Drug Abuse and Addiction

Steve-O’s Good Life In Sobriety

VIDEO – CHANGE IS FREE OF CHARGE –   April 22, 2022 - Approximately a year after announcing his sobriety,…

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Pandemic Stress & Loneliness Making Addiction More Common

HOW DO WE COPE? –   April 18, 2022 - Eliana Leve, director of the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation’s New…

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Nonprofit Tackles Stigma Around Substance Use

AUDIO – SOBERING CONVERSATION –  April 20, 2022 - “I didn’t want not one more family member to be in…

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Drug Kingpin Johnson & Johnson Pays $99 Million For Over-Marketing Highly Addictive Drugs

IS EL CHAPO A STOCKHOLDER? –   April 8, 2022 - West Virginia previously reached a $26 million settlement with…

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Substance Abuse Addressed At Spoon River College

VIDEO – SHARE ’TIL IT HURTS –  April 13, 2022 - “These kids are struggling,” Ryan said. “Depression, thinking of…

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Three Virginians Fighting Addiction Their Own Way

VIDEO – PROGRESS IN THE SOUTH –  April 14, 2022 - Virginia has been plagued by addiction since the late…

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American Children 8 and Older Should Be Screened for Anxiety

THE HAPPIEST COUNTRY ON EARTH –   April 12, 2022 - The U.S. task force recommended screening for anxiety regardless…

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Criminalizing Drug Addiction Doesn’t Decrease Overdoses

LEGALIZE THEM ALL? –  April 14, 2022 - A bill moves through Colorado’s legislature to tighten penalties on the possession…

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Not Arrested, But Rescued

VIDEO – FROM PRISON TO PASSION –  April 15, 2022 - “I am loved, I am healed, and free from…

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How to Find the Right Mental Health App

COME ON GET APPY –   April 13, 2022 - These apps claim to help with issues as varied as…

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Indian Tribes Launch Tool For Addiction Treatment / Education

LEARNING MATTERS –  April 14, 2022 - Dr. Tina Woods leads the Council’s Community and Behavioral Health Services team. She…

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Owner of Florida Rehab Ring Convicted In $58 Million Fraud

ADDICTED TO CASH –   April 15, 2022 - She would then subject the patients, many of whom were in…

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What Happens When You Lose Both Parents To Addiction

PAIN & GRIEF –  April 16, 2022 - Her dad’s addiction “spiraled” after her mom’s death. She lived with her…

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South African Recovery Center Owner Celebrates 7 Years Sober

SOBRIETY HAS NO BORDERS –   April 14, 2022 - Founder of Laqakhaza Iphara Recovery Movement, Emmanuel Msomi, celebrated his…

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FDA Regulators Worked for the Sackler Family

IT WAS AN INSIDE JOB –  April 13, 2022 - Dr. Smith, who this year was promoted to senior partner,…

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What’s Being Done to Stop the Scourge of Fentanyl?

NOT ENOUGH, BUT THEY’RE TRYING –   April 14, 2022 - The drug has been the subject of a number…

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Woman Turns Down Share of $6 bn. to Fight Sackler Family

GOD SPEED –   April 10, 2022 - A cottage outside Floyd, Virginia, is a tranquil stage-set for Ellen Isaacs…

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Perv Gets 30 Years Related to 2 OD Deaths In His Home

IS PRISON PUNISHMENT? –   April 14, 2022 - U.S. District Judge Christina A. Snyder said Thursday in downtown Los…

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The Talk You Have To Watch

VIDEO – LISTEN AND LEARN –   April 7, 2022 - Sam Quinones is a journalist, storyteller, former Los Angeles…

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Teen Deaths Rose Sharply From Fentanyl-Laced Pills

NPR TELLS THE STORY –  April 12, 2022 - “So many of our young people are so busy being taught…

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Paying People To Stay Off Drugs Works

AND COSTS LESS THAN A FUNERAL –  April 9, 2022 - This new strategy called “contingency management” is similar to…

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Carl Radke Gets Candid About Sobriety

SUMMER HOUSE STAR –   April 5, 2022 - Given his sobriety, it may seem shocking that Carl Radke’s jobs…

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Mass Overdose Events Caused by Inadvertent Fentanyl Use

TIME TO QUIT? –  April 7, 2022 - Less than a week earlier, on March 4, 21 individuals overdosed —…

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Survivor: ‘I was lucky one. I gotta make it worth it’

VIDEO – GRATEFUL EVERY DAY –   April 6, 2022 - Ryan Christoff said he had known that his daughter…

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Elizabeth Heller Uncovers How Addiction Can Create Lasting Changes in Genes

HARD SCIENCE –   April 5, 2022 - I studied at the University of Pennsylvania for undergrad in the early…

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Nurse Arrested For Allegedly Stealing Patient’s Drugs

IT WASN’T THE BUTLER AFTER ALL –   April 7, 2022 - Clifton police stated they were first contacted by…

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‘Pill Mill’ Doctor Heading To Prison

VIDEO – STRONG MEDICINE –   April 7, 2022 - Officials say that after Kim was forced to resign in…

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Inmate Uses Poetry To Express Addiction Recovery

VIDEO – WORDS CAN HEAL YOU –   April 8, 2022 - “Trying to be a positive influence and role…

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Opioid Treatment Violates Discrimination Laws

IT’S BLACK AND WHITE –  April 5, 2022 - In guidelines published Tuesday, the department’s Civil Rights Division said employers,…

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Expert Explains Root Cause of Addiction

LISTEN TO THE SHRINK –  April 6, 2022 - Drug addiction is something that has been battled in various ways.…

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