors, Melody Glenn wasn’t getting much sleep. It was the late 2010s, and she was working shifts at several Bay Area hospitals. Sometimes, driving ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionJuly 29 2025opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
Stop Using Benadryl? BIG PHARMA SWEETHEART – July 16, 2025 - Benadryl causes drowsiness by blocking H1 receptors and crossing the blood-brain barrier But it also does other things that can create side effects. For instance, it blocks ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 29 2025
Ibuprofen’s Serious Health Risks WHAT’S SAFE? – July 14, 2025 - Popping an ibuprofen for that pounding headache or twisted ankle can provide quick relief from pain. But although this easily accessible over-the-counter drug could temporarily mask dis... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJuly 22 2025