Drug Abuse and Addiction

Drug Abuse and Addiction

Doctors’ Documentary Shed Light on Addiction

VIDEO – MORE WILL BE REVEALED – Aug. 7, 2023 - The number of physicians reported by the media who were charged relating to opioid-related offenses has tripled since 2000. Goldstein says that over the past five to s... Read More...

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A Space to Grieve Addiction Deaths Without Shame or Guilt

ETERNAL SADNESS – July 24, 2023 - Two years later, Owens moved to Kansas City to be closer to friends and family. Immediately, Owens realized there was an issue. The closest group like GRASP was in St. Louis. Owen... Read More...

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Defeating Addiction and Finding God’s Goodness on the Mountain

MAGIC MOUNTAIN – AUG. 7, 2023 - Johnson is a certified mountaineer and rock climber in California, just outside Yosemite National Park – which is seen as a top rock-climbing area in America. The valley offers death-d... Read More...

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5 Child Stars Who Struggled After Becoming Famous

VIDEO – TALENT CAN BE DANGEROUS – Aug. 10, 2023 - 1, Demi Lovato. The pop star has long struggled with addiction and mental health issues, which stem from their childhood in the spotlight. Following a near-fatal epis... Read More...

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New Hampshire: The Opioid Crisis Gets Worse

AUDIO – NO END IN SIGHT? – Aug. 9, 2023 - These numbers represent, as you know, sons, daughters, mothers, fathers, friends, brothers, sisters,” he said. “And these numbers have names and faces.” After a few years o... Read More...

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Only 1 in 5 People Get Opioid Addiction Meds

WHY IS THIS? – Aug. 7, 2023 - “Failing to use safe and lifesaving medications is devastating for people denied evidence-based care,” said Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, whic... Read More...

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From Drug Addict to Defense Attorney

VIDEO – LAW OF ATTRACTION, NOT PROMOTION – Aug. 10, 2023 - Fortunately, Gad’s case caught the attention of attorney Kathleen Zellner, who is well-known for her work on wrongful conviction cases. She found Gad’s sto... Read More...

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Julia Cameron on Learning to Write Sober

WORDS OF LOVE – Aug. 11, 2023 - “Just try it and see.” I was not at all sure that God would want to write through me. And wasn’t it only normal to want to be a great writer? “In order to write sober, you have to l... Read More...

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Ric Flair Recalls His Wild Stories From Rehab

WRESTLING WITH DEMONS – Aug. 11, 2023 - So my roommate’s a doctor from Ft. Lauderdale that is there for digesting crystal meth anally,” Flair said. “That’s one roommate. Now what’s that got to do with me drink... Read More...

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Psychedelic Decriminalization

PLANT MEDICINE – July 14, 2023 - “We are excited for Berkeley to join Oakland, San Francisco, and 16 other cities and counties nationwide,” said Larry Norris, PhD, Cofounder of Decriminalize Nature National and Decri... Read More...

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I Was Sober for 10 Years—But a Psychedelic Medicine Changed My Life

AUDIO – IN WHAT WAY – Aug. 10, 2023 - The plant-based medicine is largely illegal in the United States—except for a few cities where it has been decriminalized—and in the United Kingdom, but is legal in Mexico, Costa... Read More...

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Doctor Has More Compassion after his Opioid Addiction

CRAWLING IN THEIR SHOES – August 9, 2023 - The state police and the DEA had recently raided my office. I had been charged, booked, fingerprinted, and the medical board had stripped away my hard-won license to practic... Read More...

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Former Heroin Addict Dives Into How He Overcame Deadly Habit

VIDEO – WORTH WATCHING – Aug. 10, 2023 - A former heroin addict has opened up about his struggles with addiction and how he got his life back on track. “What people don’t understand about the physical nature of ... Read More...

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‘Painkiller’ on Netflix: Superb Film Feels Painfully Real

THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY – August 9,2023 - The cast is strong. Matthew Broderick might be one of Hollywood’s most likeable characters, but he delivers a standout, chilling turn as hypercapitalist murderous real... Read More...

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Netflix’s OxyContin drama ‘Painkiller’ is just painful

THE PAIN NEVER GOES AWAY – August 10, 2023 - We’ve heard this story before. And we’ve heard it better. That’s really the only reaction you might have after watching Netflix’s limited series “Painkiller,”&n... Read More...

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Jerry Garcia Gone 28 Years Today

AUDIO – AND THE BAND PLAYED ON – Aug. 8, 2023 - Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia was born on August 1, 1942 and died on August 9, 1995 at the age of 53. Each year, the “Days Between” Garcia’s birthday and the a... Read More...

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New Netflix Series About Philanthropic Drug Pushers

THE FAMILY MADE $35 BILLION – July 28, 2023 - Court filings show that Purdue, owned by the Sackler family, earned more than $35 billion from the sales of OxyContin, which was approved by the FDA in 1995. Th... Read More...

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Mathew Broderick, aka Ferris Bueller, Portrays Murderer Richard Sackler

CHANNELING A QUIET KILLER – Aug. 4, 2023 - Based on work by investigative journalists Barry Meier and Patrick Radden Keefe, Painkiller is a coarse-grained social epic, angry and impassioned, intent on covering ... Read More...

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Long Lines at Lollapalooza for Naloxone

VIDEO – BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY – Aug. 4, 2023 - CHICAGO - Some of the long lines at Lollapalooza are not for t-shirts or food. They are for naloxone. It’s the first year the overdose reversal drug is being passe... Read More...

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More People Are Replacing Booze with Ketamine

AUDIO – WHATEVER WORKS – July 28, 2023 - When a federal judge declared the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) illegal, suspending applications for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. and w... Read More...

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Student Recovery Program Seeks More Participants

GRADUATE OF SOBER LIFE – Aug. 2, 2023 - Ethan Laugen, 24, is set to graduate from Augsburg and StepUP next year. When he first started at the nearby University of Minnesota, he said he considered drinking and partyin... Read More...

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Tough as a Mother Launches

GAIA FOREVER! – July 24, 2023 - According to Obstetrics and Gynecology: February 2022, pregnancy-associated drug-related deaths increased by 190% between 2010 and 2019. Additionally, data from the Adoption and... Read More...

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Jamie Otis’s Heartfelt Post About Husband’s Addiction

VIDEO – ALL CAN BE FORGIVEN – July 28, 2023 - Otis revealed that she always suspected Hehner was “hiding something.” “I didn’t know exactly what though,” she admitted. “I remember a time during the holidays that... Read More...

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Institute Helps Thousands Recover From Addiction

LOVE AND HARD WORK – July 31, 2023 - Ana Carr has also called the streets home for three years. She said, “I feel like everyone could be one step away from where we’re at.” Rubio knows this life all too well. He s... Read More...

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Woman Travels to Country Music Fest to Celebrate 30 Months Sober

GOING TO ANY LENGTH – Aug. 4, 2023 - Bolos traveled 20 hours from Upstate New York with her best friend and two dogs. Every month she celebrates her sobriety by treating herself to something. One time it... Read More...

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You Want to Start Microdosing Ketamine?

AT WHAT RISK? – Aug. 4, 2023 - If you snort ketamine often, you might damage your nostrils – which can also be permanent. This looks like nose bleeds, a reduced sense of smell, difficulty swallowing, a hoarse ... Read More...

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‘I survived so that I could change the cycle’

AUDIO – BRAVE NEW WORLD – Aug. 3, 2023 - Before entering recovery last year, Jennie cycled in and out of substance use from the time she was in her late teens. When she first started, she had just left her husband, a... Read More...

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NY Launches Campaign to Send Free Naloxone To Addicts

WHERE THE STATUE OF LIBERTY BELONGS – Aug. 4, 2023 - This partnership is funded through New York State’s Opioid Settlement Fund, and will allow individuals to receive naloxone by mail, free of charge. To compl... Read More...

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Jamie Lee Curtis Having Her Most Rewarding Year at 64

VIDEO – TIMELESS SOBRIETY – August 1, 2023 - “There have been many, many, many points when I said ‘I don’t think I’ll ever make another movie again’ … I’ve said it for a long time, because I watched my parents... Read More...

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Former Employee of Addiction Center Arrested in Drug Dealing Fentanyl

VIDEO – DEALING FOR DOLLARS – Aug. 3, 2023 - Now, police say they’ve charged 54-year-old Aubra Ferguson in connection with the case, after beginning their investigation into Ferguson in November 2022. Investigator... Read More...

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