Drug Abuse and Addiction

Book Writing Helps Addiction Recovery

WATCH – MEDIA: WORDS MATTER –    Sept. 6, 2021 - It’s been my passion, it’s my relief. I would…

3 years ago

Golf Memorial Raises $20,000 for Addiction Prevention

WATCH – UNBEARABLE TRAGEDY –   Sept. 4, 2021 - “He stayed clean for about nine months then he relapsed,…

3 years ago

Kate Quigley’s Statement After Surviving Suspected Drug Overdose That Killed 3

NOTHING’S FUNNY ANYMORE –    Sept. 12, 2021 - Quigley, 39, shared the statement on her Twitter and Instagram, along…

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John Mulaney on His Addiction and Recovery

WATCH – WHERE HE’S AT –   Sept. 12, 2021 - The Chicago native also revealed that he was expecting…

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The Sacklers Walk Off Into the Sunset. Reform the System.

NEVER PRISON FOR KILLER BILLIONAIRES –    by Ryan Hampton Sept. 11, 2021 - During negotiations, I often asked: Why…

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Opioids Have Valid Medical Uses

OPINION by Maia Szalavitz –   Sept. 12, 2021 - But opioids are not cigarettes. And as the opioid settlements…

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Addiction Specialists ‘Massive Conflict of Interest’ for Ties to Drug-Testing Industry

ONLY IN CANADA (haha) –   Sept. 12, 2021 - “Most of us have to pay crazy amounts of money…

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Stores Have More Time to Submit Cigarette Warnings

COUGH UP A LUNG ON US? –    Sept. 1, 2021 - Manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers that create their own…

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Seattle Overdose Task Force Calls for Decriminalization of ALL DRUGS

THE ONLY WAY TO STOP DYING –    Sept. 2, 2021 - With respect to psychedelics, the group’s one-page summary…

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Pill Mill-ions: America’s Lucrative, Criminally Resilient Quasi-Legal Drug Dealing Enterprise by Christopher Dale

GIVE THEM A DOSE OF THEIR OWN MEDICINE –   Sept. 11, 2021 - Nurse, we need a prescription pad…

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Can Vaccine Fight Opioid Epidemic?

IN THE BRAIN? –   Sept. 7, 2021 -  A similar vaccine that prevents opioids from reaching the brain also…

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Young Cannabis Users Twice as Likely to Have Heart Attacks

ONLY THE GOOD DIE YOUNG –    Sept. 7, 2021 - The study did not research how cannabis affects heart…

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Black Deaths Are Increasing Faster Than Whites

ALL BLACK LIVES MATTER –   Sept. 10, 2021 - Addiction specialist Edwin Chapman has made it his life’s work…

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Keith Urban Discusses His Sobriety, Wants Fans To Party

LIVE AND LET LIVE –   Sept 6, 2021 - So it just took a long time for me. But…

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If You Still Think Addiction is Disease, READ THIS FOR A REALITY CHECK

ASTHMA IS A DISEASE –    2018 - Yet the disease concept of addiction may do more harm than good,…

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‘The Wire’ Actor Michael K. Williams Found Dead in NYC Apartment

A STAR GOES DARK – Sept. 6, 2021 - A relative of the Emmy-winning actor talked to him Friday, and Williams…

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Senator Edward Markey Decries Sackler Family Going Free for Murder

STILL NO JUSTICE –    Sept 2, 2021 - “A bankruptcy settlement should not absolve the Sacklers and their partners…

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Keith McCants, ex-NFL Player Struggled Who with Addiction Dead at 53

TOO DAMN SAD –   Sept. 2, 2021 -“Before [my career] was over with, I was consuming over 183 pills…

3 years ago

The Well-Blown Mind

MEDIA: TWO BOOKS ON DRUGS –    Sept. 23, 2021 - The doublethink created by this language exasperates Carl Hart,…

3 years ago

Soberlockn’ Creates Safe Space For Music Lovers

WATCH – WHARF RATS ARE REPRODUCING –   August 28, 2021 - “It’s truly a remarkable experience to come to…

3 years ago

Canada’s Drug Policy — Not Drugs — Is Killing People

OH CANADA, OH NO –    August 31, 2021 - It’s mind-boggling communities across Canada must still organize for an annual…

3 years ago

Tim Choquette Runs Race for the Herren Project

HELPING THE SOBRIETY TEAM –    Sept. 1, 2021 - I didn’t just leave the drugs and drinking behind when…

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CEO of Long Beach Drug Treatment Provider Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison Island

GO TO JAIL –   Sept. 2, 2021 - Ciampa founded the non-profit Atlantic Recovery Services (ARS), later called Atlantic…

3 years ago

Soberlink’s Revolutionary Product Is Helping People Get and Stay Sober

IT WORKS IF YOU USE IT –    Sept. 2, 2021 - “If you or someone you love has struggled…

3 years ago

How Business Can Become Recovery-Friendly by Leslie Glass

NESPRESSO MACHINES FOR EVERYONE –   Sept. 1 2021 - Sobriety should be honored and celebrated because, to use the…

3 years ago

In the Drug Archives

ADDICTED TO WRITING ABOUT DRUGS –    Sept. 3, 2021 - “I’m attracted to topics that cross boundaries and genres,”…

3 years ago

‘Munchausen by Internet’ self-diagnosing mental health issues on TikTok

THE DOCTOR IS ALWAYS IN –   Sept. 4, 2021 - As mental health awareness improves, there comes a troubling…

3 years ago

Family Kills 600,000 Americans and Gets No Jail Time

THE RICH GET RICHER –    Sept. 5, 2021 - On Wednesday, the court approved a deal for the dissolution…

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Comedian Fuquan Johnson And Two Others Die From Drug Overdose, Model, Comedian Kate Quigley

WATCH – REGULATE IT! IT'S NOT COCAINE ANYMORE Sept. 6, 2010 - Laurie Perez reports from Hollywood where the comedy…

3 years ago

Judge Approves Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy that Protects Sacklers from Jail and Lawsuits

WATCH – CROOKS OFF THE HOOK –   Sept. 1, 2021 - Drain said it was clear the wrongful marketing…

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