Drug Abuse and Addiction

Drug Abuse and Addiction

New York City Busts Decline, Overdose Deaths Soar

LIVE AND LET DIE? – July 30, 2022 - Before their son Paul fatally overdosed on fentanyl-laced cocaine, Robert and Donna Mina of Staten Island recall few, if any services to help him — and allegedly littl... Read More...

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New Jersey’s EXTREME Plan to End Fentanyl Deaths

COULD LOCK THEM UP WORK? – July 25, 2022 - He said this may sound harsh but “it is such a volatile and lethal drug, those who inject or inhale fentanyl run the risk of immediate death.” “It’s very lethal, th... Read More...

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Is Tech Addiction Really a Disease? with Dr. Ryan Drzewiecki

VIDEO – HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH? – July 29, 2022- Ryan Drzewiecki, PsyD, LP, the new chief clinical officer at the Arizona-based treatment center Sierra Tucson, specializes in the mental health implic... Read More...

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Teva Reaches $4.25 Billion Settlement Over Opioid Flooding

IS THAT A LOT OF MONEY? – July 26, 2022 - The deal — worth up to $4.25 billion — came after a series of blistering trials and previous settlements in individual cases across the country over the past year. T... Read More...

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DEA in Miami Warns of Synthetic Drug Mass Overdose Events

VIDEO – MURDER IN MIAMI – July 18, 2022 - Mass-overdose events typically occur when criminals market drugs like cocaine, meth, or heroin when the drug is actually a synthetic opioid like fentanyl or when drug d... Read More...

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Music Mogul Master P Opens Up About Daughter’s Fatal Overdose

VIDEO – IN HEARTBREAK HOTEL FOREVER – July 22, 2022 - In his first in-depth TV interview since his daughter’s fatal overdose, music mogul and entrepreneur Master P opens up to “CBS Mornings.” He shares how her... Read More...

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Psychedelics Will Play a Big Role in American Life

NOT IN AA? – July 18, 2020 - Laughing is only part of Mr. Pollan’s three-and-a-half hours of morning routines: He starts the day by reading the newspapers in bed for 45 minutes before getting dressed, then fix... Read More...

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Online Addiction Studies Certificate Filling Counselor Shortages

A SCHOOL IN YOUR COMPUTER – July 19, 2022 - Patrick Ryan, clinical program supervisor of Recovery Center Missoula at the Western Montana Mental Health Center, serves on the advisory board for the program and ca... Read More...

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Want to Quit Smoking? Cessation Products Can Help

DON’T DIE LIKE BILL W. DID – July 21, 2022 - Nicotine replacement therapy, also known as NRT, helps you quit smoking by gradually providing the body with smaller doses of nicotine over time, without exposing y... Read More...

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NEW BOOK – American Cartel: The Battle to Bring Down the Opioid Industry!

VIDEO – THE AMERICAN DREAM IS OPIATED – July 8, 2022 - The book is an indictment of the astonishing corporate greed and government complicity; of mercenary lobbyists and lawyers sustained by bought-off politici... Read More...

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Treatment Providing the Clozapine Option as Standard of Care

VIDEO – HELPING SCHIZOPHRENICS – July 18, 2022 - Dr. Jonathan Meyer: Hi, this is Dr. Jonathan Meyer, clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego, and psychopharmacology consulta... Read More...

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Cornell Alumna Recounts Addiction & Imprisonment in New Memoir

CAUGHT/FREE – July 19, 2022 - Following her release, Blakinger – who had long struggled with drug use – returned to Cornell and completed her degree in English. She has since gone on to a career in journalism, ... Read More...

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New Approach to Opioid Addiction

NEW TO WHO? – July 18, 2022 - At the federal level, methadone, which has been prescribed for more than 40 years, is the most regulated drug in the country. There are strict guidelines on who can prescribe it (g... Read More...

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‘Group Inc.’ Doubles Down on Telehealth with App to Treat Opioid Addiction

AND MEDS TOO? – July 19, 2022 - Like many healthcare provider organizations, Groups, a value-based care provider of opioid addiction treatment, had to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic overnight. THE PROBLEM In o... Read More...

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Doctor Faces Lawsuit Alleging He Caused Opioid Addiction

ONLY 2,400? – July 22, 2022 - Graves, who is joined in the lawsuit by his wife, Sandi Jo, claims he was hospitalized several times after receiving his final prescription from Titus on Sept. 21, 2020 -- shortly... Read More...

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At McShin Foundation, Father Tells Family’s Story of Addiction

AUDIO – LOST AND FOUND – July 18, 2022 - The McShin Foundation, a recovery community organization in Henrico County, offered its facilities for Johnston’s stop in Virginia. The foundation provides services to ... Read More...

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Macklemore Does Step One

VIDEO – POWERLESS OVER ALCOHOL – July 22, 2022 - “For me, the most important thing to learn in recovery is that I’m powerless over drugs,” Macklemore, 39, told the outlet. “The disease is insidious. It’s const... Read More...

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On July 23, 2011, Amy Winehouse Joined the Tragic 27 Club

VIDEO – I SAY NO NO NO – July 23, 2022 - Winehouse was found dead in her flat in Camden on Saturday, July 23, 2011. The cause of death was alcohol poisoning, as the singer was found with 416mg of alcohol per de... Read More...

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Why Addiction Is Not a Disease

NO Pill, NO Surgery, NO Transplants – July 21, 2015 - Through the vivid, true stories of five people who journeyed into and out of addiction, a renowned neuroscientist explains why the “disease model” of addict... Read More...

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Doctors Urge Access To Psychedelics

THE FUTURE’S SO BRIGHT, YOU HAVE TO WEAR SHADES – July 12, 2022 - A legislative panel on Tuesday listened to advocates who hope to broaden the scope of medical treatment and research assisted by psilocybin, th... Read More...

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Codependency Is a Toxic Myth in Addiction Recovery by Maia Szalavitz

WE NEED NEW IDEAS – July 8, 2022 - As cocaine addiction rose in the 1980s, the concept of codependence offered a path to support and treatment. By the mid-1990s, treating it was an established part of therapy a... Read More...

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What Ethnographers Have Learned from People Who Use Drugs

OBSERVE DON’T ARREST – July 11, 2022 - For some ethnographic researchers, this means not simply recording the experiences of people who use drugs, but incorporating them into the research process. A recent pape... Read More...

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Colorado: 200,000 Fentanyl Pills Seized in Life-Saving Bust

SWALLOWING DEATH? – July 6, 2022 - Gov. Jared Polis signed Colorado’s new “fentanyl accountability” bill at a ceremony at the state Capitol in May – the new law provides stricter criminal penalties for the poss... Read More...

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Danny Trejo Congratulates Son Gilbert on 8 Years of Sobriety

LIKE FATHER LOVES SON – July 17, 2022 - Trejo himself has been sober for more than 50 years and has been recognized by Los Angeles drug and alcohol treatment center CRI-Help for his work and advocacy of the re... Read More...

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Tenet Healthcare Exposes Data of 1.2M Patients

HIPA SHIMIPA – July 13, 2022 - “The Company immediately suspended user access to impacted information technology applications, executed extensive cybersecurity protection protocols, and quickly took steps to re... Read More...

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What’s Really Going on in Those Police Fentanyl Exposure Videos?

BS? – July 13. 2022 - It’s not that the symptoms seen on video are feigned. Some psychologists suggest a kind of “mass psychogenic illness” is afoot, or a form of conversion disorder — neurological symptoms wit... Read More...

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A Path to the Legal Regulation of All Drugs

SANITY AT LAST? – July 14, 2022 - Amid a century-long drug war in the United States, things are getting worse. Currently, over 100,000 annual deaths are attributed to “overdose,” most involving more than one... Read More...

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Supporting Sobriety at Work: How Salesforce Created Inclusion with ‘Soberforce’

ON THE JOB TRAINING – July 14, 2022 - Within five minutes, a colleague reached out to Nelson and explained that he was six days sober — his second time trying — and looking for support groups. She knew instant... Read More...

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Ty Herndon On Being Suicidal After Drug Relapse

LIFE HAS A WAY – July 16, 2022 - Herndon ended up calling a friend for help that night, albeit he doesn’t remember the call. Twelve hours later, he remembers waking up in a Texas rehab facility and that’s when ... Read More...

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