Drug Abuse and Addiction

Drug Abuse and Addiction

SF Program Giving Alcohol to Addicts Saves Lives

LEGALIZE EVERYTHING – June 4, 2024 - He dropped a bottle of gin and then sucked the spilled liquid off the floor with a straw. She recently ventured out of the residential program in search of booze and ... Read More...

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Energy Drinks Linked to Sudden Cardiac Arrest

VIDEO – WHO CAN YOU TRUST? – June 6, 2024 - For the study, the team examined 144 sudden cardiac arrest survivors. Seven patients within this group had consumed one or more energy drinks near to the time that the ca... Read More...

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‘Runner’s High’: One Man’s Story about Recovery

JOGGING MATTERS – May 29, 2024 - When McCoy wasn’t shooting up, he was often tripped out on prescription painkillers, which he leached from his father, who lay in a hospital bed dying from pancreatic cancer. D... Read More...

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No End to Opioid Epidemic “in the foreseeable future”

VIDEO – PESSIMIST OR PROGNOSTICATOR? – May 29, 2024 - “What we have to understand is that with our growing knowledge of how the brain is affected in people with substance use disorders, is that fear or scolding is ... Read More...

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Ketamine and MDMA are Having a Moment

VIDEO – IT WORKS IF YOU LET IT – May 28, 2024 - Lori Tipton is among the growing number of people who say that MDMA, saved their lives. Raised in New Orleans by a mother with untreated bipolar disorder who later ki... Read More...

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Addicts Recall Days Before & After Sobriety

POWERFUL SHARE – May 31, 2024 - “Thank you for your service,” Larry Turner told several law enforcement officers during a recent Fentanyl Awareness Day event in Ridgeland. There was a time, not that long ago,... Read More...

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Mom Who Suffered Painkiller Addiction And Homelessness – Now A Force Against Opioid Epidemic

REBORN INTO LIGHT – May 27, 2024 - “I was massively overprescribed painkillers. I don’t think it was done maliciously, but I became dependent and then addicted... My situation deteriorated when my doctor abrup... Read More...

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NH & Vermont Closes Two Addiction Clinics

NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW – May 31, 2024 - Federal prosecutors in Vermont last month charged Adnan S. Khan with unlawfully distributing controlled substances and health care fraud. They allege Khan would prescri... Read More...

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Ozempic: ‘There is a dark side’

VIDEO – QUICK FIX? – May 31, 2024 - He says these injectable weight loss drugs come with a list of side effects including, gastric issues which can be permanent, nausea, vomiting, loss of around 40% of muscle... Read More...

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How Specialty Courts Help People with Addiction

SECONDS CHANCES! – May 31, 2024 - “I love being sober and being with my family and friends.” “I am becoming a stronger man for my family and a better citizen.” Gratitude for a second chance at life triggers th... Read More...

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Mobilize Recovery Maine Gives Out Free Narcan Door-to-Door

VIDEO – SAVING ONE LIFE AT A TIME – May 26, 2024 - The canvassing is part of Mobilize Recovery Maine’s “Project Doorstep” initiative. Its goal is to reach 10,000 doors within two years. The organization is on its w... Read More...

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First Woman Sentenced in Arizona’s Sober Home Scheme

VIDEO – NO WOMAN IS ABOVE THE LAW – Featured - May 30, 2024 - Thirty-seven-year-old Ariel Dix pleaded guilty to two felony counts of illegal control of an enterprise. On May 30, she was sentenced to three and a ... Read More...

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Sheriff: Florida Police Officer Gave Teens Drugs & Alcohol – Filmed Them Nude

ONE ROTTEN APPLE? – May 29, 2024 - Markanthony Fernandez, 24, a Bartow Police Department officer, was arrested Tuesday after an investigation began on May 8. The incident happened on the weekend of Feb. ... Read More...

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New Daily Weed Use Beats Booze Consumption

AMERICAN DREAMS – May 23, 2024 - Although alcohol overall remains more widely used, first-time daily marijuana use overtook drinking at the same frequency in 2022, with roughly 17.7 million cannabis users and ... Read More...

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Gangs’ Greed Causing ‘mass overdoses’

AUDIO – PROFIT MOTIVE – May 29, 2024 - Public health officials say Mexican cartels and drug gangs inside the U.S. are mixing a dangerous chemical sedative called medetomidine into fentanyl and other drugs sold on t... Read More...

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Non-Profit Uses Podcast to Break Stigma Around Addiction

VIDEO – HONESTY ON THE AIR – May 30, 2024 - Derek Faller has been sober for over seven months. He said when he was struggling with his substance abuse disorder, hearing others tell their stories about their struggl... Read More...

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13 Celebs’ Personal Messages About Their Sobriety

EVERY ONE IS UNIQUE – May 22, 2024 - The decision to get sober is a profoundly personal one. These 13 celebs went public about their sobriety and the reasoning behind it. Please note: This list includes celebr... Read More...

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Brad Lamm Shines a light on Meth Epidemic in LGBTQ Community

METH IS A MYTH – May 22, 2024 - The silent epidemic of methamphetamine addiction in the LGBTQ+ community has reached a breaking point, leaving countless lives shattered in its wake. In response to this growing... Read More...

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‘Dont’ Die High’ Aims to Reduce Deaths in Black Gay & Bisexual Men

VIDEO – HANDLE WITH CAUTION – May 23, 2024 - Dr. Keith Green, co-chair of the task force and the Executive Director of the Chicago Black Gay Men’s Caucus, joined ABC7 to talk about the campaign. He explained what t... Read More...

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Are We Addicted to Addiction?

PROBABLY – May 22, 2024 - At the heart of many of these claims is dopamine, a molecule that surges in the brain when people take some addictive drugs. But while dopamine has become a buzzword relating to anyth... Read More...

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New Wave of Overdoses From Animal Tranquilizer

AUDIO – MAKING FENTANYL WORSE – May 24, 2024 - Medetomidine a chemical long used by veterinarians, is now turning up in the street drug supply and triggering a new wave of overdoses. BRENDAN HART: Some of our emerg... Read More...

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75¢ to Numb The Pain

SOMETIMES ETERNITY – May 22, 2024 - “Fentanyl and meth, we do like five each a day,” Holly Wall and Brandon Kennedy said. “It numbs you. It numbs your pain.” Getting high is as easy as smoking one pill, and t... Read More...

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‘As a sober person, I don’t think I’ll ever NOT be able to write about addiction’

OR THINK LIKE A NORMY – May, 23, 2024 - The release of Cleopatra and Frankenstein was five years in the making. Coco Mellors started writing it while studying for a prestigious MFA in Fiction at New York Unive... Read More...

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Christina’s Story

VIDEO/AUDIO – SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS – May 23, 2024 - May is Mental Health Awareness Month and a Franklin woman is sharing her story to give others hope. After hitting rock bottom, she got the help she needed to ... Read More...

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Arrests at North Carolina Methadone Clinic

DRUG WAR CONTINUES – May 21, 2024 - Probation Officer Carter was hot on Emma’s heels. Early on August 16, 2023, according to Onslow County Superior Court filings, he waited outside her house in Hubert, a... Read More...

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California Pays Meth Users to Get Clean

THE GOLDEN STATE – May 22, 2024 - Quinn Coburn knows the lifestyle well. He has used meth most of his adult life, and has done five stints in jail for dealing marijuana, methamphetamine, and heroin. Now 56, he... Read More...

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Tobacco/Nicotine Industry: We MUST Addict Kids and Teens for Life

SO MUCH MONEY IN ADDICTION – May 23, 2024 - The World Health Organization (WHO) and STOP, a global tobacco industry watchdog, are launching today “Hooking the next generation,” a report highlighting how ... Read More...

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Sober Homes Owner to Pay $3.8 Million for Sexually Exploiting Tenants

MORE WAS REVEALED – May 21, 2024 - Peter McCarthy, 51, was found to have violated the Fair Housing Act after a five-day federal trial in Boston, said Acting United States Attorney Joshua S. Levy. Seven of his ... Read More...

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Patient Dies At Boca Circle Rehab – Facility Get Sued

JUST TOO SAD – May 23, 2024 - The Boca Raton rehab center known as “Boca Circle Rehabilitation” is facing a wrongful death and negligence lawsuit filed in Palm Beach County. The just-filed lawsuit allege... Read More...

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Actress Cara Santana Makes Directorial Debut With Drug Rehab Industry Exposé

TREATMENT INDUSTRY UNDER THE MICROSCOPE – May 20, 2024 - Actress Cara Santana (Daughter of the Bride) will make her directorial debut with The Shuffle, a documentary on the corruption of the addiction tr... Read More...

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