Drug Abuse and Addiction

A doctor’s radical treatment for pregnant addicts? Get them clean

And Love Them –  FEB. 26, 2020 - Towers didn’t need a drug test to confirm Lenderman, 14 weeks pregnant,…

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Opinion: Jailing individuals for drug addiction is immoral

War On The Wounded –  March 3, 2020 - The Controlled Substance Act distinguished five different “schedules” for drugs to…

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‘Strung Out’ Tackles Pain, Stigma And Shame Of Drug Use

MEDIA: Book Review –  February 28, 2020 - In her new memoir, Strung Out: One Last Hit and Other Lies…

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17% addicts hooked on de-addiction drug

It’s Punjab Jake –  Mar. 8, 2020 - De-addiction seems to have become a new addiction in the state. As…

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Laura McKowen on Addiction, Recovery and We Are the Luckiest

We Are Miracles, Too! –  MARCH 2, 2020 - I just don’t think the labels are very helpful. Nobody hears…

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Science Suggests Loneliness Is Tied To Addiction

Come Together –                      MAR 5, 2020 - As the United…

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Mother with opioid addiction died in police custody after officers ignored her calls for help

Arrested to Death –  MAR. 7, 2020 - “Yeah I’m literally ill right now. I can’t even think straight. I’m…

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Opioid Epidemic Might Be Much Worse Than We Thought

And Getting Worse? –  FEBRUARY 27, 2020 - The undercounting of opioid deaths is important because “you need to know…

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Indiana County to Start Bringing Charges Against Residents Who Overdose

Locking Up The Dead – February 29, 2020 - The person who has overdosed is given the opportunity to plead…

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Truly Radical Idea to Address Drug Addiction in Mia Donovan’s “Dope is Death”

THEATER “Dope is Death” – March 6, 2020 - “You don’t want to fight on drugs,” says Felipe Luciano, the…

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Eating disorders and drug addiction are often related illnesses

THE HOLE WITHIN –  FEBRUARY 24, 2020 - Oftentimes, food disorders do not exist in isolation. It is not uncommon…

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Why Do Christians Deny William Wilberforce’s Drug Addiction?

History Lesson –                                 FEB 27,…

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Congressional Candidate Overdoses

It Can Happen To Anyone –  Feb. 24, 2020 - Taylor’s decision to drop out of the Republican primary in…

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Zonked on Vicodin in the Corner Office

MEDIA: Whacked Non-Fiction –  Feb. 11, 2020 - It remains a bit of a mystery how the 28-year-old Peres, who…

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This Is What Happens When You Take 550 Doses of LSD At Once

Not Recommended! –  Feb. 21, 2020 - A trip can sometimes last 12 hoursor more, pumping up heart rate, intensifying…

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Addicts & Alcoholics to Spend $31.17 Billion on quitting by 2027

Steps, Stock Markets and Meds –                     Feb. 20, 2020 -…

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It’s time to get real about heroin addiction. It’s time to decriminalize this drug!

Decriminalize Heroin! –  February 19, 2020 - I CAN SAY without a shred of doubt that the most stigmatized people…

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Yale doctors take on opioid addiction

There’s a Pill for Everything –  Jan. 30, 2020 - In 2008, when D’Onofrio and Yale collaborator David Fiellin, M.D.,…

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