Elon Musk’s ‘Terrifying’ MINI Brain Chip Cures Addiction? It’s all in your head – July 11, 2020 - Mental disorders are diseases that are still incurable by medicine intake. There are therapies, but patients have no exact cure to heal from the brain disorder fully. Brain com... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 14 2020Mental HealthRecovery
Why Mexican Cartels Are Shooting Up Drug Rehabs Legalize it! – July 10, 2020 - This latest macabre chapter in Mexico’s brutal crime wars shows how drug users – including those trying to get clean in the country’s unregulated, privately-run rehabs, known as anexos ... Read More...Drug Abuse and AddictionJuly 14 2020Rehab
Heroin addict reaches out to News 4 for help WATCH – Reality – July 10, 2020 - When Trouble Shooter, April Molina met Gina and Miguel, they were both jobless and homeless and the only glimmer of hope was that News 4 connected them with SACADA. Gina recalls b... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictionJuly 14 2020Recovery
Coronavirus disrupts Addiction treatment Never Stop Quitting! – JULY 6, 2020 - Shared spaces, double-occupancy bedrooms and group therapy are common in rehabs. People struggling with addiction are generally younger than nursing home residents, but both popu... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 14 2020Recovery
Woman’s suspected overdose spotlights hidden deaths of the COVID-19 pandemic She could have been a contender... – June 28, 2020 - The virus knocked down all the supports she had carefully built around her: no more in-person Narcotics Anonymous meetings, no talks over coffee with a trusted fri... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 7 2020Overdose
FDA again declines to approve non-opioid painkiller What’s really going on? – JUNE 29, 2020 - The FDA has been pushing drugmakers to develop alternatives to opioid-based painkillers as the United States grapples with opioid addiction, with prescription opioids involve... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 7 2020opioid crisisopioids
How Attorneys Can Help As Addiction Cases Rise Post-Pandemic by Sue Bright When will it end? – June 28, 2020 - In establishing a solid defense for legal cases, take time to discuss the client’s history with drugs and alcohol. Attorneys can play an important role in ensuring their clients be... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 7 2020Recovery
Art exhibit removes the stigma of addiction WATCH – Celebration time is now – July 2, 2020 - This is a disease condition. This isn’t just a series of bad moral decisions and that’s what they come into the treatment center with. We’re trying to disjoint that id... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 7 2020Recovery
Involuntary treatment for the addicted is unconstitutional? Coercion or Compassion? – July 1, 2020 - On Wednesday morning, Cameron and local leaders and advocates gathered in overwhelming support of Casey’s Law, asserting its 16-year impact on people with substance use disord... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 7 2020RecoveryRehab
North America to Hold the Lion’s Share in Addiction Treatment Market, 2020 to 2025 America’$ Rehab Dream – July 3, 2020 - Recent developments in the COVID-19 pandemic have led to increased drug addiction relapses. Hence, companies in the addiction treatment market are capitalizing on the demand for... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 7 2020RecoveryRehab
‘Left with nothing’: Funding shortfall cancels opioid response grants What’s more important? – JULY 4, 2020 — Change the Outcome was one of more than two dozen programs that sought but failed to receive funding through Minnesota’s landmark Opioid Epidemic Response Law, which in its ear... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 7 2020opioid crisisopioids
The Opioid Crisis and America’s Addiction to Prohibition Lock up 'dem addicts Now! – June 29, 2020 - For individuals addicted to opioids or suffering from chronic pain, a war on drugs has never been a prescription for improving wellness. This dominant abstinence‐based pol... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 7 2020opioid crisisopioids
The Seattle journalist talks addiction and sobriety in memoir Report from the Great Northwest – July 1, 2020 - In Quitter, Barnett exercises the trademark candor people have come to expect from her Twitter feed and on her local news blog The C is For Crank. But instead of apply... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 7 2020Recovery
‘Real-life Frankensteins’ $52M scheme involving sober living patients undergoing surgery for cash & prizes Faces of Greed – July 3, 2020 - A Beverly Hills surgeon, his girlfriend and four others were charged in connection with an elaborate scheme, paying patients at Southern California sober living homes to undergo medica... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 7 2020RecoveryRehab
End the War on DRUG Addicts by JOHN STOSSEL WATCH – Free Treatment Instead? – July 1, 2020 - But “one problem kept cropping up,” CARL HART says in his soon-to-be-released book, Drug Use For Grown-Ups: Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear, “the evidence did not ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 7 2020RecoveryRehab
Western addicts head to Thailand to detox Seeking Help Overseas – July 1, 2020 - Chiang Mai, Thailand (CNN) — Kneeling beside a gutter within a walled compound adjoining a complex of golden-roofed temples, 50 men in red pajamas with the word “overcome” on th... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 7 2020Recovery
Novartis pays $678 million to settle kickbacks to doctors Chump Change – JULY 1, 2020 - Over the years, speaker programs have been a controversial practice in the pharmaceutical industry. Federal prosecutors have alleged the programs are sometimes nothing more than social e... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 7 2020
Hispanic community, racial disparities in healthcare add to the burden Healthy is for the Wealthy – July 1, 2020 - In recent years, the opioid overdose crisis ravaging Philadelphia has often been painted as affecting mostly white people. But even as overdose deaths slowly decrease among... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJuly 7 2020Recovery
Beverly Hills Doctor Pleads Not Guilty In Alleged Fraud Scheme I’m Innocent! I’m Innocent! I’m Innocent! – July 3, 2020 - Dr. Randy Rosen pleaded not guilty Thursday to 88 felony counts in two separate cases, while Rosen’s girlfriend 41-year-old Liza Visamanos of Los Angeles, pl... Read More...Drug Abuse and AddictionJuly 7 2020
Top Movies About Addiction Recover Movies are Miraculous – July 1, 2020 - For some, watching movies can be a form of relaxation and entertainment. But for others, it can be more than that. It can serve as an inspiration, or as a way to learn valuable ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 7 2020Recovery
Jim Morrison died on July 3, 1971 LISTEN - WAY TOO SOON! – June 27, 2020 - Written by Morrison himself, the song featured on their epic LP Waiting for the Sun and is a staple of any Doors fan’s collection. The track ranks high as one of the mos... Read More...Alcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 7 2020life expectancyPsychedelics
Alcohol and drug addiction increasing since Covid-19 pandemic To drink ‘n drug or not to... – June 17, 2020 - In Florida, 57% of people reported an increase in substance abuse and the largest increase was between people 35 to 44 years old. Alcohol was the number one substanc... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 30 2020
Mama June Struggles to Admit She’s a Drug Addict First Step’s First – June 25, 2020 - When asked how she feels and if she thinks she has a drug addiction, June says, “I feel like I have spent a lot of money … I do have an addictive personality, but when I think abo... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 30 2020
Employees walk out of addiction center over alleged missing paychecks Strange story for sure – June 25, 2020 - Meanwhile, the center owes money. According to fire protection company Brewer and Company, they have been waiting for months on a payment of $125,000 for installing a sprinkle... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 30 2020RecoveryRehab
Treatment centers hit hard by pandemic Just when we need it most – June 24, 2020 - If services and staff are cut the effect on clients could be catastrophic, especially in a time of psychological distress and lack of support, says drug and alcohol counsel... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcoholics AnonymousCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 30 2020RecoveryRehab
Activists Gave Out Free Cocaine to Highlight Overdose Crisis Is there a heaven or not? – June 24, 2020 - The group’s calls for action include expanding the access to prescription narcotics in the province, providing a safe supply of cocaine and injectable heroin, covering inje... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 30 2020Overdose
Using Sports to Prevent Drug Abuse Try not to slip – June 26, 2020 - Perhaps, it’s for this reason drug rehabs incorporates sporting activities in their programs, so consider it when you serch “rehab near me” AddictionResource in Google. Drug re... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 30 2020Recovery
How Does a Community Help Get People Off Drugs During a Pandemic? Compassion and Civic Duty – June 16, 2020 - There was also a weekly support group, for both “social interaction” and “accountability to other group members,” Brown said. A hot lunch was yet another draw, with l... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 30 2020Mental Health
1 in 10 Americans Use a Prescription Painkiller Only 10%?!?!?!?!? – June 24, 2020 - Americans continue to look to the medicine cabinet for pain relief, with 1 in 10 using some type of prescription painkiller, a new U.S. government report says. But ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 30 2020
Comparison: Dangers of cigarettes, e-cigarettes and waterpipes More difficult through a mask! – June 25, 2020 - The study is the world’s first comparison of the effects of the three forms of smoking and vaping on human health and the function of cells that line blood vessels (t... Read More...Alcohol AddictionDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 30 2020juulVaping