Drug Abuse and Addiction

Dancer Corey O’Brien In Powerful Short Film on 9 Years Sober

WATCH – EVERYONE WINS –   Sept 30, 2021 - “Filming ‘Freedom’ was a way for me to be vulnerable…

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Deep Brain Stimulation May Ease Addictions

WATCH – IT BETTER –    Sept. 29, 2021 - Fisher, 36, who lives in West Virginia, is the third…

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1.8 Million Counterfeit Pills Seized

WATCH – THESE AIN’T GUCCI HANDBAGS –   Sept. 30, 2021 - The risk posed by the fake medication was…

3 years ago

Demand for Sober-Living Residences

LISTEN NPR – RECOVERY CAN START ANYWHERE –    Oct. 2, 2021 - Money from opioid settlements will flow into…

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How the Pandemic Led to the Rise of Virtual Rehab

YOUR NEW CONNECTION –   Oct. 2021 - The COVID-19 pandemic drove the demand for telehealth in 2020, but experts…

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Racism Is An Addiction…In The Recovery Industry by Ester Nicholson

IS THERE A 12-STEP PROGRAM FOR THAT? –   Oct. 4, 2021 -  I am a black woman in recovery.…

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Two Charged with Preying on Struggling Addicts

BOTTOM FEEDERS –   Oct. 2, 2021 - “People with substance use disorder deserve quality treatment options that are safe…

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Beware of Fake Drugs Laced With Fentanyl

LISTEN – ANOTHER REASON TO GET SOBER –   Sept. 27, 2021 - The agency said it has seized more…

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L.A. to Dismiss 60,000 Marijuana Convictions

IT’S ABOUT TIME –    Sept. 27, 2021 - About 20,000 of the convictions expected to be expunged under Gascón’s…

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Evidence Exposes Harms of Smoking Ban in Drug Treatment

WHO FUNDED THE STUDY? –   Sept. 27, 2021 - The study also found that 46 percent of participants reported…

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Austin-Based ‘CLEAN Cause’ Awards $1.2M in Scholarships

WATCH – DRINK UP, IT’S FOR A CLEAN CAUSE –    Sept. 30, 2021 - Hurt struggled with alcohol and…

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Astounding Transformation: ‘Consider starting today’

GRATEFUL GRADUATE OF THE COLLEGE OF LIFE –   Sept. 30, 2021 - Over the last nine years, Burton has…

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Mother Writes “About Natalie” After Daughter’s Long Battle with Heroin Addiction

WATCH – THERE IS A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE MADNESS –    Oct. 2, 2021 - DAVENPORT, Iowa…

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A Helping Hand

THE BROTHERHOOD OF MAN –    2021 - In a soaring chapel space, a men’s choir sings two resounding songs…

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Temple Drug Rehab Centre Accused of Torture

WATCH – NOT ALL THAI REHABS ARE CREATED EQUAL –   Sept. 22, 2021 - Media reported the addicts were…

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Researchers Create Living Bioengineered Nerve Circuit to Tackle Opioid Crisis

SCIENCE MAY ONE DAY DO SO... –    Sept. 21, 2021 - The study is his first paper under the…

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Bargain Fentanyl In Heroin, Oxy, Other Drugs

HOW LITTLE IS A LIFE WORTH? –   Sept 24, 2021 -  I had a long conversation with one of…

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District Court Judge: Addiction is Disease

BUT IT’S STILL A CRIME? –    Sept. 23, 2021 - She admitted that while serving as prosecutor, then as…

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Heartache of Addiction Leads to Lifetime of Activism

PRISON IS NOT THE ANSWER –   Sept. 24, 2021 - If you have been reading The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for…

3 years ago

Skate Straight for Those Battling Addiction

WATCH – BALANCE AND GRACE –   Sept. 23, 2021 - At first, he didn’t think anyone would show up,…

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“We Shouldn’t Jail Shoplifters – Victims Should Pay for Thieves’ Rehab Costs” Police Chief

GOTTA LOVE THIS WOMAN –    Sept. 24, 2021 - Miss Jones, who at 27 was the youngest ever magistrate…

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‘The Flight Attendant’

NOT HARD NEWS! REAL FUN FICTION ON TV –    Sept. 24, 2021 - In Season 2, Cassie is sent…

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Our Medicine Supply Is Sick

AND BUSINESS HAS NEVER BEEN BETTER –   Sept. 18, 2021 - Drug production moved to Asia for the same…

3 years ago

Using Yoga to Help with Addiction Recovery

WATCH – STRETCHING MIND AND BODY –   Sept. 22, 2021 - With little left to give, Daffner channeled his…

3 years ago

Jeremy Plummer Returns Home to “Smash the Stigma” of Addiction

RECOVERY HAS MUSCLES AND FLEXIBILITY –   Sept. 21, 2021- His story: 10 years ago, Plummer attended his first CrossFit…

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Meth Overdose Deaths Tripled in Recent Years

DYING TO GET HIGH –   Sept. 23, 2021 - Deaths from methamphetamine overdoses in the United States nearly tripled…

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An Insider from the Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Speaks Out

“ZERO F*#CKS GIVEN” –   Sept. 20, 2021 - In a previous life, Hampton worked as a campaign staffer for…

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Neuroengineering is Helping People Fight Addiction

WATCH – MIND MATTERS –   Sept. 2`, 2021 - “Even just having a conversation with you, looking you in…

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Native Americans Face Deadly Drug Crisis

WATCH – HEALING FROM THE TRIBE –    Sept. 23, 2021 - “Many native families are suffering from generational abuse,…

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The Pain Wouldn’t Stop Because Her Opioids Were Stolen

MEDICINE IS VERY VALUABLE ON THE STREET –    Sept. 17, 2021 - The family called the police. How often…

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