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- Black Pregnant Women Unfairly Tested for Drug Use
- My Son Was Addicted and He Refused Treatment
- Hollywood Film and Television Icon, Barbara Eden, on Addiction, Loss, and Keeping a Legacy Alive
- OPINION: America Has Lost the War on Drugs
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- 14 Years of IN THE ROOMS
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- Why Governor Newsom Must Pass SB999
- Is Tech Addiction Really a Disease?
- Recovery’s Missing Link
- Rochester University Opiate Symposium – May 20, 2022
- SUD Talks Speech with Leonard Buschel
- A Fond Farewell by Christopher Dale
- Treating Drug Dealers Like Serial Killers
- The Rise of the “Sunshine State Shuffle” by Christopher Dale
- Shattering the Silence with Perry Gaidurgis
- Joint Pain: Hard Facts Point to The Joint Commission’s Complicity in the Opioid Crisis
- Brain Based Treatment for Recovery, Relapse Prevention and Improved Mental Health
- Racism Is An Addiction…In The Recovery Industry
- Pill Mill-ions: America’s Lucrative, Criminally Resilient Quasi-Legal Drug Dealing Enterprise
- Have AA Meetings Become Superspreader Events?
- Healing Begins Within the Family – New Book by Dr. Louise Stanger
- The D-Word
- “Love Without Martinis” a book by Chantal Jauvin
- The AA Reopening Two-Step
- Virtually Sober: When AA Went Away, an original story
- A Groundbreaking Groundbreaking – Betty Ford Center’s $30 million expansion
- Higher Power Outage: Zoom Meetings and Spirituality
- Global Sober Books: True Works of Genius
- Once We Were Slaves…12 Steps to Freedom
- Has COVID-19 Killed AA Anonymity?
- Hazelden Betty Ford Appoints Dr. Joseph Lee, First Physician, Non-White, and Youngest President/CEO
- This Message Will Self-Destruct: Snapchat and the Tragic Death of 16-year-old Samuel Chapman
- Day Trading Can Be Addictive
- Six Reasons AA Zoom Rooms Are Inferior to In-person Meetings
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- Holiday 2020 – Letter from the Editor
- No Frothy Emotional Appeals Here – Just Depth and Weight
- 40 Years Later: John Taylor of Duran Duran Looks Back at The Beatles and Their Legacy
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- These are SOBERING TIMES: RICKY BYRD
- Is This 55-Year Old Antiviral Drug the Cure For Covid-19?
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- BURL’S BEAT –DIGEST THIS, JUNE 9, 2020
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- Zachary Quinto Has an Attitude of Gratitude
- BURL’S BEAT – Digest This!
- FEAR AND COURAGE IN THE TIME OF COVID-19
- eBulletin Original – Courtney Friel
- In The Rooms Offers Live Online Addiction Recovery Meetings for Those at Risk from COVID-19
- Letter from the Editor as we begin our 7th Year.
- From Woodstock to Betty Ford to 25 Years Clean and Sober: What a Long strange trip it’s been…
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- The Lawsuit Has Ended in a TKO
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Drug Abuse and Addiction
Grieving mom says lockdown played a role in her son’s overdose death
Epidemic – June 8, 2020 - “He lost his job, his income, that stability that he had from working every day and getting up and going to a structured environment, and he was in isolation,” Holbrook told People.com of th... Read More...
Quit Vaping: Four-Step, 28-Day Program to Stop Smoking E-Cigarettes
MEDIA: Book Recommendation – 2020 - Certified interventionist Brad Lamm debunks the myths spread by the thriving e-cigarette industry and its supporters, revealing the truth about the effects of inhaling these highly... Read More...
19 Detroiters charged in opioid scheme: 4 doctors, 5 pharmacies, 2 million pills
Let’s All Make Some Extra Cash! – June 12, 2020 - Charged in the indictment are:Dr. Beth Carter, 56, SouthfieldDr. Robert Kenewell, 52, Auburn HillsDr. Jason Brunt, 50, ClawsonDr. John Swan, 30, St. Clair ShoresNurse... Read More...
Hazelden/Betty Ford, AssuredPartners expand access to high-quality addiction treatment
Since 1949 – June 8, 2020 - Eligible members of AssuredPartners health plans now have in-network access to Hazelden Betty Ford’s national system of care, which includes 15 clinical locations in California, Flor... Read More...
Defendant Fell Asleep at In-N-Out Drive Thru – Marijuana, Heroin, and Meth Found in Car
Forgot the OUT part – June 02, 2020 - He found a money bag in his car containing two larger bags of heroin, six small bags of meth, pills that were later identified as Suboxone and $315 in cash. His defense couns... Read More...
Why SF’s new laws to force more mentally ill, addicted people into treatment haven’t been used yet
Attraction Not Coercion – June 5, 2020 - Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, who spearheaded the local effort with Mayor London Breed to expand court-ordered mental health treatment — also called conservatorship — sai... Read More...
Indicted drug ‘counselor’ accused of dealing heroin, fentanyl set to admit crimes
GUILTY! Ya think? – June 5, 2020 - DEA and police said Francis was a drug dealer posing as a drug counselor and contributing to the opioid crisis across the region. He ran a side tax preparation business nex... Read More...
‘I sold my Club World Cup medal to buy cocaine … I used it in two days’
Use your head! – May 24, 2020 - Every day I went out I would say, “today I can drink as late as I want because when I use cocaine the effect wears off. Let’s go find some”. ‘I was never at home, it was just partie... Read More...
