Drug Abuse and Addiction

People with addiction disorders at greater risk for COVID-19

Lighting up the virus –  Sep. 19, 2020 - Study co-author Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the U.S. National Institute…

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What Happened Inside Ed Buck’s Apartment?

Real Life Hollywood Horror – September 16, 2020 - One death is a tragedy; two deaths are a pattern. As…

4 years ago

99 Purple Flags Posted For Overdose Awareness

Lives lost forever – Sept. 11, 2020 - Unwanted medications can sometimes end up in the wrong hands, which is…

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Vaping Links to Covid Risk Becoming Clear

Smoke gets in your lungs... –   Sept. 4, 2020 - At one point, Mr. Moein said, his doctors gave…

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A recovering addict used art as an outlet to sobriety

Talent and Tenacity –  Sept. 8, 2020 - Ryan Ekmark used art as an outlet that helped him on his…

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People recovering from substance use disorder confront their trauma with politically incorrect jokes: ‘Laugh at my pain’

Laughing your way to sobriety – Sept. 8, 2020 - There are a number of ways to recover from the…

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Overdoses rise in South Florida

Too many sunsets – Sept. 13, 2020 - Florida reported 5,621 overdose deaths, a 14% increase from January 2019 to…

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System of Addiction Treatment Requires Reimagining Recovery

No one way? Or no any way? –  Sept. 11, 2020 - Further still, when a life event, such as…

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Mighty Ducks Star Shaun Weiss (not hockey player) celebrates 265 Days of Sobriety with New Teeth

Is there a chip for 8.8 months? –  Sept. 10, 2020 - Shaun Weiss was arrested again at the beginning…

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Revamped OxyContin hasn’t stemmed ODs

No, really? – Sept. 12, 2020 - The surge of painkiller abuse that started in the 1990s has long been…

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Is Marijuana Addictive?

Does a bear hibernate in the woods? –  July 8, 2019 - A brain-imaging study last year found the brain’s…

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YoungBoy – Never Broke Again – Drug Addiction

WATCH – Musical Interlude –  Sept. 10, 2020 – YoungBoy - Never Broke Again - Drug Addiction more@YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=138&v=QN4-PNNQ2rQ&feature=emb_logo

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Melissa Etheridge channels heartbreak

Foundation made of love – Sept. 10, 2020 - “It was a long journey. In the end, there’s a small…

4 years ago

Q&A with LARA Recovery founder, Angelo Lagares

Stick with the Winners! – Sept. 4, 2020 - LARA’s mission is to create Recovery Community Organizations in Spanish that…

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The Opioid Crisis Has Intensified During Coronavirus Pandemic

WATCH – It’s M.A.T. or DIE says Wall Street Journal – Sept. 8, 2020 - When Covid-19 struck, the U.S.…

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A look at Matthew Perry’s journey who kicked his own addiction, helped others recover

You got to have... –  Sept. 6, 2020 - Then this year in July, he was spotted in public in…

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Marijuana use is on the rise in older adults

Act your age, not your THC level – August 31, 2020 - The researchers said one of the reasons they…

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Why did the justice department let Purdue off the hook for the opioid crisis?

Fortunes are at stake? – Sept. 8, 2020 - The opioid epidemic is not over. Even as Covid-19 rages, opioid-related…

4 years ago

Family’s tragic destruction over $10 of heroin

As High as Death – Sept. 11, 2020 - “Your family is destroyed over $10 of heroin,” Mulford concluded. Assistant…

4 years ago

8 Encouraging Apps for Overcoming Addiction

Tap before you pick up –  Sept. 12, 2020 - Pocket Rehab is filled with familiar tools, but all of…

4 years ago

Hazelden Betty Ford CEO to be Stepping Away

Passing the First Lady’s baton – September 9, 2020 - Mishek, the third-longest-serving leader in the organization’s 71-year history and…

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Foundation works to put naloxone in recovery homes

Save-A-Life –   Sept. 1, 2020 - The U.S. surgeon general and state governments have encouraged wide distribution of the…

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Company to Launch LSD-MDMA Combination Clinical Trial

Purple Haze Rave? –   August 31, 2020 - As anyone who has been to Shakedown Street knows, the drug…

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Navigating sobriety as teen: ‘They told me I was going to die’

WATCH – No one has to die – Sept. 4, 2020 - This time was different, though. When Leahy was…

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11-Year-Old Boy Helping Others After Losing Mother

WATCH – And the young shall lead us –   Sept. 2, 2020 -“I didn’t really grow up with my…

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I Thought Jail Would Help Me Get Clean. I Was Dead Wrong.

Prisons are Dangerous –   Sept. 3, 2020 - This semi-normal life, combined with my White skin and the fact…

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Matt Brown Tells Fans Never ‘Give Up’ or ‘Surrender’ After Sobriety Update

Staying in the Groove – Sept. 2, 2020 - “Hey y’all guys, this is my newest piece, I hope you…

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Mural depicts journey from addiction to recovery

From the heART – Sept. 3, 2020 - The completed mural is 48 feet tall and 80 feet wide. It…

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Antioch Alumni Angie Bryan: Advocating for Young Adults In Recovery

Giving back - not giving in – Sept. 1, 2020 - For youth, experimenting with substances is often part of…

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Survivor of drug addiction speaks out

WATCH – She had to have something – Sept. 1, 2020 - Ms Owen was warned from a young age…

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