Drug Abuse and Addiction

Walgreens Accused Of Fueling Opioid Addiction To Get More Customers

MONEY MONEY MONEY –   April 25, 2022 - The companies have denied the allegations, saying that they sold opioid…

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Fighting the Stigma of Addiction

VIDEO ONLY – SMASH STIGMA, SAVE LIVES –   April 27, 2022 -  Dr. Omar Abubaker shares the story of…

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California Considering Safe Injection Centers

AUDIO – LIFE SAVING SITES –  April 28, 2022 - MCCLURG: At the time, he was grappling with his sexuality…

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Woman With Global Fashion Success: There Is ‘Life After Addiction’

VIDEO – A BETTER LIFE TOO –  April 27, 2022 - She later moved to London, as she needed medical…

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Runner Raises Money After Son’s Dad Dies From Drugs

VIDEO – DOING HER BEST –  April 28, 2022 - “I saw it as an opportunity to combine two things…

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Breaking the Misconceptions of Sobriety

AUDIO – ROSECRANCE PRODUCED –   April 27, 2022 - Tune in while Rosecrance’s Director of Alumni Relations Colleen Fry…

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How to Talk to Kids about Drugs

VIDEO – EARLY AND OFTEN –  April 28, 2022 - “You have to have a very direct conversation,” she said.…

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Addiction Recovery High School MIGHT Open

VIDEO – WHAT GOOD? –  April 26, 2022 - “This school keeps those students separate from the general education students,…

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CBD for Opioid Withdrawal?

TRY EVERYTHING –  April 28, 2022 - Medications for OUD treatment, such as methadone (Methadose), buprenorphine (Subutex), and buprenorphine-naloxone (Suboxone),…

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Ireland Baldwin Recalls Being “Tortured” by Eating Disorders

VIDEO – WHEN SNACK FOODS KILL –   April 26, 2022 - “I just hit a total breaking point,” she…

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U.S. Army Sued Over Discharging Soldiers with Drug Addiction

AUDIO – GET LOST ADDICTS –   April 28, 2022 - Army veteran Mark Stevenson, with help from students at…

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Pharmacies Block Telehealth Adderall Prescriptions

NO PILLS FOR YOU! –  April 27, 2022 - Online mental-health companies Done and Cerebral have grown quickly since they…

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Did Doctors Kill His Son? Now Dad is Fighting Back

VIDEO – ADDICTING YOUTH FOR PROFIT and LOSS –   April 27, 2022 - “I promised for the rest of…

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The Dark Side of Life Trading Crypto

INSOMNIA, ADDICTION, DEPRESSION, OH MY –   April 28, 2022 - Therapists, such as Aaron Sternlicht of New York, say…

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Empire of Pain – Audiobook Review

LISTENING TO CRIMINALS –   April 29, 2022 - A remarkable piece of narrative reporting and a sweeping family saga,…

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Quote of the Week – James Brown

“The one thing that can solve most of our problems is dancing.” —Happy Birthday, James Brown (May 3, 1933 -…

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Artist Uses Woodworking To Overcome Addiction

VIDEO – 12 WOODEN STEPS –   April 19, 2022 - “It’s kind of amazing how many times I’ve heard…

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Opioid Crisis Leaves Families Shattered and Grieving

LET THE HEALING BEGIN –   April 19, 2022 - In 2010, there were about 21,000 overdoses involving opioids in…

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I Took A Break From Weed After Smoking For 3 Years

HOW LONG DID THAT LAST? –   April 20, 2022 - Before I share how my “No Marijuana March” went,…

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Keith Urban’s ‘Lucky’ That Addictions, Sobriety ‘Hasn’t Defined Creativity’

THE MUSE NEVER LEFT HIM –  April 18, 2022 - Keith Urban says he’s “lucky” that his music and creativity…

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Is the Opioid Crisis Masking Real Rates of Suicides?

WHO CAN TELL? –   April 21, 2022 – Suicides and drug overdoses can happen in clusters when people become…

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Kicked Out of Christian Program Because of Her Sexual Orientation

VIDEO – WWJD –  April 19, 2022 - “The state successfully argued that early termination could not be considered until…

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Multiple Middle School Students Possibly Overdose

MIDNIGHT IN AMERICA? –  April 22, 2022 - A source told Mid-Hudson News that the students were reported to be…

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Coffee House Offers Fresh Start to Recovering Addicts

VIDEO – COFFEE AND ADDICTS, WHAT A FIT –   April 22, 2022 - “We felt like we could have…

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San Francisco Gets $10 million opioid Settlement

NO ONE GOES TO PRISON –   April 20, 2022 - San Francisco sued Endo, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd and…

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Battle To Keep People Alive as Fentanyl Ravages SF’s Tenderloin

STOPS YOUR HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO –  April 23, 2022 - This neighborhood and the adjoining South of Market (SoMa)…

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Nicki Minaj Opens Up About Sobriety

VIDEO (at your own risk) – PUTTING AWAY THE GANGA –   April 22, 2022 - “I used to b…

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‘Teen Mom 2’ Star Shares Uplifting Message About His Sobriety

UP BUT NOT HIGH –  April 20,  2022 - In an April 20 Instagram post, Sean shared a series of…

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NAATP Strives for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Addiction Treatment

A FORCE FOR CHANGE –  April 4, 2022 -  In 2020, NAATP engaged a DEI Advisory Committee to discuss the impact of systemic racism…

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He Went To Recovery House and Was Murdered

VIDEO – WHAT HORRORS –  April 19. 2022 - The suspect? The house manager, Kevin Rice, who police said killed…

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