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Rite Aid Sued for Allowing “millions of opioid pills” to Flow Illegally From Stores

MORE THAN THE CARTELS? – March 15, 2023 - The lawsuit, filed in Cleveland federal court, said Rite Aid repeatedly filled prescriptions from May 2014 to June 2019 that were medically unnecessary, for off-label use or ... Read More...

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Overdose Prevention Sites Move Toward Expansion Remain in Legal Limbo

AUDIO – SAVE LIVES NOW – March 4, 2023 - They discussed how City Hall can support overdose prevention centers, which provide supervised injection of illicit substances along with a range of other services. Two of th... Read More...

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Department of Justice’s ‘Addiction Treatment Chain Charged in Health Care Fraud’

OFFICIAL CHARGES IN PRINT – March 3, 2023 - Michael Brier, 60, of Newton, MA, Mi Ok Bruining, 62, of Warwick, RI, and Recovery Connections Centers of America, Inc. (RCCA) are charged by criminal complaint with ... Read More...

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Roadblock to Prescribing Suboxone is Gone. Now What?

AUDIO – WHATEVER WORKS? – March 6, 2023 - “I don’t want my patients to die from an overdose,” Win says. “But I’m not comfortable with the fentanyl and a lot of narcotics in the system.” Kim is adamant that she’s ... Read More...

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Mom Almost Died From Drugs After ‘worst day of life’

ALMOST IS KEY – Feb. 23, 2023 - Speaking to the Daily Star, Natalee, who was born in Puerto Rico to military parents, revealed how her older sister Niki, was her “best friend” growing up and that they “did ever... Read More...

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Woman Helps Others Break Free From Addiction

VIDEO – REACH ONE TEACH ONE – Feb. 23, 2023 - “I have been in recovery for 16 years. I don’t think I would have ever found recovery or stayed in recovery had I not gone through a 12-month program. It does a lot of t... Read More...

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My Escape From a Backyard Drug Rehab

THE WORLDLY WAY – Feb. 23, 2023 - South Africa plans to roll out treatment for opioid addiction to all government health facilities by 2028, according to a draft of the country’s sixth HIV action plan. Read one perso... Read More...

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Drug Used to Relieve Skin Disease May Help Control Alcoholism

ONE PILL MAKES YOU PRETTY AND SOBER – Feb. 27, 2023 - The study was further carried out by the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California. They then started human trials for the drug. Their study involv... Read More...

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Denmark’s Opioid Crisis: Kids as Young as 12 Hooked on Tramadol, ‘oxy’ and Other Painkillers

VIDEO – ANXIETY IS INTERNATIONAL – Feb. 27, 2023 - “Let’s say they have four friends, then suddenly we’re up to 20-30 young people taking them. And that’s just the ones we know about,” Ekmann said in an interview wit... Read More...

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Harvard Still Siding with the Sackler Family Murderers?

AIN’T SO SMART AFTER-ALL – March 1, 2023 - I spent some of the summer after my first year at Harvard Law School working on the case against Purdue Pharma, the company that infamously produced and marketed opioi... Read More...

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Purdue Pharma’s Sackler Selling $30M In Property Amid Opioid Crisis

VIDEO – HE CAN’T SELL THE PRISON HIS MIND LIVES IN – Feb. 24, 2023 - Sackler — a member of the billionaire family whose Purdue Pharma was accused of sparking the deadly drug epidemicby aggressively marketing th... Read More...

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Does Hospitality Industry Have A Drug Problem?

BECAUSE EVERYBODY LOVES IT – Feb. 28, 2023 - One reason why the hospitality industry has a drug problem is the nature of the work. Many jobs in this industry involve long hours, high levels of stress, and low p... Read More...

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How Oxford University Stuck With Sacklers as Opioid Deaths Led Others to Cut Ties

BLOOD MONEY = CRIME MONEY – Feb. 21, 2023 - The public outcry over the opioid crisis has provoked most arts and academic institutions previously patronised by the Sacklers to cut ties. The first wave o... Read More...

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U.S. Food Additives Banned in Europe That Americans Eat is Making Them Sick

VIDEO – USA USA USA – Feb. 20, 2023 - In the U.S., the chemical compound is used by some food makers, usually in the form of fine crystals or powder, to strengthen dough. It is estimated to be present in more than 10... Read More...

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Sisters Use TikTok to Bring Hope to People With Drug Abuse

BETTER THAN DOPE—HOPE – Feb. 21, 2023 - Jones now has more than 135,000 followers who have invested in her journey. “I took this as an opportunity to make people aware of her situation and what also happens to the... Read More...

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Drug Combinations Known to Cause More Overdose Deaths

IT’S NOT COMPLICATED – Feb. 20, 2023 - “It presents sort of a problem because in an overdose situation, the Narcan isn’t going to work. It’s not an opiate, so Narcan is not going to reverse it,” Kalfas said. ... Read More...

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New Street Drug Threatening to Make California’s Overdose Crisis Worse

WORSE THAN WORSE – Feb. 18, 2023 - In San Francisco, four people who died between December and January were found to have low levels of xylazine in their systems, prompting the city’s Department of Public Healt... Read More...

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How AI Can Help Create Drugs To Treat Opioid Addiction

ARTIFICIALLY – Feb. 20, 2023 - Kappa-opioid receptors are known to mediate brain rewards. “If you’re addicted and you’re trying to quit, at some point you will get withdrawal symptoms, and those can be really h... Read More...

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10-Year-Old Influencer Everleigh Rose’s Dad Died of Accidental Fentanyl Overdose

MOURNING EVERY MORNING – Feb. 22, 2023 - Our hearts are incredibly heavy as we process the loss of Everleigh’s dad, Tommy. He loved Everleigh immensely,’ Savannah wrote back in September, alongside a touching photo o... Read More...

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Fentanyl Played Role in the 4,000 Drug Deaths in this State

VIDEO – HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS – Feb. 23, 2023 - An estimated 77% of the total overdose deaths in 2021 involved illegally manufactured fentanyl, which was often mixed with other substances. This is similar to ... Read More...

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‘I was a homeless drug addict but turned my life around after being given a chance’

COMPASSION MATTERS – Feb. 23, 2023 - The 29-year-old was in and out of prison, as he dabbled in crime to fund his addiction. He is now determined to help others who have been in a similar situation and feel like they... Read More...

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DID ALEX MURDAUGH SPEND $50K A WEEK ON OPIOIDS?

VIDEO – CASH TALKS NOBODY WALKS – Feb. 22, 2023 - Murdaugh clearly had a problem. How bad was it? How much was he spending? Can someone even consume $50K worth of opioids in a week? Experts weigh in. Click@CourtT... Read More...

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Alex Murdaugh On Opioid Addiction and Hiring Man to Kill Him

VIDEO – IT’S COMPLICATED – Feb. 23, 2023 - Alex Murdaugh addressed his drug use, financial problems, and hiring a man to kill him. Click@WLTX ... Read More...

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America Has Lost the War on Drugs!!!

NOW WHAT? – Feb. 22, 2023 - For a forgotten moment, at the very start of the United States’ half-century long war on drugs, public health was the weapon of choice. In the 1970s, when soldiers returning from Vietnam w... Read More...

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Can More Arrests Solve Addiction Crisis?

VIDEO – HAS IT EVER? – Feb. 20, 2023 - Police to crack down on public drug use; are more arrests key to ending drug crisis? Click@YakTriNews ... Read More...

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Thoughts About the Overdose Conundrum

WHEN IS IT NOT SUICIDE? – Feb. 22, 2023 - The more lenient the psychiatrist is when his patient is late, the later the patient comes, leading to an inevitable situation where the psychiatrist cannot see the pat... Read More...

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Philadelphia’s Zombie Drug ‘tranq’ Already in NYC

VIDEO – WATCH IN WONDER – FEB, 22, 2023 - PIX11 News drove to Philadelphia to get a first-hand look at the effects of xylazine, an animal tranquilizer that is turning fentanyl addicts into “zombies.” Click@YouTub... Read More...

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ENGLAND May Be On Brink of Becoming a ZOMBIELAND

ONE ZOMBIE AT A TIME – Feb. 14, 2023 - EU drug enforcement chiefs believe that Mexican cartels are seeking to expand their billion-dollar empire beyond American shores, putting Europe’s untapped market in their cross... Read More...

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Is the Brain Wired Differently in People With Addiction?

YES MAYBE NO PERHAPS – Feb. 16, 2023 - Risks associated with substance abuse include dangerous driving, missed work, problems with depression, anxiety, health and money problems. Yet people with addictions seem... Read More...

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What is Recovery? with Ryan Hampton

VIDEO – SOBRIETY AND A WHOLE LOT MORE – Feb. 14, 2023 - Why does Partnership to End Addiction focus on supporting the parents and close family members of those struggling with addiction? Because study after study sho... Read More...

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