Drug Abuse and Addiction

People Who Inject Drugs Can Develop Dangerous Heart Defects

NOT TO MENTION HEP C –    Aug. 31, 2022 -  Infections also may arise from other sources, such as…

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Does Isolation Feed Addiction?

IT CAN’T HELP –  Aug. 31, 2022 - But what if you’re addicted to something rough, like heroin? It’s true…

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Matt Willis to Reveal Addictions in Heartbreaking New Documentary

OPENING UP, WAY UP –    Sept. 1, 2022 - Matt said previously about first becoming a dad to eldest…

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Tyreek Lewis, 35, Died For Seeking Pain Relief — And Unknowingly Bought Fentanyl Pill

THE INVISIBLE SNIPPER KILLS AGAIN –    Sept. 3, 2022 - Desperate for relief, Lewis bought two. But the pills…

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Artists MUST Expose Corruption, Urges Opioid Crisis Film Director

CAN A FILM SAVE LIVES? –  Sept, 3, 2022 - The maker of lauded films including Risk (about Wikileaks) and…

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Drug Czar Says Stigma Among Doctors Culprit In Addiction Crisis

NOT AN ADDICT? –  Sept. 2, 2022 - As the first doctor to hold the position, he says he will…

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Zac Clark Celebrates 11 Years of Sobriety

IT STARTS THE FIRST DAY –  Aug. 31, 2022 - “I feel very loved,” he added, “The beautiful notes and…

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New Hampshire Gets $40.5 Million From Opioid Moguls Johnson & Johnson

VIDEO – NOT The Brothers Karamazov –  Sept. 1, 2022 - “As part of our continued efforts to battle the…

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The Day Heroin Tried to Steal My Arm

THERE IS STILL ANOTHER ONE –    May 2019 - The skin covering the abscess had taken on a yellow…

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“New Meth” Is Nothing to Fear. It Isn’t New. It’s Just Meth.

MORE OF THE SAME SPEED RAP –  Sept. 1, 2022 - If you’ve ever seen someone talk about “new meth”…

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Sam Quinones Is Wrong Says Zackary Siege

WHO KNOWS? – Sept. 4, 2022 -  The other day I got a concerned ping. Someone alerted me that Sam Quinones,…

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Out-of-Pocket Cost of Naloxone Soars for Uninsured Individuals

PROFITS ON LIFE AND DEATH –  Aug. 26. 2022 - While the cost of naloxone has declined for individuals with…

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French Montana To Help People In Music Business Struggling With Addiction

VIDEO – FROM BAND TO WATER WAGON –    Aug. 27, 2022 - Clients battling addiction will receive a treatment…

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September is National Recovery Month

HOW ABOUT EVERY MONTH –  Sept. 1, 2022 - SAMHSA aims to increase public awareness surrounding mental health and addiction…

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Traffickers Target Teens With ‘rainbow fentanyl’ Deaths

VIDEO – CHILDHOOD IS DANGEROUS –  Aug. 31, 2022 - “The men and women of the DEA are relentlessly working…

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Singer AJ McLean on Reaching One Year of Sobriety

VIDEO – BACKSTREET BOY UPFRONT –    Sept. 4, 2022 - Alexis and AJ dive into his family life, parental…

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Quote of the Week – Russell Brand

“All desires are the inappropriate substitute for the desire to be at one with God.” – Russell Brand

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Doctor Traces Fentanyl’s Journey From Miracle Drug to Mass Killer

AUDIO – FOLLOW THE GREED –  Aug. 25, 2022 - Pharmaceutical fentanyl is a synthetic opioid, approved for treating severe…

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Fentanyl Deaths Leads Morgues to Run Out of Space

VIDEO – NO END IN SIGHT –  Aug. 24, 2022 - Chicago-area resident Karen Zander lost her 22-year-old son John…

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Young Adults Using Weed and Hallucinogens At Highest Rates On Record

GENERATION RAM DASS –    Aug. 24, 2022 - Alcohol was the most popular substance in the study, though rates…

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Psychedelic Drug Could Help Treat Addictions

VIDEO – ITS A TRIP, NOT A SLIP –    Aug. 24, 2022 - Two doses of psilocybin pills, along…

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Sobriety Makes Making Music Better

AUDIO – MORE HARMONIES –  Aug. 26, 2022 - Amazingly, it took decades for Hull and McGovern to find each…

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Are Physicians at Higher Risk for Substance Abuse?

PHYSICIAN HEAL THYSELF –    Aug. 25, 2022 - It incentivizes physicians hiding their addiction and avoiding unwanted attention that…

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Why Governor Newsom Must Pass SB999 by Joan Borsten

AND HOW YOU CAN HELP –  Aug. 25, 2022 - Back in the day, when my husband Oleg Vidov and…

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Governor Gavin Newsom Vetoes Drug-Injection Sites in California

NO CLEAN NEEDLES FOR YOU –    Aug. 22, 2022 - Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed legislation on Monday that would…

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Shia LaBeouf’s ‘Great Humbling’

JUST HOPE IT STICKS –    Aug. 26, 2022 - LaBeouf has been open about his history in rehab and…

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International Overdose Awareness Day

VIDEO – BE AWARE – Aug 25, 2022 - "It's a remembrance of my son's life," Mario Tamayo said. Tamayo lost his…

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Recovery Centers of America ‘BEST REHAB EVER’ Says Recovery Centers of America

#1 WHAT? –    Aug. 23, 2022 - “When people come to us, they are suffering,” Vernig says. “We want…

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Rehab Riviera: New Law To Prevent Rehabs From Misleading Everyone

ISN’T THAT THEIR JOB? –  Aug. 24, 2022 - It’s easy to mistake mental health and addiction treatment centers for…

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Major Victory in Fight Against Suboxone Makers

ANOTHER WIN – Aug. 25, 2022 - “The intentional implementation of an illegal ‘product hopping’ scheme to block or delay…

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