Joe Namath assures Americans they ‘can beat addiction’ A Perfect Spiral – May 7, 2020 - “We all need help,” Namath told FOX Business’ Stuart Varney. “You’re not in this alone. What you’re going through, please share it with someone. Get some help.” Namath struggled wi... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 19 2020RecoveryRecovery Advocate
Memoir exposes the trauma of personal, family drug addiction Double Winner May 14, 2020 - Danler’s is a reflective redemption story told from experience. She’ll join Anna Wiener, author of “The Uncanny Valley,” for a virtual discussion of the book via ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 19 2020Recovery
I’m Fighting Relapse In The Pandemic: Why Do I Stay Sober? by Nour Abi-Nakhoul Heroine NOT Heroin – May 8, 2020 - It’s a difficult time to be an addict. Researchers tend to see spikes in substance use during emergencies like COVID-19. On top of the general stress of social distancing, the shut... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 19 2020
Overdose deaths outpacing COVID-19 deaths in Tri-State area How It Works – May 10, 2020 - “Since we were on the forefront of telehealth, we have been able to keep our clients engaged in treatment,” she said. “In fact, we are conducting more telehealth sessions through t... Read More...CoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 19 2020Overdose
How a Hell’s Kitchen winner ended up on the streets Bad Choices? – May 3, 2020 - Growing up in rural Colorado, Michael was interested in cooking from an early age, often helping his father in the kitchen. He says it was a way to express himself outside the classroom, ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcoholics AnonymousDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 12 2020
Man sentenced to probation, drug treatment for robbing Wells Fargo bank Better Luck Next Time – May 1, 2020 - A Boonton man was sentenced to five years of drug court probation Friday for stealing $2,000 from a Wells Fargo bank in town. Under the sentence, Andrew Merceruio, 37, m... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 12 2020Rehab
Opioid epidemic was already a national crisis. Covid-19 could be making things worse On the downer side... – May 7, 2020 - Finally, the social isolation brought on by the coronavirus pandemic is leaving people especially vulnerable. Some support groups for people experiencing opioid addiction or ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 12 2020opioids
Award Winner: more than 3 years sober and helping others get there Good Times – May 7, 2020 - Her life used to be defined by trauma, pain and drugs. “I lost everything, I lost custody of my children, I was selling myself on the streets to get my drugs, I was homeless,” Forr... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 12 2020Recovery
Brain Implants to Treat Addiction Are Dangerous and Promising Die trying? Or dichotomy? – May 5 2020 - He had misused opioids since he’d been sidelined by a football injury in high school, later adding Xanax and other benzodiazepines to his mix. He’d already been through ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 12 2020
75,000 Americans at risk for overdose death or suicide due to CoronaDespair The long and winding road – May 8, 2020 - The group is calling for a robust approach from local, state and federal officials and agencies to ensure those who lose their jobs because of the pandemic can find work. ... Read More...CoronavirusdepressionDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 12 2020Overdosesuicide
How Stigma Created Japan’s Hidden Drug Problem Konichiwa? – May 8, 2020 - But Tokyo is not L.A., and Sawajiri’s true punishment was meted out in public. Before any evidence had been shown to a judge in court, Sawajiri had been effectively scrubbed from the public... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 12 2020
Tee Higgins defends ESPN graphic detailing mother’s drug addiction Stigma or Stamina? – April 26, 2020 - Bengals receiver Tee Higgins on Saturday defended a controversial ESPN graphic that brought national attention to the fact his mother was once addicted to drugs. A scree... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 5 2020
Police in Indiana and Texas banned from giving a ‘life-saving’ drug No Narcan for You! – Apr 27, 2020 - Prior to the pandemic reaching US soil, opioid deaths have been on a slow decline, with the rate of deaths decreasing by 5% from 2017 to 2018. Many experts have attributed this ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 5 2020
Why the Pandemic Will Challenge the Brain Disease Model of Addiction It’s Complicated – APRIL 28, 2020 - That drug use is a reaction to external stress may sound obvious, but the American response to drug use has rarely addressed environmental causes, instead treating it, at dif... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 5 2020
Wage Supplements Linked to Maintaining Sobriety Minimum Wage is just that – April 30, 2020 - The researchers recruited 91 participants, ages 21 to 74, for the study from the Center for Learning and Health at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center campus in... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 5 2020Recovery
Gabapentin Horror Paging Doctor Pills – April 30, 2020 - Though I questioned him since I’d had trouble reducing before, he assured me that was the thing to do. I only slept 30 minutes in the next 60 hours. Eventually, I slept one or t... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 5 2020
The Final Fix: Documentary – WATCH TRAILER Good News! – January 31, 2020 - Worldwide, there’s a lethal epidemic of addiction and nobody has the answer. But a treatment called N.E.T. (Neuro Electric Therapy) claims to take people off their drug of choice withi... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 5 2020
Why Dax Shepard Is ‘Pro’ His Kids ‘Doing Mushrooms – But Not ‘Cocaine or Opioids’ Father Knows Mescaline – April 29, 2020 - Shepard’s guest, Rob Lowe, agreed with him but said the “wildcard” drug is Adderall, which is something his older son Matthew took while going through college and event... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 5 2020opioids
Brooklyn Emergency Medical Technician found dead of suspected ‘huffing’ overdose So Incredibly Sad – May 2, 2020 - A union representative said the city was dealing with the early onslaught of the pandemic at the time of Raso’s death, and there was “no funeral, no memorial, nothing.” “Even the ... Read More...Drug Abuse and AddictionMay 5 2020
Don’t Forget the Other Pandemic Killing Thousands of Americans Thank God only one is contagious – May 3, 2020 - Helen Jones-Kelley, the executive director of Montgomery County Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services, said her agency is redoubling efforts to get ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 5 2020
How Bars and Nightclubs Can Help Prevent Fentanyl-Involved Deaths Cocaine should not be deadly! – APRIL 28, 2020 - In New York City, nearly four in 10 deaths related to cocaine also involve fentanyl. People who use only cocaine have not developed tolerance to opioids, and may not ... Read More...Drug Abuse and AddictionfentanylMay 5 2020
Amazon Prime launch for documentary into Scots surgeon’s ‘miracle cure’ for drug addiction Electrifying – May 1, 2020 - “In one of the states in America the police were told by the authorities not to do anything if addicts were overdosing - not to use Narcan to revive them. “It’s the only thing that wi... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 5 2020
Former reporter fights addiction Rigorous Honesty – April 17, 2020 - This show is a place to regularly showcase courage and what it takes to come back, he says. The journey for Vela to get to “Back From Broken” has been full of the highest of ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 28 2020Drug Abuse and AddictionRecovery
Syringe access programs still illegal in Arizona Letting The Infection Proceed? – April 16, 2020 - Ortega also said that when looking at syringe access programs, a harm reduction approach must be taken. “The harm reduction approach really came out of like Amste... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 28 2020Drug Abuse and Addiction
Now is the time to listen to science, especially when it comes to addiction Still No Silver Bullet – April 23, 2020 - The National Institutes of Health found that buprenorphine and methadone reduce overdose fatalities and relapse by as much as 59%. In 1995, amid epidemic opioid use, Fr... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 28 2020buprenorphineDrug Abuse and Addiction
Michael Jordan remembers Bulls ‘traveling cocaine circus’ Send In The Clowns – April 20, 2020 - The six-time NBA champion went on to tell a story from his rookie season where he walked into a hotel room and stumbled upon a scene ranging from things as (now) mundane as weed... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 28 2020Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addiction
Addiction Crisis Looms As Most Vulnerable Fall Through Pandemic Cracks Catch Them If You Can – April 25, 2020 - She said while the funding for prevention and early intervention was welcomed and useful, she was concerned about the level of support for those already addicted during ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 28 2020CoronavirusDrug Abuse and Addiction
Philadelphia Horror Show Rocky Road – April 13, 2020 - One long-established source of mine, who uses heroin and crack cocaine,described watching a man he knows get pummeled by members of a drug dealing “set”—allegedly for just passing ... Read More...April 21 2020CoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionPhiladelphia
Pop Singer Drea Jeann’s Battle with Addiction Papa don't preach... – April 15, 2020 - I couldn’t continue living the way I was. I was either going to die, or get clean at that point. I wished death upon myself numerous times, and even tried. It was extremely se... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 21 2020Drug Abuse and Addiction
“Reclaiming My Life,” New Book on Addiction, Recovery, & Healing When a son dies too young – March 2, 2020 - Maryland mother and wife, Tammy Lofink, experienced a parent’s worst nightmare when her son Robert Mason Lofink died of an overdose. Out of a strong desire to help ot... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 21 2020Drug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery Advocate