Drug Abuse and Addiction

New Strategy Needed To Tackle Opioids Crisis

REDUCE THE COST OF BURIALS –   Feb. 8, 2022 - The pandemic has contributed to a surge in substance…

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New Documentary on Overdose Epidemic

VIDEO – WATCH AND WEEP –   Feb. 10, 2022 - The overdose epidemic continues to ravage cities across America…

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Biden Administration Is Not Giving Out Crack Pipes

AUDIO – IT’S SO 1980s –  Feb. 9, 2022 - “These comments are misleading and misinformed,” an HHS spokesperson told…

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Drug Refuge Lets San Francisco’s Addicts Inject

DEATH REDUCTION? –  Feb. 11, 2022 - A short distance from the headquarters of technology giants on Market Street in…

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Chrissy Metz in Drug Addiction Drama ‘Stay Awake’

VIDEO – MOVIES ARE MAGIC –  Feb. 10, 2022 - Chrissy Metz, the Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated star of “This…

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“I appreciate life”: Dan O’Toole On One Year of Sobriety

VIDEO – 24/7, 365 –   Feb. 10, 2022 - “I got fired on a Wednesday, the Super Bowl was…

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Opioid Deaths Cost U.S. Economy $1 Trillion A Year

AUDIO – $1,000,000,000,000 –  Feb. 8, 2022 - Opioid overdose deaths cost the U.S. economy $1 trillion a year, the…

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Drug Deaths of Young Americans Translates Into 1,000,000 Years of Lost Life

VIDEO – NO MORE FUTURE –   Feb. 6, 2022 - The researchers calculated the years of life lost from…

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Microdosing Zebrafish with LSD Shows Potential

AUDIO – GUPPY ABUSE? –   Feb. 5, 2022 - Zebrafish might seem an odd choice in studying human health,…

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‘Euphoria’ Finally Shows Dark Reality Addiction

VIDEO – NOT A NETWORK PROGRAM –  Feb. 8, 2022 - “You’re not a good person, Rue,” her mother Leslie…

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David Magee’s Memoir “Dear William” Details Family’s Trauma & Loss

VIDEO – REBUILDING WITH TEARS –   Feb. 7, 2022 - Author David Magee has written numerous books about business…

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Addiction: More Than Disease?

AUDIO – WORTH A LISTEN –  Jan. 29, 2022 - Carl Erik Fisher: I’m glad you asked about the term…

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From Darkness to Light: Recovering from Addiction

OPEN TO MIRACLES –   Jan. 29, 2022 - Ish Shuey is a certified recovery mentor with Transformations Wellness Center,…

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Doctor, 83, Accused Of Running $17-Million Opioid Pill Mill

HE WON’T BE IN JAIL FOR LONG –   Jan. 28, 2022 - Under the scheme, he only accepted cash…

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What Makes People More Likely to Overdose on Opioids

FATE? DESTINY? LUCK? –  Jan. 28, 2022 - Health care providers can help reduce risk by taking certain precautions, Weiner…

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New Treatment for Alcoholism in Monkeys

JUST IN TIME –   Feb. 1, 2022 - The FGF21 analogue tested by Flippo and his team was originally…

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Sleepwalking Into Addiction

AWAKE AND SING –   Jan. 30, 2022 - In Greater Manchester, some felt their final hopes of eventually getting…

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Mothers Protest SF Safe Injection Site

IT’S COMPLICATED –  Feb. 4, 2022 - Mothers Against Drug Deaths will protest outside the center at 8 a.m. Saturday…

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British Columbia Has Safe Supply of Smokable Heroin

CANADA NOT DRY –  Jan. 26, 2022 - At this moment, the province is sitting on a regulated supply of…

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Native American Tribes Tentative $590 Mil. Opioids Settlement with J&J

NEW TRAIL OF TEARS –  Feb, 1, 2022 - Together with a deal struck last fall between the distributors and…

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Sacklers Cough Up $4 Billion More To Settle

CHUMP CHANGE –   Jan. 31, 2022 - The judge found the reorganization plan improperly shielded Sackler family members, who…

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Opioid Overdose Deaths to ‘grow exponentially’

HOW MANY MORE PLOTS? –  2/2/2022 - As long as the status quo stands, “We will continue to have these…

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They Made the Most of the Opioid Crisis

BOOK REVIEW –  Jan. 19, 2022 - (The book is based in part on a 2018 article Hughes wrote for…

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“I’m greedy”: Ex-sober Home Operator Remorseless

AND HE’S A CRIMINAL –  Jan. 28, 2022 - The $31.3 million operation he ran out of a rundown condominium…

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Maine Might Legalize ‘magic mushroom’ to Treat Depression

AUDIO – AND THEY TASTE GOOD TOO –  Jan. 30, 2022 - In 2015, he took the leap. Because psilocybin is…

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Book Excerpt: HIGH Confessions of Cannabis Addict by Leonard Lee Buschel

HIGH-lights –  Jan. 30, 2022 - Once I was back home, selling the hash was no problem, until I was…

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Drug Dealers Using Social Media, Emojis to Advertise, Sell Counterfeit Pills

VIDEO – CAPITALISM REIGNS SUPREME –  Jan. 26, 2022 - Certainly, people have their ways of getting their drug fixes…

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Is There Link Between Narcissism and Addiction?

HERE’S LOOKING AT ME KID –  Jan. 28, 2022 - Although there are many types of narcissistic personality disorders, they…

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Actor Shaun Weiss Marks Sobriety Milestone

NO ONE DUCKS ADDICTION –   Jan. 28, 2022 - In the first of three posts marking the milestone moment,…

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Student’s Death Renews Calls to Stock Narcan in Schools

ALONG WITH EDUCATION? –  Jan. 25, 2022 - What they’re saying: “[National Association of School Nurses] supports safe and effective…

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