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House FINALLY Passes Bill Making Fentanyl a Schedule I drug — joining LSD and Weed

WHAT TOOK SO LONG? – Feb. 6, 2025 - “It’s the most obvious thing in the world to be in support of,” Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) said in a speech backing the bill. “Fentanyl is supposed to be used in the operating roo... Read More...

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Brooklyn Pharmacists Convicted of Running ‘pill mills’

BIG PHARMA FRIENDS – Feb. 13, 2025 - Following a three-week trial, Yousef Ennab, 27, and Mohamed Hassan, 34, both of Brooklyn, were found guilty on charges of conspiracy to dispense and distribute oxycodone, as... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 18 2025

New Drug for Mitigation of Cannabis Withdrawal Symptoms

AUDIO – HIGH-Ho – Feb. 14, 2025 - The CDC reports that among individuals who use cannabis, approximately 3 in 10 have cannabis use disorder. The risk of developing cannabis use disorder is even higher for individual... Read More...

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12-Step Programs Have Pros – and Cons

SO DOES WATER – Feb. 13, 2025 - With the confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. for Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the US is heading into its next chapter of healt... Read More...

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Patients Used as ‘Human Pin Cushions’ For Profits

HORRIFIC COMPANY – Feb. 13, 2025 - The clinic claimed the injections were steroids that would relieve her pain, Shaw said, but with each shot her agony would grow. Shaw said she eventually tried to decline the shots,... Read More...

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Addicted: How the World Got Hooked

HAPPY PILLS – Feb. 3, 2025 - Having spent most of my career researching the human toll of drug use at almost every stage of the supply and consumption chain, I believe a complete shift in the way we think about... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 11 2025

Pregnant Addict Turns Her Life Around

VIDEO – BABIES MATTER – Feb. 4, 2025 - Thirty-year-old Lydia Kareha knows what it’s like to hit rock bottom. “My decisions led me down a really rough path,” Kareha said. “I had a lot of felonies. I thought I was g... Read More...

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Treatment for Binge Eating Disorder Shows Mixed Results

NO BUFFETS – Feb. 3, 2025 - The study explores the subjective experiences of individuals with binge eating disorder and prescribed lisdexamfetamine. Although many taking the medication reported reduced binge episodes... Read More...

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Boy Dies After $500 Price Rise for Advair Asthma Inhaler

GREED KILLS – Feb. 5, 2025 - A couple is suing Walgreens and a pharmacy benefits management company, alleging that their son died because he couldn’t afford a sudden $500 spike in his asthma medication. Shanon ... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaFeb 11 2025Trauma

Emotional Lawmaker Describes Fentanyl Crisis

VIDEO – MORE OUTRAGE PLEASE – Jan. 2025 - “I cannot tell you the amount of times I’ve had to listen to the screams on the other end of a phone when family members are notifying other family members about their sister... Read More...

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As Fatal Overdose Rates Fall – Black Drug Deaths Remain High

NO OVERSIGHT – Feb. 4, 2025 - But a closer look reveals a dark cloud around that silver lining. Black people are still dying from drug overdoses in higher numbers than whites. That’s due in part to system... Read More...

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Microplastics in Our Brains Rapidly Rising

CROSSING THE BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER – Feb. 3, 2025 - It found a rising trend in micro-and nanoplastics in brain tissue from dozens of postmortems carried out between 1997 and 2024. The researchers also found the tiny pa... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaFeb 11 2025Mental HealthTrauma

Pumpkin Spice Lattes Harm Teenagers

SPEED THE WOW – Jan. 28, 2025 - A venti-size pumpkin spice latte from Starbucks contains 150mg in the United States, exceeding the 100mg limit recommended for young people aged 12-18. Previous Governme... Read More...

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Addict Gets Prison for OD Deaths of Two Sisters

HELL ON EARTH – Feb. 4, 2025 - Prosecutors called Anthony Del Valle an “enemy of the public,” a man so greedy that he preyed on and poisoned two disabled, drug-addicted women who considered him a friend. His la... Read More...

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Half of Online Pharmacies Unsafe

VIDEO – 50/50 – Jan. 25, 2025 - “Not all online pharmacies or supplement stores are legit!” Customers have reported several issues with rogue online pharmacies, including unexpected subscriptions from free tria... Read More...

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Trouble Sleeping?

EYES WIDE OPEN? – Jan. 30, 2025 - Vitamin D might be known as the ‘sunshine vitamin’ but this nutrient could also play a key role in how well we sleep. According to recent studies, Vitamin D deficiency is linke... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaFeb 04 2025Mental Health

UnitedHealthcare Agrees to Pay Millions More

GUILTY AS USUAL – Jan. 28, 2025 - The lawsuit, Samson v. UnitedHealthCare Services, Inc., originated from claims that UnitedHealthcare persistently called individuals with marketing messages without their consent bet... Read More...

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Will RFK Jr. Fix The Overdose Crisis?

ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE – Jan. 29, 2025 -Kennedy now credits his faith; 12-step Alcoholics Anonymous-style programs, which also have a spiritual foundation; and the influence of a book by philosopher Carl Jung for helpi... Read More...

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Sam Quinones: The Stories Behind America’s Drug Epidemic

VIDEO – LISTEN GOOD – Jan. 2025 - In this eye-opening episode of Finding New Waters*, we sit down with acclaimed journalist and author Sam Quinones, whose investigative work has redefined how we understand addiction... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 04 2025

Mothers Against Drug Addiction and Deaths Push for SF’s Fentanyl State of Emergency

VIDEO – STOP THE MADNESS – Jan. 29, 2025 - Mayor Lurie’s ordinance aims to cut through the city’s red tape to address the fentanyl crisis. “People in San Francisco are suffering, every day that we don’t act is an... Read More...

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Antidepressants Harder to Quit than Heroin?

DEPENDS – Jan. 30, 2025 - During his Senate confirmation hearing to serve as Health and Human Services Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. suggested antidepressant drugs may be as addictive as heroin — a claim co... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 04 2025Heroin Addiction

New Painkiller Eliminates Risks of Addiction

TIME WILL TELL – Jan. 30, 2025 - It’s the first new pharmaceutical approach to treating pain in more than 20 years, offering an alternative to both opioids and over-the-counter medications like ibuprofen and acetamin... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 04 2025

U.S. Gives $590 Million to Moderna Pharmaceutical to Speed Up Bird Flu Vaccine

THIS IS HOW IT WORKS – Jan. 18, 2025 - The money will go to Moderna, the Massachusetts-based pharmaceutical company that previously developed a COVID-19 vaccine. Since 2023, Moderna has been working to create a... Read More...

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Notorious Pill Mill Doctor Dead, But No One Mourns The Wicked

VIDEO – DEATH HAS NO MERCY – Jan. 22, 2025 - Gayden, a disgraced former doctor, prescribed more oxycodone in six months from his beachside office than the entire state of California before his world came crashing dow... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJan 28 2025

The Gold Standard in Alcoholism Treatment

VIDEO – NALTREXONE COMMERCIAL – Jan. 23, 2025 - Volpicelli said he thinks Naltrexone is the gold standard for medications to treat AUD, having been around for 30 years and proven to be safe and effective. Markers in ... Read More...

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Sackler Family to Pay $7.4 Billion for Addicting Americans

VIDEO – January 23, 2025 - Purdue, under the leadership of the Sackler families, invented, manufactured and aggressively marketed opioid products for decades. States and cities across the country said it fueled waves... Read More...

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Face Moisturizer Sold at Sephora & Amazon Recalled

TURN THE OTHER CHEEK? – Jan. 23, 2025 - Before slathering on your moisturizer, you might want to take a second to check the jar. First Aid Beauty recently voluntarily ordered back more than 2,700 pots of its... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJan 28 2025Trauma

Walgreen’s Internal Emails Revealed

VIDEO – GREED KILLS – Jan. 23, 2025 - Walgreens’ senior managers ignored staff concerns and urged them to keep working with “pill mill” doctors over-prescribing opioid drugs, emails uncovered by the Justice Dep... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 28 2025

Spravato Nasal Spray Approved for Major Depressive Disorder

NEW NOSE CANDY – Jan. 23, 2025 - Regulators based their approval on the data culled from a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Results showed the drug offered quick relief and much better efficacy tha... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJan 28 2025

Trump Falsely Triples Number of Reported Overdose Deaths

STILL TOO MANY – Jan. 23, 2025 - “They’re killing our people. They’re killing 250,000, 300,000 American people a year, not 100, like has been reported for 15 years. It’s probably 300,000.” Trump often exaggerat... Read More...

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