Drug Abuse and Addiction

Drug Abuse and Addiction

3 things Amazon Prime series ‘ZeroZeroZero’ gets right about the cocaine trade

WATCH – International Trade Dealers – July 11, 2020 - The U.S. government’s assumption wasn’t always wrong. A generation ago, the Western Hemisphere cocaine trade did function like a pipeline that started in South Am... Read More...

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Elon Musk’s ‘Terrifying’ MINI Brain Chip Cures Addiction?

It’s all in your head – July 11, 2020 - Mental disorders are diseases that are still incurable by medicine intake. There are therapies, but patients have no exact cure to heal from the brain disorder fully. Brain com... Read More...

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Why Mexican Cartels Are Shooting Up Drug Rehabs

Legalize it! – July 10, 2020 - This latest macabre chapter in Mexico’s brutal crime wars shows how drug users – including those trying to get clean in the country’s unregulated, privately-run rehabs, known as anexos ... Read More...

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Heroin addict reaches out to News 4 for help

WATCH – Reality – July 10, 2020 - When Trouble Shooter, April Molina met Gina and Miguel, they were both jobless and homeless and the only glimmer of hope was that News 4 connected them with SACADA. Gina recalls b... Read More...

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Coronavirus disrupts Addiction treatment

Never Stop Quitting! – JULY 6, 2020 - Shared spaces, double-occupancy bedrooms and group therapy are common in rehabs. People struggling with addiction are generally younger than nursing home residents, but both popu... Read More...

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Woman’s suspected overdose spotlights hidden deaths of the COVID-19 pandemic

She could have been a contender... – June 28, 2020 - The virus knocked down all the supports she had carefully built around her: no more in-person Narcotics Anonymous meetings, no talks over coffee with a trusted fri... Read More...

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FDA again declines to approve non-opioid painkiller

What’s really going on? – JUNE 29, 2020 - The FDA has been pushing drugmakers to develop alternatives to opioid-based painkillers as the United States grapples with opioid addiction, with prescription opioids involve... Read More...

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How Attorneys Can Help As Addiction Cases Rise Post-Pandemic by Sue Bright

When will it end? – June 28, 2020 - In establishing a solid defense for legal cases, take time to discuss the client’s history with drugs and alcohol. Attorneys can play an important role in ensuring their clients be... Read More...

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Art exhibit removes the stigma of addiction

WATCH – Celebration time is now – July 2, 2020 - This is a disease condition. This isn’t just a series of bad moral decisions and that’s what they come into the treatment center with. We’re trying to disjoint that id... Read More...

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Involuntary treatment for the addicted is unconstitutional?

Coercion or Compassion? – July 1, 2020 - On Wednesday morning, Cameron and local leaders and advocates gathered in overwhelming support of Casey’s Law, asserting its 16-year impact on people with substance use disord... Read More...

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North America to Hold the Lion’s Share in Addiction Treatment Market, 2020 to 2025

America’$ Rehab Dream – July 3, 2020 - Recent developments in the COVID-19 pandemic have led to increased drug addiction relapses. Hence, companies in the addiction treatment market are capitalizing on the demand for... Read More...

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‘Left with nothing’: Funding shortfall cancels opioid response grants

What’s more important? – JULY 4, 2020 — Change the Outcome was one of more than two dozen programs that sought but failed to receive funding through Minnesota’s landmark Opioid Epidemic Response Law, which in its ear... Read More...

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The Opioid Crisis and America’s Addiction to Prohibition

Lock up 'dem addicts Now! – June 29, 2020 - For individuals addicted to opioids or suffering from chronic pain, a war on drugs has never been a prescription for improving wellness. This dominant abstinence‐based pol... Read More...

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The Seattle journalist talks addiction and sobriety in memoir

Report from the Great Northwest – July 1, 2020 - In Quitter, Barnett exercises the trademark candor people have come to expect from her Twitter feed and on her local news blog The C is For Crank. But instead of apply... Read More...

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‘Real-life Frankensteins’ $52M scheme involving sober living patients undergoing surgery for cash & prizes

Faces of Greed – July 3, 2020 - A Beverly Hills surgeon, his girlfriend and four others were charged in connection with an elaborate scheme, paying patients at Southern California sober living homes to undergo medica... Read More...

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End the War on DRUG Addicts by JOHN STOSSEL

WATCH – Free Treatment Instead? – July 1, 2020 - But “one problem kept cropping up,” CARL HART says in his soon-to-be-released book, Drug Use For Grown-Ups: Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear, “the evidence did not ... Read More...

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Western addicts head to Thailand to detox

Seeking Help Overseas – July 1, 2020 - Chiang Mai, Thailand (CNN) — Kneeling beside a gutter within a walled compound adjoining a complex of golden-roofed temples, 50 men in red pajamas with the word “overcome” on th... Read More...

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Novartis pays $678 million to settle kickbacks to doctors

Chump Change – JULY 1, 2020 - Over the years, speaker programs have been a controversial practice in the pharmaceutical industry. Federal prosecutors have alleged the programs are sometimes nothing more than social e... Read More...

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Hispanic community, racial disparities in healthcare add to the burden

Healthy is for the Wealthy – July 1, 2020 - In recent years, the opioid overdose crisis ravaging Philadelphia has often been painted as affecting mostly white people. But even as overdose deaths slowly decrease among... Read More...

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Beverly Hills Doctor Pleads Not Guilty In Alleged Fraud Scheme

I’m Innocent! I’m Innocent! I’m Innocent! – July 3, 2020 - Dr. Randy Rosen pleaded not guilty Thursday to 88 felony counts in two separate cases, while Rosen’s girlfriend 41-year-old Liza Visamanos of Los Angeles, pl... Read More...

Drug Abuse and AddictionJuly 7 2020

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Top Movies About Addiction Recover

Movies are Miraculous – July 1, 2020 - For some, watching movies can be a form of relaxation and entertainment. But for others, it can be more than that. It can serve as an inspiration, or as a way to learn valuable ... Read More...

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Jim Morrison died on July 3, 1971

LISTEN - WAY TOO SOON! – June 27, 2020 - Written by Morrison himself, the song featured on their epic LP Waiting for the Sun and is a staple of any Doors fan’s collection. The track ranks high as one of the mos... Read More...

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Alcohol and drug addiction increasing since Covid-19 pandemic

To drink ‘n drug or not to... – June 17, 2020 - In Florida, 57% of people reported an increase in substance abuse and the largest increase was between people 35 to 44 years old. Alcohol was the number one substanc... Read More...

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Mama June Struggles to Admit She’s a Drug Addict

First Step’s First – June 25, 2020 - When asked how she feels and if she thinks she has a drug addiction, June says, “I feel like I have spent a lot of money … I do have an addictive personality, but when I think abo... Read More...

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Employees walk out of addiction center over alleged missing paychecks

Strange story for sure – June 25, 2020 - Meanwhile, the center owes money. According to fire protection company Brewer and Company, they have been waiting for months on a payment of $125,000 for installing a sprinkle... Read More...

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Treatment centers hit hard by pandemic

Just when we need it most – June 24, 2020 - If services and staff are cut the effect on clients could be catastrophic, especially in a time of psychological distress and lack of support, says drug and alcohol counsel... Read More...

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Activists Gave Out Free Cocaine to Highlight Overdose Crisis

Is there a heaven or not? – June 24, 2020 - The group’s calls for action include expanding the access to prescription narcotics in the province, providing a safe supply of cocaine and injectable heroin, covering inje... Read More...

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Using Sports to Prevent Drug Abuse

Try not to slip – June 26, 2020 - Perhaps, it’s for this reason drug rehabs incorporates sporting activities in their programs, so consider it when you serch “rehab near me” AddictionResource in Google. Drug re... Read More...

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How Does a Community Help Get People Off Drugs During a Pandemic?

Compassion and Civic Duty – June 16, 2020 - There was also a weekly support group, for both “social interaction” and “accountability to other group members,” Brown said. A hot lunch was yet another draw, with l... Read More...

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1 in 10 Americans Use a Prescription Painkiller

Only 10%?!?!?!?!? – June 24, 2020 - Americans continue to look to the medicine cabinet for pain relief, with 1 in 10 using some type of prescription painkiller, a new U.S. government report says. But ... Read More...

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