Drug Abuse and Addiction

California’s Huge Overdose Increase Didn’t Have to Happen

Yet it did happen – July 28, 2020 - California is one of the last areas of the country where…

4 years ago

How I Wish My Parents Had Reacted to My Heroin Use

Called Betty Ford? –   July 31, 2020 - I was too frightened to tell her myself. So I told…

4 years ago

How laws protect people in recovery from discrimination

WATCH – Know your rights! – July 30, 2020 - “The idea that, quote, ‘it’s a lifestyle’ or a choice…

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Overdose Deaths Are Skyrocketing … My Brother’s Was One Of Them.

Devastated Nation – July 24, 2020 - His athletic frame became bloated and heavy; his sunny disposition turned lethargic and…

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US Overdoses: Wide Regional Variations

Is anywhere safe from Fentanyl? – July 20, 2020 - Meanwhile, the South, as defined by the US Census standard,…

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FDA tells doctors to discuss overdose antidote with patients

Give it to them! – July 22, 2020 - Nearly 71,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year, a new…

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Business News Update: Oregon Trail Recovery

A Family That Heals Together... –   July 26, 2020 - “When I was finally told prison or treatment, I…

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New York Hotel to House 283 Homeless Men Recovering from Substance Abuse

Movin’ on up – July 24, 2020 - The city has been using hotels — which have mostly been closed…

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Black-Owned Rehab CEO Petitions on Behalf of Black Addicts

Full-court press – July 22, 2020 - With her petition, Young Williams’ goal is to bring attention to the disparities…

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Mother and children likely perished as result of overdose

War on drugs kills three more – July 26, 2020 -  A missing Forney mother found deceased in Farmers Branch…

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Recovery Unplugged Addresses Addiction in Minority Communities

Drugs do not discriminate –   July 23, 2020 - In continued observance of National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month,…

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David Sheff says: Safe-injection sites should be allowed to protect drug users

He's got a point! – July 22, 2020 - Kral and Pete Davidson, at the University of California, San Diego,…

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Mysterious brain structure sheds light on drug addiction

Science friction? –   July 23, 2020 - This mechanism also underlies drug addiction and is the reason why hanging…

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DRUGS: What America gets wrong about drugs?

WATCH – Everything! – July 20, 2020 - “Why are some drugs legal and others illegal? ... if you ask…

4 years ago

Sackler Family Could Get Away With Murder

Savage Capitalism Prevails – July 22, 2020 - The billionaire Sacklers who own Purdue Pharma, maker of the OxyContin painkiller…

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Bill could make remote addiction treatment permanent

Virtual Hugs? – July 15, 2020 - “It’s a good idea because it helps reach people who have challenges getting…

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Prisoner Ran Crack Cocaine Ring From His Cell

An inside job – July 13, 2020 - An investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)…

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CVS Fined … Almost Nothing

Druggists do it legally – July 16, 2020 - CVS also agreed to distribute a memo to its pharmacists in…

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A Real Risk: Prescription Drug Addiction During COVID-19

CVS open 24/7 – July 17, 2020 - To the surprise of many, prescription drug addiction is spiking during this…

4 years ago

Doctor arrested, suspected of fraud to feed opioid addiction

Addicted Doc – July 15, 2020 - Hughes, who works at Nebraska Foot and Ankle, has written 63 prescriptions for…

4 years ago

3,000 miles for addiction recovery

Walking the walk, coast to coast – July 19, 2020 - People celebrate milestones differently. My wife and I took…

4 years ago

Cliff Brodsky: The Man Who Knew Too Much And Too Little

Jailhouse Rock – July 21, 2020 – By John Lavitt When Cliff Brodsky, a successful music producer and songwriter, first…

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Georgia addiction centers pay $122 million to settle whistleblower lawsuits

Easy Money – July 13, 2020 - Universal Health Services, a for-profit public company which runs about 30 psychiatric facilities…

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Horrors of opioid addiction explored in LA writer’s memoir

The Heart And Other Monsters – July 17, 2020 -The voice speaking above serves as a narrator throughout her sister’s…

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Psychiatric nurse pens book on surviving homelessness and drug abuse

WATCH – Park Bench to Park Avenue – July 15, 2020  - Brown shares his raw journey out of homelessness…

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Overdoses skyrocket: states slash treatment budgets

Death Wish? – JULY 16, 2020 - The budget cuts — many spurred by state budget shortfalls wrought by the…

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Opioids Are Still The King For Many Doctors

NPR LISTEN – Loving Pills – July 17, 2020 - DR. GERY GUY: There’s still three times the amount of…

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Ex-Rehab Mogul Sentenced for Sexually Assaulting Patients

From slime, to time - 53 years in State rehab – JULY 14, 2020 - Bathum was convicted in February…

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Johnny Depp diagnosed with ADHD, depression and chronic substance abuse

We care because we love him! – July 8, 2020 - Depp told the court: “I was quite addicted to…

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Increase in indecent exposure cases related to drug activity, police say

Streaking Nnot Streaming – July 10, 2020 - Detectives watched one man in quick succession walk into and out of…

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