Pill Mill Kingpin Set To Walk Free VIDEO – A PARDON? – May 1, 2025 - Jeff George, convicted in the overdose death of a 24-year-old customer, is getting out of prison early. He apologized to the victim’s grieving family in a Palm Beach County courtroom... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 06 2025
Methadone Pioneer Who Freed People From the Cruel Clinic System LIFE SAVER – April 23, 2025 - Dr. Edwin Salsitz is a methadone OG. He was one of a coterie of New York City doctors who pioneered its use to treat opioid use disorder back in the 1980s. “God almighty. So many p... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 29 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductionintervention
Big Chief Supports Nora Volkow JOB SECURITY? – April 23, 2025 - Jay Bhattacharya, the director of the National Institutes of Health gave a ringing endorsement to the nation’s top addiction researcher, Nora Volkow, this week in his first publ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 29 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaRecovery Advocate
Trump Wants to End $56 Million Grant Giving Narcan to First Responders VIDEO – LET THEM DIE – April 25, 2025 - A preliminary budget document, obtained by The Washington Post, reportedly calls for deep cuts to federal health programs and targets multiple addiction prevention and treatme... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 29 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductionintervention
‘No More Tears’ Exposes Johnson & Johnson BOOK REVIEW – April 23, 2025 - The story of direct marketing to physicians — of drug reps offering doctors convenient free samples, fancy dinners and luxury trips — is never comfortable for a doctor to read. In... Read More...Apr 29 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addiction
Why Has America Ignored Its Best Addiction Treatment? WHY INDEED? – April 12, 2025 - Mallory berry was ready to give up. It was 2019, and her addiction—prescription opioids had led her to heroin—had left her bedridden. An infection had eaten through parts of her pelvic ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 29 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediabuprenorphineDrug Abuse and Addiction
Faces From a Meth Surge METHICATED – April 16, 2025 - John once fielded customer complaints for a telecommunications company. Now he usually hangs out with friends in the courtyard of a center offering services to help people who use ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 22 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionmeth
Rehab Clinic Doctor Gets Sentenced for Opioid Scheme BAD BOY – April 16, 2025 - A former Grantham physician was sentenced to eight months in federal prison and ordered to pay $20,000 in restitution for unlawfully distributing opioid medication to clients at drug ... Read More...Apr 22 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionopioid crisisopioidsRehab
Health Seekers Say Microdosing Psychedelics Helps Them BETTER THAN MICRO-PLASTICS – April 17, 2025 - “I started microdosing and within a couple of months, I had a general sense of well-being that I hadn’t had in so long,” said Marine Corps combat veteran Matt Metzger. He... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 22 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionPsychedelics
Psilocybin Gives Man 2nd Chance After 10-year Opioid Addiction WHATEVER WORKS – April 16, 2025 - Over 10 years, Schaefer had tried recovering from what began with dependence on a prescription for the pain killer Percocet and later spiraled into an all-consuming heroin addi... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 22 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsPsychedelics
Salvation Army Denys Addiction Medications To Clients ‘largest provider of residential treatment’ – April 16, 2025 - A federal judge has given the go-ahead for a class-action lawsuit that could radically expand Americans’ access to lifesaving addiction medications. ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 22 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Lawyer’s Ties to ‘Corrupt’ Drug Clinics VIDEO – LAWYER TO JAIL? – April 17, 2025 - When Brett Ryan was arrested for DUI in 2023, the Lakewood defense lawyer he hired quickly referred him to a substance abuse treatment clinic. … we were just trying to make ... Read More...Apr 22 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionintervention
U.S. Fentanyl Deaths Plunging LIFE MATTERS – April 10, 2025 - Federal spending cuts instigated by the White House threaten to reverse a steep decline in American overdose deaths and are jeopardizing other gains in the battle against synthet... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 15 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanyl
Doctors Prescribing Heroin? VIDEO – INNOVATION – April 8, 2025 - A complementary but no less controversial harm reduction strategy, heroin-assisted treatment involves administering pharmaceutical-grade heroin under medical supervision. It stabi... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 15 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictionMental Health
Johnson & Johnson’s Threats and Lies LISTEN – J&J Knew They Were Killing People – April 10, 2025 - J&J recently lost a bid to settle lawsuits that claimed its talc powder products, including baby powder, caused cancer. Author Gardiner Harris say... Read More...Apr 15 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addiction
VIAL: A New TV Series About Big Pharma WATCH – COMING SOON – April 15, 2025 - A dark comedy that sheds light on Big Pharma is in the works. VIAL goes behind the scenes to show how drug reps promote their products to doctors, hospitals and nursing homes b... Read More...Apr 15 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addiction
Judge Rejects J&J’s $10 billion Baby Powder Settlement VIDEO – BIG PHARMA FELONS – March 31, 2025 - J&J said in a statement that it would not appeal, but also that it had no intention of settling the claims and would instead “return to the tort system to litigate an... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 15 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addiction
‘Rhino Tranq’ Linked to Overdose Death SYNTHETIC COUNTRY – April 10, 2025 - A powerful street drug that began showing up alongside “tranq” (xylazine) and fentanyl in Philadelphia and other cities last year, medetomidine or “rhino tranq,” may be making its... Read More...Apr 15 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanyl
Antidepressant Use Causes Substantial Increase in Sudden Cardiac Death AUDIO – DRUGS – March 31, 2025 - Researchers divided the group into those who used antidepressants and those who didn’t. Of the 6,002 sudden cardiac deaths—an unexpected death caused by a heart-related issue—in the p... Read More...Apr 08 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionDrug Abuse and Addiction
Judge Halts JFK Jr.’s Plan to Withhold $11 Billion in Govt. Health Grants MAJOR DOUCHE – April 4, 2025 - A federal judge in Rhode Island froze a Trump administration plan to cut more than $11 billion in public health grants to state and local health departments that Congress allocate... Read More...Apr 08 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediainterventionlife expectancy
Splenda in Diet Drinks Changes Your Brain and Makes You Hungry MAKES YOU FATTER? – March 29, 2025 - Artificial sweeteners, therefore, appear to confuse the brain, Page said, by sending signals of sweetness without delivering the needed calories the brain requires. Scientists hav... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 08 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaEating Disorderfood addiction
Four Women on Life After Fentanyl VIDEO – IT’S COMPLICATED – March 30, 2025 - CNN “Fentanyl in America: A Way Out” on “The Whole Story presented by Anderson Cooper” “I was asked to give an update of myself for this documentary, and I wanted to throw ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 08 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanyl
The Illegal Drug is at Every Corner Store AUDIO – WHIP IT GOOD: DEVO – April 3, 2025 - Walk into any vape store or sex shop, and you’ll find canisters of nitrous oxide showcased in window displays—ostensibly to catch the eye of bakers and baristas, who use ... Read More...Apr 08 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addiction
‘Hooked’ – The Science of Addiction VIDEO – WIT AND WISDOM – April 2, 2025 - Neuroscientist Dr Brian Pennie and his sister Anne spoke to Oliver Callan about the role of family and community in addiction and recovery; and the new documentary series ‘Hoo... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 08 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addiction
Jelly Roll in Tears: Addiction Is Impacting My Family SORRY TOOTSIE – March 27, 2025 - Jelly Roll is extending the conversation around addiction one topic at a time. The singer recently opened up about how addiction impacted his family, especially his daughter, Ba... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 01 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and Addiction
‘Pill mill’ Doctor Linked to 16 Deaths Still Working? DOCTOR OF DYING – March 27, 2025 - A doctor the state suspended from practicing medicine for nearly a decade has again had his license pulled for not complying with requirements after his license was reinstated last ... Read More...Apr 01 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addiction
Woman Highlights Importance of Narcan First Hand VIDEO – BACK FROM THE DEAD – March 26, 2025 - This alarming trend is personal for one Billings woman, Dawn Carter, who is now making the most of her second chance at life after surviving an overdose. Carter’s j... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 01 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reduction
Getting Away from Psychiatric Medications POISONING PATIENTS? – March 17, 2025 - Ms. Delano is not a doctor; her main qualification, she likes to say, is having been “a professional psychiatric patient between the ages of 13 and 27.” During those years, when... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 01 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental Health
Artificial Sweeteners Cause Heart Attacks and Strokes? NATURAL IS BETTER – March 20, 2025 - Sugar substitutes and artificial sweeteners show up in many diets and “low-calorie” products, promoted as a way to help people enjoy sweet flavors without the usual calories... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 01 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaEating Disorderfood addiction
Soda Disrupts Human Organ Functions AUDIO – DYING FOR A DRINK? – March 21, 2025 - We’ve been warned repeatedly that sugary beverages are bad for us and are associated with a variety of diseases. But the hows and whys have perhaps not been communicated... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 01 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaEating Disorderfood addiction