Remarkable Women: Paula Jolly’s Journey VIDEO – TRUE GRIT – Mar. 18, 2026 - Paula Jolly founded Amanda’s House to honor her daughter and is helping other women find help with their addiction. For Jolly, healing did not come in silence; it came in action... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMar 24 2026RecoveryRecovery Advocate
‘13 times stronger than morphine’ VIDEO – ON THE CORNER STORE – Mar. 14, 2026 - A Utah woman says her brother was killed using a product readily available in Utah gas stations and convenience stores. Since his death, the Utah Legislature had passed a... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMar 24 2026
The Fight Against Opioid Addiction VIDEO – NEVER ENDS – Mar. 18, 2026 - RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - The City of Reno has been allocating funds through the One Nevada Opioid Recoveries Special Revenue Fund to help fund addiction recovery programs in Reno. T... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMar 24 2026opioid crisisopioids
It’s Not Addiction Till You Graduate They Can All Spell STOLICHNAYA – Mar. 19, 2026 - There’s one goal for the night: get blackout drunk and maybe get lucky enough to experience a dance floor make. “As all freshmen at Penn do, we’re going fratting and w... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMar 24 2026
‘California Sober’ People Reaching Record HIGHS ALPHA CENTAURI? – Mar. 7, 2026 - Those who don’t like to drink booze but still need a buzz at the end of a long week are increasingly embracing the “California sober” lifestyle, which shuns alcohol and embraces canna... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMar 17 2026marijuanaweed
West Virginians are dying from drug overdoses because lawmakers eschew treatment and harm reduction POPULATION CONTROL? – Mar. 9, 2026 - A law limiting the number of treatment beds in each county stands in the way. “I have two teenage daughters,” said Josh Barker, who leads the Attorney General’s Office’s opioid... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductionMar 17 2026
Adults in Treatment for Ketamine Addiction Soars 250% TRAGIC – Mar. 12, 2026 - Drug consumption habits were changing. Specifically, she said people were moving away from opiates such as heroin and into the likes of cocaine, ketamine and crack. “Unfortunately, drugs c... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMar 17 2026
Why Do Mind-Altering Drugs Make People Feel Better? AUDIO – THEY ARE MAGICAL – Mar. 13, 2026 - A chemical neuroscientist named David Olson, then a graduate student at Stanford, told me that he encountered these studies and was “struck by the ability of a substance, wi... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFacebookMar 17 2026Mental HealthPsychedelics
How Cocaine Rewires Your Brain to Drive Relapse RELIEVES BOREDOM – Mar. 4, 2026 - People who stop using don’t experience the same physical withdrawal symptoms that opiates cause, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy to quit. The drug hijacks the brain, flooding the rew... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMar 17 2026
Young Adults with ADHD and Substance Abuse Face Treatment Gap GOD SAVE THESE KIDS – Mar. 12, 2026 - A new study in 15- to 25-year-olds finds that ADHD treatment improves outcomes for young people with ADHD and substance use disorder — including a 30 percent decrease in mortalit... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionMar 17 2026RecoveryRecovery Advocate
What Is the Most Addictive Drug? FANTASY? – Mar. 12, 2026 - What’s the most addictive drug? Newly published research indicates that when focusing on persistent drug memory, craving, and addiction, the most addictive illegal drug is cocaine. In... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMar 17 2026
San Francisco Gets $100,000,000 in State Funding for Addiction Services VIDEO – I FOUND MY HEART... – Mar. 12, 2026 - San Francisco is receiving nearly $100 million in state Proposition 1 funding to address addiction and mental health issues for people living on the streets, Mayor Daniel... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMar 17 2026RecoveryRecovery Advocate
Kennedy & Oz Address Murky Details of ‘Addiction Epidemic’ GENIUSES – March 4, 2026 - Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said his department wants to address what he called a nationwide “spiritual malaise” underlying the “addiction epidemic.” The initiatives are murky on details, e... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMar 10 2026RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Doctor Sentenced To 7 Years In Prison After ‘Oxycodone Pill Mill’ PILL MILL PRINCESS – March 2, 2026 - A Bayside woman was sentenced to seven years in prison after operating an “oxycodone pill mill” out of her Great Neck doctor’s office, officials said. She was sentenced after pres... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMar 10 2026opioid crisisopioidsoxycontin
Billy Idol Says Smoking Crack Helped Him Quit Heroin NOT RECOMMENDED – March 4, 2026 - Billy Idol revealed the surprising substance that helped him kick his heroin habit. During an appearance on Club Random with Bill Maher, the “White Wedding” performer spoke about how... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictionMar 10 2026
Drug Rehabilitation Program Works — and It’s Free VERY COST EFFECTIVE – Mar. 5, 2026 - Life House was launched almost three decades ago by a pastor, Mark Stermer. He was mentoring men who were in prison and was frustrated by the frequency with which they kept coming... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMar 10 2026RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Lawmaker Underwent Alcohol & Drug Rehab During Month Long Absence FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES? – Mar. 5, 2026 - Elizabeth Arambula said her husband’s dependency issues have worsened over time. “When his gaming was interrupted, he became angry and irritable. On a typical day,... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMar 10 2026RecoveryRehab
Rehab Recruiters Using Free Flights to Lure Locals to ‘out-of-state’ Addiction Treatment ONE MORE FOR THE ROAD? – Mar. 5, 2026 - A Philadelphia Inquirer investigation found that some Pennsylvanians who were recruited by The Rehab Specialist last year didn’t see doctors or nurses and had minimal medical c... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMar 10 2026RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Carfentanil Is an Elephant Sedative That Humans Love FROM BAGGIE TO BAGGED – Mar. 5, 2026 - In 1974, Janssen Pharmaceuticals chemists synthesized a compound so potent a few micrograms immobilized an elephant or rhinoceros. Marketed as Wildnil for wildlife anesthesia, c... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMar 10 2026
Mass Overdose in Downtown Indianapolis VIDEO – WHY? – Feb. 12, 2026 - Six people were hospitalized after a suspected mass overdose in downtown Indianapolis Wednesday morning. Read More ... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMar 03 2026Overdose
Killer High: Finding Freedom From Fentanyl VIDEO – ALL CAUGHT ON FILM – Feb. 21, 2026 - The graduation dress was black. René Patla had picked it out with her daughter Olivia weeks earlier, the two of them imagining the walk across the stage, the diploma, the ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylMar 03 2026
Scientist Gave Octopus MDMA with Shocking Results OCTORGY? – Feb. 21, 2026 - The study was originally published in the journal Current Biology, and examined how the recreational drug impacted on the sociability of the animals. MDMA, also known as ecst... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMar 03 2026Trauma
Israel’s Hottest Newest MOST Dangerous — Party Drug AUDIO – WHAT IS THERE TO PARTY ABOUT? – Feb. 22, 2026 - Marketed as ‘pink cocaine,’ dosa is a shifting mix of ketamine, MDMA and other stimulants sold via Telegram bots, with users unaware of the contents; doctors wa... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMar 03 2026
10 Years of Fentanyl: The Deadly Drug Still Has San Francisco In Its Grip DYING TO GET HIGH – Feb. 5, 2026 - The coroner’s office struggled to keep up. During a 24-hour-span on Aug. 8, 2023, nine people in San Francisco died from drug overdoses, eight of them from fentanyl. Eight were c... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 24 2026fentanyl
FREE Narcan Vending Machines Now Open in Colorado VIDEO – WHAT PRICE A LIFE – Feb. 12, 2026 - The initiative follows significant drug enforcement actions. Late last year, Police recovered an estimated 330,000 suspected fentanyl pills as law enforcement continues to ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 24 2026harm reductionintervention
Breaking The Chains of Addiction – 2 Stories, 1 Hope AUDIO – CONVERSATIONS MATTER – Feb. 17, 2026 - Sam Hillis, left, and Cory Hobbs visited WCPI’s Studio B to share their experiences and lessons from their struggle to overcome drug addiction and build new lives in so... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 24 2026RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Investigating the VA’s Prescribing Practices for Medication Management CAN’T BE TOO CAREFUL – Feb. 5, 2026 - “Recent reporting has raised serious concerns about the prevalence of polypharmacy—or multiple medication use—among veterans,” wrote the senators. “Polypharmacy, while not inhere... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 24 2026
Synthetic Cannabis – aka K2 – a Rising Factor in Nonfatal Overdoses KEEP IT REAL – Feb. 12, 2026 - K2 is not actually cannabis, but rather a chemical that produces a hallucinogenic effect, and is most commonly sprayed on plant matter or paper, though it may also be vaped, according t... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 24 2026marijuanaOverdose
Joshua Project Delivers Help Amid Homeless Overdose Crisis VIDEO – FEEDING THE POOR – Feb. 12, 2026 - Members of The Joshua Project, a faith-based outreach organization, set up tables offering clothes, warm drinks and information about recovery resources. Organizers said wha... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 24 2026homelessOverdoseRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Addiction Affects Your Brain As Well As Your Body THINK ABOUT IT – Feb. 12, 2026 - Addiction is one of the most common and consequential chronic medical conditions in the United States. Nationwide, more than 46 million people met the criteria for a substance abuse d... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 24 2026life expectancyMental Health