Drug Abuse and Addiction

Drug Abuse and Addiction

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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...

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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

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“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...

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Good Morning Destroyer of Men’s Souls: a memoir

When romance and substance abuse collide – April 17, 2020 - But, as Oakland writer Nina Renata Aron points out in “Good Morning, Destroyer of Men’s Souls,” her own unflinching new memoir of addiction, romance and co... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 21 2020Celebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and Addiction

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How America’s ‘Bedlam’ Became Jails and Streets

From Bad to Worse to the Streets – April 17, 2020 - Over the course of the late 20th century, psychiatric hospitals emptied out about 1.4 million of their patients in a process of de-institutionalization. But m... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 21 2020Drug Abuse and Addiction

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Walmart Under Criminal Investigation for Opioid Sales

Blue Coated Drug Dealers – April 13, 2020 - In her letter to Special Master David Cohen, Singer cited a recent ProPublica article that revealed that the U.S. attorney of the Eastern District of Texas sought to ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 21 2020Big PharmaDrug Abuse and Addictionopioids

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Struggling With Addiction During COVID-19? You’re Not Alone

It only feels that way – April 8, 2020 - Substance use is going to skyrocket during this pandemic. During this time of uncertainty, some people may cope by using alcohol or drugs. “You can have a mild ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 14 2020CoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionRecovery

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Ex-Vikings DE Everson Griffen Lived in Sober House

Always room for one more – APRIL 10, 2020 - In late September 2018, the Vikings ordered Griffen to undergo a mental health screen after multiple incidents in which the defensive end became uncontrollably irate ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 14 2020Celebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionRecovery

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Cowboys’ Aldon Smith on substance-abuse: ‘I was in a really dark place,’ slept under cars

Seeing the light of recovery – April 9, 2020 - “I would say 2018 was a tough year,” Smith told Jay Glazer, as transcribed by the Dallas Morning News. “In that year, I was in a really dark place, and I didn’t ha... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 14 2020Celebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and Addiction

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‘Tiger King’ opens up about struggle with drug addiction

No, you’re kidding? – April 10, 2020 - Finlay left the relationship and the zoo behind and is now engaged to a woman. And he wants to start a new career as a motivational speaker who helps others overcome drug addic... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 14 2020Celebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and Addiction

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Telehealth for addiction during a pandemic

Dr. Watson, Come Here, I want you – April 11, 2020 - The rules were revised in order to promote physical distancing, and thus decrease the spread of COVID-19. But the change has also profoundly improved the ability ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryApril 14 2020CoronavirusDrug Abuse and Addiction