Drug Abuse and Addiction

Drug Abuse and Addiction

More Teens Using Dangerously Potent Pot for Intense Highs

“People can become psychotic.” – Dec. 22, 2024 - Heidi Lawrence’s daughter was 14 when she began dabbing—heating and inhaling the fumes from powerful globs of marijuana extract. By 15, the girl couldn’t resist the qu... Read More...

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Make Hard-Drug Possession a Felony to Convince Homeless Addicts to Get Clean – by Marcia Kelbon

THEN WHAT? – Dec. 25, 2024 - As many of us prepare to enjoy the holidays in our snug homes, let’s pause to remember those without such amenities. And to review the approaches we have been taking to reduce the p... Read More...

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Couple Who Lost Their Son Helping Others Battling Addiction

JUST PLAIN SAD – Dec. 24, 2024 - The holidays are a particularly tough time for those living with addiction. After their own family tragedy, one mom and dad are working to provide a place for those who are struggl... Read More...

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County Team Member Reflects On the First Year

CLEANING DIRTY MONEY – Dec. 24, 2024 - (Valerie Mangskau has battled addiction and is nine years sober) Looking ahead to 2025, DART will spearhead efforts to keep low-level substance abuse offenders from receiving cr... Read More...

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Hawaii Crime Boss Died of an Overdose in Federal Custody

WHAT GOES AROUND... – Dec. 24, 2024 - Michael Miske, 50, died of ‘’toxicity of fentanyl and para-fluorofentanyl,’’ the medical examiner’s office said in a statement. The death appears to have been accidental but the ... Read More...

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The C.E.O.s Are Tripping

MANTRA - Make More Money – Dec. 12, 2034 - The first order of business was a microdose, 0.25 milligrams, of psilocybin (the main psychedelic substance found in hallucinogenic mushrooms), which was child’s play compar... Read More...

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Fatal Overdoses in Green Bay DROPPED 73% in 2024

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Samuel L. Jackson Opens Up About His Drug Addiction: ‘I Had Moved Into The (de)Basement’

The (de)Basement’ – Dec. 24, 2024 - Samuel L. Jackson is one of the most famous actors of the age—he’s not the highest grossing actor of all time for nothing! But before he garnered worldwide fame, the Star Wars acto... Read More...

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Nicole Kidman on Being Married to an Addict & Alcoholic: ‘You Can’t Save Somebody’

ALANON 101 – Dec. 25, 2024 - Keith Urban has been sober for nearly two decades after going to rehab for three months just a few weeks after marrying his wife, Nicole Kidman . Now that his addiction problems are a thi... Read More...

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How RFK Jr.’s History With Heroin Matters

AUDIO – WELLNESS FARMS COMING? – Dec. 17, 2024 - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for health secretary, has a troubled past with addiction. Lev Facher, addiction reporter at STAT, weighs... Read More...

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PBS News Weekly: Rethinking Addiction

VIDEO ONLY – METHADONE FOR ALL MY FRIENDS – Dec. 20, 2024 - Millions of people struggle with alcohol and opioids each year. This week, PBS News Weekly takes a look at Americans’ battle with substance use and what is ... Read More...

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San Fransisco is Losing a Generation of Black Men

SLAVES TO ADDICTION – Dec. 20, 2024 - Black men in this group have represented 12% of all overdose deaths in the past four years, despite making up less than 1% of the population. They are nearly 32 times more likely... Read More...

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Protonitazene: New Synthetic Drug Kills

VIDEO – USE MORE NARCAN! – Dec. 19, 2024 - “The prospect of nitozines being out in the community drug supply is certainly worrisome because that increases the risk of overdose, when you have a very potent chemical th... Read More...

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CVS Knowingly Dispensed Controlled Substances

CORPORATE DRUG PUSHERS – Dec. 2024 - The drug store chain knowingly filled prescriptions for controlled substances that lacked a legitimate medical purpose, were not valid, and/or were not issued in the usual course ... Read More...

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They entered treatment. Drugs, overdoses and deaths followed.

MAJOR EXPOSÉ – Dec. 20, 2024 - The operators of PHA Healthcare had no significant experience providing drug treatment. But they built a multimillion-dollar business that appears to rely on a practice health officials... Read More...

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Six Adults Charged with Murder of Infant Girl Who Died of Overdose

F**KING TRAGIC FOR EVERYONE – Dec. 21, 2024 - A sheriff’s deputy rushed into a trailer home last summer north of Troy to find a newborn girl not breathing. “Fentanyl caplets and buttons were throughout the enti... Read More...

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Top 10 Things Families Can Do to Avoid Common Rehab Pitfalls

ALANON Plus – Dec. 7, 2024 - A high percentage of treatment failures occur due to “user error.” In other words, the treatment team delivers the message, but the client—and often the family—doesn’t fully understand or... Read More...

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Doctor Convicted of Selling Oxycodone

IF LOOKS COULD KILL... – Dec. 11, 2024 - A Great Neck doctor has been convicted of selling patients oxycodone, a highly addictive prescription opioid, for cash out of her office. A jury found Dr. Roya Jafari-Hassa... Read More...

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Homeless Man Gets 5 Years in Prison for $30 Drug Delivery

INJUSTICE ANYONE? – Dec. 12, 2024 - For $30, Kaream Moore pedaled his bicycle at the request of a man he had not previously met to deliver a baggie containing 40 grams of fentanyl. The price for the homeless man, who... Read More...

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Maria Callas Suffered Addiction for Methamphetamines

SHE DID IT HER WAY – Dec. 11, 2024 - People are buzzing about Angelina Jolie’s role as Maria Callas in the new Netflix biopic, Maria. In fact, Angelina has already earned a Golden Globe nom for it. Callas stopped per... Read More...

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Teenagers Sue Dept. of Youth Rehabilitation For Lack of Rehab Beds

VIDEO – DON’T DISCARD OUR YOUTH – Dec. 13, 2024 -Lawyers for teenagers accused of crimes have argued for their clients to be released to the family because of the violence and drugs inside YSC. “This case is really a... Read More...

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Kratom: “Blessing and a curse”

JUST LIKE LOVE – Dec. 14, 2024 - For Andy, kratom produces a similar effect to the opioids he was once addicted to, giving him enough energy to get through the day. Kratom, a plant from Southeast Asia with stimulant ... Read More...

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Mother Loses Two Daughters Seven Months Apart

VIDEO – WHY? – Dec. 9, 2024 - Faith Freeman has lost two daughters to drug overdoses. 30-year-old Lacey Menard passed away in June 2024, and 24-year-old Lannie Soileau died in November 2023. “They loved to laugh, ... Read More...

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Overdose Deaths Dropped By 17% – How The Good News?

PBS VIDEO – DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY – Dec. 12, 2024 - There is a mystery here. This is such a huge decline. It’s unprecedented in the history of drug addiction in America to see a drop this fast. Front-line... Read More...

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A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction

READING MATTERS – St. Martin’s Press - Challenging both the idea of the addict’s “broken brain” and the notion of a simple “addictive personality,” The New York Times Bestseller, Unbroken Brain, offers a radical and ... Read More...

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Overdose Survivors: Medical and Mental Challenges

LIFE GOES ON – Dec. 4, 2024 - Surviving overdose is a major sentinel event with significant short- and long-term consequences, depending on the substance involved, severity of the overdose, and timeliness and effecti... Read More...

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Holidays Bring Challenges for People Battling Addiction

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Vermont’s Largest Rehab No Longer Accepts Patients on Methadone

TOO MUCH TROUBLE? – &nb... Read More...

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Scientists Learn from Coked Up Rats

RAT RACE – Dec. 5, 2024 - A new study of lab rats who were given cocaine is shedding new light on the cognition of addiction. Rats that initially overindulged eventually reduced their consumption. CONTINUE@NYPos... Read More...

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The “Reemergence” of Carfentanil

AVOID AT ALL COST – Dec. 6, 2024 - ...for the most part fentanyl analogs are sometimes a bit more potent than fentanyl and sometimes a bit less, which is a boring explanation with no shock value. For that you’d want ... Read More...

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