Drug Abuse and Addiction

HOOKED: Food, Free Will, and How the Food Giants Exploit Our Addictions

BOOK REVIEW –  March 12, 2021 - Obviously, it is preposterous to consider potato chips less fattening than walnuts —…

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Two Incredible Looks at the Scourge of Heroin by Gil Scott-Heron & James Brown

LISTEN! – THE TRACKS OF OUR TEARS –  March 24, 2021 - We wanted to look at two songs from…

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New York Reaches Marijuana Legalization Deal

CENTRAL PARK TO LEVITATE IN 2022 –  March 25, 2021 - The legislation sets a goal of having 50 percent…

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Demi Does California Sober for Brunch. Rosé or Riesling?

ONE TOKE OVER THE LINE? –  March 22, 2021 - Lovato has endured two highly publicized relapses and suffered “three…

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Biden’s Likely “Drug Czar” Presided Over Destruction of WV Syringe Program

SAFE INJECTION SITES UNLIKELY –  March 17, 2021 - President Joe Biden is planning to announce Dr. Rahul Guptaas his…

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Do College Students even do drugs?

DO BEARS COME IN THE MAIL? –  March 4, 2021 - The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued a…

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Cubs Prospect Jesus Camargo Found with 21 Pounds of Meth

SPEED IS FOR STEALING BASES –  March 20, 2021 - Deputies discovered a Cubs duffel bag that contained “several baseball…

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Cornerstone Names Roxanne Bates, Clinical Outreach Director

RECOVERY EXPERTS RULE –  March 18, 2021 - Substance abuse is not one person’s problem alone— it impacts families, communities,…

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What state has the biggest drug problem?

MOUNTAIN HIGH –  March 17, 2021 - Delaware, Tennessee, Louisiana and Maryland followed next, rounding out the top five states…

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Emergency Naloxone Boxes Installed in Wisconsin to Help Save Lives

I SEE LIVE PEOPLE –  March 11, 2021 - Outreach specialists with Wisconsin Voices for Recovery have now put up…

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Lighting Up Later in Life

SINSEMILLA FOR SENIORS - INDICA FOR ADULTS –  March 21, 2021 - Last spring, an analysis based on the National…

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Antidepressants Still Linked to Increased Suicide Risk

TO THE END? –  March 15, 2021 - According to Hengartner et al., the last meta-analysis that included observational studies…

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Red Oak Recovery Completes Sixth Year Dual Diagnosis Research Study

MORE THAN JUST THE 12 STEPS –  MAR. 16, 2021 - Red Oak Recovery® and The Willows at Red Oak…

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Purdue Pharma $10B bankruptcy plan farce?

SUPER WEALTHY CON JOB? –  March 16, 2021 - By Associated Press | March 16, 2021 at 11:53 AM EDT…

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Mich. pharmacist, tech charged in $1.2M opioid distribution conspiracy

OVERDOSE OF GREED –  March 18, 2021 -  A Michigan pharmacist and pharmacy technician have been charged in a conspiracy…

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Getting Stoned for Science

GOOD DE‘TOKE’TIVE WORK –  March 19, 2021 - Although adults can buy and consume marijuana legally under Maine law, like…

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Mila Kunis Unrecognizable in ‘Four Good Days’

WATCH – ROTTEN TOMATOES 44% –  March 18, 2021 - According to E! News, Kunis’s new role has her playing…

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“Prescription for Sorrow”

BOOK REVIEW –  Feb. 23, 2021 - Hahn starts at the beginning.  Emil Fischer of the University of Strasbourg synthesized…

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Clinical Director, Andrew Sidoli, MSW, MBA, joins Recover Integrity

EXPERIENCE ESSENTIAL –  March 10, 2021 - Andrew’s is passionate about the operational aspects of treatment. He is a visionary…

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Gov. Cuomo Announces Award of $50.7 Million to Enhance Addiction Services in NY State

SEE WHERE ALL THE MILLIONS GO –  March 10, 2021 - New York has a robust system of addiction care,…

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Harm Reduction Services to Get $30 Million in First-Ever Federal Funding

NOT ALL FOR MAT? –  March 16, 2021 - Though the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration will have…

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At Last, Some Help for Meth Addiction

CAN SCIENCE CLEAN UP THE METH? –  April 2021 - A decade ago I traveled on assignment to a Rocky…

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EQUAL Act would close the cocaine sentencing disparity

ROCK - POWDER - PRISON - HYPOCRISY –  March 19, 2021 - (Though an Asbury Park Press study found that…

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Hazelden Betty Ford Sites in Oregon Designated Blue Distinction® Centers

PROOF IT WORKS –  March 12, 2021 - According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 130 Americans die…

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Leave Out the Tragic Parts: A Grandfather’s Search for Boy Lost to Addiction

BOOK REVIEW –  March 2021 - This book has special meaning to me: my son is ‘by-choice’ homeless drug addict.…

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Steve-O ‘So grateful’ for 13 years of sobriety

A HEALTHY ADDICTION –  March 11, 2021 - for giving me the loving nudge that started my journey,” he captioned…

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Family turns tragic loss into ‘Lissy’s Legacy of Love

WATCH – NEW LIFE OF GIVING –  March 5, 2021 - “I would appear in court and beg the judge…

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‘I have experienced that life after addiction is possible’

...AND PLEASURABLE –  March 8, 2021 - The road to recovery McCallum said he’s hopeful that his story can help…

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He overcame addiction and had three strokes before age 40, then it got worse

BOOK REVIEW –  MARCH 11, 2021 - “I wouldn’t have written ‘Model Citizen’ if I hadn’t had the fourth stroke,”…

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Kristen Johnston on her past addictions: ‘It gives me chills’

STRENGTH AND BEAUTY –  March 10, 2021 - Talking about her struggles with addiction isn’t new for Kristen Johnston, but…

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