When America First Dropped Acid LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS – Jan. 22, 2024 - “Timothy Leary and the Baby Boomers did not usher in the first psychedelic era,” Benjamin Breen writes in a new book. “They ended it.” One evening in Septe... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 30 2024Psychedelics
Trump White House Pharmacy Handed Out Fentanyl, Ambien and Provigil Like Candy SHOULD HAVE BEEN GUMMIES – Jan. 24, 2024 - White House pharmacists reportedly distributed uppers and downers like candy to Trump administration officials during his time in office. The document was released on... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylJan 30 2024
Zombie Drug Rumored To Contain Human Bones VIDEO – IMAGINE THAT – Jan. 17, 2024 - The drug, known as “kush,” causes users to walk around like zombies. Kush—unlike the drug of the same name in the U.S.—is a mixture of several substances, including can... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylJan 23 2024opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
Exhibit on Addiction At Harvard’s Sackler Museum, Yes, Those Sacklers! AUDIO – IRONIC AND IDIOTIC – Jan. 17, 2024 - As we left the second floor gallery, I looked up at the entrance. Regal silver letters announced it was the Arthur M. Sackler Museum. My stomach churned as I realized th... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 23 2024opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue Pharma
Colts Owner Jim Irsay In Suspected Overdose NO ONE IS IMMUNE – Jan. 17, 2024 - He said he’s been to rehab “at least 15 times” and once overdosed while attempting to detox when he mixed multiple drugs. “The doctor goes, ‘Um, Jim, you’re one lucky man ... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 23 2024Overdose
Ukrainian Military Experimenting with Ibogaine WAR IS HELL – Jan. 17, 2024 - Ukraine is working with a founder of the Yippie movement to provide ibogaine to soldiers on and off the battlefield. This is possibly the first study to report evidence for a single trea... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 23 2024Mental HealthPsychedelicsTrauma
Hugh Hefner ‘Was so addicted to painkillers and Viagra’ – Friends Feared He Would Die From an Overdose FEELING NO PAIN – Jan. 19, 2024 - A new memoir from his widow Crystal Harris, 37, whom he married in 2012, has revealed that many of Hefner’s family members were concerned about him years earlier. Hef be... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 23 2024life expectancyopioids
First Responders Immediately Give Suboxone After Overdoses THIS COULD HELP! – Jan. 18, 2024 - The inability to access medication-assisted treatment is one of the main barriers that prevents people from trying it, Ilg said. At the same time, she explained, people who h... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediabuprenorphineDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 23 2024opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseRecovery
Pharmacy That Made Millions Selling Ozempic Knockoff, Gets Shut Down VIDEO – JUST MAKING MONEY – Jan. 16, 2024 - A Nashville pharmacy that created a knockoff version of popular weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro was forced to shut down after its chief operating officer died b... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionJan 23 2024
San Francisco Blows Past Overdose Death Rate In 2023 VIDEO – LIFE ON THE STREETS – Jan. 17, 2024 - San Francisco recorded 806 accidental drug overdoses in 2023, according to preliminary city data published Wednesday, blowing past its 2022 count of 649 as well as 2020... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylJan 23 2024opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
‘Designer Xanax’ Behind 1 in 7 Overdoses in US A DOWN FOREVER – Jan. 9, 2024 - Bromazolam is a benzodiazepine - a class of drugs used to treat anxiety - Benzodiazepines, or benzos, are depressants that cause sedation, slowing the body and brain down. Howev... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 16 2024Overdose
Prescriptions of Singulair Continues Despite Delayed FDA Warning and Reported Horrific Side Effects BIG PHARMA WINS AGAIN – Jan. 9, 2024 - Ashley and Chris Bracken, Genevieve’s parents, in Genevieve’s bedroom. Ms. Bracken said she and her husband learned more about their daughter’s mental state after her death. (NY... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 16 2024Trauma
Matthew Perry’s Death Underscores Significance of Buprenorphine OPINION PIECE – Dec. 31, 2023 - I think is just as important to point out is what was NOT found in Perry’s system: opioids such as heroin, oxycodone and the highly potent, synthetic fentanyl ... While the exac... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediabuprenorphineCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 9 2024
Is Ketamine Safe for Depression, and Is It Addictive? BETTER USE AS DIRECTED – Dec. 21, 2023 - To understand more about ketamine, how it works and when doctors use it to help with depression in supervised settings, we consulted with Dr. Pat Fehling, a psychiatris... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 9 2024
Iran Hangs Nine Drug Dealers OVERKILL – Jan. 2024 - Iran lies on a major opium-smuggling route between Afghanistan and Europe and has one of the world’s highest rates of domestic opiate use. In June, Amnesty International reported that Ir... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 9 2024life expectancyTrauma
Flesh Rotting Drug Stays Popular PHOTO GALLERY – DARE YOU TO LOOK? – Dec. 30, 2023 - Tranq makes life darker. The opioid crisis has morphed into something even scarier: a variable, volatile mix of addictive substances. READ@WSJ ... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylJan 9 2024
Consulting Company Fined $78 Million For Opioid Deaths NO JAIL TIME? – Dec, 30, 2023 - Consulting firm McKinsey & Co has agreed to pay $78 million to resolve claims by U.S. health insurers and benefit plans that it fueled an epidemic of opioid addiction through its w... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 9 2024opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue Pharma
Overdoses Prevented by Treating Addiction as Health Problem SICK PEOPLE NEED HELP – Jan. 2, 2024 - Kenneth Purnell knows what it’s like to fight “the monster of addiction.” So does Jerome McNutt. Both men got clean in recent years after multiple stints behind bars and ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 9 2024RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Why the ‘War on Drugs’ Failed Addicts VIDEO – PLANNED THAT WAY – Dec. 20, 2023 - What would our country look like today if we’d spent money on addiction treatment rather than punishment? We’re diving into the ‘War on Drugs,’ why it didn’t work, and what ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 2 2024War On Drugs
Life After Meth — Learning to Open and Close the Curtains PERSONAL ACCOUNT – Dec. 17, 2023 - When I was on meth, I was busy. Very busy. There was gardening to do, color-coding the closet, taking apart doorknobs, trying to put doorknobs back together and trips to Home... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 2 2024methRecoveryRehab
Chris Christie Wants Outright Renovation to Addiction Recovery Programs VIDEO – IT’S ABOUT TIME – Dec. 22, 2023 - The Republican presidential candidate and former New Jersey outlined his national drug crisis plan earlier this week -- sharing his roadmap that focuses on ending the stigm... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 2 2024RecoveryRehab
Genetic Test Assesses Opiate Addiction Risk Using DNA SCIENCE MAY ONE DAY DO SO... – Dec. 21, 2023 - The test involves swabbing the cheek of a patient to collect a DNA sample that is then used to determine if there is a combination of genetic variants that may be... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJan 2 2024opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
Fentanyl Super Labs in Canada Pose New Threat NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR – Dec. 24, 2023 - Thousands of miles away outside Toronto, police in August found what is believed to be the largest fentanyl lab so far in Canada — hidden at a property 30 miles from the U.S. bord... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylJan 2 2024
Methadone Withdrawal-Related Psychosis in Patients With Hormone-Dependent Breast Cancer DANGER AHEAD – Dec. 28, 2023 - Methadone withdrawal usually presents as a classical opiate withdrawal syndrome, including symptoms such as restlessness, pupillary dilation, sweating, insomnia, irritability, sneezing,... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaCancerDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 2 2024methRecovery
Shawn Johnson ‘Refuses Pain Meds’ After Past Adderall Addiction: ‘It Just Scares Me’ ALL THE RIGHT MOVES – Dec. 26, 2023 - “I never want to feel out of control like that again,” the former Olympic gymnast said of past addiction. The 31-year-old told her followers that her third c-section was “the har... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 2 2024RecoveryRehab
‘Tranq Tourism’: TikTokers Travel to Film Drug Addicts ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE – Dec. 17, 2023 - Since 2021, Kensington, a low-income neighborhood in North Philadelphia, has been ground zero for a new and dangerous sedative called “tranq”. Also known as “xylazine”, a side-effe... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 2 2024Trauma
What To Know About Nitazenes? VIDEO – IT AIN’T GOOD – Dec. 23, 2023 - The coroner told CBS News that while Denver has seen a decrease in fentanyl overdoses, use of nitazenes has emerged — which “raises new concerns.” Nitazenes were first develope... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylinterventionJan 2 2024
Humana Faces Class-Action Lawsuit for Misuse of Algorithm INSURANCE COMPANY GREED – Dec. 13, 2023 - Besides the premature termination of rehab care, Humana is also accused of using artificial intelligence (AI) to deny elderly patients the care they were owed under their Med... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 19 2023Drug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancyRecovery
MDMA Moves Closer to FDA Approval ECSTASY FOR BIG PHARMA – Dec. 14, 2023 - The biotech company MAPS Public Benefit Corporation (MAPS PBC) is a step closer to official approval for its MDMA-based therapy that supposedly treats post-traumatic stress di... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 19 2023Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionPsychedelicsRecovery
1500% Increase in Poison Centers Calls Related to Weight-Loss Drugs VANITY CAN MAIM – Dec. 14, 2023 - Some have even needed to be hospitalized for severe nausea, vomiting and stomach pain, but their cases seem to have resolved after they were given intravenous fluids and medic... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 19 2023diet sodaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecovery