Drug Abuse and Addiction

Drug Abuse and Addiction

Former Priest Celebrates 19 Years of Sobriety

WATCH – “A SAINT AND A SINNER,” BY STEPHEN DONNELLY – Sept. 1, 2021 - “What is a man’s life worth if he’s judged solely by his worst days?” National Recovery Month answers the question Donnelly posed in “A Sai... Read More...

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UNSETTLED by RYAN HAMPTON

MEDIA: NEW BOOK TO BUY – Sept. 3, 2021 - A page-turning and poignant memoir that draws back the curtains in the fight to bring the fraudulent peddlers of OxyContin to justice. Beth Macy, bestselling a... Read More...

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Blackfoot Helping Blackfoot Recovery Camps

WATCH – NATURE HEALS – August 26, 2021 - Mills describes the project as “Blackfoot helping Blackfoot.” The camps will be led by Blackfoot people and include traditional healing and ceremony. He hopes to hav... Read More...

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California to Pay Addicts to Stay Sober

DOUBLE WINNERS – August 26, 2021 - Meanwhile, a similar proposal is moving through California’s Democratic-controlled Legislature. It’s already passed the Senate with no opposition and is pending in the ... Read More...

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Biggest Robert Downey Jr. Moments That Transformed His Life

TAKING THE RIGHT ‘STEPS’ – August 25, 2021 - After a few small parts in movies, Downey got what seemed like his big break in 1985. That year, “Saturday Night Live” producer Lorne Michaels assembled an en... Read More...

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New NY Governor Makes Marijuana Industry High Priority

PROHIBITION ENDING – August 25, 2021 - A wholesale tax will be charged based on potency — a cent per milligram on edibles, eight-tenths of one cent on concentrated cannabis and a half-cent per milligram on flo... Read More...

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Nurse Shares Story of Recovery at South Jersey Ministry

PLEASE WATCH – REAL HEROES – August 25, 2021 - “I had tried to commit suicide numerous times. I had been in and out of programs. I had lost my nursing license. There was nowhere for me to go,” she said. ... Read More...

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Understanding Connections Between Substance Use and Other Life Problems

AWARENESS IS THE FIRST STEP – August 25, 2021 - Delivered virtually, Hazelden Betty Ford’s RecoveryGo® online solutions bring our world-class outpatient addiction and mental health care, recovery support... Read More...

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Man Walking 700 Miles to Help Fight Addiction

ONE MILE AT A TIME – August 26, 2021 - The 54-year-old is walking from Okeechobee County to Snow Camp North Carolina. After 40 years of addiction, he’s been sober for nearly five years. He’s walking t... Read More...

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Texas Police Tapping Grants for Narcan

STOPS THE BECOMING DEAD – August 27, 2021 - In the wake of Joshua’s death, Hernandez has worked with the Texas chapter of the Association of People Against Lethal Drugs to raise awareness of Narcan and p... Read More...

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Boxing Legend Julio Cesar Chavez Told Drug Lords To “Go To Hell”

COMING OUT SWINGING – August 26, 2021 - “There were about one thousand years worth of jail time the day I defeated ‘Macho’ Camacho. And they all wanted to meet me and I was standing in the middle,” Chave... Read More...

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Maybe One Day The Mentally Ill Will Get Treatment Not Punishment

LISTEN – DO LESS HARM – August 26, 2021 - Over 70% of those incarcerated have at least one mental health diagnosis or substance use disorder, and nearly 30% have a serious mental illness, much higher than the ... Read More...

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DOPESICK Trailer

WATCH – THE TRUTH CAN SET YOU FREE - BUT NOT IF YOU’RE DEAD – August 6, 2021- Hulu’s newest limited series Dopesick, starring Golden Globe-winner Michael Keaton, is a compelling look at the epicenter of ... Read More...

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A Chat with Heroes of Al-Azeema Rehab

ADDICTION WITHOUT BORDERS – August 28, 2021 - Hassanein Ahmed, 27, also decided to quit drugs after a decade of addiction. “I decided to seek treatment for myself. I did not want to continue what I was doing,”... Read More...

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Taliban to Ban Opium Production in Afghanistan

DOES THIS MEAN MORE FENTANYL? – August 28, 2021 - Mr. Mujahid at the time didn’t offer details of how the Islamist group intends to enforce the ban. Local farmers in Kandahar, Uruzgan and Helman... Read More...

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Murderers Lose Appeals of Opioid Convictions

MONEY TALKS EVERYONE WALKS – August 25, 2021 - He remains the highest-ranking pharmaceutical executive convicted for helping fuel the U.S. opioid epidemic. His co-defendants Michael Gurry, Sunrise Lee... Read More...

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Nashville’s Broadway Called ‘alcoholic theme park’

MUST WATCH – JACK DANIELS TILT-A-WHIRL – August 26, 2021 - There’s no shortage of headlines that highlight exactly what’s happening on Lower Broadway in Nashville. From a security guard being attacked to... Read More...

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Dreamland Author Pens Second Book On Addiction

MEDIA: THE LEAST OF US by SAM QUINONES – August 26, 2021 - The Least of Us deepens the story of our nation’s opioid epidemic, including the spread of mass supplies of synthetic drugs, as well as delving into the ne... Read More...

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ADHD’s Strong Connection to Substance Abuse

LISTEN – MAYBE MAYBE NOT MAYBE MAYBE NOT – August 25, 2021 - “One potential explanation for the extremely high rate of illicit drug use among those with ADHD is the accelerated gateway hypothesis,” co-author S... Read More...

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Nordkraft — Painful, Lyrical Operatic Trip into Addiction

BRING IT TO AMERICA – August 26, 2010 - Those qualities alone would be enough to make Nordkraft operatic. But in this case, Ejersbo’s novel is best put to one side. Nordkraft the opera trades in the psychologi... Read More...

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Legislature May Reexamine Forced Sobriety Program

ATTRACTION NOT COERCION – August 25, 2021 - The law originally limited the program to people with a previous drug or alcohol conviction. But the 2019 amendment expanded the program to people accused but not co... Read More...

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Today! International Overdose Awareness Day

PRAYER FOR THE DYING August 31, 2021 - “He grew up in a good decent home,” said Campos’ grandmother. “He had trouble sleeping.” Her grandson took a pill given to him by a friend to help him sleep, and it was lac... Read More...

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Do You Have an Addictive Personality?

TOO MUCH ISN’T ENOUGH – August 27, 2021 - Approximately 10% of the population will develop a personality that is addictive. This type of individual will develop harmful, self-destructive, compulsive beha... Read More...

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Quote of the Week – Charlie Watts

“I hate leaving home. I love what I do, but I'd love to go home every night.” —Charlie Watts ... Read More...

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Why Hospitals and Insurers Don’t Want You to See These Prices?

MO MONEY MO MONEY MO MONEY AND SCREW YOU – August 22, 2021 - “We do not post standard cash rates, which typically will not reflect the price of care for uninsured patients.” Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, in Los Angele... Read More...

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Quantifying Risk of Cognitive Dysfunction Among People in Drug Treatment Programs

HELPFUL AND USEFUL – August 16, 2021 - Shrestha and Copenhaver, who are both researchers in the Department of Allied Health Sciences, have been studying drug treatment interventions and HIV prevention am... Read More...

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Drug Addiction Took My Congregant’s Life

A RABBI MOURNS – August 17, 2021 - Although our community had grown close to him, I had no idea that Jeff struggled with addiction until it took his life. Who knows what opportunities may have been open ... Read More...

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Q&A with Kristabell Stansbury, CEO Chrysalis CC

HEALING IN THE ROCKIES – August 17, 2021 - Hi Kristabell, where are your from? We’d love to hear about how your background has played a role in who you are today? I was born and raised in what used to be... Read More...

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Pandemic Changes Young People’s Relationship to Substances

CLOSER? – August 18, 2021 - By the end of 2020, Tan said she was finishing multiple bottles in one night—until one particularly jarring experience forced her to reflect on her habit. “I remember there was a sn... Read More...

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