Blood-Sharing Drug Trend Fuels Alarming Global H.I.V. Surge DEATH DON’T HAVE NO MERCY – Oct. 8, 2025 - A dangerous drug trend called “bluetoothing,” in which people inject themselves with the blood of other drug users to get a cheap high, is contributing to spikes in H.I.V. r... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionOct 14 2025
‘Amazon for Drugs’: Recovery Leader Warns About Dangers on Social Media VIDEO – NO HIDING ANYMORE – Sept. 28, 2025 - Austin Varipapa, Director of Long-Term Care at Discovery Place, shared his firsthand experience with TV17 News. As a former user himself, he says the drug market has shift... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionOct 07 2025
Las Vegas Distributes Free Narcan Kits DON’T GAMBLE WITH YOUR LIFE – Sept. 27, 2025 - Volunteers spread out across the Strip, Downtown Las Vegas, and nearby neighborhoods to hand out free Narcan kits and show people how to use them. “Nevada was one of ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionOct 07 2025
Scientists Investigate Potential Treatment for Addicts VIDEO – KEEP TRYING – Sept. 26, 2025 - “We take a picture of the individual’s brain, and then we match it with the helmet. We put the helmet on and then we’re able to really focus in and by matching up kind of where ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionOct 07 2025Recovery
Restricting Mobile Health Vans Will Lead to More DEATHS INSANITY – Sept. 29, 2025 - Philadelphia’s city government can address legitimate quality-of-life concerns in Kensington without constraining lifesaving services. Mobile health units exist mainly to serve people who ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionOct 07 2025
Poppy Growing Shifts to Pakistan SO BEAUTIFUL – Sept. 30, 2025 - Afghanistan used to have the distinction of producing the opium for 95 per cent of the heroin on the European market, and about 80 percent of the world’s illicit supply. But since the ... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionOct 07 2025opioids
Thousands of Tombstones on National Mall Mark Overdose Deaths DYING FOR A FIX – Sept. 28, 2025 - Nearly 4,000 hand-painted tombstones were placed on the National Mall, stretching from 7th St. SW to 12th Street SW this weekend. The tombstones featured the names, pictures and ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionOct 07 2025OverdoseTrauma
Hillbilly Heroin Sweeping the Royal Kingdom EXPORTING HORROR – Sept. 21, 2025 - The herbal extract from the evergreen tree called Mitragyna speciosa can be chewed in the form of its leaves, ground to powders and taken as a supplement. It can also be added to a... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictionSept 30 2025
24-year-old Vape Addict’s Lung Suddenly Collapses Without Warning HE HAS TWO – Sept. 26, 2025 - A 24-year-old man who’s been vaping for nearly a decade has a stark warning for other users after his lung sudden collapsed. It’s no secret that vaping has significantly increased in ... Read More...Drug Abuse and AddictionSept 30 2025Vaping
Flavored Marijuana Vapes New Face of Teen Drug Use POT HEADS HEADED NOWHERE – Sept. 25, 2025 - The overall percentage of marijuana users who chose to vape the drug also grew over the study period. Among eighth graders who had used marijuana in the past 12 months, the... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionmarijuanaSept 30 2025
High-Intensity Exercise May Protect Against Cocaine Addiction STAY ACTIVE – Sept. 21, 2025 - A new study shows that high-intensity interval training (HIIT) is more effective than moderate exercise at protecting adolescent lab animals from cocaine use. Animals exposed to H... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and Addictionlife expectancySept 30 2025
Fighting Addiction With Compassion and Hope NOW AND ALWAYS – Sept. 25, 2025 - “We have medicines that can help people quit tobacco, alcohol and opioid use. For opioid addiction, treatments like Suboxone, methadone, and naltrexone can help patients stay in reco... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 30 2025
Opioid Addictions Often Untreated As Youth Overdose Rapidly Rise in U.S. HORRIBLE – Sept. 26, 2025 - In 2023, 557 teens died of opioid overdose, nearly threefold as many as in 2018, while adult opioid deaths only went up by 65% during this time, according to the study. Drug overdoses are ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinSept 30 2025
How a Doctor Went from Treatment Pioneer to Window Washer in Prison BECAUSE HE’S GUILTY – Sept. 24, 2025 - Doctors could prescribe methadone for pain but needed special permission from the Drug Enforcement Administration to prescribe the medication for opioid use disorder. S... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinSept 30 2025
Three Californians Dead From Ingesting Synthetic Kratom WHO’S NEXT? – Sept. 13, 2025 - The Los Angeles Department of Health is warning the public to not use a powerful synthetic drug sold at gas stations after three otherwise healthy people died recently from the drug. Th... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionSept 23 2025
Forgotten Opioid Resurfaces As Lethal Street Drug COMEBACK TIME – Sept. 16, 2024 - Nitazenes—a class of highly potent synthetic opioids—are rapidly emerging as a major contributor to the overdose crisis. Originally developed in the 1950s but never approved for clini... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionopioid crisisopioidsSept 23 2025
Drug-Fueled Chaos Is Running Rampant at Fort Bragg AUDIO – BOOK REVIEW – Sept. 4, 2025 - Rodríguez, a former Green Beret soldier and medic with 10 deployments under his belt and plenty of scars to show for it, including PTSD, traumatic brain injuries, vision is... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionSept 23 2025
Her Son Took Kratom for 6 Weeks. It Killed Him. WHO DO YOU KILL? – Sept. 17, 2025 - Wyatt Wheeler was looking for an alternative to alcohol when he found kratom. The 27-year-old was attending the rigorous Neely School of Business at Texas Christian University, ... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionSept 23 2025
‘It’s addictive and it’s everywhere’: Pill Hooks Users Everywhere HILLBILLY HEROIN – Sept. 18, 2025 - Grace was given a free sample of CBD American Shaman’s Advanced Alkaloids tablets after purchasing an order of CBD gummies — a promotion the company continues to this day. She like... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictionSept 23 2025
TLC Star Reveals Drug Use in New Book REALITY BITES – Sept. 5, 2025 - Brown Woolley added, “It gave me the best high I ever felt. I was on top of the world, and I could accomplish everything!” She soon began counting down the minutes until she could t... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionSept 16 2025
TV Business Star Opens Up on Addiction Battle VIDEO – NEVER TOO LATE – Sept. 10, 2025 - Fox Business star and former Trump adviser Larry Kudlow has detailed his battle with cocaine and alcohol addiction in a new interview. Speaking on Miranda Devine’s Pod Force ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionSept 16 2025
Ryan Lochte Denies Doing Drugs in Front of Kids TROUBLE IN PARADISE – September 3, 2025 - Ryan Lochte is pushing back against explosive claims made by his estranged wife, Kayla Lochte, who alleged she once caught him “inhaling nitrous oxide” in front of their thre... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionSept 16 2025
‘Addiction has stolen her from me’ PEOPLE ARE DYING – Sept. 12, 2025 - Donna Mitchell shared her story about her families struggle with drug addiction. Sometimes when she looks at her daughter, Donna Mitchell says she’s not really looking at her. “... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionSept 16 2025Trauma
Seniors Get Poor Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder WHY? – Sept. 3, 2025 - Opioid use is a growing health problem for older adults in the U.S. Drug overdose deaths for people age 65 and older increased 11.4% between 2022 and 2023, per Centers for Disease Control and P... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinSept 16 2025
One Dose of LSD Provides Anxiety Relief VIDEO – BACK AGAIN – Sept. 4, 2025 - Once a symbol of 1960s counterculture, LSD, is emerging from research labs as a possible treatment for anxiety. Preliminary trial results published in the medical journal sugge... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMental HealthSept 16 2025
Drug 13 Times More Potent Than Morphine Sold In Gas Stations NOW WHAT? – Sept. 4, 2025 - Imagine walking through a convenience store and seeing a bright red package filled with small, strawberry cream-filled waffle cones. Next to it are single-serve fruit-flavored drink mixes ... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionSept 16 2025
‘You’re not alone’ VIDEO – TAKE HEART – Sept. 3, 2025 - More than 1,400 Virginians died from drug overdoses last year — a sobering statistic of an epidemic plaguing countless Virginia families. Some government agencies and area reso... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionOverdoseRecoveryRecovery AdvocateSept 16 2025
How Gen Z Is Rewriting the Rules of Sobriety RULE 62 “Don’t take yourself too damn seriously” – Sept. 10, 2025 - In 1960 Bill Wilson, the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous and author of its famous 12 Steps, did something that would be unthinkable in today’s at... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 16 2025sobriety
Inmates Less Likely To OD After Release If Provided Methadone HARM REDUCTION WORKS – Sept. 12, 2025 - County jail inmates who receive medication to treat their opioid addiction have a lower risk of overdose after their release. “These findings demonstrate the importance o... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionOverdoseSept 16 2025
Exposed! U.S. Special Forces’ Involvement in Drug Trafficking & Murder VIDEO – REAL KILLER ELITES – August 2025 - As President Trump threatens to use U.S. special forces against drug cartels abroad, a new book, The Fort Bragg Cartel: Drug Trafficking and Murder in the Special Forces, re... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionSept 16 2025