Drug Abuse and Addiction

Drug Abuse and Addiction

Los Angeles Fires: Recovering addicts were rebuilding their lives. Now their home is gone.

DRAMATIC VIDEO – Jan. 15, 2025 - Painted rocks displaying words like “family” provide a hint of color to what remains of Art House — a home for recovering addicts on their journey to sobriety. Darlene Dominguez is t... Read More...

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Former Addicts Transform Lives at Recovery Academy

VIDEO – EACH ONE > TEACH ONE – Jan. 8, 2025 - The Other Side Academy is a unique and successful addiction treatment facility. It doesn’t employ therapists or doctors. It is made up of former addicts who have been th... Read More...

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8 Facts About Addiction and Recovery

VIDEO – TO START – Jan. 15, 2025 - Yet, the reality is that the majority of people experiencing addiction—whether to alcohol, opioids, stimulants, or cannabis—don’t seek treatment. There are many reasons someone m... Read More...

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Trump Lies About Canadian Fentanyl ‘Pouring’ into US

INVADE NOW? – Jan. 17, 2025 - As everyone is aware, thousands of people are pouring through Mexico and Canada, bringing Crime and Drugs at levels never seen before,” Donald Trump posted on Truth Social, singlin... Read More...

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GOOD NEWS FOR ADDICTS! YOU’RE GOING TO CAMP

MAGGIE’S FARM? – Jan. 18, 2025 - In dark bluejeans and work shirt, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stood in a Texas farm field, faced a camera and outlined his plan to combat drug addiction. “I’m going to bring a new ind... Read More...

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Allison Holker’s Daughter Breaks Silence

TALKING ADDICTION – Jan. 11, 2025 - In videos shared by The Shade Room from Weslie Fowler’s Instagram livestream, she speaks openly about everything, from the current state of her family after Stephen “tWitch” ... Read More...

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Walgreens Filled Millions of Illegitimate Prescriptions for Opioids and other Drugs

MURDERERS? – Jan. 17, 2025 - Filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the complaint says the drugstore chain’s pharmacists filled controlled substance prescriptions with clear red fla... Read More...

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Massive Study of Young Brains Puts “gateway drug” Theory Into Doubt

RETHINK IT – Jan. 6, 2025 - The gateway drug theory and many other ideas about drug use have been put into question in recent years as more resources are dedicated to understanding substance use, which has been highl... Read More...

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The Most Egregious Healthcare Profiteering Announced

GREED IS GOOD – Jan, 7, 2025 - Selling body parts without consent and billing desperate parents $97,599 for air transport among worst examples. Also the outdated practice of baby tongue-tie cutting, which conti... Read More...

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Opinion: Doctor’s Role In Fentanyl Crisis

DO LESS HARM – Jan. 8, 2025 - The medical community is willingly under-medicating the entire nation for pain, and we have a national calamity with Fentanyl overdoses. Doctors share the blame because their culpability... Read More...

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Myths About Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation

ALL TOO REAL? – Jan. 8, 2025 - According to various estimates, only about 10% of people with drug and alcohol addiction in the United States receive qualified help Many people believe that rehab is the last resort to... Read More...

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Woman Offers Lifeline To Those on Streets, Like She Once Needed

VIDEO – BEEN THERE, DONE THAT – Jan. 10, 2025 - CaraMia Bacchiochi founded Hope On A Mission after overcoming her own struggles with homelessness and addiction. A passion project for her, Hope On A Mission has been ... Read More...

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RFK Jr. Says Addicts Need Tough Love

SO DO ASSHOLES – Jan. 1, 2025 - He has lost a brother and a niece to overdoses. Kennedy’s own heroin addiction began when he was a teenager, following his father’s assassination. It ended when he was arrested at age ... Read More...

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Walgreens Introduces Low-Cost Naloxone

SAVE A LIFE FOR LE$$ – Jan. 2, 2025 - Walgreens recently introduced a store-brand version of naloxone, the opioid overdose reversal medication. The Walgreens medication is called Walgreens Brand Naloxone HCl Nasal Sp... Read More...

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Top Findings on Addiction in 2024

POSITIVE SURPRISES – Dec. 31, 2024 - Intravenous opioid overdoses have decreased but smoking, speedballing, and polydrug deaths continue - Non-fatal overdoses should not be ignored and cause neurological injury due t... Read More...

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How Sobriety Changed My Life

VIDEO – WOMANLY WISDOM – Dec. 31, 2024 - Rachel shares her journey through alcoholism, the turning point that led her to sobriety, and the profound impact it had on her mental health. With honesty and courage, Rachel... Read More...

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Lamb of God’s Mark Morton Celebrates Six Years of Sobriety

ALL THE RIGHT NOTES – Dec. 27, 2024 - “I woke up this morning with 6 years clean & sober. This comes after decades of drinking nearly every day & with the final 10 years of that compounded by an aggressively ... Read More...

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Over 400 People Saved in Knox County With Narcan

VIDEO – LIVES MATTER – Dec. 31, 2024 - “Each number of those is a person,” said Jessica Stanley, regional overdose prevention specialist. “So that is initially 422 families.” Numbers from Tennessee show naloxone r... Read More...

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Mexican Cartels Test Fentanyl on Vulnerable People and Animals

AUDIO – FAILURE IS DYING – Dec. 26, 2024 - The cartel operatives came to the homeless encampment carrying syringes filled with their latest fentanyl formula. The offer was simple, according to two men living at the c... Read More...

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San Francisco Bans Welfare Cash for Drug Addicts Who Refuse Treatment

GAME CHANGER? Or CASH GRAB? – Jan. 3, 2025 - “San Francisco is a city of compassion, but also a city that demands accountability,” Breed said in a statement. “We fund a wide range of treatment and recovery services t... Read More...

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More Teens Using Dangerously Potent Pot for Intense Highs

“People can become psychotic.” – Dec. 22, 2024 - Heidi Lawrence’s daughter was 14 when she began dabbing—heating and inhaling the fumes from powerful globs of marijuana extract. By 15, the girl couldn’t resist the qu... Read More...

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Make Hard-Drug Possession a Felony to Convince Homeless Addicts to Get Clean – by Marcia Kelbon

THEN WHAT? – Dec. 25, 2024 - As many of us prepare to enjoy the holidays in our snug homes, let’s pause to remember those without such amenities. And to review the approaches we have been taking to reduce the p... Read More...

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Couple Who Lost Their Son Helping Others Battling Addiction

JUST PLAIN SAD – Dec. 24, 2024 - The holidays are a particularly tough time for those living with addiction. After their own family tragedy, one mom and dad are working to provide a place for those who are struggl... Read More...

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County Team Member Reflects On the First Year

CLEANING DIRTY MONEY – Dec. 24, 2024 - (Valerie Mangskau has battled addiction and is nine years sober) Looking ahead to 2025, DART will spearhead efforts to keep low-level substance abuse offenders from receiving cr... Read More...

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Hawaii Crime Boss Died of an Overdose in Federal Custody

WHAT GOES AROUND... – Dec. 24, 2024 - Michael Miske, 50, died of ‘’toxicity of fentanyl and para-fluorofentanyl,’’ the medical examiner’s office said in a statement. The death appears to have been accidental but the ... Read More...

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The C.E.O.s Are Tripping

MANTRA - Make More Money – Dec. 12, 2034 - The first order of business was a microdose, 0.25 milligrams, of psilocybin (the main psychedelic substance found in hallucinogenic mushrooms), which was child’s play compar... Read More...

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Fatal Overdoses in Green Bay DROPPED 73% in 2024

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Samuel L. Jackson Opens Up About His Drug Addiction: ‘I Had Moved Into The (de)Basement’

The (de)Basement’ – Dec. 24, 2024 - Samuel L. Jackson is one of the most famous actors of the age—he’s not the highest grossing actor of all time for nothing! But before he garnered worldwide fame, the Star Wars acto... Read More...

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Nicole Kidman on Being Married to an Addict & Alcoholic: ‘You Can’t Save Somebody’

ALANON 101 – Dec. 25, 2024 - Keith Urban has been sober for nearly two decades after going to rehab for three months just a few weeks after marrying his wife, Nicole Kidman . Now that his addiction problems are a thi... Read More...

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How RFK Jr.’s History With Heroin Matters

AUDIO – WELLNESS FARMS COMING? – Dec. 17, 2024 - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for health secretary, has a troubled past with addiction. Lev Facher, addiction reporter at STAT, weighs... Read More...

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