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Long Term Antidepressant Use Linked To Increased Morbidity and Mortality

BUMMER – Oct. 6, 2022 - The authors then assessed the association between antidepressant use and four different morbidities: diabetes, hypertension, coronary heart disease (CHD), and cerebrovascular disease (CV... Read More...

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How Hospital Addiction Specialist Saved a Life

AUDIO – MORE THAN ONCE! – Oct. 9, 2022 - BEBINGER: This is Liz Tadie. She helped launch a different approach for Marie and other patients at Salem Hospital. That day, when Marie said, please don’t make me g... Read More...

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One Man’s Journey Through Opioid Addiction

IT’S THE HERO’S JOURNEY! – Oct. 14, 2022 - “I overdosed on drugs. I took heroin laced with fentanyl,” the 38-year-old Idaho Falls man says. “I was dead.” Exactly how long he was dead is unclear. To th... Read More...

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Addiction, at Heart of Boxer Taylor Duerr Documentary

FIGHT FOR FREEDOM – Oct. 14, 2022 - The topic of “We Can Be Heroes” is vitally relevant to Genesee County, where there were 184 reported overdose deaths in 2020, and 155 overdose deaths between May 2021 and Apr... Read More...

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Recovery Industry Rife with Abuse, Investigators Say

GREED GREED GREED – Oct. 12, 2022 - The opioid epidemic may have fallen out of the daily headlines, but it continues its deadly rampage in New Jersey, Brewer said. More than 3,100 people died of ... Read More...

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Intercepted Phone Calls by DEA Glimpse Into $24M Oxycodone Sales Ring

THE WORLD IS WEARING A WIRE – Oct. 14, 2022 - On Oct. 3, DEA agents interviewed Ratanaprasatporn at her home and asked the doctor to explain why she allegedly issued nine oxycodone prescriptions for a pa... Read More...

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Commentary: Harm Reduction and the Proletariat

STOP THE MADNESS – Oct. 13, 2022 - Now opium derivatives, like heroin, are once again the actual opium of the people. People use heroin and fentanyl analogues to escape oppression temporarily. Black Pant... Read More...

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‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’: Towering Film About the War Against the Sackler Family

VIDEO – AMERICAN ROYALTY ABOVE THE LAW – Oct. 7, 2022 - Worse, the Sacklers are billionaires whose name adorns dozens of international art museums, including some that feature Goldin’s own work—a fact that moti... Read More...

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London Museum Drops Ties with Murderous Sackler Family

BLOOD MONEY REJECTED – Oct. 1, 2022 - The Victoria and Albert Museum has bowed to growing pressure to rename key areas of its Kensington site, the Observer has learned, as it drops controversial ties with the S... Read More...

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Overdose Prevention Scheme Gives Users Shopping Vouchers

VIDEO – BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY – Oct. 5, 2022 - One of the voucher recipients is Kevin Whittaker, 44. He’s been using class-A drugs since his late 30s. He said: “I’ll see what shop I’m passing at the time an... Read More...

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Dr. Explains what happens when a person uses cocaine or heroin for the first time

THEY GAMBLE BIG – Oct. 9, 2022 - Around 100 million people consume illicit drugs such as cocaine or heroin in India – this revelation was made by the Narcotics Control Bureau DDG (Operations) Sanja... Read More...

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High School Ball Player Dies After Suspected Fentanyl Overdose

VIDEO – WHEN WILL THEY EVER LEARN – Oct. 7, 2022 - “It is with great sadness that I inform you that one of our 17-year-old students passed away last night,” David Hussey, the school’s executive director, said i... Read More...

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Hospitals and Insurance Companies Stole BILLION$ From Medicare

OUR TAX DOLLARS TO THIEVES – Oct. 8, 2022 - Anthem, a large insurer now called Elevance Health, paid more to doctors who said their patients were sicker. And executives at UnitedHealth Group, the country’s larg... Read More...

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6 Drugs That Are A Challenge To Overcome

NOT TO MENTION DENIAL – Oct. 2022 - Prescription drugs can be very challenging to overcome. This is because they are legal and easy to obtain. They are also socially acceptable. This can make it difficult for p... Read More...

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Family, Friends Advocate to End Drug-Induced Homicides

VIDEO – MORE WILL BE REVEALED – Oct. 6, 2022 - Rumley was a recovering drug addict who went to treatment three times and didn’t have any luck. He went to Rosecrance for his fourth treatment and finally complete... Read More...

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Documentary ‘Our American Family,’ Addiction is in the Blood

BEST DOC OF THE YEAR – Oct. 7, 2022 - “I believe that I was an addict from birth,” Nicole says in the opening of the film. “I’ve lost years. I have no idea who I am.” As we will soon find out, Nicole ... Read More...

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Emerging Drug ‘Tranq’ Leading to Amputations

VIDEO – DON’T LET ONE GLOVE BE ENOUGH – Sept. 28, 2022 - “That’s necrotic flesh,” she said. “This actually looks phenomenal right now,” she said as she points to the open flesh of her arm. Necrosis is the death... Read More...

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Hospitals have specialists on call for lots of disorders – but not addiction

DUH, GOOD IDEA, YA THINK? – Sept. 30, 2022 - At many hospitals in Massachusetts and across the country, Marie would likely have been discharged anyway, while still in the pain of withdrawal. Perhaps she would l... Read More...

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Police Warn Fentanyl Disguised as Candy at Halloween

VIDEO – REALLY SCARY – Sept. 27, 2022 - Fentanyl is still flooding the streets of Kentucky. The deadly drug is now taking on new forms to appeal to young people. The latest trend has parents worried and l... Read More...

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Big Drop Seen in Treatment Admissions During Pandemic

THERE’S ALWAYS AA and HARM REDUCTION – Sept. 26, 2022 - For the study, his team looked at admissions for substance use disorder treatment between 2017 and 2019, the years just before the pandemic, and du... Read More...

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Las Vegas Police See 6 Deadly Overdoses in 1-1/2 Days

VIDEO – LEAVING LAS VEGAS ... FOREVER – Sept 26, 2022 - Police said the people unknowingly took fentanyl. The department previously told FOX5 they are seeing many cases like that. “The party drugs, or Xanax ... Read More...

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Experts Say It’s Nonsense When DEA says “rainbow” fentanyl pills are being marketed to children

WHICH IS IT? – Sept. 6, 2022 - Dasgupta says the DEA’s framing “was so divorced from any reality of what drug markets are actually like, it was almost laughable that our country’s top drug enforcement folks are... Read More...

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Doctors Rush to Escape Opioid Charges

SAVING THE PILLMILLIONAIRES – Sept 19, 2022 - Previously, lower courts had not considered a prescriber’s intention. Until now, doctors on trial largely could not defend themselves by arguing they were acting in... Read More...

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Country Singer Luke Bell Dies from Fentanyl Intoxication

TOO MUCH DEATH – Sept. 20, 2022 - According to Saving Country Music, Bell was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and his “mental state took a turn for the worse” over recent months. “Luke fought this as h... Read More...

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Poor Patients Entitled to Free Care Forced to Cough Up Cash Anyway

CORPORATE CRIME IN AMERICA – Sept. 24, 2022 - More than half the nation’s roughly 5,000 hospitals are nonprofitslike Providence. They enjoy lucrative tax exemptions; Providence avoids more than $1 billion a yea... Read More...

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Could Monoclonal Antibodies Work For Treating Meth Addiction?

AUDIO – GOD WILLING – Sept. 15, 2022 - Nearly one million Americans are addicted to methamphetamine, or meth as it’s called on the street. Of those, nearly 16,000 regular users are between the ages of 12 and 17... Read More...

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Inside Ottawa’s Bold Experiment to Reduce Overdoses

AUDIO – NEIGHBORLY LOVE – Sept. 15, 2022 - Record numbers of people in the U.S. are dying from drug overdoses, more than 100,000 deaths a year. And now, public health experts here are watching a controve... Read More...

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US: $1.5 Billion Naloxone Purchase to Fight Opioid Crisis

DOES CASH EVER MAKE A DIFFERENCE? – Sept. 23, 2022 - The Biden administration is keen to show it is taking action on a worsening nationwide opioid crisis, which according to U.S. Centers for Disease Cont... Read More...

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5 Popular Medications Doctors Hate Prescribing

BUT THEY WILL ANYWAY – Sept. 20, 2022 - Prescription medications have been making headlines recently, with many common drugs currently facing shortages. Sometimes, however, something other than a supply ... Read More...

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BAYER: Global Drug Manufacturer’s History, Bad Drugs & Lawsuits

SALESMEN WERE JUST FOLLOWING ORDERS – Sept. 14, 2022 - Bayer is the maker of Aspirin. The popular pain reliever is one of the company’s oldest and most iconic products. MiraLAX, Claritin, Alka-Seltzer... Read More...

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