Drug Abuse and Addiction

Anaheim Sees Four Drug Overdose Deaths In One Hour

DON’T FORGET TO WRITE –   Jan. 3, 2021 - Two of the men were pronounced dead at the scene,…

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Nevada Joins $26 Billion Opioid Settlement

$63 MILLION to $5 BILLION –   Jan. 4, 2022 - Amerisource Bergen and McKesson declined to comment. Cardinal Health…

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Reinvent Addiction Recovery For Young People by Eve Goldberg

TRUTH AND COMPASSION –   Dec. 29, 2021 - It has been seven years since my son passed away from…

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The Promises and Perils of Psychedelic Health Care

WAY AHEAD OF THEIR TIME –   Jan. 5, 2022 - While the federal government does not recognize a medical…

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Teens and Young Adults Increasingly Using Alcohol and Cannabis Together

MODERATION IS THE KEY –   Dec. 28, 2021 - Every year from 2002 to 2018, people who reported using…

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Man Delivers Gift to Phoenix Officer Who Inspired His Sobriety

SOBRIETY: THE BEST GIFT OF ALL –   Dec. 28, 2021 - The officer was called to the area after…

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Woman Overcomes 5 Year Addiction

NARCAN KEPT HER ALIVE –   Dec. 27, 2021 - “I said if I could just quit, I would of…

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Man vs. Epidemic: The Origin Story of Pill Man

MAKING A DIFFERENCE –   Dec. 28, 2021 - The road to recovery was riddled with several obstacles, according to…

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Ketamine May Quickly Ease Tough-to-Treat Depression

WATCH – WORKS FAST TOO –   Dec. 27, 2021 - The new review, published recently in the British Journal…

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IS ADDICTION SINFUL?

DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU ARE DRINKING –   Dec. 30, 2021 - Especially when wellness is diminished, whether through disease,…

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Limits on Virtual Addiction Treatment May Soon Return

THIS IS A SIN –   Dec. 30, 2021 - Absent evidence of abuse, says Senator Mark Warner, D-Va., telehealth…

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Man Charged with Hiding Woman’s Corpse After Drug Overdose

HE WON’T BE ABLE TO HIDE IN PRISON –   Dec. 28, 2021 - An affidavit shows Erik L. Averbeck,…

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Edie Falco Gave ‘Nurse Jackie’ Writers Deeply Personal Ultimatum

REAL LIFE EDUCATION –   Dec. 31, 2021 - It’s hard to imagine that this talented, hardworking actor ever struggled…

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Dopamine Dressing Will be 2022’s Biggest Trend

GOOD ON SALADS TOO –   Dec. 24, 2021 - “She believed the colour yellow made her look ​‘washed out’…

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Israeli Pharma Giant Teva is Found Guilty in Opioid Trial

MONEY WILL NOT BRING THE DEAD BACK TO LIFE! Dec. 30, 2021 - Teva Pharmaceuticals, an Israeli-based company that produces generic…

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Modern Economy Is Built On Addiction

AND WE LOVE IT –   Dec. 27, 2021 - It’s a behaviour that seeks to medicate fear, sorrow, boredom,…

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Lil Xan: Music Industry is the Worst Place for People Battling Addiction

WATCH – IS THERE A GREAT PLACE? AA MEETINGS? –   Dec. 30, 2021 - The music industry has been…

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National Addiction Treatment Center to Pay $4.5 Million in First-Of-Its-Kind Settlement of Laboratory Self-Referral Violations & Claims of Unnecessary Drug Tests

BUSINESS AS USUAL? –   Dec. 30, 2021 - These allegations against CleanSlate were originally made in a case filed…

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‘I give because I know what it’s like to have nothing’

REAL ANGELS OF CHRISTMAS –   Dec. 28, 2021 - Lynne Corry arrived at Samaritan Daytop Village in 1997 with…

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Treatment Center Operator Pleads Guilty to Patient Brokering

IT’S NO VACATION –   Dec. 19, 2021 - A man in charge of operations at a West Palm Beach…

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Changes in Brain Hinder Addiction Recovery in HIV-Positive Patients

CAN THIS BE TRUE? –   Dec. 20, 2021 - Researchers used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to measure the…

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To Beat The Opioid Crisis, We Must Change The Rules Of The Game

LEGALIZE THEM –   Dec. 2021 - Twenty years later, we have just witnessed a historically high annual mortality rate…

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Weed May Mess With Your Meds

ONE DRUG AT A TIME –   Dec. 16, 2021 - The investigators found that the major THC metabolites inhibited…

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Are We Prescribing Antidepressants Wrong?

IS THERE A RIGHT WAY? –   Dec. 21. 2021 - That’s not to say we shouldn’t use antidepressants at…

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Focusing More on Recovery, Not Relapse

THERAPISTS CAN HELP –   Dec. 23, 2021 - The Bottom Line: Flexibility in Treatment Is Key. Each of these…

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Animal Tranquilizer Turning Up In Deadly Overdoses

MORE THAN NUMBING –   Dec. 23, 2021 - Supportive measures can be used if a person is attended to…

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San Francisco Approves Emergency Declaration In Tenderloin

WATCH – DRASTIC ACTION –   Dec. 24, 2021 - “We know this increase in police presence will disproportionately impact…

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A New Era for Obesity Treatment?

ONE PILL MAKES YOU SMALLER –   Dec. 26, 2021 - In a 68-week study of nearly 2,000 patients, those…

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Adrienne Banfield-Norris Celebrates 31 Years of Sobriety

SHE SURRENDERED TO WIN –   Dec. 23, 2021 - Ramsay explained that she’s able to now process her feelings…

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Michael Keaton: What ‘Dopesick’ Taught Him About Opioid Crisis

LISTEN – EDUCATING AMERICA –   Dec. 22, 2021 - Michael Keaton thought he knew the basics of the vast…

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