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Doctor Arrested for Taking Cash for Oxycodone

JUST LIKE THE PHARMACIST – Dec. 14, 2022 - The prescriptions written by Jafari-Hassad had no legitimate medical purpose, according to officials. The doctor would also bill their insurance for a variety of charg... Read More...

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Johnny Knoxville & Kate Upton in Sober Living Comedy ‘Sweet Dreams’

HOW FUNNY CAN A SOBER HOUSE BE? – Dec. 13, 2022 - Johnny Knoxville (Reboot), Mo Amer (Mo) and Kate Upton (The Other Woman) will topline the indie comedy Sweet Dreams, from writer-director Lije Sark... Read More...

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When Chris Farley Went to ‘the place in Alabama’ To Get Sober

NOW WE KNOW – Dec. 16, 2022 - By the end of 1992, Chris Farley was already riding an incredible wave. Farley, who had joined the cast of “Saturday Night Live” in 1990, had already done several charact... Read More...

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Unregulated Rehabs Are Victimizing Indigenous Patients

ORIGINAL SINS RETURN – Dec. 17, 2022 - But the circumstances behind the cousin’s disappearance were peculiar, Stewart said later. The cousin called her family and told them she was in Phoenix, but didn’t say ho... Read More...

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How Fentanyl Is Forcing Providers to Go Rogue

TO MEDICATE OR MEDITATE? – by Claire Wilcox Dec. 12, 2022 - “It was very confusing in the beginning,” says Rifka Stern, community addiction treatment physician in New Mexico and member of the Bernalillo County Ad... Read More...

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Scientists Create a Vaccine Against Fentanyl

FOR RODENTS – Dec. 15, 2022 - Now, researchers at the University of Houston say in a statement they have a potential solution that could be a “game-changer” in the fight against opioid overdoses: a new vaccine ... Read More...

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CVS & Walgreens Agree to Pay $10 billion Fine For Selling Opioids

THEY STILL CAME OUT AHEAD – Dec. 13, 2022 - In total, corporations have had to pay $54 billion in settlements. Walmart agreed last month to pay more than $3 billion to states, while four pharmaceutical companie... Read More...

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Will Adderall Scarcity Trigger Repeat of Opioid Crisis?

CROSS ADDICTION! – Nov. 14, 2022 - Amphetamine withdrawal symptoms, including depression, are not easily addressed with other kinds of drugs. So as countless individuals are confronting having to rapidly... Read More...

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Artist Nan Goldin on Addiction and Exposing the Sackler Deadly Dynasty

VIDEO – ARTIST/ACTIVIST IN EVERY WAY – Dec. 4, 2022 - Poitras deftly weaves Goldin’s activism into the bigger story of her life and art, including the rawly intimate photographic projects such as The Ballad of ... Read More...

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Parents, You Need Narcan

CORN FLAKES, MILK & NARCAN – Dec. 4, 2022 - But after a minute, she returned to the bedroom. The noises he was making were disconcerting. And when she shook him, he didn’t respond. Kyle was not asleep. He h... Read More...

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How Frighteningly Strong Meth Has Supercharged Homelessness

HOME SPEED HOME – Dec. 6, 2022 - In your book The Least of Us and in an Atlantic piece last year, you wrote about the rise of very pure meth, which is produced in a different way than the variety t... Read More...

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Former Addict Turns to Sobriety: Becomes Salvation Army officer

VIDEO – THE BEST ARMY TO JOIN – Dec. 8, 2022 - Captain. Robert Coriston has a passion for serving his clients at the Midland Salvation Army. He was once in their shoes before. Click@YouTube ... Read More...

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NJ Overdose Deaths DECREASE

VIDEO – GOOD NEWS – Dec. 8, 2022 - The painful and widespread impacts of the opioid epidemic persist in New Jersey. Efforts to stem the tide have been bolstered by more federal money and better education... Read More...

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Are the Effects of Cannabis and Alcohol in the Body the Same?

GOOD TO KNOW – Dec. 7, 2022 - Alcohol consumption rapidly affects the body. After being absorbed through the lining of the stomach into the bloodstream, it spreads into tissues throughout the body and reaches t... Read More...

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White House Unveils New System to Track and Prevent Opioid Overdoses

AUDIO – OBSERVING THE TRACKS – Dec. 8, 2022 - The website also won’t include information from hospitals, schools, businesses non-profits and academic programs that collect non-fatal overdose information.... Read More...

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FILM REVIEW: ‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’

GO SEE A GOOD MOVIE – Dec. 2, 2022 - “It’s not a biodoc in any standard sense, thank God — Poitras, whose own career has revolved around the War on Terror, is much too ambitious a filmmaker to box ... Read More...

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‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’: Best documentary of the year calls for accountability in opioid crisis

VIDEO – ACTIVISM SAVES LIVES – Dec. 7, 2022 - As the opioid epidemic rages on across the U.S., impacting Canada as well, Oscar-winning director Laura Poitras is telling the story of renowned artist and activist... Read More...

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Big Pharma Muscles In On Obesity Gold Rush

CHEWABLES? – Nov. 28, 2022 - Yet a class of drug known as GLP-1 analogues sold by Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly appears to be almost as good. The U.S. group’s Mounjaro, for example, reduced patients’ weight by mor... Read More...

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Addiction and Stigmatizing Language

A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME STILL HAS THORNS – Nov. 29, 2022 - When our clients use these words to identify themselves or their behaviors, we typically pause the conversation to explore what they mean becau... Read More...

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Overdose Deaths Of Seniors Tripled in Two Decades

PITY THE LOVED ONES LEFT BEHIND – Nov. 30, 2022 - Drug overdose deaths more than tripled among people age 65 and older during the past two decades while deaths from alcohol abuse increased more than 18% ... Read More...

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We Can’t Overlook Substance Abuse Among Seniors

BOOMERS MATTER – Dec. 2, 2022 - Most people don’t think about grandma or grandpa having an addiction problem. Most of the concern and lament over the SUD epidemic centers around young people and lives lost “too... Read More...

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A Military Wife’s Descent Into Meth Addiction—And Her Agonizing Journey

AUDIO – WHITE POWDER DEVIL – Dec. 3, 2022 - She was on a neighbor’s back deck, sipping wine and smoking cigarettes. Lauren admired her neighbor, another military wife, who displayed such boundless ... Read More...

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National Meth Awareness Day

POOR MAN’S COKE? – Nov. 30, 2022 - National Meth Awareness Day is observed to educate more people about the dangers of meth abuse and its impacts on many American families and communities. It also stresses the ... Read More...

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Noah Cyrus on LP “The Hardest Part,” Recovery From Addiction

VIDEO – FAMILY MATTERS – Dec.1, 2022 - Noah Cyrus Talks Debut Album “The Hardest Part”, Addiction, Losing Her Grandma & Billy Ray Cyrus... Click@YouTube ... Read More...

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Fentanyl’s Scourge Visible in Los Angeles (warning: graphic images)

IT’S NOT A DISASTER MOVIE! – Nov. 28, 2022 - The federal government says the highly addictive and lethal synthetic drug has quickly become the deadliest drug in the nation. While help is available, it is... Read More...

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Brilliant Documentary Shows Recovery Process of Family of Drug Addicts

VIDEO – THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOUS (Philly accent) FREE – Dec. 1, 2022 - “Our American Family” shines a light on how a family battled and overcame substance use disorder for one year. Click@Yahoo ... Read More...

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Drugs Killed 8 Friends, One by One

AUDIO – WHERE DOES IT END? – Dec. 2, 2022 - In a nation that suffered more than 107,000 drug overdose deaths in 2021 alone, there are many Greenvilles — places where the powerful opioid fentanyl and othe... Read More...

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As Overdoses Soar in America, Clinicians are Prescribing More Addiction Medicine

VIDEO – BIG PHARMA BIG HAPPY – Nov. 30, 2022 - The central Iowa clinic, owned by the nonprofit agency Primary Health Care, has offered buprenorphine since 2016. “We were kind of a unicorn in this part of the st... Read More...

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‘Running girl’: Former Public Defender With Three Years Sober

RUNNING UP THE HILL, TO MAKE A DEAL WITH GOD – Nov. 21, 2022 - She struggled after treatments in early 2017, each time returning to the drug. Her troubles spiraled out of control – more arrests, homeless... Read More...

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Jodi Gordon Speaks Bravely About Rehab Stint

EVERY DAY IS SPECIAL – Nov. 20, 2022 - The mother of one, who is living life to the fullest after completing a 30-day recovery program at a Sydney clinic earlier this year, added that ‘mental health is a big pa... Read More...

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