Drug Abuse and Addiction

Drug Abuse and Addiction

SAMHSA Announces Unprecedented $30 Million Harm Reduction Grants

MONEY CHANGES EVERYTHING? – Dec. 8, 2021- SAMHSA will distribute $10 million per year over the next three years. Grant recipients must use the funds to support harm reduction services. Harm reduction service p... Read More...

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Botox Manufacturer Settles $200 Million in Opioid Case

THEY SHOULD HAVE STUCK WITH FACES – Dec. 8, 2021- “For more than two decades, opioids have wreaked havoc on New Yorkers and Americans across the nation — causing pain, addiction and death,” Letitia James, New ... Read More...

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Doctors Seeing Cannabis Hyperemesis (vomiting) Syndrome Surge

FROM ROLLING TO HURLING – Nov. 26, 2021 - There have been reports of a “mysterious vomiting illness” linked to marijuanaand there’s a name for it, too: Cannabis Hyperemesis Syndrome. “Doctors are seeing it mor... Read More...

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How Do We Stop Them Overdosing?

DECRIMINALIZE ALL DRUGS – Dec. 2, 2021 - While some drug users actively seek out fentanyl, many die without knowing that a different drug they had consumed — cocaine, for example — was laced. “It’s not that fe... Read More...

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Kathy Griffin Details How Living With Drug Addiction Led to Her Attempted Suicide

WATCH – TRUTH AND CONSEQUENCES – Dec. 2, 2021 - Griffin was referring to the 2017 photo of her holding a bloody effigy of then-President Donald Trump’s head. She lost her job at CNN over the photo and was inve... Read More...

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Elton John ‘You learn to pass the message on’

ONE DRUNK TO ANOTHER – Dec. 3, 2021 - Elton John has explained why he feels compelled to try and help fellow musicians struggling with drugs and alcohol abuse. Appearing on The Jonathan Ross Show, whi... Read More...

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Recovery Community Mourns Loss of Recovery Coach Laurie Quinn

WATCH – SHE WILL BE MISSED – Dec. 2, 2021 - Courtney Lovell was her long-time friend, and co-founder of Our Wellness Collective in Columbia County. As part of Morgan’s recovery from drug addiction, together th... Read More...

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The Real Substance of Addiction

REQUIEM FOR AMERICA – Dec. 2, 2021 - The junkie narrative tends to reduce addiction to the substance or behavior the addiction revolves around, and/or the aims and griefs that drive it. For the junkies of “Requiem ... Read More...

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Injectable Pellet, Fentanyl Vaccine

BIG PHARMA STRIKES AGAIN? – Dec. 1, 2021 - Studies show naltrexone has few side effects that are typically not long-lasting. The drug blocks brain receptors for the effects of heroin and even alcohol. “Ther... Read More...

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3 Dead in Nashville of Apparent Overdoses Involving White Powdery Substance

GOD HELP US – Dec. 4, 2021 - The MPHD surveillance system has detected an increase in fatal drug overdose activity over over the past 24 hours. We urge residents to check in on loved ones, do not use alone,... Read More...

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Documentary Highlighting America’s Addiction Epidemic

WATCH – FILMS CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE – Dec. 3, 2021 - “My part in particular,” Green said. “When you see it, you see young people really responding to these creative exercises and learning coping skills, protec... Read More...

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Q&A with Nat’l Dir. of Outreach, J. Flowers Health, Claudia Schwarz MFT

STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – Dec. 3, 2021 - Claudia Schwarz is a Board Certified, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and has decades of experience in various mental health settings. In addition to having a success... Read More...

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“Sober sober is the only way to be,” Demi Lovat-oh!

CLEAN IS NOT A JUDGMENT – Dec. 2, 2021-For context, Demi previously revealed that they were “California sober” — i.e. only drinking alcohol and smoking weed in moderation — in their documentary, Dancing with t... Read More...

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How to Master Boundaries in Recovery

PLAYING IT SAFE – Nov. 30, 2021 - The term “boundary” is defined by Lexico as both “a limit of something abstract, especially a subject or sphere of activity” and “a line which marks the limit of an area; a di... Read More...

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Scotland Promises “Rehab for every addicted person who wants it”

AMERICA DOES NOT – Nov. 30, 2021 - Funded rehab was virtually abandoned in Scotland after being regarded as ineffective and too costly by SNP health ministers in recent years. But the drug death rate has soare... Read More...

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This Strip of Paper Can Save Lives

PEOPLE DON’T WANT TO DIE, THEY JUST WANT TO GET HIGH – Dec. 1, 2021 - “We’re at a greater risk for having unknown substances put into the drugs,” said Tanya, 45, who lives in Greensboro, North Carolina. She asked t... Read More...

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Fentanyl-Laced Vape Pens Among Teens Concern

WATCH – STILL DON’T BELIEVE IN EVIL? – Dec. 2, 2021 - The DEA says they know just the smallest presence of fentanyl in powder form poses a public safety risk, but what’s concerning about the danger of ingestin... Read More...

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12 of the Best Movies That Deal Frankly With Addiction & Recovery

WATCH – DON’T LOSE YOUR WEEKEND – Dec. 2, 2021 - Addiction and recovery are potent sources of drama, and are thus frequently portrayed in media. They’re also easy to get wrong: to veer into melodrama, or to re... Read More...

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Drugs Nearly Destroyed This New Mexico Town. Meet the Survivors

THE LAND OF RE-ENCHANTMENT – Dec. 3, 2021 - My family has called Chimayó home for more than 300 years, and I spent most of my summers there with my grandmother in the 1960s and 1970s, surrounded by relatives w... Read More...

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New York City’s NEW Supervised Injection Sites Reversed 9 Deaths In Less Than a Week

WATCH – HEAVEN CAN WAIT – Dec. 4, 2021 - The mayor says workers intervened as overdoses were happening. The drug injection centers are the first of their kind in the nation. Overdose Prevention Cen... Read More...

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New York Opens First Supervised Safe Injection Sites

NEW YORK ENLIGHTENED STATE OF MIND – Nov. 30, 2021 - Mayor Bill de Blasio began championing safe injection sites in 2018, citing their use and success in European and Canadian cities. The decision to officiall... Read More...

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Teen Making a Difference for Those Impacted By Addiction

WATCH – NEVER TOO YOUNG TO HELP – Nov. 24, 2021 - “Seeing Mom going through rehab and jail, it made me feel like I was alone,” Smith said. “My anger kept building up, and I didn’t know. I felt worthless. I fel... Read More...

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From ‘Ted Lasso’ to ‘Insecure,’ TV’s Therapists Keep Getting Better

BETTER THAN ZOOM OR FACETIME – Nov. 26, 2021 - It’s been more than 20 years since Tony reluctantly sat down in Melfi’s office, where he was referred after suffering a panic attack. And although“The Sopranos” wasn’t... Read More...

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Volunteers of America Launches Program for Parents with Addiction

WATCH – MOTHER AND CHILD REUNION – Nov. 23, 2021 - More than four years later, Compton, 33, is sober, has a job with Volunteers of America Mid-States, the non-profit agency that helped her, and is studying for... Read More...

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Marc Lee Shannon Celebrates Sobriety

NOT TOO MANY NOTES! – Nov. 25, 2021 - “I’m ... just celebrating that whole feeling of if you would have told me eight years ago that I’d be sitting here talking to you (from Joshua Tree) getting ready to relea... Read More...

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CVS, Walgreens and Walmart Perpetuated Deadly Opioid Crisis

STOCKHOLDERS STILL HAPPY? – Nov. 23, 2021 - “The judgment today against Walmart, Walgreens and CVS represents the overdue reckoning for their complicity in creating a public nuisance,” the statement continued.... Read More...

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Mother Says Daughter’s Death Can Help Build Awareness

WATCH – OF UNFATHOMABLE GRIEF – Nov. 27, 2021 - “I have my moments when I cannot hold tears back. I have my moments when I scream and I fight, said Iris Seda. Seda’s daughter, 22-year-old Anna Sepulveda, di... Read More...

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Woman Suing Former Rehab CEO Speaks Out

WATCH – SHE’LL HAVE HER DAY IN COURT – NOV. 24, 2021 - Speaking under conditions of anonymity to protect her identity, the woman who goes by the fictitious name of “Gahyne Doahe” to protect her identity explai... Read More...

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5 Main Benefits of Visiting an Addiction Medicine Specialist

A SECOND OPINION – Nov. 24, 2021 - Some addiction medicine specialists treat only alcohol addictions. Others will go beyond this and offer treatment for dependency on other drugs. As a patient, you’ll benefit great... Read More...

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Ketamine Klinics Treating Mental Injury Emerge in Seattle

KINDA KOOL IF IT WORKS – Nov. 28, 2021 - Carnahan is the director at a Westlake clinic opened last month by Field Trip Health, a Nasdaq-listed company selling medically supervised “psychedelic journeys.” She c... Read More...

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