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
Switzerland Had an Overdose Crisis Until it Made Methadone Easy To Get AMERICAN BAD DREAM – March 26, 2024 - ZURICH — The lobby of this addiction clinic is unremarkable, except for the network of metal chutes and tubes that hug the walls as they snake downward from a pharmacy on ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 2 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionOverdose
CBD Doesn’t Ease Pain and Is Potentially Harmful FOOL’S FAD? – March 25, 2024 - CBD presents consumers with a big problem,” said Professor Chris Eccleston, who led the research from the Centre for Pain Research at Bath. “It’s touted as a cure for all pain, but ther... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 2 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionDrug Abuse and Addiction
Family Suing for $10M after Man Died Using Smoke Shop Kratom WHY? – March 24, 2024 - Matthew Torres, 39, “suffered a violent seizure with convulsions and foaming at the mouth,” according to a lawsuit filed by his family. His girlfriend performed CPR on Torres until f... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 2 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionintervention
City Council Proposes Mandatory Treatment for Fentanyl/Opiate Overdoses VIDEO – CAN YOU MAKE THEM QUIT? – March 25, 2024 - “Administration of Naloxone is indicative that the individual experiencing fentanyl or other opioid overdose has an addiction to opioids and, therefore, should requi... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 2 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanylopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRehab
Intoxicants Can Be a Life Saver For People with Mental Illness WHO’S TO JUDGE? – March 26, 2024 - A decade ago, while working in a women’s prison, I met a young woman whose story would leave an indelible mark on me. She had endured severe abuse at the hands of men, and I ... Read More...April 2 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionMental Health
FDA Opens the Door to Clinical Use of LSD THE DOORS OF PERCEPTION – March 26, 2024 - LSD is still illegal, but recent studies show that this powerful compound is not usually dangerous if taken under controlled circumstances and that it has the potenti... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 2 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionPsychedelics
The 4 Worst Food-like Substances for Your Waistline and Heart AN APPLE A DAY... – March 18, 2024 - That’s because many of the foods we reach for due to their enticing packaging and convenience are highly processed, which means they’re loaded with unhealthy ingredients an... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaEating Disorderfood addictionMar 26 2024
Hawaiian Hotels/Restaurants Could Be Required to Stock Narcan AUDIO – THE HOMELESS SHELTERS TOO? – March 21, 2024 - “We really want to get health and harm reduction folks out there with the counselors to really try to offer people options to get into therapy and treatments so t... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionMar 26 2024OverdoseRecoveryRehab
Record Breaking 108,000 Americans Died of Overdoses in 2022 VIDEO – THEIR COMPLETION OF REALITY – March 22, 2024 - The CDC has not yet reported overdose numbers for 2023, although provisional data through the first 10 months of the year suggest overdose deaths continued to be... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMar 26 2024OverdoseTrauma
Ultra-processed Food Can Cause Anxiety and Cancer AUDIO – TASTY CHEMICALS – March 18, 2024 - Americans consume more than half of their daily calories from ultra-processed foods. These increased the risk of anxiety, depression, obesity, metabolic syndrome, certain ... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaEating Disorderfood addictionMar 26 2024
How a Once-Promising Doctor Became the “Pill Mill Killer” A MURDERER IN OUR MIDST – March 2024 - This haunting and propulsive debut follows a journalist’s years-long investigation into his father’s old classmate: former high school valedictorian Paul Volkman, who onc... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMar 19 2024
“The Good Boss” Helps People Break Cycle of Homelessness and Addiction VIDEO – THE GOOD NEWS BOSS – March 8, 2024 - Victor Oliveira will be the first to tell you that, 12 years ago, he couldn’t have imagined what he would be doing now. In 2012, he was released from a Massachusetts sta... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionhomelessinterventionMar 19 2024RecoveryRehab
Walk-in Suboxone, Sublocade, and Vivitrol Treatment Clinic Opens VIDEO – STEP RIGHT UP – March 11, 2024 - “People are dying,” said Dr. Elena Yanchar, chief of psychiatry at The Centers. “People are dying at numbers they shouldn’t be. People are suffering, and we have treatment.” D... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediabuprenorphineDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMar 19 2024RecoveryRehab