Drug Abuse and Addiction

The 3 Pillars of Addiction Psychotherapy

YES, NO, MAYBE –   Jan. 11, 2024 - It seems clear that people are hungry for alternatives to traditional…

11 months ago

Memoir: A Cautionary Tale Of Attraction And Addiction

WRITE DOWN YOUR STORY –   Jan. 12, 2024 - So what is the attraction? Of course, Richard is “gorgeous.”…

11 months ago

“You don’t have to be tortured to make interesting art”

MUSIC MATTERS –   Jan. 12, 2023 - Katie Crutchfield, 35, credits the shift to maturity, sobriety and success –…

11 months ago

Zeke Talks Ankle Bracelets, Sobriety, and Surfing

VIDEO – MAKING WAVES – Jan. 11, 2024 - He’s also been to jail and to rehab, and won a…

11 months ago

Investigation Could Provide Information on Treatment Centers

VIDEO – FLORIDA, Where using is safer than rehab? – Jan. 12, 2024 - People seeking treatment for addiction in…

11 months ago

Zippy’s Manager Saves Man From Fatal Overdose

VIDEO – ZIP-A-DEE-DOO-DAH –   Jan. 11, 2024 - For Leialoha Arcangel, her Sunday morning shift at Zippy’s Vineyard started…

11 months ago

See final moments of ODing patient discharged by doctor who thought he was ‘playing possum’

VIDEO – PLAYING DEAD – Jan, 11, 2024 -  Disturbing bodycam footage shows a man’s final moments suffering from an…

11 months ago

‘Designer Xanax’ Behind 1 in 7 Overdoses in US

A DOWN FOREVER –   Jan. 9, 2024 - Bromazolam is a benzodiazepine - a class of drugs used to…

11 months ago

KENTUCKY Ranks 7th Best States for Addition Treatment

VIDEO – ANOTHER WINNER’S STORY – Jan. 12, 2024 - Robert Downing, 32, has tattoos embodying his life’s journey. Despite…

11 months ago

Prescriptions of Singulair Continues Despite Delayed FDA Warning and Reported Horrific Side Effects

BIG PHARMA WINS AGAIN – Jan. 9, 2024 - Ashley and Chris Bracken, Genevieve’s parents, in Genevieve’s bedroom. Ms. Bracken…

11 months ago

Matthew Perry’s Death Underscores Significance of Buprenorphine

OPINION PIECE –   Dec. 31, 2023 - I think is just as important to point out is what was NOT…

12 months ago

Is Ketamine Safe for Depression, and Is It Addictive?

BETTER USE AS DIRECTED –   Dec. 21, 2023 - To understand more about ketamine, how it works and when…

12 months ago

Iran Hangs Nine Drug Dealers

OVERKILL –   Jan. 2024 - Iran lies on a major opium-smuggling route between Afghanistan and Europe and has one…

12 months ago

Top 7 Addiction Treatment Methods of 2023

USE THEM NOW – Jan. 3, 2024 -  Excessive social media use mimics addiction—and can be self-treated. During 2023, a…

12 months ago

Flesh Rotting Drug Stays Popular

PHOTO GALLERY – DARE YOU TO LOOK? – Dec. 30, 2023 - Tranq makes life darker. The opioid crisis has…

12 months ago

Consulting Company Fined $78 Million For Opioid Deaths

NO JAIL TIME? – Dec, 30, 2023 - Consulting firm McKinsey & Co has agreed to pay $78 million to…

12 months ago

Robert Downey Jr.’s Real-Life Story

ARTISTS ARE SO PECULIAR – Jan. 3, 2024 - The role that made critics sit up and take notice of…

12 months ago

Overdoses Prevented by Treating Addiction as Health Problem

SICK PEOPLE NEED HELP –   Jan. 2, 2024 - Kenneth Purnell knows what it’s like to fight “the monster…

12 months ago

Why the ‘War on Drugs’ Failed Addicts

VIDEO – PLANNED THAT WAY – Dec. 20, 2023 - What would our country look like today if we’d spent…

12 months ago

Life After Meth — Learning to Open and Close the Curtains

PERSONAL ACCOUNT –   Dec. 17, 2023 - When I was on meth, I was busy. Very busy. There was…

12 months ago

Jelly Roll: His Drug Addiction, ‘Complicated’ Relationship With Alcohol

BIG JOKE? –   Dec. 14, 2023 - Jelly Roll talked candidly in a new interview with People magazine, discussing…

12 months ago

Chris Christie Wants Outright Renovation to Addiction Recovery Programs

VIDEO – IT’S ABOUT TIME –   Dec. 22, 2023 - The Republican presidential candidate and former New Jersey outlined…

12 months ago

Fentanyl Super Labs in Canada Pose New Threat

NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR – Dec. 24, 2023 - Thousands of miles away outside Toronto, police in August found what is…

12 months ago

Lamb of God’s Mark Morton Marks 5 Years Sober

IF HE CAN, YOU CAN – Dec. 27, 2023 - Morton wrote, “Today, after years of alcoholism & drug addiction,…

12 months ago

After Overcoming Addiction Ron Williams is Now Chaplain

VIDEO – HELLO HIGHER POWER –   Dec. 19, 2023 - “I’m just a hopeless dope addict that God turned…

12 months ago

Lady A’s Charles Kelley Details Sobriety Journey

VIDEO – BEAUTIFUL MUSIC VIDEO –   Dec. 29, 2023 - “CBS Mornings” co-host Gayle King sits down with Lady…

12 months ago

Methadone Withdrawal-Related Psychosis in Patients With Hormone-Dependent Breast Cancer

DANGER AHEAD – Dec. 28, 2023 - Methadone withdrawal usually presents as a classical opiate withdrawal syndrome, including symptoms such…

12 months ago

Kat Von D: Which Addiction Was Toughest to Quit

SMOKIN’! – Dec. 17, 2023 -  Kat Von D has opened up about which of her addictions was the hardest…

12 months ago

Shawn Johnson ‘Refuses Pain Meds’ After Past Adderall Addiction: ‘It Just Scares Me’

ALL THE RIGHT MOVES – Dec. 26, 2023 - “I never want to feel out of control like that again,”…

12 months ago

‘Tranq Tourism’: TikTokers Travel to Film Drug Addicts

ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE – Dec. 17, 2023 - Since 2021, Kensington, a low-income neighborhood in North Philadelphia, has been ground zero…

12 months ago