Drug Abuse and Addiction

Drug Abuse and Addiction

Man Sentenced 7 Years for “Body Brokering” at Sober Living Homes

BUSINESS AS USUAL? – April 24, 2025 - Darius Moore, 31, formerly of Santa Ana but most recently of North Carolina, was sentenced Thursday to seven years behind bars for soliciting and receiving nearly $500,000 in ill... Read More...

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Trump Wants to End $56 Million Grant Giving Narcan to First Responders

VIDEO – LET THEM DIE – April 25, 2025 - A preliminary budget document, obtained by The Washington Post, reportedly calls for deep cuts to federal health programs and targets multiple addiction prevention and treatme... Read More...

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‘No More Tears’ Exposes Johnson & Johnson

BOOK REVIEW – April 23, 2025 - The story of direct marketing to physicians — of drug reps offering doctors convenient free samples, fancy dinners and luxury trips — is never comfortable for a doctor to read. In... Read More...

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Helping the Homeless with Substance Abuse

WITH GOD ON THEIR SIDE – April 24, 2025 - The place I call Deliverance Alley is a vacant lot of grass and dirt in a neglected south Dallas neighborhood. Drive by and you won’t see much. A sign on a deli across ... Read More...

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EAT! Revolutionizing Addiction Treatment to Prevent Relapse

BOOK REVIEW – April 22, 2025 - Eating Protein Saves Lives, Inc. announces the release of EAT!: A Guide to Radiant Recovery Using Food and Amino Acids to Repair the Addicted Brain and Reduce Cravings, a groundbr... Read More...

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Why Has America Ignored Its Best Addiction Treatment?

WHY INDEED? – April 12, 2025 - Mallory berry was ready to give up. It was 2019, and her addiction—prescription opioids had led her to heroin—had left her bedridden. An infection had eaten through parts of her pelvic ... Read More...

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Linda Beckstrom: ‘In Deep: How I Survived Gangs, Heroin and Prison to Become a Chicago Violence Interrupter’

AUDIO – SHE WAS THERE – April 13, 2025 - Linda Beckstrom, co-author (with Angalia Bianca) of ‘In Deep: How I Survived Gangs, Heroin, and Prison to Become a Chicago Violence Interrupter‘ joins Rick Kogan to highlight ... Read More...

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Addict II Athlete: Overcomes Addiction, Jail and Cancer

AUDIO – COMEBACK TO LIFE – April 18, 2025 - She lost two children, cycled through jail and survived breast cancer — now, 13 years sober, this woman is turning her pain into purpose. “I kept going down that n... Read More...

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Bravo Productions Bummed When Cast Members Get Sober

TOO CALM FOR TV – April 12, 2025 - Beloved producer Patrick McDonald, who recently stepped back from his work on reality TV to launch an OnlyFans career, appeared on Bethenny Frankel’s “Just B” podcast on Frida... Read More...

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Faces From a Meth Surge

METHICATED – April 16, 2025 - John once fielded customer complaints for a telecommunications company. Now he usually hangs out with friends in the courtyard of a center offering services to help people who use ... Read More...

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Rehab Clinic Doctor Gets Sentenced for Opioid Scheme

BAD BOY – April 16, 2025 - A former Grantham physician was sentenced to eight months in federal prison and ordered to pay $20,000 in restitution for unlawfully distributing opioid medication to clients at drug ... Read More...

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Is SAMHSA Dead? Health Orgs Face Funding Shut Off

FUNDING FIASCO – April 17, 2025 - Twenty-three states and the District of Columbia sought a restraining order to protect the $11 billion in funding. In early April, a federal judge granted a temporary injunctio... Read More...

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Health Seekers Say Microdosing Psychedelics Helps Them

BETTER THAN MICRO-PLASTICS – April 17, 2025 - “I started microdosing and within a couple of months, I had a general sense of well-being that I hadn’t had in so long,” said Marine Corps combat veteran Matt Metzger. He... Read More...

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Psilocybin Gives Man 2nd Chance After 10-year Opioid Addiction

WHATEVER WORKS – April 16, 2025 - Over 10 years, Schaefer had tried recovering from what began with dependence on a prescription for the pain killer Percocet and later spiraled into an all-consuming heroin addi... Read More...

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Salvation Army Denys Addiction Medications To Clients

‘largest provider of residential treatment’ – April 16, 2025 - A federal judge has given the go-ahead for a class-action lawsuit that could radically expand Americans’ access to lifesaving addiction medications. ... Read More...

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Mayor On Drug Use & Sobriety & Homophobic Abuse

BELFAST MAYOR – April 17, 2025 - It is no secret that Belfast is currently in the grip of a drugs epidemic, and when asked if he had ever smoked marijuana, Micky Murray admitted that he has tried it twice. “I d... Read More...

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Lawyer’s Ties to ‘Corrupt’ Drug Clinics

VIDEO – LAWYER TO JAIL? – April 17, 2025 - When Brett Ryan was arrested for DUI in 2023, the Lakewood defense lawyer he hired quickly referred him to a substance abuse treatment clinic. … we were just trying to make ... Read More...

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Needle Exchange Program Feels Effects of Trump’s Aid Cuts

DIRTY BUSINESS – April 3, 2025 - PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — A secluded corner surrounded by litter and makeshift structures on the outskirts of South Africa’s capital is home to dozens of people with drug ad... Read More...

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U.S. Fentanyl Deaths Plunging

LIFE MATTERS – April 10, 2025 - Federal spending cuts instigated by the White House threaten to reverse a steep decline in American overdose deaths and are jeopardizing other gains in the battle against synthet... Read More...

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Doctors Prescribing Heroin?

VIDEO – INNOVATION – April 8, 2025 - A complementary but no less controversial harm reduction strategy, heroin-assisted treatment involves administering pharmaceutical-grade heroin under medical supervision. It stabi... Read More...

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Oxytocin’s Role in Guilt and Shame in Depression and Alcohol Addiction

SCIENCE – April 10, 2025 - Investigators found that maladaptive guilt and shame were influenced more by individual characteristics than by specific disorders. They suggested incorporating guilt and shame dimens... Read More...

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“California Sober” or Abstinence?

HARM REDUCTION – April 9, 2025 - Cali sober describes a lifestyle intent on both using drugs and reducing harm from drug use. However, the term has been adopted by others rejecting abstinence as the only path a... Read More...

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Help for Those With Addictions is in Jeopardy

CLEVELAND DESERVES BETTER – April 10, 2025 - As our country faces the possibility of federal health care funding cuts, it’s critical that we raise awareness about what’s at stake — especially for low-income individua... Read More...

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Johnson & Johnson’s Threats and Lies

LISTEN – J&J Knew They Were Killing People – April 10, 2025 - J&J recently lost a bid to settle lawsuits that claimed its talc powder products, including baby powder, caused cancer. Author Gardiner Harris say... Read More...

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VIAL: A New TV Series About Big Pharma

WATCH – COMING SOON – April 15, 2025 - A dark comedy that sheds light on Big Pharma is in the works. VIAL goes behind the scenes to show how drug reps promote their products to doctors, hospitals and nursing homes b... Read More...

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Judge Rejects J&J’s $10 billion Baby Powder Settlement

VIDEO – BIG PHARMA FELONS – March 31, 2025 - J&J said in a statement that it would not appeal, but also that it had no intention of settling the claims and would instead “return to the tort system to litigate an... Read More...

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Addiction Hijacks Teenagers’ Brains

FROM GUTTER TO GOOGLE – April 9, 2025 - Addiction is not limited to substances like alcohol and drugs but extends to behaviours such as smartphone use, gaming, gambling and pornography. The essence of addiction is es... Read More...

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‘Rhino Tranq’ Linked to Overdose Death

SYNTHETIC COUNTRY – April 10, 2025 - A powerful street drug that began showing up alongside “tranq” (xylazine) and fentanyl in Philadelphia and other cities last year, medetomidine or “rhino tranq,” may be making its... Read More...

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Comedy Shows Focus on Addiction Recovery

WE ARE NOT A GLUM LOT – April 9, 2025 - Recovering from addiction may not be a laughing matter but Aims Community College students hope they can give their peers a reason to smile. They said they wanted to bring the&... Read More...

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Antidepressant Use Causes Substantial Increase in Sudden Cardiac Death

AUDIO – DRUGS – March 31, 2025 - Researchers divided the group into those who used antidepressants and those who didn’t. Of the 6,002 sudden cardiac deaths—an unexpected death caused by a heart-related issue—in the p... Read More...

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