Drug Abuse and Addiction

The New Definition of Sober

SEMANTICS SHMANTICS –   Feb. 19, 2024 - We’ve seen multiple societal changes in our lifetime, from fashion trends to…

10 months ago

Treatment For Teens Inacce$$ible As Opioid Deaths Rise

VIDEO – WHY? –   Feb. 9, 2023 - “People are desperate,” said Pattie Vargas, a California mother who took…

10 months ago

Lots of Young People on Lots of Psychiatric Drugs

THEY’RE CUSTOMERS FIRST AND FOREMOST – Feb. 16, 2024 - Growing numbers of children and adolescents are being prescribed multiple…

10 months ago

Kids Overdose! Can Pediatricians Help?

MALPRACTICE? –   Feb. 17, 2024 - Pediatricians responded to the survey by saying they don’t have enough patients to…

10 months ago

NJ Overdose Deaths Fell Sharply in 2023!!!

GOOD NEWS – Feb. 15, 2024 - With the encouraging decline as a backdrop, Gov. Phil Murphy on Thursday announced…

10 months ago

NY to Distribute $95M to Expand Safe-Syringe Sites

LIKE SEAT BELTS FOR USERS –   Feb. 15, 2024 - “While we are flattening the curve for some, we…

10 months ago

Biden’s Drug Czar Shares Vision for Tackling Overdose Crisis

BETTER START SOON! –   Feb. 115, 2024 - Gupta: When we look at these types of epidemics across the…

10 months ago

The Next Deadly Drug Here By Summer?

VIDEO – AIN’T NO CURE FOR THE SUMMERTIME BLUES – Feb. 14, 2024 - “It scares us just as much…

10 months ago

State Investigating Recovery Company

VIDEO – TAKING ADVANTAGE –   Feb. 14, 2024 - After KARE 11 reports about questionable billing, the Human Services…

10 months ago

Toxic Pesticide Found in 4 out of 5 People

OATMEAL, WHO KNEW? – Feb. 15, 2024 - “Chlormequat is primarily used on grain crops like oats, wheat and barley,”…

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More OD Deaths Linked to Smoking Drugs Than Injecting Them

CONTRADICTORY? –   Feb. 15, 2024 - While the number of adults who injected drugs increased during that period, the…

10 months ago

Bow Wow Recalls Collapsing Due to His Addiction

VIDEO – RUFF TIMES – Feb. 15, 2024 - The 36-year-old rapper recently appeared on The Art of Dialogue podcast…

10 months ago

Mom Shares Inspiring Sobriety Story

HEARING VOICES –   Feb. 9, 2024  - One rainy November night, while sitting on the side of the Highway…

10 months ago

The Addiction Recovery Story We Never Hear

NEW YORK TIMES ESSAY –   Feb. 14, 2023 - Twenty women with felony records and a history of drug…

10 months ago

Employee at San Francisco Sober House Fatally Overdosed on the Job

NO ONE IS IMMUNE – Feb. 25, 2024 - Supervisor Catherine Stefani, left, has been critical of the nonprofit HealthRight…

10 months ago

S.F.’s Largest Treatment Provider Investigated After Overdose Deaths

CORPORATE MISTAKES? –   Feb. 9, 2024 - California officials are investigating the recent deaths of two men who fatally…

10 months ago

Be Wary of Romance When In Early Recovery

THE GROOVE IS IN THE HEART – Feb. 11, 2024 - There are both risks and benefits to being in…

10 months ago

Kroger Sued for Unsafe Opioid Prescriptions

ACCOMPLICES TO MURDER FOR MONEY – Feb. 13, 2024 - “For more than a decade, Kroger flooded Kentucky with an…

10 months ago

With New Methadone Rule, SAMHSA Isn’t Coming to Save Us

IT’S COMPLICATED –   Feb. 13, 2024 - For patients, it means the majority will continue to suffer under the…

10 months ago

Owner of Sober Homes Facing Felony Gun and Drug Charges

LOADED – Feb. 2, 2024 - The owner of a faith-based sober living & behavioral health counseling non-profit in Lexington…

11 months ago

SOBER: What Does It Mean? Anything!

NEW YORK TIMES – Feb. 4, 2024  - Notions of what constitutes sobriety and problematic substance use have grown more…

11 months ago

27 People Share Their Rock Bottom Moment of Clarity

LOOK BACK – DON’T GO BACK! –   Feb. 8, 2024 - For many people who struggle with alcohol, becoming…

11 months ago

‘Just say no’ can kill kids.’

TEACH, DON’T PREACH – Feb. 3, 2024 - Melanie Ramos was only 15 years old when she died of a…

11 months ago

Lack of Oversight In Treatment Industry Leads To Corruption

HEALTH-CARE IS WEALTH-CARE – Feb. 7, 2024 - The report highlighted questionable practices at treatment facilities and sober living houses…

11 months ago

New Jersey Will Receive Nearly $9.5M from Opioid Settlement

AIN’T ENOUGH –   Feb. 2, 2024 - “When you visit a physician, you do not expect that the details…

11 months ago

‘From Rags to Riches’: Musician Talks About Addiction

SINGING A NEW TUNE – Feb. 3, 2024 - In 2020, Johnson told his story about how he initially got…

11 months ago

Marijuana Use Increases Asthma Risk

VIDEO – WEED=WHEEZE –   Feb. 2, 2024 - “In the first nationally representative study of cannabis use and asthma…

11 months ago

Psychedelic Drugs Can Treat Addictions — Time We Got Over Moralistic Fears!

AUDIO – THEIR NOT A SLIP? – Feb. 8, 2024 -  In 1933, the founder of AA, Bill Wilson, achieved…

11 months ago

Fentanyl-Detecting Dogs at Work

MAN’S BEST FRIEND –   Feb. 5, 2024 - Washington State has advanced a bill to train drug-sniffing dogs to…

11 months ago

SNL Player on 40-Year Coke Habit & Surviving Gunshot Wound

LIVES TO TELL THE TALE –   Feb. 3, 2024 - Garrett Morris has had quite the Hollywood ride.”Some producers…

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