Drug Abuse and Addiction

Drug Abuse and Addiction

Florida High School Principal Fired for Going to Rehab

UNFAIR – Jan. 12, 2021 - The psychiatrist, Dr. Naomi Jones, reportedly said she was unable to determine whether Williams was fit for duty, according to the document. School officials determined that William... Read More...

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Goats, Soaps and Candles Help Pay Bills and Build Skills

It takes all kinds – Jan. 10, 2021 - Stopped at the gate by Zuzana Poláčková, one of the staff at Hope Farm, Ainsley bleated her disapproval then trotted by the chickens in their coop across the field from two ... Read More...

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Rescued By Kindness, Now She Shares Hope in Philly

What goes around... – Jan. 10, 2021 - For years, Cohen lived in a perpetual state of hunger, trauma and pain. Eventually, she landed on the streets of Kensington, the largest open-air drug market on the East C... Read More...

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N.Y. Drug Reform Activist Anthony Papa Gets Pardon

Barbaric prison system victim – Jan. 9, 2021 - “He is a living example of the inequities in the system that existed due to the Rockefeller-era drug laws and has spent more than a decade working in the pursuit ... Read More...

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Overdose Concerns Following Latest Round of Stimulus Checks

WATCH – What we worry – Jan. 13, 2021 - “When you give them $600 they’re going to really take it to the limit and that really will raise your chances of losing your life,” said Thomas Gooch, the Prevention Dire... Read More...

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Marijuana Shops Report Brisk Business Despite Pandemic

WATCH – High profits – Jan. 9, 2021 - “Despite all the market challenges, everything from COVID to supply chains and beyond, Maine has done a really good job getting this market up and running,” said Thomas Wi... Read More...

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Parents Organizing to Save Kids From Drug Addiction Dangers

WATCH – Teach Your Children Well – Jan. 12, 2021 - Taylor’s family said this summer two former classmates overdosed together. Her father, Todd Grzybinski, says he can list at least a dozen kids within the last six m... Read More...

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Demi Lovato Addresses 2018 Overdose in New Docu-series

The healing has begun – Jan. 13, 2021 - “For the first time, you’ll be able to see my chronicle of struggle and ongoing healing from my point of view. I’m grateful that I was able to take this journey to face ... Read More...

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“Free Yourself From Yourself” Book Offers Strategic Approach to Addiction Recovery

Good book – Jan. 13, 2021 - Stewart is no outsider when it comes to addiction and recovery. At the age of forty, he found himself homeless and hopeless. With only a few possessions and dollars to his name, addi... Read More...

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Author Shares Stories of Addiction in New Book

No one is too small to grow – Jan. 13, 2021 - So, do the same for a human being,” she said. In December, Kőrösi self-published “Our Society: Addiction and More Uncovered.” The book culminates months o... Read More...

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Q&A with Dr. Allen Berger

Stick with the Winners! - January 15, 2021 - Dr. Allen Berger’s professional career spans over 49 years, since 1971. After returning from a combat tour of duty in Vietnam in 1971, USMC Corporal Berger became a counse... Read More...

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Drug Rehab For Women – What You Should Know

WATCH – The Steps Are the Same – Jan. 11, 2021 - Keep in mind that addiction does not discriminate among gender. However, women face different physiological and psychological challenges when opting to get back to n... Read More...

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Neighbors Complain About DRUG REHAB HOTEL-19

Covid Wing Available – Jan. 13, 2021 - According to State Epidemiologist Dr. Benjamin Chan, on Dec. 3, there were 13 coronavirus infections in residents and 14 among staff at the center. By Dec. 22, the number of i... Read More...

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Addiction Recovery Providers Call On Biden To Address Opioid Crisis

LISTEN – More Must Be Done! – JAN 11, 2021 - Two health crises will confront President-elect Joe Biden when the Democrat takes office on Jan. 20: the coronavirus pandemic and the opioid epidemic. WCPN reports that t... Read More...

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Rob Lowe Reflects On Sobriety: ‘You Have To Want To Do It’

WATCH – Getting More Out of Life – Jan. 17, 2021 - Rob Lowe is Willie Geist’s virtual guest on this weekend’s “Sunday Sitdown” for “Today”, and he reflected on the wildness of his younger years — and how they u... Read More...

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Psychiatrist Sentenced in Federal Pill Mill Case

WATCH – Shrinking from Responsibility – Jan. 14, 2021 - A federal prosecutor explained this case was different than other high-profile pill mill cases in the Middle District, acknowledging there was insufficient evi... Read More...

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As Overdoses Compete with Covid-19 Deaths, Feds Make It Easier to Prescribe Addiction Drugs

While we all gently weep – Jan. 16, 2021 - On Thursday, HHS officials did just that: physicians are no longer required to have a waiver to prescribe buprenorphine — just a DEA registration that nearly every doc... Read More...

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DRUG USE FOR GROWN-UPS: Chasing Liberty in Land of Fear

Dr. Feelgood – Jan. 12, 2021 - Hart knows this. He knows about the discomfort his readers might feel when they encounter his full-throated endorsement of opiates for recreational use. He offers the information ... Read More...

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New Law Requires Faster Treatment for Addiction

WATCH – Not fast enough – Jan. 1, 2021 - “You’re talking about really sick people with a chronic progressive life-threatening brain disease who are presenting for care, they’re going to be admitted into care. And th... Read More...

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Prozac Withdrawal, Side Effects, Addiction and Treatment

Read the fine print – Jan. 2, 2021 - Alternative to Meds Center been tackling antidepressant withdrawal for over 15 years. We have published evidence regarding our success. Our staff, including licensed profes... Read More...

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2,000 Arizonans Overdosed on Fentanyl in 2020

WATCH – OD Ideation? – Jan. 1, 2021 - That’s the grim, unfortunate reality of the drug, that Roy and Wendy Plunk know all too well. “I mean, I’m never going to be the same, you know? Part of my heart is gone... Read More...

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COVID Is Killing the Cocaine Market, So People Are Smoking More Weed

Rolling joints, not hundreds – Jan. 4, 2021 - Aware of earlier findings that social isolation triggered spikes in drug use, researchers at New York University’s Langone Health Center wanted to quantify what soc... Read More...

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Doctor’s Secret Pill Ring Leaves His Patients Dead

Prisoner of greed – Jan. 2, 2021 - Li would later become known as a notoriously reckless supplier of lethal drugs — the first doctor in New York state to be convicted of killing his patients with pills. For ... Read More...

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How President Biden Can Save Lives By Slowing America’s Overdose Crisis

OPINION by Ryan Hampton – Dec. 31, 2020 - Recovery works — I’m living proof — but it requires community-based, long-term support. Connections, whether with friends and family, support groups or other types of ... Read More...

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Report Calls for More Access to Take-Home Meds for Opioid Addictions

Pandemic relief – Jan. 5, 2021 - “To get methadone, you have to show up in person every day and have people watch you take the medications,” Burke said. “Imagine if you had diabetes and you had to show up to g... Read More...

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County Offering Treatment to Inmates Dealing with Addiction

WATCH – What a good idea – Jan. 6, 2021 - Cumberland County Jail has now hired Medication Assisted Treatment Re-Entry Coordinator Jessica Verdajo, who will work to add more accessibility to medical treatment fo... Read More...

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‘Deadliest Catch’ Star Mahlon Reyes Succumbs to Accidental Overdose

Too much – Jan.6, 2021 - According to Heino, the manner of the death was ruled as being accidental. He was 38 and is survived by his wife and four children. Reyes’ wife, Heather Sullivan, tol... Read More...

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Addiction Risk Rises For Female Employees

But not wages – Jan. 7, 2021 - The findings “reinforce the complex and bidirectional relationship between physical and mental health,” says Total Brain CEO Louis Gagnon. “Poor physical health can increase the ... Read More...

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Q&A with Jeannie Rabb-Marshall, publisher of Keys to Recovery

Stick with the Winners! – January 5, 2021 - Many of you will remember Jeannie from the Steps for Recovery newspaper, where she worked until 2008 with business partner and good friend Jason Levin, who passed awa... Read More...

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James Argent Celebrates a Year After Overdosing

Happy to be alive – Jan. 2, 2021 - The 33-year-old sought help and weeks before Christmas 2020 he told his followers on Instagram that he was nearing the milestone of a year of sobriety. “A year ago today on... Read More...

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