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The Warning Signs of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse

IT’S GRADUAL AIN’T IT? – OCT. 28, 2022 - Addiction and the road to it is an individual one, says Deena Manion, a doctor of psychology, a licensed psychotherapist and chief clinical officer of Westwind Re... Read More...

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Playwright Pens New Work Humanizing Youth Struggling with Addiction

THEATERS ARE A VORTEX – Oct. 30, 2022 - It wasn’t hard for playwright Christian St. Croix to figure out how to focus his latest play, “The Pros and Cons of Feeding Stray Cats,” which follows two transiti... Read More...

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Bronx Had Third-Highest Overdose Rate

APOCALYPSE NOW? – Nov. 2, 2022 - When it comes to opioid outpatient treatment, the highest rate per 100,000 population is greatest in Manhattan and the Bronx, and there are estimated 30,000-plus methadon... Read More...

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Can Safe Injection Sites Reduce New York Deaths?

DO SEAT BELTS SAVE LIVES? – Nov. 1, 2022 - The record achieved by OnPoint NYC, the nonprofit agency that runs the two supervised narcotics consumption sites in New York City, is being cited by advocates who con... Read More...

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Tribes Lead Way on Opioid Treatment

WISDOM OF THE ELDERS – Nov. 1, 2022 - After five years of active addiction, Clayton applied for a spot at a local inpatient rehabilitation center. In the four months it took for a bed to become available, he lo... Read More...

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Seven Revelations From Matthew Perry

MORE WILL BE REVEALED – Nov.1, 2022 - In it, Perry writes about his famous past relationships and his time on the hit sitcom that made him famous around the world. However, Perry also explores his widely public... Read More...

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Doctor Shares Journey of Addiction to Recovery

DR. FEEL GOOD, REAL GOOD – Nov. 4, 2022 - Labor is the medical director at OneEighty, a treatment center that offers inpatient and outpatient chemical dependency and behavioral health services in Wooster. He... Read More...

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Billion Dollar Coke Bust

VIDEO – COPS CRACK THE CASE – Nov. 1, 2022 - Prosecutors allege that Gogic and others used “meticulous planning” to transport cocaine to Europe from Colombia through U.S. ports, using commercial cargo sh... Read More...

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Health and Science are on the Ballot

DEMOCRACY! WHERE WOULD BE BE WITHOUT IT? – Nov. 7, 2022 - In 2022, it’s mostly Republican congressional candidates who’ve made the drug crisis a focus of their campaigns. But they’re not zeroing in on ov... Read More...

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Princess of Wales Tells Addicts “recovery is possible”

VIDEO – FAIRY TALES DO COME TRUE – Oct. 30, 2022 - The charities leading the Taking Action on Addiction Campaign, along with others, are working across the country delivering life changing work to help people r... Read More...

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Companies Culpable For $1.5 Trillion-a-Year Opioid Crisis to Pay $53 Billion Fine

GREEDY MONSTERS – Nov. 2, 2022 - A combination of the growing numbers of people buying illegal opioids, and the ubiquity of fentanyl have driven up overdose deaths in the US to unprecedented levels. In 2... Read More...

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Shampoo Recalled Due to Cancer Risk

BENZENE at CVS & WALGREENS EVERYWHERE – Nov. 1, 2022 - Benzene is a chemical that can cause cancer in humans. Long-term exposure to high levels of benzene can lead to cancers such as leukemia and cancer of ... Read More...

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Patients Died From COVID-19 Drug Treatment

WHEN THE CURE IS WORSE THAN THE ILLNESS – Oct. 23, 2022 - The lawsuits, filed last month in state court against Kaiser Permanente Riverside Medical Center and Redlands Community Hospital and several of their ph... Read More...

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Non-Opioid Drugs Could Offer Relief Without Addiction

PAIN IS A PAIN – Oct. 2022 - “We are interested in the use of this and related molecules to manage chronic pain in the clinic. Obviously, the interest is in using the compounds by themselves, given that ... Read More...

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Abbott/Similac Formula Pays $19,000,000 Settlement

WHAT DO BABIES KNOW? – Oct. 28, 2022 - According to a class action lawsuit, Abbott falsely advertises its Similac products as able to make more servings of formula than is accurate. Even when following t... Read More...

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Becoming a Mom Helped Me Quit My Life Long Addiction to Heroin.

PREGNANT WITH POSSIBILITIES – Oct. 25, 2022 - I came from an upper-middle-class family. I excelled in school as a popular, straight-A student. I was a cheerleader, an equestrian, and a volleyball player. To the... Read More...

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Murderous McKinsey & Co. Reaches Deal Over Opioids

THEY KILLED FOR MONEY – Oct. 27, 2022 - McKinsey previously agreed to pay more than $600 million to settle opioid claims brought by all U.S. states and territories, and had argued that those settlements ... Read More...

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Community Is Crucial to Overcoming the Overdose Crisis

THERE ARE ANSWERS! – Oct. 28, 2022 - While stigma often stands as a barrier to entry for people with SUD, Macy pointed out, its opposite—acts of compassion and kindness—serve as an entryway. “Change happens whe... Read More...

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Allergy Meds May Play a Deadly Role in Opioid Crisis

BIG PHARMA MISTAKE – Oct. 19, 2022 - “It’s a good wake-up call for us to continue checking what other potential drug combinations happen in overdoses” and to monitor more closely, said Dr. Silvia Martins, profe... Read More...

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Matty Healy Finds Sobriety Easier In a Relationship

WITH GOD? OR GODDESS? – Oct. 17, 2022 - “If I made the decision, I could be on drugs by myself here at the moment and so I’m choosing not to. But if you have a partner, that choice is taken away a bit be... Read More...

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Woman Who Beat Her Addiction Now Empowering Abuse Survivors

VIDEO – EACH ONE, TEACH ONE – Oct. 14, 2022 - “I had tried every avenue to get clean and then I started learning about my addiction, educating myself about why I was relapsing. Every time there was a tra... Read More...

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Pharmacy Researcher Earns $2.3 Million to Study Opioid Addiction

GOOD LUCK ZIJUN – Oct. 18, 2022 - “Drug addiction is not a moral failing,” said Wang, assistant professor of pharmacology & toxicology. “In terms of addiction, the reward pathway in the brain is hijacked by... Read More...

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Touching Fentanyl Will Not Cause You to Overdose

VIDEO – JUST DON’T LICK IT – Oct. 21, 2022 - Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that’s up to 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine. While pharmaceutical fentanyl is prescribed by doctor... Read More...

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Faith Lost All Her Teeth – Now She’s Smiling

GRIN NOT GRIM – Oct. 22, 2022 - Faith realised she had to learn to smile again after being so used to keeping her mouth shut to hide her rotting teeth. Now she is rocking a new set of dentures and says h... Read More...

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Barbara Kingsolver: ‘Every single family I know has been affected by the opioid crisis’

APPALACHIAN APOCALYPSE – Oct. 15, 2022 - Barbara Kingsolver speaks politely but is unmistakably angry. “We have a generation of kids growing up here without parents, because so many of my people are incarcerate... Read More...

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Does Psychedelic Medicine Offer a Better Solution for Overcoming Alcoholism?

VIDEO – THE DOCTOR THINKS SO – Oct. 21, 2022 - Zuloff-Shani, PhD: I think that the list is almost endless because I think that there’s no question about it. We are in a current crisis, a mental health crisis. I... Read More...

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Who is better suited to fight addiction crisis? Fetterman or Oz?

DUH? – Oct. 21, 2022 - Oct. 21, 2022 - Oz hasn't put forth a program and has clearly stated that he is against expanding the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that has paid for and/or subsidized 35 million pe... Read More...

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The Opiate Epidemic, How Did We Get Here?

WHY ARE WE STILL HERE? – Oct. 18, 2022 - As a person that has gone through a serious addiction to opioid medication, I can say that at first, it is not as bad as some people make it out to be at first. I... Read More...

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Is ‘rainbow fentanyl’ a threat to kids this Halloween? Experts say No

ALWAYS BEWARE – Oct. 11, 2022 - “I don’t see any evidence that the DEA has produced that supports that conjecture,” said Nabarun Dasgupta, a researcher studying illegal drugs at the University of North Carolina... Read More...

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We Can’t Buy into Hollywood’s Glamorization of Drug Abuse

SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE – October 13, 2022 - With the high expectations of the major film studios and long work hours that required high amounts of energy, doctors started prescribing drugs and de... Read More...

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