Drug Abuse and Addiction

Louisiana Dr. Indicted for Illegally Dispensing Over One Million Doses of Opioids

TO EXPLOIT AND OVERSERVE –    Sept 14, 2021 - A federal grand jury in New Orleans, Louisiana, returned an…

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Raising Awareness During National Recovery Month

REJOICING IS ACCEPTABLE –    Sept. 14, 2021 - Poznanovich is in long-term recovery. He was fortunate to get help…

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Don’t Suffer in Silence’: Concert Held in the Name of Recovery

MUSIC AND FELLOWSHIP –   Sept. 15, 2021 - “We typically look for people who would want to stay at…

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THE DOPE: The Real History of the Mexican Drug Trade

MEDIA: BOOK REVIEW –   August 24, 2021 - Just two weeks earlier, I had moved to Mexico to work…

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ASAM Launches Free Buprenorphine …… Class

MEDICATION MEDICINE DRUG –   Sept. 13, 2021 - The introductory-level course, which expands on SAMHSA’s recently released Buprenorphine Quick…

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To Reduce Addiction We Have to Thoughtfully Face It

NOT IMPRISON IT –   Sept. 15, 2021 - There is a saying in the addiction recovery world; you keep…

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NY Police Officer Died Using Fentanyl-Laced Drugs on the Job

A DAMN CRYING SHAME –    Sept. 15, 2021 - The NYC’s Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed Thursday the officer died…

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Supreme Court To Review Ban On Safe Injection Sites?

WATCH – TIME TO SAVE THE DYING –   Sept. 17, 2021 - The amicus brief filed Friday, signed by…

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Chantix Causes Cancer But Don’t Stop Using It

DANGEROUS CHOICES –   Sept. 18,  2021 - Chantix was approved by the FDA in May 2006 as a prescription…

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Oli Sykes Says Addiction Inspired DiE4u

AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER –   Sept. 17, 2021 - “I’ve learned over the past year while I’ve been recovering…

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Horse Tranquilizer Crops Up In Overdose Deaths

TIME TO LEGALIZE HEROIN? –   Sept. 16, 2021 - It’s unclear exactly why xylazine is being added to the…

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Misguided Drug Policies Worsening Overdose Epidemic!

ADDICTS’ LIVES MATTER –   Sept. 17, 2021 - The United States is at a pivotal moment in its fight…

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Alex Murdaugh’s ‘fall from grace’: Addiction Fueled by Opioids

WATCH – (NOT) USING HIS HEAD –   Sept. 18, 2021 - Murdaugh’s attorneys have said their client suffers from…

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How the ‘Pleasure Molecule’ Will Reshape Treatment 4 Psychiatric Diseases and Addiction

IT’S DOPE –    Sept. 16, 2021 - Calipari emphasizes that “these data rewrite facts about dopamine, including what it…

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Book Writing Helps Addiction Recovery

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

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Golf Memorial Raises $20,000 for Addiction Prevention

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

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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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