24 Great Local News Stories From 2019 Start the Presses – December 21, 2019 - Their reporting showed that when facility operators stand to gain from relapses, patients are routinely paid — in money, drugs, free flights, and more — to attend rehabs.... Read More...Dec 31 2019
After My Daughter’s Overdose, My Family Vowed to Fight the Opioid Epidemic How do we do that? – Dec. 25, 2019 - There was so much we didn’t know about Victoria until reading her journal. Victoria had a weight problem in her early teens, but blossomed. We didn’t realize that she had an... Read More...Dec 31 2019
Beyond the Bubble Gum Bandit: How one man overcame his addiction Chew On This – Dec. 25, 2019 - In March 2010, McAuliffe, then 42, was arrested and booked into the Coweta County jail. He had hidden his cocaine use — which started when he was a teenager — from many in his lif... Read More...Dec 31 2019
Cannabis-related psychosis, addiction, ER visits for young users on the rise TOO HIGH – December 23, 2019 - At Caron, the number of patients who were admitted with a primary diagnosis of cannabis use disorder increased more than 22% from 2014 to 2019. In those five years, people admitted to t... Read More...Dec 31 2019
Local Family Celebrates Sobriety and Togetherness at Christmas Home Sweet Home – December 25, 2019 - After years of anguish and many overdoses, the monthly medication Vivitrol has given Kaitlin her life back. “It’s so worth it. To be there for your family and yoursel... Read More...Dec 31 2019
Heartwarming moment – son gifts father first pair of Jordan sneakers for Christmas Father and Son – Dec. 26, 2019 - He continued: ‘This last time he made a promise & he stuck with it ... One of our first Christmas Moments together & it was one to capture because he got his first pair of Jor... Read More...Dec 31 2019
McShin Foundation Hope Dealers Documentary Prison Is Not Forever! – Fall 2019 - In 2018 the McShin Foundation located in Richmond, Virginia started the Recovery and Reentry Program at RSW Regional Jail in Front Royal, VA. Founded with the help of ... Read More...Dec 31 2019
The Bahá’i Faith and Views on Alcohol Faith and Alcohol – 2019 - The Bahái Faith and Views on Alcohol The Bahái faith has clear views on drinking that prohibit members from overindulging or becoming tempted to drink alcohol. The Most Holy book states ... Read More...Dec 31 2019
New LEGO-shaped MDMA prompts overdose fears ahead of Australia New Year’s Eve Watch Out Down Under – Dec. 27, 2019 - NSW was rocked this year when MDMA was involved in the death of six people at music festivals. The NSW Poisons Information Centre’s Professor Andrew Dawson said the new strand w... Read More...Dec 31 2019
Mobile addiction treatment center battles stigma, shame, and rising overdoses House calls on the Homeless – December 28, 2019 - Though the city has worked to expand the availability of medications like buprenorphine, convincing people to enter treatment can be difficult. For people in ac... Read More...Dec 31 2019
Pastor Creates Sober Bar for Recovering Addicts Getting the monkey off their (bar) back – December 29, 2019 - “What we do differently is that we have a safe place,” Pfeiffer said. “They can come and shoot pool; they come in here and throw darts; they can listen to... Read More...Dec 31 2019
A Drug to Curb Meth Addiction? Cleaning up this meth – December 27, 2019 - Although it may not make headlines like the opioid crisis, deaths involving meth addiction are on the rise. In the U.S., overdose deaths involving meth have soared since 20... Read More...Dec 31 2019
Fatal overdose at a St. Paul ‘sober home’ sheds light on unregulated industry Wrong Time at the Wrong Place – DECEMBER 30, 2019 - When Thomas McCue moved into a “sober home” in St. Paul in 2017, his parents felt hopeful that he was finally getting his life back on track after years of ... Read More...Dec 31 2019
Recovery from Addiction: “You Have to Want It” If you work it... – December 22, 2019 - We spoke with recovery community members to learn what changes, if any, they’ve seen over the past year in their experiences with finding and receiving opioid addiction r... Read More...Dec 31 2019
Purdue Pharma Owners Laugh All The Way To The Bank Savage Capitalism – Sept 4, 2019 - Full Story @DavidIcke ... Read More...Dec 31 2019
Men with drug or alcohol addiction are ‘up to seven times more likely to commit domestic violence’ Call 911 – Dec. 23, 2019 - Among those with a drug problem, 2.1% had been arrested for threatening, attacking or sexually assaulting their wife, girlfriend or ex - seven times higher than average - the BBC reported. ... Read More...Dec 31 2019
In 2019, the Legal Fight Over Opioids Unraveled Into Confusion and Infighting In It For the Money – December 26, 2019 - “The opioid crisis has just presented such an emergency and it’s called for quick action,” Zimmerman said. “To the extent that it hasn’t worked, I don’t think that’s necessar... Read More...Dec 31 2019
How to quit vaping for good: 8 tips from addiction experts Decision Time – December 27, 2019 - Speaking to an expert might be what you need to quit for good. While you might not find a rehab center near you that treats only nicotine addiction, most rehab centers for alcohol ... Read More...Dec 31 2019
Hospital admissions for gambling addiction have doubled in UK Hard Luck – December 28, 2019 - The youngest person receiving treatment for gambling addiction last year was just 15, according to the NHS data, as new technologies make gambling more visible and accessible for young... Read More...Dec 31 2019
Ink & flesh, tattoo story of addiction Not just skin deep – December 28, 2019 - But rather than turn his back on what were some of his darkest times, and the struggles he’s seen friends go through since, Oakhem has immortalized them in a massive back tatt... Read More...Dec 31 2019
Alcoholism doesn’t confine or define me Serving Up Sobriety – Dec. 29, 2019 - Alcoholism had crept up on me, disguised as a friend to ease the social anxieties of newfound minor fame, a lubricant for awkward situations and parties where people I recognised... Read More...Dec 31 2019
Doctors Prescribe More of a Drug If They Receive Money “They put me on...” – Dec. 20, 2019 - Key Takeaways We studied the 50 most-prescribed brand-name drugs in Medicare for which drugmakers had made payments to doctors in 2016. The drugs include treatments f... Read More...Dec 31 2019
Once ravaged by crack and alcohol, she pays it forward thousands of times to the homeless More Neighborly Love – December 23, 2019 - Midnight Mission spokeswoman Georgia Berkovich hugs a man after a shelter graduation event. It’s not uncommon to see Berkovich clapping, dancing and getting misty-eyed, as s... Read More...Dec 31 2019
Opioid Deaths Rise When Auto Plants Close Jobs Better Than Junk – Dec. 30, 2019 - That finding underscores the role that economic despair may play in eroding public health. “For a long time, we’ve been interested in the link between the American dre... Read More...Dec 31 2019
A Neuroscientist Explains What Sugar Really Does to Our Brain This is your brain on donuts – Dec. 25, 2019 - Sugar can disrupt memory formation Another brain area affected by high sugar diets is the hippocampus - a key memory centre. Research shows that rats eating high-suga... Read More...Dec 31 2019
Inside the Crackdown on Rehab Clinics That Became Piss-Test Scams The New Golden Standard – Dec 19 2019 - Among other things, according to federal prosecutors, Ahmed and co-conspirators collected generous kickbacks from urine analysis laboratories looking to cash in on the well-kno... Read More...Dec 31 2019
‘They’re My Safe Place’: Children of Addicted Parents, Raised by Relatives For Kith and Kin – December 26, 2019 - Hannah, now 17, is an artistic young woman who enjoys making French toast with her uncle and watching movies with the entire family of seven on most weeknights. She has not talk... Read More...Dec 31 2019
Why I Stopped Calling Myself an Alcoholic A rose by any other name... – Dec. 29, 2019 - Shortly after that first meeting, I took a group of friends to dinner to come out with it. Over quartini of Italian reds and one very obvious mocktail, I explained my alc... Read More...Dec 31 2019
How Drugs Finally Won The War on Drugs in the 2010’s Opinion: Getting High in America – Dec. 29, 2019 - So how did 80-year-old cannabis laws finally begin to crumble this past decade? Though very different in properties and ill effects, marijuana’s image shifted for so... Read More...Dec 31 2019
5 female inmates in a Philly-area jail overdosed on heroin on Christmas Day Christmas Disaster – December 29, 2019 - “More than half of the individuals ordered to G.W. Hill Correctional facility come to the facility with a substance abuse addiction. We provide rigorous treatment programs and... Read More...Dec 31 2019