Drug Abuse and Addiction

Drug Abuse and Addiction

HBO’s ‘The Flight Attendant’: how does she cope with alcoholism?

Do not offer to buy her one drink... – Nov. 26, 2020 - How she deals with it is a whole different story - if she hadn’t had that much of a booze-filled night with Alex, she maybe could have pieced the night to... Read More...

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Sobriety’s Pied Piper

One solo at a time – Dec. 11, 2020 - The Bronx native’s drive to help fellow addicts led to his diving into a four-day-a-week, five-month training program to become a substance abuse counselor in training and ... Read More...

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Philadelphia Nearing Record for Fatal Drug Overdoses

Death Marches On – December 6, 2020 - In a study published in JAMA Psychiatry this week, researchers monitoring an emergency medical systems database in 47 states found that medics were responding to more than... Read More...

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Rehab Programs Promise Recovery Through Work — But Deliver Slave Labor

WATCH – It works if you work it? – Dec. 8, 2020 - But many of the workers in these rehab programs are not receiving pay. By not paying recovering drug and alcohol abusers, these programs do not provide the most... Read More...

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McKinsey Apologizes For Helping Purdue ‘Turbocharge’ Opioid Sales

Too little too late – December 9, 2020 - In one internal email sent in July 2018, a McKinsey executive appears to acknowledge the growing legal risk faced by Purdue Pharma over its opioid business. “It prob... Read More...

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24-Hour Hotline Launched for People Using Alone

Medically Assisted Telephone – December 10, 2020 - New Yorkers who are using drugs alone, and who would like someone to stay on the phone with them and call emergency services if they become unresponsive, can ... Read More...

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Woman’s Overdose Death Shocks Family

Not another statistic – December 11th, 2020 - After getting clean, she started working there and helped other women in recovery keep tabs on their medications and appointments. She had found her purpose hel... Read More...

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AJ McLean and Cheryl Burke Discuss Alcoholism on New Podcast

WATCH – Talking the talk... – Dec. 11, 2020 - “Dancing with the Stars comes lots of attention, all of a sudden, and something that I was never comfortable with and still am not 100% comfortable with. But I used alco... Read More...

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A Safer Psychedelic Drug to Treat Depression and Addiction

Psychedelics For Addicts? – Dec. 9, 2020 - A chemically tweaked version of the psychedelic drug ibogaine appears to relieve depression and addiction symptoms without producing hallucinations or other dangerous ... Read More...

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Machine Gun Kelly on undergoing therapy for drug abuse

Issues always come up... – Dec. 1, 2020 - “I had my first therapy session… That’s the first time I ever went, ‘Hey, I need to separate these two people’, which is Machine Gun Kelly and (my real name) Colson Ba... Read More...

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Legendary Jockey Completing In-Patient Treatment Hopes to Return to The Saddle Soon

Staying on Track – Nov. 23, 2020 - Desormeaux’s highly successful career has been comparatively erratic in recent years, and the rider has made no secret of his struggles with alcohol. Most recently, he was sus... Read More...

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2020 Most Admired CEOs: Mark Mishek, Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation

Leaving the helm to others... – Dec. 1, 2020 - You must pay to read entire article. When Mark Mishek took the helm in late 2008 of what was then the Hazelden Foundation, it was a turbulent time. As the new ... Read More...

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Aryan Brotherhood Associate Pleads Guilty In Drug Case

Prison Dealer – Nov. 30, 2020 - Samuel Keeton, 41, of Menifee, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise and to conspiracy to distribute heroin and methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney... Read More...

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‘People Are Having a very Hard Time Maintaining Recovery’ in Pandemic’

WATCH – When the going gets tough... – Dec. 4, 2020 - Addiction specialists are encouraging employers to understand that working from home might not be the best environment for some people, especially those who... Read More...

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Moms Are Speaking Out on Drug Laws That Tear Families Apart by Gretchen Burns Bergman

Is America a penal colony? – DEC. 4, 2020 - The holidays are always difficult for those who must navigate the mighty and destructive waves of addiction. It’s a painful time for families who are separated becau... Read More...

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Kentucky Teacher of the Year’s Story of Addiction and Recovery

Neither regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it – December 3, 2020 - I thought I could not tell a single beloved colleague about this significant part of my life I have to struggle with daily; I felt so alo... Read More...

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The Pandemic Is Making US Drug Policy Even More Deadly

Let’s hope we outlive the Drug War – December 3, 2020 - Access to methadone and buprenorphine—the most effective forms of treatment for people who struggle with opioid use—has been severely limited as a result.... Read More...

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Central Florida Overdose Deaths up 70% During Pandemic

WATCH – The madness is horrific – Dec. 4, 2020 - Sheriff Dennis Lemma talks to Good Day Orlando about the rise in overdose deaths during the pandemic. more@Fox35Orlando ... Read More...

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How Jimmy Page Helped Scott Gorham (of Thin Lizzy) Get Off Heroin

I get clean with a little help from my friends – December 5, 2020 - Thin Lizzy guitarist Scott Gorham is praising Led Zeppelin counterpart Jimmy Page for helping him beat heroin in 1983. The drug had already... Read More...

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Q&A with Creator of The Global Sober Series of Giant Books

Stick with the Winners! – December 4, 2020 - The Global Sober Series grew out of the Anonymous author’s first book 101 Shares that featured 101 meeting starter topics. Wanting to reach a wider audienc... Read More...

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The Queen’s Gambit Shows Knowledge Can’t Defeat Addiction – OPINION

Check(mate)-ing out – November 3, 2020 - Even when she wakes up severely hungover in Paris, she whips her head forward and instantly collects herself, looking like a veritable siren doll with sinuously reflecti... Read More...

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UN Removes Cannabis From Strictest Drug Category

The whole world is toking – Dec. 2, 2020 - The drugs that are on Schedule IV are a subset of those on Schedule I of the convention, which already requires the highest levels of international control. The agency... Read More...

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Zappos founder Tony Hsieh spent last hours planning to enter rehab

Don’t wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!! – Dec. 6, 2020 - Then, just before entering a shed on his girlfriend’s posh waterfront property in the wee hours, the on-edge Hsieh asked pals to check on him every 5 minutes, sources t... Read More...

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Sober living, addiction treatment conflicts return to lawmakers’ crosshairs

The good, the bad and the ugly – Dec. 4, 2020 - On Thursday, Dec. 3, three Congress members introduced a bill aimed at improving the quality of care offered to recovering addicts living in sober living homes. ... Read More...

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Tallulah Willis Credits Mom, Demi Moore, for Her Sobriety

Sober mother, sober daughter – December 3, 2020 - Willis also said she finds herself “becoming mother in the most complimentary way” and feels that Moore is someone she can “really draw from.” “She’s even,... Read More...

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12 Step Meetings: What is was like, what happened and what it’s like now!

Hindsight IS Indeed 2020 – by Dr. Don Grant, MA, MFA, DAC, SUDCC IV, PhD November 27, 2020 - In the early 2000’s, I began to notice sobriety support “chat rooms” online, and online recovery opportunities inc... Read More...

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FDA Study Shows Severe Perils of Benzodiazepines

WATCH – Valium, Xanax, Ativan, Klonopin, oh my – Dec. 2, 2020 - The FDA has not produced a report on the hundreds of thousands of complaints that have been made to them about BZDs, but just 104 “focused case se... Read More...

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From A.A. to Zoom – Treatment Goes Online

An Alphabet Soup of Recovery – November 28, 2020 - Though online rehab rose as an emergency stopgap measure, people in the field say it is likely to become a permanent part of the way substance abuse is treate... Read More...

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Sobriety: an indigenous woman tells her story

WATCH – Struggles and successes – Nov./Dec. 2020 - ‘Turning Points’ continues: stories produced, directed and told by indigenous people from Yellowknife in Canada’s Northwest Territories, part of an empowerment... Read More...

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