Coronavirus

1 in 4 Workers Have Been Under the Influence During Video Conferencing

ONLY ONE? –   Nov. 10, 2021 - “Bottom line: what starts during work-from-home may well continue as employees return…

2 years ago

Watching It All Fall Apart: Addiction Specialist Reacts

WATCH – NOTHING CHANGES IF NOTHING CHANGES –   Nov. 19, 2021 - Nikki King, who designs addiction treatment programs,…

2 years ago

NY Treatment Centers Waiting on Millions in Covid Money

WATCH – WAITING FOR THE MAN! –   Nov. 18, 2021 -  Local organizations trying to fight addiction in Central…

2 years ago

Biden’s Drug Czar Wants to Expand Use of MAT

NEXT STOP...CNN? –   Nov. 18, 2021 - Methadone is a tightly controlled treatment for drug addiction, and patients must…

2 years ago

Discrimination Causes Increase in Mental Illness, Psychological Distress

TIME TO BE KIND –   Nov. 2021 - The study found dealing with any degree of discrimination was associated…

2 years ago

Revolutionary, ‘less harmful’ Pain Medication Therapy

WATCH – ADDICTION IS NOT MANDATORY –   Nov. 12, 2021 - “I wanted no narcotics,” said Seminole County resident…

2 years ago

Alcoholic Liver Disease up 30%

WORLDWIDE RISE –    Nov. 3, 2021 - People continued to “drink away” until the internal damage was advanced, he…

2 years ago

NYC Might Allow Drug Use in Harlem

WINTER IN AMERICA? –    Nov. 5, 2021 - But according to Dr. Chinazo Cunningham, New York City’s Executive Deputy…

2 years ago

America’s Opioid Crisis Made Worse by Pandemic

WATCH – MUCH WORSE –   Nov. 1, 2021 - “It became a lot harder for some people, for example,…

2 years ago

C.D.C. Adds Mental Health Conditions To High-Risk Covid List

THE HOOP YOU HAVE TO JUMP THROUGH IS WIDER THAN YOU THINK –    Oct. 28, 2021 - Preliminary research…

3 years ago

Woman Will Run NYC Marathon to Honor Her Deceased Brother

SO MUCH SADNESS IN THE WORLD –    Oct. 30, 2021 - “Sam is the reason why I started running…

3 years ago

Cheap Antidepressant Lowers Risk of Covid Hospitalization

WATCH – HELP TWO BIRDS WITH ONE PILL –   Oct. 28, 2021 - “Fluvoxamine may reduce the production of inflammatory…

3 years ago

Burnout Grows to Epic Proportion Among Social Workers

WATCH – ‘A VERY TRYING TIME’ –    Oct. 20, 2021 -  There’s growing burnout among social workers and front-line…

3 years ago

Biden Drug Policy Could Widen Racial Disparities, Civil Rights Groups Warn

LISTEN – DO ANY LIVES MATTER –   Oct. 22, 2021 - In recent years, Cook said, about 70% of…

3 years ago

USA’s Record high of 96,000 Drug Deaths in 12 Months

WATCH – AMERICAN TRAGEDY –    Oct. 13, 2021 - Reported drug overdose deaths in the United States hit a…

3 years ago

Tallahassee Experiences Increase In Crime and Drug Use

WAR ON POOR PEOPLE CONTINUES –   Oct. 10, 2021 - The layout of Tallahassee and the many different demographics…

3 years ago

Achieving Happiness is Balance

ON THE BEAM –    OCT. 2021 - Dopamine balance can be complicated. Along with the feelings listed above, dopamine…

3 years ago

Drug-Free Looks Like Me!

HEROES! JUST FOR ONE DAY...AT A TIME –    Oct. 8, 2021 - Sponsored by Somerset County Drug-Free Communities, Hoover…

3 years ago

Labor Secretary Marty Walsh On His Recovery As Nation Endures Addiction Crisis

IS POLITICS A RELAPSE? –   Oct. 13, 2021 - During the pandemic, there’s been more stress spurred by job…

3 years ago

Is Abstinence the Only Addiction Treatment?

LISTEN – MAYBE, MAYBE NOT –   OCT. 7, 2021 - Dr. Michael Tkach is the chief behavioral health officer…

3 years ago

How the Pandemic Led to the Rise of Virtual Rehab

YOUR NEW CONNECTION –   Oct. 2021 - The COVID-19 pandemic drove the demand for telehealth in 2020, but experts…

3 years ago

Alcohol Kills More Americans Than Drug Overdoses

LEGALIZE IT! OH, IT IS –   Sept. 24, 2021 - As we observe National Recovery Month throughout September, it’s…

3 years ago

Can Vaccine Fight Opioid Epidemic?

IN THE BRAIN? –   Sept. 7, 2021 -  A similar vaccine that prevents opioids from reaching the brain also…

3 years ago

Black Deaths Are Increasing Faster Than Whites

ALL BLACK LIVES MATTER –   Sept. 10, 2021 - Addiction specialist Edwin Chapman has made it his life’s work…

3 years ago

The Cost of Putting Yourself Second

WE’RE NUMBER 2! –   Sept. 9, 2021 - In Australia, one in six women will suffer from depression in…

3 years ago

Kids Allowed 5 Mental Health Days From School

HAPPY DAY –   Sept. 2, 2021 - Under a bill signed into law by Gov. J.B. Pritzker last month,…

3 years ago

A Chat with Heroes of Al-Azeema Rehab

ADDICTION WITHOUT BORDERS –   August 28, 2021 - Hassanein Ahmed, 27, also decided to quit drugs after a decade…

3 years ago

Nashville’s Broadway Called ‘alcoholic theme park’

MUST WATCH – JACK DANIELS TILT-A-WHIRL –    August 26, 2021 - There’s no shortage of headlines that highlight exactly…

3 years ago

Is Phone-Snubbing Sign of Mental Illness?

LET ME CHECK GOOGLE –    August 25, 2021 - “Some people who have high social anxiety or depression are…

3 years ago

Luring Its Youth Into Tight Grip Of Addiction

KASHMIR BLUES –    August 18, 2021 - That first encounter with charas happened on a day Murad would never…

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