Drug Abuse and Addiction

‘Stupid Cocaine Bear’ Goes Berserk

ONE DUMB LINE AFTER ANOTHER – Feb. 23, 2023 - Loosely (very loosely) based on news reports of a black bear whose…

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How Oxford University Stuck With Sacklers as Opioid Deaths Led Others to Cut Ties

BLOOD MONEY = CRIME MONEY – Feb. 21, 2023  - The public outcry over the opioid crisis has provoked most…

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Sisters Use TikTok to Bring Hope to People With Drug Abuse

BETTER THAN DOPE—HOPE – Feb. 21, 2023 - Jones now has more than 135,000 followers who have invested in her…

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Drug Combinations Known to Cause More Overdose Deaths

IT’S NOT COMPLICATED – Feb. 20, 2023 - “It presents sort of a problem because in an overdose situation, the…

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New Street Drug Threatening to Make California’s Overdose Crisis Worse

WORSE THAN WORSE –  Feb. 18, 2023 - In San Francisco, four people who died between December and January were…

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How AI Can Help Create Drugs To Treat Opioid Addiction

ARTIFICIALLY –  Feb. 20, 2023 - Kappa-opioid receptors are known to mediate brain rewards. “If you’re addicted and you’re trying…

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10-Year-Old Influencer Everleigh Rose’s Dad Died of Accidental Fentanyl Overdose

MOURNING EVERY MORNING – Feb. 22, 2023 - Our hearts are incredibly heavy as we process the loss of Everleigh’s…

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Drug Treatment On The Road

KEROUAC WOULD APPROVE –  Feb. 23, 2023 - Bouchard also noted it’s the first mobile unit in Massachusetts to offer…

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Fentanyl Played Role in the 4,000 Drug Deaths in this State

VIDEO – HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS – Feb. 23, 2023 - An estimated 77% of the total overdose…

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DID ALEX MURDAUGH SPEND $50K A WEEK ON OPIOIDS?

VIDEO – CASH TALKS NOBODY WALKS –  Feb. 22, 2023 - Murdaugh clearly had a problem. How bad was it?…

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‘Survivor’ Brings Recovery Into the Spotlight

A SURVIVOR IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE – Feb. 22, 2023 - As a teenager and young adult, Wiger struggled…

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14 Years Sober, Fatboy Slim’s New Podcast, Rockwater

COMMANDING HIS CAREER –  Feb. 21, 2023 - His love for connection even saw him working at the Big Beach…

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Alex Murdaugh On Opioid Addiction and Hiring Man to Kill Him

VIDEO – IT’S COMPLICATED –  Feb. 23, 2023 - Alex Murdaugh addressed his drug use, financial problems, and hiring a…

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America Has Lost the War on Drugs!!!

NOW WHAT? – Feb. 22, 2023 - For a forgotten moment, at the very start of the United States’ half-century…

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Can More Arrests Solve Addiction Crisis?

VIDEO – HAS IT EVER? –  Feb. 20, 2023 -  Police to crack down on public drug use; are more…

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Thoughts About the Overdose Conundrum

WHEN IS IT NOT SUICIDE? –  Feb. 22, 2023 - The more lenient the psychiatrist is when his patient is…

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Philadelphia’s Zombie Drug ‘tranq’ Already in NYC

VIDEO – WATCH IN WONDER –  FEB, 22, 2023 - PIX11 News drove to Philadelphia to get a first-hand look…

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Lisa Marie Presley Ingested Opioids, Lost 50 lbs. Before Death

VIDEO – DRUGS CAN KILL ANYONE’S DAUGHTER, EVEN A KING –  Jan. 30, 2023 - Presley’s mother Priscilla, 77, recently…

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Family of Man Found Frozen to Death is Suing Rehab

VIDEO – HOPING THEY WIN BIG – Feb, 14, 2023 - TEANECK, New Jersey (WABC) - The family of a…

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ENGLAND May Be On Brink of Becoming ZOMBIELAND

ONE ZOMBIE AT A TIME – Feb. 14, 2023 - EU drug enforcement chiefs believe that Mexican cartels are seeking…

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Ricardo Rodriguez Filming Documentary On His Addiction/Recovery

GETTING OFF THE MAT –  Feb. 12, 2023 -  “Last few months I’ve been filming my #AddictionRecovery process. From getting…

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Ryan Phillips: Benzos Are Not The Cure for Addiction

VIDEO – GOOD INTERVIEW –  Feb. 2, 2023 - At the height of Ryan Phillips’s fame and game prowess he…

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Disease In Marijuana Crops Could Force Growers To Change Their Practices

AUDIO – LEGALLY TOXIC –  Feb. 14, 2023 -  That’s grower Ed DeSousa, and the virus he’s referring to is…

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Is the Brain Wired Differently in People With Addiction?

YES MAYBE NO PERHAPS –  Feb. 16, 2023 - Risks associated with substance abuse include dangerous driving, missed work, problems…

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What is Recovery? with Ryan Hampton

VIDEO – SOBRIETY AND A WHOLE LOT MORE – Feb. 14, 2023 - Why does Partnership to End Addiction focus…

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FDA Panel Backs Making Narcan an Over The Counter Drug

OVERDOSE DRUG OVER THE COUNTER –  Feb. 15, 2023 - The manufacturer, Emergent Biosolutions, said it would revise the packaging…

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Pentagon Finally Stops Hiding Military Overdose Epidemic

PURPLE BROKEN HEARTS – Feb. 16, 2023 - The demographics of those hardest hit paralleled the opioid crisisin the civilian…

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Simple Way To Reduce Overdose Deaths

GOOD NEWS? –  Feb. 12, 2023 - As health economists, we separately participated in two recent studies that showed the…

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ANGELS OVER TEXAS: Moms put dead children’s pics on billboards

FACING THE FACTS – Feb. 11, 2023 - Now, eight digital and four vinyl billboards have been set up across…

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Celebs Who Got Addicted to Drugs as Child Actors

AND STAYED IN SHOW BUSINESS – Feb. 6, 2023 - Meanwhile, there are also many child actors who fell victim…

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