Vermont’s Largest Rehab No Longer Accepts Patients on Methadone TOO MUCH TROUBLE? – &nb... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 10 2024Drug Abuse and AddictionmethRehab
Scientists Learn from Coked Up Rats RAT RACE – Dec. 5, 2024 - A new study of lab rats who were given cocaine is shedding new light on the cognition of addiction. Rats that initially overindulged eventually reduced their consumption. CONTINUE@NYPos... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 10 2024Drug Abuse and Addiction
The “Reemergence” of Carfentanil AVOID AT ALL COST – Dec. 6, 2024 - ...for the most part fentanyl analogs are sometimes a bit more potent than fentanyl and sometimes a bit less, which is a boring explanation with no shock value. For that you’d want ... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 10 2024Drug Abuse and Addiction
‘Corrupt practices’ by Drug-Treatment Provider Endangered Public GO TELL IT TO THE JUDGE – Nov. 29, 2024 - Rainier Recovery, which runs centers in Lakewood, Gig Harbor and Puyallup, is accused of altering patient records to maximize profits and employing unqualified staff, accordi... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 10 2024Drug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRehab
Many View Substance Abuse as a Health Issue – But In Many States It’s a CRIME JAIL’S CHEAPER THAN REHAB – Dec. 6, 2024 - The American Medical Association’s annual report on the overdose crisis, released last month, repeatedly accused insurance companies of violating federal laws that require t... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 10 2024Drug Abuse and Addiction
What a New Trump Administration Could Mean for Addiction Treatment by Adi Jaffe Ph.D. INCARCERATION FOR ADDICTS – Dec. 5, 2024 - Trump’s “Agenda 47” proposes an aggressive stance against drug trafficking and addiction, including measures such as naval embargoes on cartels and the death penalty f... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 10 2024Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionWar On Drugs
My friend was a popular & promising artist – how did he end up on the streets of Portland – addicted & dangerous? IT CAN’T HAPPEN HERE? – Nov. 30, 2024 - When I first met Evan B Harris he was fizzing with talent and kindness. So I was shocked to hear he had become homeless and out of control. What happened to him is a story play... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 10 2024Drug Abuse and Addiction
Investigation of Deaths at San Francisco’s Largest Publicly Funded Rehab VIDEO – WHO IS AT FAULT? – Dec. 3, 2024 - Chronicle photographer Gabrielle Lurie and reporter Maggie Angst spent 10 months investigating deaths inside San Francisco’s largest publicly funded addiction treatment provi... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 10 2024Drug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma
Breaking Down Stigmas Around Addiction TO EACH HIS OWN – Dec. 4, 2024 - Stigmas can result in poor mental health, physical harm, lack of understanding and fewer opportunities. I saw this firsthand with my brother and the stigmas that were put onto h... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 10 2024Drug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Native Youth Connect To Break Cycles of Addiction FOLLOW YOUR ROOTS – Nov. 30, 2024 - The boys, who range in age from 12 to 17, are part of a 90-day youth residential treatment program, a Portland-based nonprofit founded in 1970 to provide culturally competent addic... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 10 2024Drug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Gracyn Tanche Is Recovering From Addiction ‘OUT-LOUD’ AUDIO – A DIFFERENT TRIBE NOW – Nov. 27, 2024 - “I didn’t think in a million years I’d ever make it,” the 35-year-old mother of one said from her home. “I have struggled with addiction through the majority of my adul... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 03 2024Drug Abuse and Addiction
Life-Saving Opioid Treatments Lacking in NC Rehabs VIDEO – A SHAME – Nov. 27, 2024 - Chelsea Moore never imagined she’d be advocating for better addiction treatment options. Three years ago, she hit rock bottom after overdosing while pregnant. “I was with very exp... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 03 2024Drug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionRecovery
Local Pharmacist Sentenced For Selling 500,000 Opiate Pills VIDEO – MONEY MONEY MONEY – Nov. 26, 2024 - Ifeanyi Vincent Ntukogu, 49, of Fresno, pleaded guilty to distributing more than 450,000 oxycodone and hydrocodone pills based on fraudulent prescriptions, prosecutors said... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 03 2024Drug Abuse and Addiction
Catholics in Recovery AUDIO – THE HIGHEST POWER – Nov. 25, 2024 - Catholic in Recovery is “a nonprofit organization that seeks to serve those suffering from addictions and unhealthy attachments,” such as alcohol and drug abuse, gambling, ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 03 2024Drug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRehab
California On Drugs? OR NOT? – Nov. 26, 2024 - The song and the concept are called California sober: the idea that you can be considered drug free if the only substance you use is cannabis. (Booze, in moderation, sometimes gets a pass, t... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 03 2024Drug Abuse and Addiction
RFK Jr. Says Heroin Made Him a Top-of-Class Student SO DID HIS MILLIONS – Nov. 27, 2024 - “I did very, very poorly in school, until I started doing narcotics,” Kennedy, 70, said on the podcast. “Then I went to the top of my class because my mind was so restless and tu... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 03 2024Drug Abuse and AddictionHeroin Addiction
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Finding Sobriety VIDEO – GLASS HOUSES – June 2024 - “The easiest spiritual discipline you’ll ever get is a 12 step program.” CONTINUE@Facebook ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 03 2024Drug Abuse and Addiction
“War on Cartels” and Harm Reduction in Peril DELEGALIZE IT? – Nov. 14m 2024 - President-elect Donald Trump wants drug traffickers to be executed, and could soon have the authority to make that happen. “These cartels are animals. And that’s why Trump’s gonna tak... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 03 2024Drug Abuse and Addictionharm reductionWar On Drugs
Jimmy Kimmel Mocks “Mr. Anti-Pharmaceutical” RFK Jr.’s Heroin Use: “He Believes In Every Drug Except The Ones That Keep You Alive” STILL SO HIGH? – Nov. 26, 2024 - Jimmy Kimmel has been roasting Donald Trump’s cabinet picks on Live, but with Matt Gaetz withdrawing from consideration for Attorney General, it looks like Kimmel has set his sights o... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 03 2024Drug Abuse and AddictionHeroin Addiction
Former NFL Center Randy Grimes Speaks to Recovering Addicts HIKING THE WORD – Nov. 15, 2024 - “I just want to get the message out. There’s so much stigma involved with addiction, it’s such an ugly word. Nobody wants to admit it but this happens to good people,” said Grimes. “... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionNov 26 2024RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Addiction Treatment In Prison Improving AUDIO – ADDICTION IS A PRISON – Nov. 20, 2024 - Treatment options for opioid use disorder in Pennsylvania jails and prisons are improving, according to a new report, but barriers remain for people who are incarcerate... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionNov 26 2024
Dawn Holland Pleads Not Guilty of $300,000 Embezzlement Charges AUDIO – EVIDENCE? – Nov. 15, 2024 - Ms. Holland, the founder and former executive director of the sober living rehabilitation facility DAWNS House in Bend, pleaded not guilty Friday to charges related to allegedly em... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionNov 26 2024RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Tulsa Woman Celebrates 3.5 Years of Recovery with Heartfelt Photo Shoot PRETTY PICTURES – Nov. 15, 2024 - The light didn’t come instantly. Crystle Moore had to fight to get away from the darkness she carried for most of her life. “I was still very angry, depressed, and I had so much f... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionDrug Abuse and AddictionNov 26 2024RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Deadliest Drug Harder To Detect Than Fentanyl AUDIO – KEEP TRYING – Nov. 15, 2024 - A new synthetic opiate that’s even deadlier than fentanyl is showing up in America’s illegal drug supply, officials warn. Nitazines were developed in the 1950s as painkillers, bu... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylNov 26 2024
The Delicate Path of Treating Doctors ROMANCE IMBALANCE – NOV. 11, 2024 - THE DARKEST moment in Courtney Barrows McKeown’s path to recovery came when she considered driving over a bridge. As she tells it, she had been drinking from a bottle of wine and c... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionNov 26 2024
Pete Davidson Admitted To Rehab Again In ‘bad shape’ VIDEO – AT THE GATES OF SALVATION – Nov. 18, 2024 - “He checked into rehab in Florida fairly recently,” the insider said of Pete. “He flew in on a private jet.” “He’s in pretty bad shape this time around,” the inside... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionMental HealthNov 26 2024
Momma Overcoming Addiction and Homelessness SAVE THE CHILDREN – Nov. 20, 2024 - Harlow Babbitt looks over her shoulder at her mother as she waits patiently for lunch. Nichole Babbitt fixes her daughter Harper Babbitt’s hair while her other daughter Harlow Babb... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionhomelessNov 26 2024Recovery
He Thought He Knew Horses. Then He Learned to Really Listen. LESSONS FROM THE ANIMAL KINGDOM – Nov. 12, 2024 - In the roughly 5,500 years since their domestication, horses have continuously been in our service, whether it’s to charge into battle; race chariots; hunt buffalo; b... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionNov 26 2024RecoveryRehab
Anxiety Drug Recalled for ‘Possible Life-threatening’ Error MORE ANXIOUS NOW? – Nov. 21, 2024 - The Pennsylvania-based drug maker Endo announced this week that it is expanding its recall of clonazepam tablets because some cartons bear the incorrect drug strength and wrong dru... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMental HealthNov 26 2024
‘Full circle’: Man Opens Recovery Center After Struggling With Addiction VIDEO – GIVING BACK – Nov. 20, 2024 - ‘Full circle’: Fresno man opens recovery center after struggling with addiction. CONTINUE@YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wykTBPPSASE ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionNov 26 2024RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab