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He Won $3.3M – Then Set Up a Huge Pill Mill

SCHMUCK – Jan. 29, 2026 - Lottery winner John Eric Spiby gets more than 16 years behind bars. An 80-year-old lottery winner who once took home $3.3 million has been jailed for helping run what a judge called one of t... Read More...

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Cannabis Drinks May Offer a New Path to Drinking Less Alcohol

WHY NOT ADD MORPHINE TOO? – Jan, 29, 2026 - Alcohol use is associated with a wide range of health and social harms. Research has linked alcohol consumption to at least seven forms of cancer and nearly 200 diseases an... Read More...

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Administration’s Executive Order on Combating Substance Use

WE’LL SEE – Jan. 30, 2026 - The White House issued an executive order Jan. 29 to address substance use and addiction. The order establishes the White House Great American Recovery Initiative, a federal effort tasked ... Read More...

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‘Disturbing’ Scenes: Record Overdoses as Powerful Sedative Hits B.C.

ADDICTS BEWARE – Jan. 29, 2026 - She said workers were finding about 20 people unconscious each night, “lying out in the cold in the street,” and suffering memory loss due to overdoses. Goodison said the workers w... Read More...

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Methadone Treatment for Opioid Use Rising

MORE INJECTIONS TO COME – Feb. 4, 2026 - Methadone treatment for opioid use – which cuts the risk of death by overdose in half -- among individuals insured by Medicaid-insured increased substantially after 2010... Read More...

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Kennedy DECLARES WAR on ‘Relapse Factories’, Introduces SHOCK Addiction Overhaul

VIDEO – REHABING THE REHABS – Feb. 3, 2026 - U.S. Health Secretary is pushing for a major reform in the US addiction treatment system. He emphasizes moving away from rehab models that profit from patients struggling ... Read More...

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Health & Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Snorted Cocaine Off Toilet Seats

WHO HASN’T? – Feb. 12, 2026 - Kennedy, who has been in recovery for 43 years, revealed that after the meetings were shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he and other members would meet in private. He explained tha... Read More...

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Rethinking Drug Policy Through a Public Health Lens

LEGALIZE ALL OF THEM – Jan. 29, 2026 - These lived realities reveal substance use; whether cigarettes, alcohol, or illegal drugs as a response to trauma, exhaustion, or exclusion. Yet our legal framework continues to... Read More...

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Recovering Catholics Find Freedom in Surrender

STEP ONE – Feb. 5, 2026 - David wanted to convey a message of hope. “Most people when they’re faced with an addiction whether it’s a big one — you know alcohol, drugs, lust, gambling, whatever — get to a point where ... Read More...

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Psychedelics, Sobriety, and Belonging

TRIPPING SOBERLY – Jan. 13, 2026 - Historically, it has been a refuge, resistance, and chosen family – spaces where safety, visibility, and connection were possible when they weren’t elsewhere. Substances, for many, ... Read More...

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Addiction is Addiction – ‘No One Sets Out To Be An Addict’

VIDEO – REAL CONVERSATION – Jan. 22, 2026 - Emma Metcalfe has spent years recovering from alcoholism but now runs her own charity to help others living with addiction. Read More ... Read More...

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District Attorney’s Program Graduates Three Ex-Addicts

A GOOD MAN – Jan. 21, 2026 - District Attorney Ricky Babin announced in a news release that the individuals have been recognized for their successful completion of the program, which was implemented in 2019 to addres... Read More...

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Nurses’ Fear of Discipline Keeps Them From Seeking Addiction Treatment

IRONY – Jan. 22, 2026 - Courtney Robinson credits Greg Gardner, a peer recovery coach with the Georgia Council for Recovery, with helping her decide to get treatment for her alcohol addiction despite her fears ... Read More...

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Social Media Challenge Led Children to Overdose & Hospitalizations

VIDEO – CRIMINAL!!! – Jan. 22, 2026 - A mother of one of the children who participated in the so-called “challenge” is sharing her story while warning others about what turned into a scary situation. According to ... Read More...

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I’m Watching My Son Die from a Heroin Addiction

VIDEO – FIRST PERSON ACCOUNT – Jan. 25, 2026 - What started as a prescription for painkillers after an accident became a mother’s worst nightmare. Her son, addicted to heroin. In and out of rehab. Trapped in a cycle ... Read More...

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Vape Flavor Bans Increase Cigarette Sales

SMOKIN’ – Jan. 21, 2026 - Ban flavored vapes and expect an increase in cigarette sales: It’s a familiar concept to experts who recognize the two as economic substitutes. Amid battles over access in the United States,... Read More...

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Inside Nick Reiner’s Life of Privilege, Pills and Pain

WITHOUT GRATITUDE – Jan. 24, 2026 - Friends say Reiner bounced constantly between rehab centers and his family’s Los Angeles mansion, where he killed his parents, Rob and Michele. Unemployed at 25, Nick had spent a d... Read More...

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Experts Warn About Possibly Deadly Kratom

VIDEO – DEATH IS LEGAL – Jan. 17, 2026 - “It’s terrifying. How highly addictive this is,” said Michelle Leopold, whose son Trevor died of an accidental opioid overdose in 2019 while a freshman at Sonoma State Univers... Read More...

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‘Like Turning on a Light in a Dark Room’: Recovery Begins Behind Bars

AUDIO – WHAT A WAY TO GO – Jan. 19, 2026 - Imagine the Grinch as a porch pirate, stealing to feed a drug habit. After he’s shunned by fellow thieves, he has a change of heart and returns one of the stolen packages. A... Read More...

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Addiction: A Disease Both Like and Unlike Many Others

IT IS AND IT ISN’T – Jan, 20, 2026 - Mental health experts are nearly unanimous in endorsing the disease model of addiction. Alcoholism (now alcohol use disorder) was declared a disease in 1956 by the American Medica... Read More...

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Understanding the Impact of Trauma Among Drug Users

IT’S BIG – Jan. 17, 2026 - Conducted as part of the Review of the Medically Supervised Injecting Room Trial, this study identified high rates of complex trauma that can create barriers to treatment among people... Read More...

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Carol Burnett Reflects on Late Daughter Carrie’s Drug Addiction

ALWAYS SAD – Jan. 15, 2026 - Screen legend Carol Burnett reflected on her career — and even shared some details about her personal life — more than seven decades after getting her start in Hollywood. Burnett, 92, ... Read More...

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The Warning Signs of Addiction, Alcoholism and Substance Misuse

ALWAYS LATE – Jan. 13, 2026 - In a world full of temptations, it’s possible for a person to become addicted to just about anything. And while it’s not always obvious, there are often warning signs that suggest there’... Read More...

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Yoga Speeds Opioid Withdrawal and Recovery

VIDEO – READ AND WATCH (in English) – Jan. 12, 2026 - Yoga could cut opioid withdrawal recovery time by over four times, turning agony into manageable relief. A groundbreaking randomized clinical trial from researche... Read More...

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How I Broke Free of Cannabis

ONE GUMMY AT A TIME? – Jan. 13, 2026 - By Susan Shapiro - Guest contributor - Some people have luck cutting down slowly. Since smoking the drug is the most toxic, according to Harvard Medical School, experts recommen... Read More...

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Formerly Incarcerated People’s Performance Project

INNOCENTS BEHIND BARS – Jan. 13, 2026 - In this episode we hear the stories of people incarcerated with substance use disorder. An estimated 65% of the US prison population has a substance addiction, according to the... Read More...

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For those with Addiction – going into and out of prison can be a minefield

AUDIO – NOT ALL BARS ARE BAD – Jan. 16, 2026 - Spencer’s patient at the clinic that day in August was a woman who asked that NPR use only her first initial, H., because she criticized the Alaska Department of Correct... Read More...

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Las Vegas Program Celebrates 80 Graduates Overcoming Homelessness and Addiction

VIDEO – ALL HEROES – Jan. 17, 2026 - (Brent Nowak, a representative from Shine A Light) Eighty individuals celebrated a significant milestone in Las Vegas as they graduated from the Shine A Light organization’s 18-mo... Read More...

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S.F. Ramps Up Program to Compel Users into Treatment!

TRY ANYTHING! – Jan. 16, 2026 - Voters authorized the program with 2024’s Proposition F, which required adult welfare recipients struggling with addiction to complete a free drug treatment program or risk losing thei... Read More...

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Relapse Prevention: Recognize the Signs

STAY AWAKE – Jan. 13, 2026 - If you’re supporting someone in their journey to recovery, help them stay sober by recognizing triggers, risks and signs they may return to use. “It’s common for people to return to us... Read More...

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