Drug Abuse and Addiction

Drug Abuse and Addiction

Sober for years she helps addicts through pandemic

JUST LIKE MOTHER TERESA – April 22, 2021 - Oh, and the pandemic. She almost did not have time for it, she says. She’s not being cavalier or reckless, Ross says. “I have literally just been so busy,” she said. “... Read More...

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Mother about son’s fatal fentanyl overdose to reignite opioid conversation

WATCH – SO MANY GONE – April 20, 2021 - Debbie had walked downstairs in her home that morning to where Matthew and his young son were sleeping. “I found Matthew collapsed on the floor and I knew he was gone,... Read More...

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‘Saying YES to Drug Addiction, One Drug Den at a Time’

CALIFORNIA DREAMING – April 22, 2021 - The State Senate Republicans noted they are fighting to combat the deadly fentanyl epidemic, while their Senate Democrat colleagues appear to be normalizing substance abus... Read More...

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Wavelengths’ Founder Warren Boyd, Opens Rehab in Hometown Petaluma

YOU CAN GO HOME AGAIN – April 13, 2021 - One unique addition Boyd brings to his Petaluma location is equine therapy, where clients feed, groom, and ride horses. This therapeutic approach helps build communicati... Read More...

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The Rolling Stones – You Can’t Always Get What You Want

MUSICAL INTERLUDE – 1968 - The Rolling Stones performing “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” From The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus Recorded before a live audience in London in 1968, The Rolling St... Read More...

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Jerry Lee Albin, Who Found Sobriety After a Hard Life, Dies, 75

WHAT A LOVE STORY!!! – April 19, 2021 - They divorced in 1952; Mr. Albin’s mother cited “extreme cruelty and gross neglect of duty.” Mr. Albin said his father had once shot his dog to teach a lesson. Jerry Lee le... Read More...

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Jack Osbourne celebrates 18 years: ‘It’s life on life’s terms’

STILL NEEDS ALANON – April 22, 2021 - Alongside a screenshot of an app which tracks his sobriety, he wrote: “It’s not that it get easier or harder, It’s just that it’s life on life’s terms. If anyone is trying to ge... Read More...

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Cost and value of opiate detoxification treatments

IT’S SIMPLE & IT’S COMPLICATED – April 23, 2021 - The difference is still clearly evident when comparisons are made of the full detoxification treatment packages. In our calculations, the costs of a 3-week in-pa... Read More...

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Is fear of opioids leaving patients in pain?

DOCTOR’S DILEMMA – April 23, 2021 - We heard from someone who has reached the end of his rope: “In June, I will have suffered from severe chronic pain for 28 years. I will be dead before then. My doctor has cut me b... Read More...

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Macklemore talks about his 2020 relapse to Dax Shepard: ‘The disease of addiction is crazy’

WATCH – BACK TO BASICS – April 20, 2021 - “I really, really resonated with the episode,” the 37-year-old songwriter expressed, adding how amazed he was by Shepard’s ability to be “vulnerable and honest” with hi... Read More...

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Lindsey’s father, Michael ‘the Body Broker’ Lohan arrested

FLORIDA RETIREMENT COMES EARLY – April 23, 2021 - Said Aronberg, “Mr. Lohan was investigated by our Sober Homes Task Force and he’s being charged with receiving kickbacks for referring patients to drug treatment. Pa... Read More...

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West Virginia overdose deaths set new record amid pandemic

WHEN WILL IT STOP? – April 22, 2021 - Data analysis published in the American Journal of Public Health, which analyzed overdose deaths across 31 states, found West Virginia’s increase during that month to be si... Read More...

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How One Man Overcame His Drug Addictions by Faith

HIGHER POWER WORKS – April 22, 2021 - At the age of 20, Barr was held down by a group of friends while they injected heroin into his veins, which started his 22-year drug addiction. At the height of his addicti... Read More...

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Lindsay Lohan’s father Michael arrested for steering patients to rehab firms

WATCH – ALL IN A DAY'S WORK – April 23, 2021 - Said Aronberg, “Mr. Lohan was investigated by our Sober Homes Task Force and he’s being charged with receiving kickbacks for referring patients to drug treatment. Patie... Read More...

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OxyContin Owners Only Worth $11 Billion

LIVING BODY SNATCHERS – April 20, 2021 - Members of the Sackler family who own bankrupt OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma LP are worth approximately $11 billion, documents released Tuesday by a congressional commit... Read More...

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Former Incarcerated, Drug Addict and Dealer Shares Story of Sobriety and Success

“YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, ANTHONY BROWN” – April 17, 2021 - Growing up in Ohio to a single mother who was an alcoholic and suffered from depression, Brown never met his father and was the victim of severe physical ab... Read More...

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Drug companies to finally face first opioid trial

MAKING MONEY BURYING OUR CHILDREN – April 16, 2021 - J&J in a statement called its marketing of the drugs “appropriate and responsible,” Israel-based Teva said it will defend itself against these “unproven ... Read More...

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From Yale to Wall Street to homelessness.

NOW HE’S RISING UP – April 17, 2021 - Lost his business, his home, the car he was living in, and landed on the streets of Los Angeles. For about six years, home for him and his common-law husband was a le... Read More...

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Peer Workers, Better Outcomes

ONE ON ONE – April 3, 2021 - Peers are a growing workforce in behavioral health, with an estimated 30,000 or so workers employed nationwide. Additionally, over three-quarters of states reimburse peer services t... Read More...

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“Without sobriety, this album or this band wouldn’t exist.”

ROYAL BLOOD – April 16, 2021 - “There are people in my life now who have got sober, and now helping fucking crack addicts,” says Kerr. “It’s amazing. Someone reached out to me that way. I feel like I have a res... Read More...

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FDA’s Comic Attempt to Terrify Teen Vapers

SMOKE GETS IN THEIR EYES – April 7, 2021 - “No one noticed at first,” the comic reads in the beginning. “The changes were subtle.” So subtle, in fact, that a basketball player emanates billowing clouds of green... Read More...

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My parents were addicted to heroin, and I had a happy childhood.

IT’S ALL IN THE BOOK – April 12, 2021 - Audrey told me they fought a lot when he stayed with her. She didn’t want him doing drugs in her house, and often noticed cash missing. “I was so furious with him when yo... Read More...

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Non-Profit Trains 50,000 in Addiction Recovery Support

HAND TO HAND COMPASSION – April 14, 2021 - HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, New England non-profit, The Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery (CCAR), has developed an industry-leading training department that has ... Read More...

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True Works of Genius: Global Sober Books

THE WORLD AT YOUR FINGERTIPS – April 13, 2021 - Peter T. has authored eight books, and very few folks know his full name. Such is a life and a lifestyle shaped by Alcoholics Anonymous. In early 2020, j... Read More...

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Canada’s overdose and illicit drug crisis

WATCH – HARM REDUCTION ARGUMENT – April 15, 2021 - Five years after B.C. declared the overdose and illicit drug crisis a public health emergency, a panel of community advocates discuss how far Canada has come i... Read More...

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‘A Tsunami Of Cocaine’

LISTEN – JUST ANOTHER KILO AT THE DEALERS – APRIL 14, 2021 - A joint report by think tank InSight Crime and the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, an NGO based in Switzerland, said that the com... Read More...

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“Fentanyl Is Here:” Vegas Suffers 200% Surge In Overdose Deaths

LEAVING LAS VEGAS FOREVER – April 17, 2021 - “Clark County fentanyl deaths are on par with the “alarming” 30% increase in total overdose deaths in 2020, when 768 people succumbed to them, compared with 591 in 2... Read More...

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Teenage Brains Especially Vulnerable to Marijuana

ACTUALLY A NO BRAINER – March 29, 2021 - The new study, published in JAMA Pediatrics and led by a team of scientists at the National Institute on Drug Abuse, sought to gain a better understanding of how adolesc... Read More...

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Unique donation helps local women recover from addiction

WATCH – UPLIFTING STORY – April 16, 2021 - “I know that it might make you blush a little bit, but they’re one of the things we don’t realize ‘oh wow that’s really a need’,” said Jessica Stump, the intake coordi... Read More...

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19 Celebs Who Struggled With Addiction

ACTING NATURALLY – April 13, 2021 - Most people at least know someone who suffers from an addiction, but it’s often not talked about in our culture. In an effort to help break barriers associated with addiction... Read More...

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