Coronavirus

Cannabis Linked to Worse COVID-19 Outcomes

GUMMIES TOO? –   June 21, 2024 - “What we found is that cannabis use is not harmless in the…

6 months ago

Ranch Offers Love and Shelter to Children Impacted by Addiction Epidemic

CALM IN THE STORM –   Feb. 10, 2024 - Children can often be the overlooked victims of the drug…

9 months ago

U.S.A. Suicides Hit All-Time High In 2022

LISTEN BETTER – Aug. 11, 2023 - A recent Johns Hopkins University analysis used preliminary 2022 data to calculate that…

1 year ago

COVID Was Hiding Another Epidemic

THE DISEASE OF MORE? –   July 18, 2023 - That same day on the medical wards, an overhead speaker…

1 year ago

Alcohol Consumption Surged During Covid — and Deaths Followed

ALCOHOL IS A DRUG – July 13, 2023 - Mississippi saw a 159 percent increase in alcohol-related deaths, the nation’s…

1 year ago

Your Past Doesn’t Define Your Future

VIDEO – SOBRIETY LENGTHENS LIFE – June 28, 2023 - West Virginia woman HIGH on Hope on WSAZ TV. WATCH@WSAZ

1 year ago

After Record Deaths, There Have Been Reforms in Addiction Treatment

AUDIO – DEAR MR. FANTASY –    Dec. 30, 2022 - You know, A, I think it’s helpful to remember…

2 years ago

Delilah Belle Hamlin Opens Up About Sobriety

ROLL MODEL –    Dec. 16, 2022 - The young star is of course referring to a since-deleted IG post…

2 years ago

Addiction Treatment Got Easier During Covid?

MEDS FOR ALL –  Dec. 13, 2022 - The changes, which appear to have broad support across medical organizations and…

2 years ago

Patients Died From COVID-19 Drug Treatment

WHEN THE CURE IS WORSE THAN THE ILLNESS –  Oct. 23, 2022 - The lawsuits, filed last month in state…

2 years ago

Sexually Transmitted Diseases: ‘Out of Control’

BE SAFE, NOT SYPHILITIC –  Sept. 20, 2022 - Sexually transmitted diseases in the U.S. are at a crisis point.…

2 years ago

Risk Of Mental Illness And Brain Disease Increases After Covid

THE FOG OF...WHAT? –    Aug 17, 2022 -  People who have had Covid-19 are at an increased risk of…

2 years ago

Vaping Causes Higher Risk of Severe COVID-19 Complications, Including Death

THE FLAVOR OF DEMISE –  July 26, 2022 - However, the robust and significant increase in the risk of severe…

2 years ago

Supporting Sobriety at Work: How Salesforce Created Inclusion with ‘Soberforce’

ON THE JOB TRAINING –   July 14, 2022 - Within five minutes, a colleague reached out to Nelson and…

2 years ago

Colorado Sees Drop In Life Expectancy

POPULATION PATROL? –  June 25, 2022 - Key drivers for the decline were COVID-19 and overdose deaths. The data vary…

2 years ago

Pandemic’s Increased Drinking Is Having Disastrous Effects

VIDEO – WHEN THE CAT’S AWAY... –  June 20, 2022 - “Drinking in your house and not leaving is one…

2 years ago

A Dizzying Exchange About Vertigo

MORE KAFKA THAN HITCHCOCK –  June 7, 2022 - I drove to the Stony Brook Southampton Emergency Room. After a…

3 years ago

The Sober Curious Movement

CONSCIOUS CURIOUS –  May 31, 2022 - Researchers from La Trobe University’s Centre for Alcohol Policy Research in Australia also…

3 years ago

Tennessee Opens Up Access to Narcan, FINALLY

OH GEE, THANKS A LOT –  May 28, 2022 - The law goes into effect July 1, and cities, counties,…

3 years ago

Did the Pandemic Cause Mental Illness in Kids or Just Make it Worse?

VIDEO – THE OTHER PANDEMIC WITHIN A PANDEMIC –  June 3, 2022 - There is probably a small group of…

3 years ago

Cooking Class Teaches Life Skills To Recovery Community

SOMEONE’S IN THE KITCHEN –   May 26th 2022 - Bailey is standing side-by-side with her peers in the recovery…

3 years ago

108,000 Drug Deaths in 2021 Bear Out Prediction From Five Years Ago

DIDN’T TAKE A GENIUS –  May 25, 2022 - The special section—based around the Pitt team’s landmark research article in…

3 years ago

Kelly Osbourne’s Message of Gratitude on 1 Year Sober

BABY ON BOARD (SOON) –  May 27, 2022 - The former “Osbournes” star revealed in April 2021 that she had…

3 years ago

‘Bridgerton’ Star Hospitalized Due to Mental Health Problems

BEAUTY HIDES THE PAIN –   May 27, 2022 - “I just want to be honest with everybody, I have…

3 years ago

How Covid Killed One Million People

REFLECTING ON THE LOSS –  May 13, 2022 - “It really should be a moment for us all to reflect…

3 years ago

Why The Pandemic Has Been Hard On Addicts

THE DANGERS OF ISOLATION –   May 18, 2022 - Addicts are great at reasoning away problems. This sad state…

3 years ago

High School Students Tell How The Pandemic Changed Them

OUT OF DIFFICULTY COMES GROWTH –   May 14, 2022 - When school went online, Ruby, then a freshman, was…

3 years ago

Mother and Daughter Share Their Journey Through an Eating Disorder

WALKING HAND IN HAND –  May 14, 2022 - By this point — at the recommendation of her counsellor —…

3 years ago

Leah McSweeney Shares Her Sobriety

ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK –   May 6, 2022 - Once COVID hit, I knew quarantining and the…

3 years ago

‘We’re done with dead kids’: US Bars Handing out Free Fentanyl Tests

VIDEO – HARM REDUCTION ON TAP –  April 20, 2022 - FentCheck staples the strips from Canadian company BTNX to…

3 years ago