Drug Abuse and Addiction

Employees walk out of addiction center over alleged missing paychecks

Strange story for sure – June 25, 2020 - Meanwhile, the center owes money. According to fire protection company Brewer…

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Treatment centers hit hard by pandemic

Just when we need it most – June 24, 2020 - If services and staff are cut the effect on…

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Activists Gave Out Free Cocaine to Highlight Overdose Crisis

Is there a heaven or not? – June 24, 2020 - The group’s calls for action include expanding the access…

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Using Sports to Prevent Drug Abuse

Try not to slip – June 26, 2020  - Perhaps, it’s for this reason drug rehabs incorporates sporting activities in…

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How Does Community Help Get People Off Drugs During a Pandemic?

Compassion and Civic Duty –  June 16, 2020 - There was also a weekly support group, for both “social interaction”…

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1 in 10 Americans Use Prescription Painkiller

Only 10%?!?!?!?!? –  June 24, 2020  - Americans continue to look to the medicine cabinet for pain relief, with 1…

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Comparison: Dangers of cigarettes, e-cigarettes and waterpipes

More difficult through a mask! –  June 25, 2020 - The study is the world’s first comparison of the effects…

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Quit Genius expands to include alcohol and opioids

What is this? Confusing or complicated? – June 23, 2020 - The company currently has a remote tobacco-cessation program. Now,…

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San Diego VA lied about drug treatment for suicidal vets

Our foreign warriors defeated at home – June 26, 2020 - The taxpayer-funded government agency is legally required to be…

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Sobriety is Different When You Have Co-Occuring Mental Illness

It’s Complicted –  June 25, 2020 - While I was not diagnosed with depression and anxiety until I was 17,…

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ART of Intervention Project Experts with Rob Lohman and 21 Experts

Listen and Learn! Free Fun –  JUNE 30 - JULY 30, 2020 -  Meet Teresa Porter: mother of three and…

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The Inside Story of Disgraced Drugmaker

Wall Street, bribery and an opioid epidemic – June 18, 2020 - Seven of the Insys executives and employees on…

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American Addiction Centers files for Chapter 11

Drug abuse money in the millions –  JUNE 22, 2020 - “No layoffs or facility closures are expected as a…

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Utah organization changing the way we look at addiction recovery

Progress! – June 16, 2020 - Along with Evan, a full team of Peer Recovery Coaches work with addicts who…

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Budget cuts threaten addiction aid when it’s needed most

The underserved and undertakers – June 16, 2020 - We first met her as she and her boyfriend were facing…

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Temple University receives $1.77M for cocaine addiction study

Volunteers are getting in line – June 15, 2020 - Researchers at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple…

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Woman draws from pain as she captures faces of opioid addiction

The Art of Loss –  June 19, 2020 - “I have such a deep compassion for their situation,” she said,…

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Former drug counselor smuggled suboxone to an inmate

Arrested Providing MAT – June 19, 2020 - A former drug counselor at the Adams County Adult Correctional Complex, an…

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Langston Jackson’s journey from overdose to college graduation in PHOTOS

Addict No More! – June 17, 2020 - A collage of photos and newspaper clippings tell the story of Langston…

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‘I’m finally alive’: Recovering drug addict whose habit made him ‘look dead all the time’

Anyone Can Quit! –  June 17, 2020 - The tweet quickly went viral, racking up over 847,000 likes. It was…

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Woman erroneously receives Oxycodone, Morphine, OxyContin in Amazon package

PRIMETIME –  June 17, 2020 - “There’s morphine, there’s this, there’s that, this is really dangerous stuff — and there’s…

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Can Society end drug addiction?

It Caused It! –  June 20, 2020 - One significant improvement that society could make is to stop thinking of…

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How Cat Helped a 25-Year-Old Man Overcome Addiction

Man’s second best friend – June 20, 2020 - As a youth, I got in a lot of trouble. I…

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White People Go to Rehab, Black People Go to Jail

And Everyone Profits –  June 16, 2020 - At a Zoom meeting, all the members were talking about the coronavirus,…

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5 charged in $11.7 million Southern California addiction treatment fraud scheme

Win some, lose some –  June 19, 2020 - Most of the accused did not return calls or emails seeking…

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Michael Keaton to Star in Opioid Crisis Drama ‘Dopesick’

Pill Pushers Star on TV Show! –  JUNE 17, 2020 - “Although we were sharply aware of and empathetic to…

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The Addiction Nobody Talks About

The Money Making “ism” – June 20, 2020 - According to a study of over 1,000 remote employees by Twingate,…

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MICKEY MANTLE SAYS … Don’t Drink Or Do Drugs!!

Number 7, Forever – June 17, 2020 - Now, an incredible note written by the Yankees slugger just hit the…

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Opioid epidemic: Who is to blame?

The Smoking Gun – June 21, 2020 -  DRUG COMPANY EXECUTIVES AND OPIOID SALESMEN  June 2020 report  This January in…

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In-Patient Treatment Centers Face Financial Ruin

Shorter Lines –  June 15, 2020 - Among other things, that made it easier for doctors to prescribe medications such…

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