Drug Abuse and Addiction

Drug Abuse and Addiction

Navigating Addiction in the Holiday Season

NO WILD TURKEY – Nov. 17, 2023 - That doesn’t mean that you should invite disaster to your holiday gatherings, but you can consider appropriate precautions for health and safety. Sometimes, it simply isn’t saf... Read More...

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Addiction Ravaged My Family and Tribe

NATIONALLY –Nov. 14, 2023 - At 61 years old, I have lost far too much to drugs, and I’ve never done anything more than weed, as a teenager. I have three sons and one daughter, and while I know that my husband and I ... Read More...

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Dean McDermott Is Staying at a Sober Living Facility

AND MAKING AMENDS – Nov. 15, 2023 - He hopes his time there will allow him to soon make amends with his family, including wife Tori Spelling. The couple split in June. “All she’s ever done to this day... Read More...

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VIDEO: What Happens in Recovery

VIDEO – TAKE A LOOK –Nov. 17, 2023 - Illustrated new series explores life after addiction in West Virginia. The Gazette Mail spent weeks following men in a sober living house in Charleston, WV as they struggle to ov... Read More...

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Addicted Fishermen Catch Fentanyl Death

DANGEROUS WATERS ON LAND – Nov. 14, 2023 - As the crew of the clam vessel Lori Ann prepared to set out from Fairhaven, the fleet manager was told that something wasn’t right with a fisherman below deck. ... Read More...

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Canada to Legalize Killing Drug Addicts

AUDIO – CHRISTIAN RADIO REPORTS – Nov. 15, 2023 - Supporters of MAiD for people with drug addiction promise that safeguards will be put in place, such as requiring multiple attempts at substance abuse treatment fir... Read More...

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Ketamine Rapidly Reduces Symptoms of PTSD and Depression

WHAT COULD GO WRONG? – Nov. 8, 2023 - We analyzed six randomized controlled trials representing 259 patients with moderate to severe PTSD. In all trials, about half were injected with ketamine. The rest receiv... Read More...

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Former Child Star, Evan Ellingson, Dies at 35 after ‘struggle with drugs’

VIDEO – TOO SOON – Nov. 6, 2023 - On Sunday, TMZ reported that his body was discovered in his bedroom, according to the coroner’s office. The exact circumstances of his death are unclear at this point.Officials... Read More...

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Cannabis Use Eschewed By Younger Teens

GAMING INSTEAD? – Nov. 10, 2023 - In 2021, 52 million people aged 12 and older in the US used cannabis, roughly 1 in 5 people in this age group. Those figures have been inching upwards over the last few decade... Read More...

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New Drug Worsening Fentanyl Crisis

NPR AUDIO – THE WAR AT HOME –Nov. 4, 2023 - SIMON: More than 111,000 people died of overdoses in America in the past year. Most involved synthetic opioids, including fentanyl. But complicating both treatment and int... Read More...

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I Began To Heal My Relationship With My Body In Sobriety

CHEWING WELL –Nov. 9, 2023 - But, at 31, when even a year ago these thoughts would have gripped me – now, I can mostly shake them off. And what I believe has changed my attitude to my body is the fact that I’m over ... Read More...

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Significant Rise in Overdoses in Hispanic Community

VIDEO – NO ONE IS IMMUNE – Nov. 7, 2023 - “We’re feeling just as sad. I have the same pain, every single day,” she said in a Spanish interview that has since been translated to English. “Even though he’s not here, ... Read More...

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Man Helps Others in Recovery With ‘Sober Yoga’

VIDEO – STRETCHING NEW HABITS –Nov. 7, 2023 - “I couldn’t have two beers, I had to have 12 beers. I couldn’t have a glass, I had to have the whole bottle,” said Zak Stinnett. “It’s internal pain. It’s physical pain.... Read More...

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The Risk Harm Reduction May Be a Fad

PASSING FANCY? – Nov. 6, 2023 - The growing enthusiasm for harm reduction, both as a philosophy and in its practical applications like overdose prevention centers and needle exchanges, may lead to these initia... Read More...

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How to Encourage a Loved One to Get Help

WITH LOVE AND COMPASSION – Nov. 7, 2023 - Keep in mind, though, the path to recovery isn’t necessarily a straight road: You may have had this conversation or one like it before. Your loved one may have attempt... Read More...

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Tribal Leader Motivated to Develop Treatment Facility

VIDEO – EACH ONE TEACH ONE – Nov. 10, 2023 - Speaking at the future site of the tribe’s medically-assisted treatment facility in Olympia, Frank said his past experiences with drugs, motivated him to help get the fa... Read More...

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Transgender Activist Tracie Jada O’Brien is Definitely Iconic

HARVEY MILK WOULD BE PROUD –Nov. 9, 2023 - Tracie’s story is one of gender transition, performing as a showgirl, sex work, addiction, sobriety and activism. It would be impossible to capture it all in one column. Th... Read More...

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They Wanted to Get Sober. They Got a Nightmare Instead.

HOW THE WEST WAS SCREWED –Nov. 11, 2023 - The white vans were the first thing people noticed.They began popping up around tribal reservations in the Southwest a few years ago, trolling through alleys and parking... Read More...

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Women in Prisons Flooded Alaska With Fentanyl

LOCK THEM UP –Nov. 8, 2023 - From a prison cell in California, federal prosecutors allege, a 56-year-old inmate directed an Alaska drug trafficking ring that in recent years smuggled huge quantities of fentanyl, her... Read More...

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America’s Opioid Epidemic

STILL ALIVE KILLING PEOPLE – Nov. 4, 2023 - OxyContin was given out in unprecedented quantities: prescriptions peaked in 2012, at more than 255 million in the US over the year. This, and other comparable opioi... Read More...

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HALF of ALL Drug Users in Rural Areas Were Recently Incarcerated

GANGA AIN’T LEGAL EVERYWHERE, YET! –Nov. 10, 2023 - Dr. Hoover pointed to a Rhode Island study that showed a 12% decrease in statewide overdoses following the implementation of medication-assisted therapy in its pri... Read More...

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Blacking Out & Waking Up on a Plane, I Needed Help Getting Sober

HE FIGURED RIGHT –Nov. 10, 2023 - It all started to come back to me. Not just how I got on the plane in yet another blackout but how I ended up here, at the lowest point of my life. It was a life full of new lows.... Read More...

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Stepping On It A Little, Ed Begley Jr. Tells His Tale In The Temple of Tranquility

A STAR IS ON –Oct. 16, 2023 - Before unearthing some hilarious and poignant stories of Hollywood icons and Hollywood excesses, Ed Begley Jr. took a deep breath in front of an assembled crowd of family, friends, fans... Read More...

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A Hazy Issue for Couples: One’s on Pot, the Other Isn’t

CHEECH WITH NO CHONG? –Oct. 26, 2023 - ith recreational marijuana now legal in more than 20 states, a joint or cannabis gummy has become as routine as a glass of chardonnay in some quarters. But as the drug enters t... Read More...

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Joe Walsh Talks Sobriety

HE KNOWS FROM WHENCE HE SPEAKS – Nov. 4, 2023 - Though the rocker, known for his shredding guitar chops and wry sense of humor, has been known for his work in various lineups over the years, ( like the Eagles,... Read More...

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Hank Azaria Remembers How Matthew Perry Guided Him Into Sobriety

A FRIEND REMEMBERS THE LOVE – Oct. 30, 2023 - Perry and Azaria shared the screen in five episodes of “Friends.” Azaria played David, a scientist who was in an on-and-off relationship with Lisa Kudrow’s Phoebe ... Read More...

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Administration Urges Schools to Carry Opioid Overdose Drug

SAD STATE OF AFFAIR –Oct. 31, 2023 - “We will encourage businesses, restaurants, banks, construction sites, schools, others to think about this — think about it as a smoke alarm or a defibrillator, to make it as eas... Read More...

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Massive Addiction Resource List Developed by Doctors Released

GREAT LISTINGS – Nov. 2, 2023 -American Psychiatric AssociationThe American Psychiatric Association, founded in 1844, is the oldest medical association in the country. The APA is also the largest psyc... Read More...

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MacArthur Park Is Melting in the Darkness of Fentanyl

AUDIO – AND I’LL NEVER HAVE THAT RECIPE AGAIN –Sept. 18, 2023 - The Southern California News Group interviewed Elliot, dozens of other people who use fentanyl, business owners, residents, LAPD personnel, homeless ou... Read More...

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Viral Video of Hate-Filled Addict’s Journey to Freedom through Jesus Christ

VIDEO – HALLELUJAH – Oct. 31, 2023 - The video is from God Behind Bars, a non-profit ministry that shares the testimonies of prison inmates. The video of Bateman has more than 200,000 likes on Instagram.In the ... Read More...

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