Amazingly Beautiful Family Is Expanding Access to Free Narcan VIDEO – ONE FROM THE HEART – May 9, 2024 - The Whittington family launched Med Kwik, vending machines filled with over-the-counter pharmacy items. Their daughter, 15-year-old Avery Whittington, who is s... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductionMay 14 2024RecoveryRehab
Amneal Pharmaceuticals Cops to $270 Million U.S. Opioid Payment MEASLY AMOUNT – May 3, 2024 - Amneal Pharmaceuticals reached an agreement to pay $92.5 million in cash and provide $180 million worth of naloxone nasal spray, an overdose treatment medication, to resolve lawsu... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMay 7 2024opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
Man Found in Boss’ Bathroom 9 Hours After Fentanyl Overdose VIDEO – ONE LAST SHOT – May 1, 2024 - His family says he struggled with addiction for years, but they continue to ask why he went unnoticed for so long after his death. “I was supposed to meet him that night at 10:... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylMay 7 2024Overdose
50 Drug Overdoses in One Day In Austin, Texas AND 4 DEAD – April 30, 2024 - Christa Steadman, ATCEMS public information officer, said officials suspect the “outbreak” is due to “a new batch in town” likely from the same source or same couple of sources du... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 7 2024OverdoseTrauma
FDA Approves Over-the-Counter Sales of Narcan IT’S ABOUT TIME – May 1, 2024 -In a move that health experts say may reduce the number of fentanyl deaths, the FDA has approved over-the-counter sales of Narcan nasal spray -- a medication that rapidly reverse... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionMay 7 2024
How Ozempic Left This YouTuber In ‘absolute agony’ BUYER BEWARE – May 3, 2024 - An influencer revealed that she suffered a diarrhea ‘storm’ and ‘absolute agony’ while taking the blockbuster weight loss drug Ozempic. Jaime French, a 33-year-old interne... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaEating Disorderfood addictionMay 7 2024
How I Learned to Safely Taper off Psychiatric Drugs IN SPITE OF BIG PHARMA – May 3, 2024 - When I was able to fully grasp the situation I was in, a feeling of overwhelming panic immediately set in. It was not a desperate need for narcotics I felt, but exclusive... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 7 2024
Women Reporting ‘Ozempic Breasts’ CH-CH-CHANGES – May 1, 2024 - Ozempic has already been linked to a host of bizarre bodily changes — including sagging skin and sunken-in cheeks. But now women are reporting a side effect dubbed ‘Ozempic bre... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionMay 7 2024Trauma
Johnson and Johnson to Pay $6.5 Billion for Talcum Powder Ovarian Cancer Lawsuits BUSINESS AS USUAL – May 1, 2024 - The company announced that it still intends to defend itself amid the ongoing lawsuits, while simultaneously working to garner approval and support for the proposed settlement... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCancerMay 7 2024
Aspartame and Sucralose May Promote Diarrhea & Damage Your Gut SUGER FREE POOP – April 24, 2024 - Common artificial sweeteners may be causing serious damage to your gut, scientists have warned. Not only that, but according to new research these additives could be transfor... Read More...April 30 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaEating Disorderfood addiction
Two-Drug Combo Curbs Drinking for Alcoholics DOUBLE, DOUBLE TOIL AND TROUBLE – April 18, 2024 - A combo of an allergy drug and a blood pressure med appears to lower daily drinking in folks battling severe alcoholism, French researchers report. The two... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 30 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Man Goes to Prison for Rehab Kickback Scheme MISTAKES WERE MADE – April 25, 2024 - Kevin M. Dickau, 35, was sentenced on Tuesday to 15 months in federal prison. He and Dr. Akikur Mohammad of West Hills. CA pleaded guilty to the scheme in 2020, and at tha... Read More...April 30 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRehab
The Polysubstance Use Epidemic Has Arrived MORE IS NOT BETTER – April 23, 2024 - The Millennium Health report is based on 4.1 million urine samples collected from people receiving drug addiction care between 2013 and 2023. A key finding: Of the fent... Read More...April 30 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanyl
Professor Overcame Opioid Addiction AND HELPS OTHERS – April 19, 2024 - “My dad is a doctor, I grew up in the suburbs and kind of had every advantage. That mattered; it mattered in terms of my addiction and my recovery.” Today, Elswick is an ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 30 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRehab
Gift Cards Can Be a Tool to Stop Meth Addiction AND THE GIFT OF A BETTER LIFE – April 16, 2024 - Clyde Davis battled a methamphetamine and heroin addiction for over nine years. Contingency management uses positive reinforcement as a behavioral treatment for... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 23 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionmethRecoveryRehab
Reports of Depression and Suicide After Taking Weight Loss Drugs VIDEO – SMALLER COFFINS? – April 16, 2024 - “I have zero doubt that this drug caused me to be suicidal and I almost lost my life from it,” Etheridge said, referring to semaglutide, the active ingredient in the... Read More...April 23 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionsuicide
Prescription Drugs Are the Leading Cause of Death CVS - RITE AID - DUANE READE - TARGET – April 16, 2024 - Overtreatment with drugs kills many people, and the death rate is increasing. It is therefore strange that we have allowed this long-lasting drug pandem... Read More...April 23 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionOverdoseTrauma
Ex-Gangster Turned Pastor Warns About POWERFUL Opiates REDEMPTION SONG – April 2, 2024 - While it is unknown which opiate caused the overdoses, Pastor Mick Fleming, founder of Church on the Street, fears that deaths will be “off-the-scale” due to synthetic substances cal... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 16 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
Los Angeles County Library Offers Narcan Clinics BOOKS SAVE LIVES – April 2, 2024 - All 86 county libraries are stocked with Narcan, and staff has been trained on how to administer the medicine. According to the L.A. County Department of Health, accidental fenta... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 16 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionRecovery
Can Methadone Vans Deliver the Goods? STEP RIGHT UP – April 1, 2024 - “This kind of initiative is about using harm reduction, bringing services to where people are; it’s about using an evidence-based strategy,” Dr. Cunningham. “We know metha... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 16 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionmethRecoveryRehab
U.K. Drug Treatment Boss Throws Down Gauntlet to Authorities MAKE IT SAFER – April 7, 2024 - Exasperated by years of fruitless discussions while drug deaths mount, Martin Blakeborough told The Independent that he plans to pilot several “micro” drug consumption spaces. I... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 16 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionRecovery Advocate
Kodak Black Celebrates Sobriety PILLFREE – April 8, 2024 - The Florida rapper said he’s the happiest he’s ever been since he began to work on his addiction to Percocets. “Bro, my average was 40 Percocets. I’m telling y’all this man. I ain’t ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 16 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyRecoveryRehab
Philadelphia Foundation Award Grants to 13 Addiction Recovery Organizations BEST D.A. IN AMERICA – PHILADELPHIA (April 1, 2024) — District Attorney Larry Krasner awarded microgrants totaling over $357,000 to 13 addiction recovery groups as part of the Philadelphia District Attorney’s ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 16 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
New York is Ground Zero For Fentanyl Epidemic MAKE SUBOXONE FREE – April 4, 2024 - It is very easy to find fentanyl in New York. Torren showed me how to connect to fentanyl dealers even on social media sites as apparently innocent as Instagram. He showed ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 16 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanyl
Kush Addicts Dig up Human Bones to Get High on Drug GOING TO ANY LENGTHS – April 6, 2024 - Our country is currently faced with an existential threat due to the ravaging impact of drugs and substance abuse, particularly the devastating synthetic drug kush,” Bio said. ... Read More...April 16 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addiction
Forced Drug Treatment Could Lead to More Fatal Overdoses NPR AUDIO – NO ONE FORCED THEM TO START – April 6, 2024 - More people suffering from drug addiction are being forced into drug treatment and threatened with prison if they don’t comply. Some say it’s “tough love.” Cr... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 16 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionOverdoseRecoveryRehab
Dietitian Influencers Promote Junk Foods and Discourage Weight Loss BIG PHARMA, BIG FOOD, BIG LIES – April 3, 2024 - Jaye Rochon struggled to lose weight for years. But she felt as if a burden had lifted when she discovered YouTube influencers advocating “health at every size” — urgi... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 9 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaEating Disorderfood addiction
Former Users and Experts Debate Kratom WORTH DISCUSSING – March 29, 2024 - After struggling with alcoholism for two years, Aaron thought that trying out kratom as an alternative to drinking – as suggested by the ad he saw on Instagram – seemed like a good... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 9 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Gov. Gavin Newsom to Spend $6.4 Billion on Treatment That Works, HOPEFULLY AUDIO – ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE – April 7, 2024 - We’ve told you about so many people who’ve died in these facilities for lack of proper, or really any, medical care. Please, please, not more heartbreak! How about tre... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 9 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanylinterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Doctor Sentenced to Life for Overdose of Patients in ‘Pill Mill’ Scheme AUDIO – GREEDY MURDERER IN PRISON FOR LIFE – March 29, 2024 - This Week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: A doctor convicted after operating an opioid “pill mill” that left multiple patients dead. YouTube: Doctor se... Read More...April 2 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin