Books, Memoirs, Films, and Media

Books, Memoirs, Films, and Media

As Opioid Deaths Soar, Biden Fills Up The Methadone Pitchers

RELIEF IS IN SIGHT – Feb. 2, 2024 - Now for the first time in more than 20 years, the Biden administration is publishing new federal rules for methadone treatment aimed at widening access for more patients. But patie... Read More...

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Tylenol PM and Advil PM and Benadryl Linked to Dementia?

VIDEO – SWEET DREAMS ARE MADE OF THIS – Feb. 2, 2024 - Dr. Charles Puza, a New York–based physician, has recently shocked over a million people on TikTok by revealing that the continual use of anticholinergic medicat... Read More...

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Woman Pens Addiction & Recovery Journey

VIDEO – DO THE WRITE THING – Feb. 2, 2024 - When she was 27 years old, a sudden trip-and-fall injury left Chekesha Kay Ellis taking pain medication. This eventually snowballed into a dangerous opioid addiction that l... Read More...

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Discrimination Suit vs. Pa. Courts for Withholding Suboxone Settled

IS IT THAT COMPLICATED? – Feb. 1, 2024 - Pennsylvania’s court system will pay a total of $100,000 to six people who were prevented from taking medication prescribed to treat opioid addiction while under court ... Read More...

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French PR Agency to Pay $350 Million for its Role in Our Opioid Crisis

THE WHOLE WORLD WAS WATCHING – Feb. 2, 2024 - A subsidiary of the French advertising giant Publicis will pay 350 million dollars (or around 320 million euros) to the United States for its role in the opioid crisis in... Read More...

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Best Selling Beer at Whole Foods Doesn’t Contain Alcohol

SLIPPERY SLOPE OR RELAPSE PREVENTION? – Feb. 3, 2024 - When he took out the classified ad that changed everything, Bill Shufelt was desperate. He’d quit his job on the trading desk at one of the world’s richest hedge... Read More...

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From Prague to Vietnam – an Expat’s Sobriety Journey

THE ADVENTURESS – Feb. 2, 2024 - Hailing from California, I was more inclined toward other legal substances to unwind. However, everything changed when my career took an unexpected turn. At the peak of my cele... Read More...

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Experimental Pain Medication May Work Without Risk of Addiction

IT’S ABOUT TIME – Feb. 2, 2024 - The drug, called VX-548, works by blocking pain signals from nerves in the body before they get to the brain. Unlike opioids, it works only on peripheral nerves, and not on the... Read More...

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Celebrities Spearhead Alcohol-Free Brands

ANYTHING FOR A BUCK? – Jan. 31, 2024 - The ‘sober curious’ movement has gained momentum, particularly among younger generations. It’s driven by a growing awareness of alcohol’s effects on health and well-being... Read More...

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Doctor Who Prescribed 500k Opioid Doses Gets Conviction Nullified

NOW WHAT? – Feb. 2, 2024 - A Virginia doctor who prescribed more than 500,000 opioid doses in less than two years had his conviction and 40-year prison sentence thrown out by a federal appeals court on Friday.... Read More...

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Four Caught Transporting 370 Gallons of Liquid Heroin

VIDEO – SMACK ON TAP? – Feb. 1, 2024 - Police had a search warrant on the defendants’ motel room and two trucks. They located and took eight 55-gallon barrels containing approximately 370 gallons of a liquid narcot... Read More...

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Lifestyle & Environment Will Cause Cancer Cases to Jump 77% by 2050

KEEP IT SIMPLE – Feb. 2, 2024 - The global cancer burden is projected to surge by 77% to over 35 million new cases in 2050, stemming from population growth, aging, and changing risk factors associated with soc... Read More...

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US Babies Born Prematurely Has Grown by 12%

ANXIOUS TO GET ON SOCIAL MEDIA? – Jan. 31, 2024 - The rate of babies born prematurely in the US grew 12% from 2014 to 2022 to nearly 8.7%, with pronounced racial and age disparities among the mothers. Black mo... Read More...

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My Month in Rehab – Alcohol Was Killing Me

TREATMENTS WORKS – Jan. 23, 2024 - I was sitting on the bathroom floor, sobbing. The room was spinning. It was the heart of lockdown and I wasn’t coping – or, rather, I was attempting to cope by drinking heavi... Read More...

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Giving up Alcohol Made Me Realize the Benefits of Sobriety

HALLELUJAH – Jan. 30, 2024 - So, I decided to give sobriety a chance. I began working with sober women to figure out why I drank in the first place. In turn, I developed an understanding that sobriety is so mu... Read More...

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Josh Eagle Talks About Creativity In Sobriety

AUDIO – GETTING BETTER ALL THE TIME – Jan. 23, 2024 - Getting sober, I felt like that I now have the ability to really love as deeply as possible. And that’s myself and that’s others—and not just people in my circl... Read More...

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Heartbreaking Trailer For Wendy Williams Documentary “I Have No Money”

VIDEO – SAD TELEVISION – Feb. 2, 2024 - The trailer also appears to imply that Williams is still struggling with drinking after having gone to rehab last June, on top of other possible health issues. “Anyone c... Read More...

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Did The DEA Make Up a Faux “Fentanyl Facts” Quiz?

IMAGINATION DISTORTED – Jan. 29, 2024 - The tournament part of the “One Pill Can Kill Game Over Tournament,” where DEA guest commentators shared fentanyl misinformation soundbites while college students played Rocket... Read More...

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ADHD Meds Recalled Because Bottles Contain a Different Drug

OOPS! – Jan. 29, 2024 - Patients who have received the wrong medicine have a higher risk of getting into accidents and injuring themselves, as well as being more likely to experience drowsiness and depression,... Read More...

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Nearly Half of All UK Teens Feel Addicted to Social Media

SO AM I – Feb. 2, 2024 - In recent years, there has been growing concern about the addictive qualities of social media. Last year, the US surgeon general issued a public health advisory on the risks that social media... Read More...

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Quote of the Week – Ariana Grande

“Block out all the negative energy and just love.” – Ariana Grande ... Read More...

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Author Breaks Silence Surrounding Addiction

THIS MAN KNOWS – Jan. 20, 2024 - Sam Quinones has been on the front line of reporting on illicit drugs, from his decade as a reporter and writer in Mexico to his decade at the Los Angeles Times covering immigr... Read More...

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Rewiring Your Brain!

IT HAS TO HAPPEN – Jan. 26, 2024 - Many people are wired to seek and respond to rewards. Your brain interprets food as rewarding when you are hungry and water as rewarding when you are thirsty. But addictive substanc... Read More...

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Abstinence-Based Treatment Isn’t Dead…Yet

NOT AFTER 89 YEARS – Jan. 26, 2024 - The SUD treatment industry is beginning to move away from an abstinence-only approach to care and towards harm-reduction and medication-assisted treatment approaches. Resea... Read More...

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Mayor Defends Drug-Screening Plan for Welfare Recipients

IT’S COMPLICATED – Jan. 18, 2024 - People will be asked questions during a screening process and may be referred to a doctor, said Cedric Akbar, the director of Positive Directions Equals Change, an addiction ... Read More...

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Fentanyl Forum Tells parents to Talk With Their Children

AUDIO – COMMUNICATION IS KEY – Jan. 24, 2024 - The message during a recent public health forum was clear and chilling: Don’t do drugs. They could kill you – or, at the very least, ruin your life. About 30 peo... Read More...

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Relapse Pays Big on the Florida Shuffle

CAVEAT EMPTOR – Jan. 19, 2024 - Drug addiction, a disease that takes hundreds of lives in Palm Beach County every year, is often misunderstood and mistreated. That’s slowly changing, but experts say much is yet to be... Read More...

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Emma Corlett – Social Media Star: Meth Addict’s Recovery Story

VIDEO – EVERYONE CAN CHANGE – Jan. 20, 2024 - “It’s really hard to believe, looking back at the old Emma, to who I am now. I would never have imagined I would do modelling.” Who Emma is now is a long way away from ... Read More...

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Children of Narcissists and Addicts

HANDLE WITH CARE – Jan. 20, 2024 - Narcissistic parents are ignoring, controlling, blaming, self-absorbed, and intolerant or unaware of their children’s needs and of the effects of their behavior on other people. Chi... Read More...

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Do Tea Drinkers Age Slower?

YES – Jan. 23, 2024 - From our skin to our cells, the food we eat supplies a range of essential nutrients that can support our body’s microbial machinery and help us to live longer, healthier lives. One bevera... Read More...

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