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...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 11 2025Overdose
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...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaFeb 11 2025teenagers
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...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 11 2025life expectancyOverdoseTrauma
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...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaFeb 04 2025
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...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaFeb 04 2025interventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma
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...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 04 2025Overdose
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...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 04 2025fentanyl
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...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJan 28 2025
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...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionJan 28 2025RecoveryRehab
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...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 28 2025opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue Pharma
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...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 28 2025Overdose
Beer Glasses of Cocaine Were Going for $5 as Island Paradise Became Addicted to Drugs HEAVEN TO HELL – Jan. 22, 2025 - Telmo Mineiro, a fisherman from São Miguel, takes a heavy drag on his cigarette and points to where he found a brick of uncut cocaine on the shore. “We were hunting for sea urch... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 28 2025War On Drugs
8 Facts About Addiction and Recovery VIDEO – TO START – Jan. 15, 2025 - Yet, the reality is that the majority of people experiencing addiction—whether to alcohol, opioids, stimulants, or cannabis—don’t seek treatment. There are many reasons someone m... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 21 2025RecoveryRehab
Trump Lies About Canadian Fentanyl ‘Pouring’ into US INVADE NOW? – Jan. 17, 2025 - As everyone is aware, thousands of people are pouring through Mexico and Canada, bringing Crime and Drugs at levels never seen before,” Donald Trump posted on Truth Social, singlin... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylJan 21 2025
Walgreens Filled Millions of Illegitimate Prescriptions for Opioids and other Drugs MURDERERS? – Jan. 17, 2025 - Filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the complaint says the drugstore chain’s pharmacists filled controlled substance prescriptions with clear red fla... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 21 2025opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
The Most Egregious Healthcare Profiteering Announced GREED IS GOOD – Jan, 7, 2025 - Selling body parts without consent and billing desperate parents $97,599 for air transport among worst examples. Also the outdated practice of baby tongue-tie cutting, which conti... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJanuary 14 2025
Opinion: Doctor’s Role In Fentanyl Crisis DO LESS HARM – Jan. 8, 2025 - The medical community is willingly under-medicating the entire nation for pain, and we have a national calamity with Fentanyl overdoses. Doctors share the blame because their culpability... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylJanuary 14 2025
Trump’s Quest for Greenland Could Make Ozempic More Expensive HE CAN AFFORD IT – Jan. 9, 2025 - Trump has cranked up the pressure on Danish officials to sell the strategically important North American island, turning to his go-to tactic: Threatening tariffs. Massive ones. Durin... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJanuary 14 2025
Naltrexone: Wonder Drug for Alcoholism? IS IT? or ISN’T IT? – Jan 8, 2025 - Although it’s been used since the 1980s, naltrexone remains a relatively unknown treatment for alcohol dependency. Costing around £3 per pill, the drug blocks the “euphoric and sed... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJanuary 14 2025
Walgreens Introduces Low-Cost Naloxone SAVE A LIFE FOR LE$$ – Jan. 2, 2025 - Walgreens recently introduced a store-brand version of naloxone, the opioid overdose reversal medication. The Walgreens medication is called Walgreens Brand Naloxone HCl Nasal Sp... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductionJan 7 2025
Over 400 People Saved in Knox County With Narcan VIDEO – LIVES MATTER – Dec. 31, 2024 - “Each number of those is a person,” said Jessica Stanley, regional overdose prevention specialist. “So that is initially 422 families.” Numbers from Tennessee show naloxone r... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionJan 7 2025