St. Louis DEA Seizes 1,300,000 Fentanyl Pills VIDEO – PEOPLE MUST REALLY LOVE THIS DRUG – May 9, 2023 - ST. LOUIS — A year-long operation by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) put thousands of accused drug dealers behind bars. The DEA St. Louis Divisio... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylMay 16 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
DEA May Limit Access to Buprenorphine REALLY? – May 2, 2023 - Since 2020, the federal government allowed telehealth providers to prescribe the medication without a medical visit to ensure people could still get it during lockdowns and reduce exposu... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediabuprenorphineDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMay 9 2023OverdoseRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
‘Yellowstone’ Star was in Debt Amid Drug Addiction: ‘I had no clothes, I had no money’ $400,000 in DEBT – May 7, 2023 - “I lost everything in the fire. I had no car, I had no clothes, I had no money — I was $400,000 in debt,” Bentley recalled. After moving to Hollywood, The Hunger Games star s... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMay 9 2023RecoveryRehab
Fentanyl Strikes Again: Dead Kennedys Drummer D.H. Peligro Died From OD PRINCE, TOM PETTY, MAC MILLER – MAY 2, 2023 - His bandmates first said they thought he died after accidentally falling and hitting his head, although, at the time, our law enforcement sources told us it was more myst... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylHeroin AddictionMay 9 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
Recovering Addicts Turn To Science to Map the Effects of Meth CAN BRAINS BOUNCE BACK? – May 5, 2023 - New Zealanders are some of the world’s biggest meth takers: wastewater testing has placed it in the top four consumers worldwide. The country’s physical isolation – 4,000... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMay 9 2023methRecoveryRehab
Hooked on Fentanyl: Man Shares Journey to Sobriety EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE – May 3, 2023 - From the couch of his addiction treatment center, 49-year-old Michael Padrta is hopeful to finally be on a new path after almost 40 years of drug use and two stints in pri... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylMay 9 2023RecoveryRehab
How the FDA Helped Fuel the Opioid Epidemic WALL STRET JOURNAL: OPINION – May 2, 2023 - At an April Senate subcommittee hearing, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf blamed the pharmaceutical industry for a lack of nonaddictive nonopioid pai... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 9 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
‘El Chapo’ Sons Smuggling Cheap Fentanyl Into US IT’S A LIVING ... FROM DYING – May 2, 2023 - Synthetic opioids ‒ mostly fentanyl ‒ now kill more Americans every year than the Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan wars combined, feeding an argument among some politic... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylMay 9 2023
Not Treating Addicts in Criminal Justice Settings Violates 4 Ethical Principles THE AMERICAN WAY? – May 4, 2023 - Unfortunately, our medical system in the United States is violating all four of those principles by not routinely treating substance use disorders in the criminal justice syste... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMay 9 2023RecoveryRehab
Lawmakers Push Back Against ‘Harm Reduction’ INSANITY – May 4, 2023 - A nonprofit group called Safehouse has been negotiating with the U.S. Justice Department, hoping to open supervised injection clinics in Philadelphia. If this measure is approved and... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductionMay 9 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
‘Breaking Bad’ Is the Best Crime Show of All Time OR THE SOPRANOS? – May 4, 2023 - A crime drama that aired on AMC from 2008 to 2013, “Breaking Bad” was created by Vince Gilligan and starred Bryan Cranston as Walter White, a high school chemistry teacher who t... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 9 2023meth
Scientists Identify What Differentiates Drug Users from Non-Users AMBITION? – March 8, 2023 - Craving is a strong desire to use drugs or eat. It has long been considered a key factor driving substance abuse and overeating. It is one of the criteria used for diagnosing substan... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMay 2 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Teen of the Week: Rohan Malik-Hamirani Helps With Addiction Fight A YOUNG HEART OF GOLD – April 22, 2023 - He learned about service from his parents, Dr. Rabina Malik-Hamirani and Dr. Mirza Hamirani, he said. “They are both very compassionate and have taught us all to help... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMay 2 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabteenagers
Drug Deaths Fell in Kentucky in 2022 SOME BEATS – April 21, 2023 - “That number is still far too high,” the governor said at his weekly news conference. “One is too many. But with the opioid epidemic, we see far, far too many.” Increased use of... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylinterventionMay 2 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecovery
Israel is the #1 Opioid Consumer Per Capita A SHONDA AND A SCANDAL – April 29 2023 - “The watershed was about 10 years ago, because before that doctors prescribed alternatives and there was less access to opioids. It wasn’t as easy for patients to get them as ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 2 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
Sacklers Gave $19 Million to U.S. Agency that Helped Exacerbate Opioid Deaths BIG PHARMA WINDFALL – April 23, 2023 - Accepting millions of dollars from the Sackler family while advising the federal government on pain policy “would be considered a conflict of interest under almost any con... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 2 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue Pharma
‘The reality of death is very present’ SO IS RECOVERY – April 22, 2023 - A Colorado Springs mom is helping others navigate the heartache of drug abuse. Lisa Smith is a mother to a son who struggled with drugs as a teen. But now she is connecting ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMay 2 2023RecoveryRehabTrauma
Doctor’s Opioid Arrest Prompts Warning For Fentanyl Risk JUST ANOTHER DRUG DEALER – April 23, 2023 - According to court documents, Okafor distributed oxycodone to people outside the usual course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose from his med... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylinterventionMay 2 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
OPINION: Florida’s Marchman Act Works By Joe Considine SAVING LIVES – April, 24, 2023 – Passage of California’s CARE Court law to reform California’s Mental Health Services Act, efforts in the State of Washington, and possibly in New York City, promise help for the tragi... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 25 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and Addictionhomelessinterventionlife expectancyMental HealthRecoveryRecovery Advocate
Black Pregnant Women Unfairly Tested for Drug Use By Roni Caryn Rabin BIAS IN THE BABY WARD – April 14, 2023 - Hospitals are more likely to give drug tests to Black women delivering babies than white women, regardless of the mother’s history of substance use, suggests a new study of a ... Read More...April 25 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionintervention
These OTC Drugs Can Be Habit-Forming SEE WHAT’S IN YOUR PURSE – April 15, 2023 - A rebound effect, which generally comes from medication misuse, is not the same as a true addiction, although there are nonprescription drugs that can be abused or co... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 25 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionintervention
Sam Quinones on the Fentanyl Crisis VIDEO – WATCH AND LEARN – April 16, 2023 - Jesse J. Holland: we are back and we are joined by sam quinones, author. He is here to discuss the fentanyl crisis in the united states and the world. Good morning. Sam Q... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 25 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanyl
Biden Promised Opioid Watchdog Billions, Then Feds Ghosted Him IT’S COMPLICATED – April 20, 2023 - No federal employee holds the title of opioid crisis accountability coordinator. The Office of National Drug Control Policy has not released public statements about the settlements... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 25 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
Harvard Students Call on University to Dename Sackler Buildings at Art Museum’s ‘Die-In’ AUDIO – REAL EDUCATION – April 21, 2023 - More than 50 protesters called on Harvard to remove the Sackler name from all University sites and departments — including the Arthur M. Sackler Building and Arthur M. ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 25 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue Pharma
6 Forms of Fentanyl Found on Ohio Streets FLAVORS? – April 14, 2023 - The Ohio Narcotics Intelligence Center released a public safety bulleting Friday alerting Ohioans tot he various forms of fentanyl being found across the state. The Ohio Narcotics... Read More...April 25 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanyl
Poison Center Warns of ‘gas station heroin’ VIDEO – DON’T BUY FOOD AT A GAS STATION – April 20, 2023 - While it’s legal to buy and sell in Virginia, according to the CDC, the drug is used as an antidepressant and marketed to help with anxiety, among other thi... Read More...April 25 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictioninterventionRecoveryTrauma
Local Students Take Up Fight Against Fentanyl VIDEO – PROTECT YOURSELVES – April 16, 2023 - There are many illegal drugs sold on San Diego’s streets and online that contains fentanyl, which is causing minors to die. “The topic of the project is very rarely ta... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 25 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanylinterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRehabteenagersTrauma
Mobilize Recovery Mobilizes iHeartMedia & Facebook to Support Ending Overdosing in America – Macklemore Performs Sept. 19, in D.C. IT’S A MOVEMENT – April 17, 2023 - Unlike past years when recovery advocacy groups and concerned individuals could attend summits and events by paying for admission, this year’s Mobilize Recovery will req... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 25 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Exposing Methadone Clinics’ Cruelty BETTER HARM REDUCTION – April 14, 2023 - Swallow THIS makes an unapologetic case to abolish the methadone clinic system. It’s a call to action to finally free all people who take methadone from daily attendance... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 25 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionmethRecovery
Man Creates Digital Platform Helping Those Struggling With Addiction VIDEO – THE HOLY GRAIL? – April 5, 2023 - After losing custody of her kids due to one of his arrests, Chouinard injected meth for the first time. “Within six months I was homeless living in a minivan and hopping ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 18 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab