Drug Abuse and Addiction

Mom faces felony for filling prescription while pregnant

INSANITY OR TODAY’S REALITY –  June 21, 2021 - In 2016, after an investigation by ProPublica and AL.com, Alabama lawmakers…

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Contest to Find “5 New Practices to Prevent Substance Misuse”

SAVE LIVES, WIN MONEY –    June 21, 2021 - With drug use rising, society requires new prevention approaches. The…

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Does more Narcan equal more opioid deaths?

WATCH – LIVED TO TELL –    June 23 - PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — Roxxanne Newman is in a good…

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Ending Racist Sentencing Disparity

IT’S ALL IN CRACK AND WHITE –  June 24, 2021 - The Biden administration has again voiced support for ending…

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Comfortably Numb: China has an opium problem and the Sackler Oxycontin Cartel American family is to blame.

DEATH FOR SALE –  June 24, 2021 - Patrick Radden Keefe, who provides the quote above, explains the whole epic…

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Addiction treatment needs more empathy for LGBTQ+ community

WATCH – BE KIND TO HUMANKIND –  June 24, 2021 - The National Institutes of Health says people who identify…

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Grandmaster Flash – White Lines

MUSICAL INTERLUDE – “White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It)” is a song by Melle Mel, released in 1983 on Sugar…

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Years of Smoking Weed May Leave You Gasping…for Words

IF YOU CAN STILL EVEN SPEAK –    June 21, 2021 - During the follow-up, participants were given standard cognitive…

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The Opioid Addiction Crisis and Racism: A Long, Troubled History

HISTORY CONTINUES –  June 23, 2021 -  The alarming parallels between the 19th- and 21st-century opioid crises in the United…

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Mental health, Addiction & COVID-19

WATCH – CO-OCCURING SOLUTIONS –    June 23, 2021 - Mental health cases have grown in recent months: 41.5 percent…

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Walmart’s top executive to be deposed in Opioid scheme

ROTTEN AT THE TOP –    June 24, 2021 - During that time, Special Master Cohen said, “The Delaware litigation…

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Parents at Highest Risk for Using Drugs & Alcohol to Cope

MOMMY AND DADDY’S LITTLE HELPER –  June 24, 2021 - “American parents have struggled with professional and family-related strain, disruption…

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Cannabis Use May Be Linked with Suicidal Thoughts, Plans, Attempts in Young Adults

DYING TO STOP –    June 24, 2021 - Cannabis use has been associated with a higher likelihood of thinking…

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Johnson & Johnson promises to end sale of opioids in $230 million settlement

CHUMP CHANGE –    June 26, 2021 -  “Johnson & Johnson helped fuel this fire, but today they’re committing to…

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Eating poppy seeds can lead to positive drug test

BEWARE OF BAGELS –    June 25, 2021 - Poppy seeds have provided drug testing challenges for decades. That’s because…

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Conan Takes A Hit On Seth Rogen’s Joint (no, not that joint)

WATCH – THEN ENCOURAGED MILLIONS TO GET STONED –  June 24, 2021 - After nearly 30 years and a lot…

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Opioids rip through U.S. workforce, deaths at record High

NODDING OFF AT THE OFFICE? WHO ME? –  June 18, 2021 - Before the COVID-19 pandemic was the drug epidemic.…

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How Practicing Mindfulness Can Strengthen Recovery

IT’S ALL IN YOUR HEAD –  June 7, 2021 - In the simplest of terms, mindfulness refers to the concept…

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Illicit drug sales moved online during lockdowns

AMAZON PRIME? –    June 9, 2021 - European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson said “the highly pure and…

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Governor donates salary for addictions treatment

HE’D GET MY VOTE –    June 16, 2021 - “We face a drug epidemic in our state, and while…

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El Paso physician indicted for 5 overdose deaths

DO MUCH HARM –  June 16, 2021 - The board panel found that on May 26, August was indicted on…

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Fentanyl Overdose Deaths Spiked More than 200% During Pandemic

WATCH – POSSIBLE DEATH IN EVERY SHOT –    June 16, 2021 - Fentanyl is a synthetic chemical compound that’s…

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Gus Glasser’s Strength in Daily Sobriety Battle

DOING THE RIGHT THING –  June 18, 2021 - College freshman year at the University of Georgia, the physical appearance…

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Hazelden/Betty Ford Graduate School Announces Scholarship

EDUCATION IS EVERYTHING –    June 18, 2021 - At the same time, there are gaping racial disparities in access…

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Overdose Deaths Skyrocket During The War On Drugs

SANITY IN SHORT SUPPLY –    June 19, 2021 -Under the drug war model that has shaped the country’s response…

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He Almost Lost Everything. Then An Arrest Changed His Life

LISTEN – STRANGE MIRACLE –  June 19, 2021 - He found enough temporary work to pay rent on a room,…

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How TV Shaped Perceptions Of The War On Drugs

LISTEN – LIFE IMITATES ART IMITATES LIFE –    June 18, 2021 - David Simon created two of TV’s most…

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Jim Wahlberg opens up on his opioid crisis

WATCH – HELPING HELPS EVERYONE –    JUNE 12, 2021 - “I was like the old song goes, ‘I was…

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Oregon’s Decriminalization Experiment Faces The Hard Test

LISTEN – REALITY –  June 18, 2021 - The measure, a major victory for advocates pushing for systemic change in…

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Vitamin D deficiency may increase risk for opioid addiction

I BELIEVE HIM –  June 13, 2021 - People with low levels of vitamin D might be at an increased…

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