Drug Abuse and Addiction

Vermont’s Largest Rehab No Longer Accepts Patients on MethadoneVermont’s Largest Rehab No Longer Accepts Patients on Methadone

Vermont’s Largest Rehab No Longer Accepts Patients on Methadone

TOO MUCH TROUBLE? –                                …

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Scientists Learn from Coked Up RatsScientists Learn from Coked Up Rats

Scientists Learn from Coked Up Rats

RAT RACE – Dec. 5, 2024 - A new study of lab rats who were given cocaine is shedding new light…

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The “Reemergence” of CarfentanilThe “Reemergence” of Carfentanil

The “Reemergence” of Carfentanil

AVOID AT ALL COST – Dec. 6, 2024 - ...for the most part fentanyl analogs are sometimes a bit more…

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‘Corrupt practices’ by Drug-Treatment Provider Endangered Public‘Corrupt practices’ by Drug-Treatment Provider Endangered Public

‘Corrupt practices’ by Drug-Treatment Provider Endangered Public

GO TELL IT TO THE JUDGE – Nov. 29, 2024 - Rainier Recovery, which runs centers in Lakewood, Gig Harbor…

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Many View Substance Abuse as a Health Issue – But In Many States It’s a CRIMEMany View Substance Abuse as a Health Issue – But In Many States It’s a CRIME

Many View Substance Abuse as Health Issue – But In Many States It’s a CRIME

JAIL’S CHEAPER THAN REHAB – Dec. 6, 2024 - The American Medical Association’s annual report on the overdose crisis, released…

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What a New Trump Administration Could Mean for Addiction Treatment by Adi Jaffe Ph.D.What a New Trump Administration Could Mean for Addiction Treatment by Adi Jaffe Ph.D.

What New Trump Administration Could Mean for Addiction Treatment by Adi Jaffe Ph.D.

INCARCERATION FOR ADDICTS – Dec. 5, 2024  - Trump’s “Agenda 47” proposes an aggressive stance against drug trafficking and addiction,…

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My friend was a popular & promising artist – how did he end up on the streets of Portland – addicted & dangerous?My friend was a popular & promising artist – how did he end up on the streets of Portland – addicted & dangerous?

My friend was popular & promising artist – how did he end up on the streets of Portland – addicted & dangerous?

IT CAN’T HAPPEN HERE? – Nov. 30, 2024 - When I first met Evan B Harris he was fizzing with…

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Investigation of Deaths at San Francisco’s Largest Publicly Funded Rehab Investigation of Deaths at San Francisco’s Largest Publicly Funded Rehab 

Investigation of Deaths at San Francisco’s Largest Publicly Funded Rehab

VIDEO – WHO IS AT FAULT? – Dec. 3, 2024 - Chronicle photographer Gabrielle Lurie and reporter Maggie Angst spent…

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Breaking Down Stigmas Around AddictionBreaking Down Stigmas Around Addiction

Breaking Down Stigmas Around Addiction

TO EACH HIS OWN – Dec. 4, 2024 - Stigmas can result in poor mental health, physical harm, lack of…

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Native Youth Connect To Break Cycles of AddictionNative Youth Connect To Break Cycles of Addiction

Native Youth Connect To Break Cycles of Addiction

FOLLOW YOUR ROOTS – Nov. 30, 2024 - The boys, who range in age from 12 to 17, are part…

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Gracyn Tanche Is Recovering From Addiction ‘OUT-LOUD’ Gracyn Tanche Is Recovering From Addiction ‘OUT-LOUD’ 

Gracyn Tanche Is Recovering From Addiction ‘OUT-LOUD’

AUDIO – A DIFFERENT TRIBE NOW – Nov. 27, 2024 - “I didn’t think in a million years I’d ever…

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Life-Saving Opioid Treatments Lacking in NC Rehabs Life-Saving Opioid Treatments Lacking in NC Rehabs 

Life-Saving Opioid Treatments Lacking in NC Rehabs

VIDEO – A SHAME – Nov. 27, 2024 - Chelsea Moore never imagined she’d be advocating for better addiction treatment…

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Local Pharmacist Sentenced For Selling  500,000 Opiate Pills Local Pharmacist Sentenced For Selling  500,000 Opiate Pills 

Local Pharmacist Sentenced For Selling  500,000 Opiate Pills

VIDEO – MONEY MONEY MONEY – Nov. 26, 2024 - Ifeanyi Vincent Ntukogu, 49, of Fresno, pleaded guilty to distributing…

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Catholics in Recovery Catholics in Recovery 

Catholics in Recovery

AUDIO – THE HIGHEST POWER – Nov. 25, 2024 - Catholic in Recovery is “a nonprofit organization that seeks to…

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California On Drugs?California On Drugs?

California On Drugs?

OR NOT? – Nov. 26, 2024 - The song and the concept are called California sober: the idea that you…

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RFK Jr. Says Heroin Made Him a Top-of-Class StudentRFK Jr. Says Heroin Made Him a Top-of-Class Student

RFK Jr. Says Heroin Made Him Top-of-Class Student

SO DID HIS MILLIONS – Nov. 27, 2024 - “I did very, very poorly in school, until I started doing…

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Finding Sobriety Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Finding Sobriety 

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Finding Sobriety

VIDEO – GLASS HOUSES – June 2024 - “The easiest spiritual discipline you’ll ever get is a 12 step program.”…

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“War on Cartels” and Harm Reduction in Peril“War on Cartels” and Harm Reduction in Peril

“War on Cartels” and Harm Reduction in Peril

DELEGALIZE IT? – Nov. 14m 2024 - President-elect Donald Trump wants drug traffickers to be executed, and could soon have…

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Jimmy Kimmel Mocks “Mr. Anti-Pharmaceutical” RFK Jr.’s Heroin Use: “He Believes In Every Drug Except The Ones That Keep You Alive”

STILL SO HIGH? – Nov. 26, 2024 - Jimmy Kimmel has been roasting Donald Trump’s cabinet picks on Live, but…

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Former NFL Center Randy Grimes Speaks to Recovering Addicts

HIKING THE WORD – Nov. 15, 2024 - “I just want to get the message out. There’s so much stigma…

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Addiction Treatment In Prison Improving

AUDIO – ADDICTION IS A PRISON – Nov. 20, 2024 - Treatment options for opioid use disorder in Pennsylvania jails…

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Dawn Holland Pleads Not Guilty of $300,000 Embezzlement Charges

AUDIO – EVIDENCE? – Nov. 15, 2024 - Ms. Holland, the founder and former executive director of the sober living…

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Tulsa Woman Celebrates 3.5 Years of Recovery with Heartfelt Photo Shoot

PRETTY PICTURES – Nov. 15, 2024 - The light didn’t come instantly. Crystle Moore had to fight to get away…

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Deadliest Drug Harder To Detect Than Fentanyl

AUDIO – KEEP TRYING – Nov. 15, 2024 - A new synthetic opiate that’s even deadlier than fentanyl is showing…

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The Delicate Path of Treating Doctors

ROMANCE IMBALANCE – NOV. 11, 2024 - THE DARKEST moment in Courtney Barrows McKeown’s path to recovery came when she…

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Pete Davidson Admitted To Rehab Again In ‘bad shape’

VIDEO – AT THE GATES OF SALVATION – Nov. 18, 2024 - “He checked into rehab in Florida fairly recently,”…

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Momma Overcoming Addiction and Homelessness

SAVE THE CHILDREN – Nov. 20, 2024 - Harlow Babbitt looks over her shoulder at her mother as she waits…

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He Thought He Knew Horses. Then He Learned to Really Listen.

LESSONS FROM THE ANIMAL KINGDOM – Nov. 12, 2024 - In the roughly 5,500 years since their domestication, horses have…

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Anxiety Drug Recalled for ‘Possible Life-threatening’ Error

MORE ANXIOUS NOW? – Nov. 21, 2024 - The Pennsylvania-based drug maker Endo announced this week that it is expanding…

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‘Full circle’: Man Opens Recovery Center After Struggling With Addiction

VIDEO – GIVING BACK – Nov. 20, 2024 - ‘Full circle’: Fresno man opens recovery center after struggling with addiction.…

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