Poor Diet Linked to Depression NO KIDDING – June 5, 2024 - A new study reveals that a poor quality diet may lead to brain changes associated with depression and anxiety. Researchers found that unhealthy eating habits reduce grey matter and ... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaEating Disorderfood addictionJune 18 2024
President Biden Offers Love and Pride For Son’s Addiction Recovery EXECUTIVE SUPPORT – June 11, 2024 - “Jill and I love our son, and we are so proud of the man he is today,” Biden wrote. “So many families who have had loved ones battle addiction understand the feeling o... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 18 2024
‘Gaslit by doctors’ – Patients Turning to a Shadow System of At-Home Tests A MUST READ – June 9, 2024 - Half a dozen pediatric specialists largely dismissed her daughter’s ailments … After a year and a half, an answer came finally in the form of a Facebook ad for Tiny Health, a Silic... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJune 18 2024life expectancy
How a University of Chicago-Trained Doctor Became the ‘Pill Mill Killer’ FACE OF EVIL – June 7, 2024 - Over time, Paul Volkman, a doctor trained at the University of Chicago’s medical school, developed a bedside manner that ended many lives. He allegedly prescribed and dispensed mi... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 18 2024opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
CVS Made Drugs Recalled after Horrifying Truths That Their Meds Manufactured in India Are Unsafe THEY DON’T CARE – June 12, 2024 - FDA data shows America’s largest pharmacy chain recalled 133 over-the-counter medicines over the last decade, or about one a month. The reasons for the CVS recalls included... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJune 18 2024Trauma
Federal Agencies Just Saying No to Abstinence? PHARMAPILLS – May 31, 2024 - For as long as the federal government has worked to support substance use treatment, it has operated on a simple premise: Addiction medicine’s objective is to help people using dru... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 11 2024
Meth Addicted Fish, Caffeinated Minnows: Animals Changed by Human Drugs TOXIC PEOPLE – June 6, 2024 - Addiction, anxiety and sex reversal have been reported in species by researchers as a range of substances contaminates ecosystems. From brown trout becoming “addicted” to methamph... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJune 11 2024Trauma
Can a Caffeine-free Life Give You a Buzz? CAN BEING ALIVE? – June 2, 2024 - My caffeine-fuelled prickly sweats are noticeably gone. I hate to come over all Mark Zuckerberg so early on in proceedings (although I am available to battle Elon Musk, should... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 11 2024
Seattle’s New Approach for Treating Addiction — Gift Cards ANYTHING CAN HELP – June 6, 2024 - Michael Crowley was among the first cohort of a new program being offered in Plymouth Housing buildings that ties small financial rewards to reducing, or eliminating, substan... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylinterventionJune 11 2024meth
Horrific Number of Older Black Men Dying of Overdoses AN ENDING NO ONE DESERVES – June 3, 2024 - William, 63, killed by fentanyl and found in his ninth-floor unit in February 2023. Richard, 61, discovered in an apartment with multiple drugs in his system two and ... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylJune 11 2024Overdose
1 in 3 Americans Lost Someone to an Overdose VIDEO – AMERICAN TRAVESTY – May 31, 2024 - “Although large numbers of U.S. adults are bereaved due to overdose, they may not be as visible as other groups who have lost loved ones to less stigmatized health issues.... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 11 2024Overdose
Four Sodas Recalled by FDA for Containing Hidden Cancer-Causing Dyes DYING FOR PROFITS – June 5, 2024 - The drinks include Pink Lemonade, Yellow Lemonade and Yellow Lemonade X, as well as a flavoring product called Cola Flavoring Base. The company does not sell canned drinks... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCancerJune 11 2024
Is Addiction a Disease? IS THERE A SURGERY OR MEDICATION? – June 4, 2024 - If addiction is a disease, why isn’t everyone in treatment? The origin of addiction is unique for each person, Dr. Bloch says. And both your underlying ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 11 2024RecoveryRehab
Lil Durk Was ‘Moving Fast’ Before Ditching Codeine and Xanax With Rehab Stint EGBDV – June 6, 2024 - This week, the “Old Days” artist was approached by a paparazzo in the Malibu area, per a report from TMZ, and asked about his experience in rehab. Durk was notably candid with his answer... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 11 2024RecoveryRehab
Wegovy & Ozempic May Help Curb Alcohol Dependence ONLY 1 STEP NEEDED – June 4, 2024 - Researchers at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland report that obese folks with drinking issues who took the drugs to shed pounds had an up to 56% reduction in re-o... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJune 11 2024
FDA Votes Against Medical Use of MDMA GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD – June 5, 2024 - The decisions mark a reversal of fortune for MDMA. FDA granted the drug an expedited review process in 2017 based on encouraging early reports about its ability, in c... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 11 2024Psychedelics
Xylitol Increased Risk of Heart Attack & Stroke OH MY – June 6, 2024 - The popular sugar substitute xylitol, commonly used by those wanting to lose weight or who are diabetic, is associated with an increased risk of a cardiovascular event such as a heart at... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJune 11 2024
SF Program Giving Alcohol to Addicts Saves Lives LEGALIZE EVERYTHING – June 4, 2024 - He dropped a bottle of gin and then sucked the spilled liquid off the floor with a straw. She recently ventured out of the residential program in search of booze and ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 11 2024
Energy Drinks Linked to Sudden Cardiac Arrest VIDEO – WHO CAN YOU TRUST? – June 6, 2024 - For the study, the team examined 144 sudden cardiac arrest survivors. Seven patients within this group had consumed one or more energy drinks near to the time that the ca... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 11 2024life expectancyTrauma
No End to Opioid Epidemic “in the foreseeable future” VIDEO – PESSIMIST OR PROGNOSTICATOR? – May 29, 2024 - “What we have to understand is that with our growing knowledge of how the brain is affected in people with substance use disorders, is that fear or scolding is ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylHeroin AddictionJune 4 2024opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
Ozempic: ‘There is a dark side’ VIDEO – QUICK FIX? – May 31, 2024 - He says these injectable weight loss drugs come with a list of side effects including, gastric issues which can be permanent, nausea, vomiting, loss of around 40% of muscle... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 4 2024
How Specialty Courts Help People with Addiction SECONDS CHANCES! – May 31, 2024 - “I love being sober and being with my family and friends.” “I am becoming a stronger man for my family and a better citizen.” Gratitude for a second chance at life triggers th... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 4 2024RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Mobilize Recovery Maine Gives Out Free Narcan Door-to-Door VIDEO – SAVING ONE LIFE AT A TIME – May 26, 2024 - The canvassing is part of Mobilize Recovery Maine’s “Project Doorstep” initiative. Its goal is to reach 10,000 doors within two years. The organization is on its w... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionJune 4 2024
New Wave of Overdoses From Animal Tranquilizer AUDIO – MAKING FENTANYL WORSE – May 24, 2024 - Medetomidine a chemical long used by veterinarians, is now turning up in the street drug supply and triggering a new wave of overdoses. BRENDAN HART: Some of our emerg... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 28 2024Overdose
75¢ to Numb The Pain SOMETIMES ETERNITY – May 22, 2024 - “Fentanyl and meth, we do like five each a day,” Holly Wall and Brandon Kennedy said. “It numbs you. It numbs your pain.” Getting high is as easy as smoking one pill, and t... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylMay 28 2024meth
Arrests at North Carolina Methadone Clinic DRUG WAR CONTINUES – May 21, 2024 - Probation Officer Carter was hot on Emma’s heels. Early on August 16, 2023, according to Onslow County Superior Court filings, he waited outside her house in Hubert, a... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionMay 28 2024War On Drugs
UnitedHealth Demands Algorithm Denying Patients Care Was Legal HEARTLESS PLAN – May 22, 2024 - Investigations found those payment denials were based on an algorithm’s predictions, unbeknownst to patients, and UnitedHealth’s employees were advised not to stray from those c... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionMay 28 2024Trauma
California Pays Meth Users to Get Clean THE GOLDEN STATE – May 22, 2024 - Quinn Coburn knows the lifestyle well. He has used meth most of his adult life, and has done five stints in jail for dealing marijuana, methamphetamine, and heroin. Now 56, he... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionMay 28 2024meth
Tobacco/Nicotine Industry: We MUST Addict Kids and Teens for Life SO MUCH MONEY IN ADDICTION – May 23, 2024 - The World Health Organization (WHO) and STOP, a global tobacco industry watchdog, are launching today “Hooking the next generation,” a report highlighting how ... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCancerDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 28 2024NicorettenicotinesmokingVaping
Actress Cara Santana Makes Directorial Debut With Drug Rehab Industry Exposé TREATMENT INDUSTRY UNDER THE MICROSCOPE – May 20, 2024 - Actress Cara Santana (Daughter of the Bride) will make her directorial debut with The Shuffle, a documentary on the corruption of the addiction tr... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMay 28 2024RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab