Drug Abuse and Addiction

Drug Abuse and Addiction

For Sale in California Stores Nitrous Oxide Is Ruining Lives Forever

AUDIO – TOO EASY – Oct. 20, 2025 - ...as her boyfriend drove while repeatedly inhaling nitrous oxide from a two-liter canister. At roughly 100 mph, Mr. Loudermilk lost consciousness, the effect of the anesthetic d... Read More...

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‘It’s scary to think I could have died’

LONG STRANGE TRIP – Oct. 17, 2025 - Coming back from fentanyl addiction. Kayla first tried fentanyl as a troubled 18-year-old, growing up in the US state of North Carolina. ”I felt like literally amazing. The voices ... Read More...

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Fewer Than Half of Drug Overdose Survivors Go to the Hospital

INDEPENDENT ADDICTS – Oct. 23, 2025 - The researchers found that 25.7 percent of participants had experienced at least one NFOD in the prior year. During the most recent NFOD, use of naloxone was reported by 82.1 per... Read More...

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Connecticut Residents Debate Hillbilly Heroin / Kratom Ban

AUDIO – NOT GOOD – Oct. 16, 2025 - The vast majority of the more than 100 testifiers during Wednesday’s marathon seven-hour hearing agreed that 7-OH, which researchers have estimated could be 15 times as potent as mo... Read More...

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Recovery Center to Stop Providing Pipes to Drug Users

VIDEO – GOOD IDEA – Oct. 9, 2025 - According to the Howard Center, it helps people and communities by providing services to address mental health, substance use and developmental needs The organization provides le... Read More...

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Why People Use or Get Addicted to Cannabis?

JAZZ OR ROCK? – Oct. 13, 2025 - The tendency to use cannabis is associated with genes linked to impulsive behavior, obesity, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, among other traits. 24 states legalized recreatio... Read More...

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Libraries in Chicago Reduces Overdose Deaths

GO BEARS – Oct. 17, 2025 - Even libraries have become part of the city’s arsenal in the fight against drug overdose deaths. Chicagoans can get free drug test strips at the city’s public libraries – as well as naloxon... Read More...

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Man Ferrying Cocaine from UK to Dubai in His Stomach – Dies of Overdose

TOO SAD – Oct. 6, 2025 - Jensen Westhead - the 20-year-old British man swallowed several bags of cocaine at a hotel in Manchester, and two days later, they exploded on a flight to Dubai. Jensen Westhead was found dea... Read More...

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Blowing the Lid Off U.S. Rehabs

THIS STORY WON’T DIE – Oct. 16, 2025 - Trigger warning! Shoshana Walter’s new book, Rehab: An American Scandal, is going to make you cry and scream. Cry for how people in need are treated with such cruelty in addicti... Read More...

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Deadly Mix Drives Staggering Rise in Overdose Deaths of Seniors

MARKETING MATTERS – Oct. 17, 2025 - Among adults 65 and older, overdose deaths from fentanyl mixed with stimulants — like cocaine and methamphetamines — have surged 9,000% in the last eight years, which matches rates... Read More...

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More Kids Losing Parents to Overdose, Suicide and Homicide

HOME GROWN ORPHANS – Oct. 16, 2025 - “Parental deaths from overdoses, homicides, suicides, and other substance-related causes are associated with more adverse health outcomes and higher rates of early mortality in th... Read More...

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Saving Teens from Addiction, Vaping, and Social Media Dangers

AUDIO – THEY ARE OUR FUTURE – PODCAST - On this episode of the WGNS Rutherford Issues Podcast, Scott Walker fills in for Bryan Barrett to discuss the Steered Straight program with guest Jennifer Sanchez. Together, th... Read More...

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Tennis Player Claimed Positive Methamphetamine Test Caused by a Kiss

KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN – Oct. 10, 2025 - The tribunal reviewed Oliveira’s claim that the substance entered his system unintentionally, either through kissing or environmental contamination. The 30-year-old Po... Read More...

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Life Inside a Taxpayer-funded Rehab

FLORIDA WITHOUT A KEY – Oct. 10, 2025 - The moment she walked into Keeton House – a dilapidated, unmarked warehouse – Harris was pulled in to a six-hour meeting with an employee who told her she was above all “... Read More...

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Drug Rehabs Lure In Addicts for Insurance Money—Then Leave Them on the Street

BUSINESS AS USUAL? – Oct. 8, 2025 - Penny Lamb and Jeffery Lichtenberg were 1,500 miles from their home in Oklahoma with no money and no prospects when they were kicked out of their drug rehab program. None of it ... Read More...

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Blood-Sharing Drug Trend Fuels Alarming Global H.I.V. Surge

DEATH DON’T HAVE NO MERCY – Oct. 8, 2025 - A dangerous drug trend called “bluetoothing,” in which people inject themselves with the blood of other drug users to get a cheap high, is contributing to spikes in H.I.V. r... Read More...

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‘Amazon for Drugs’: Recovery Leader Warns About Dangers on Social Media

VIDEO – NO HIDING ANYMORE – Sept. 28, 2025 - Austin Varipapa, Director of Long-Term Care at Discovery Place, shared his firsthand experience with TV17 News. As a former user himself, he says the drug market has shift... Read More...

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Las Vegas Distributes Free Narcan Kits

DON’T GAMBLE WITH YOUR LIFE – Sept. 27, 2025 - Volunteers spread out across the Strip, Downtown Las Vegas, and nearby neighborhoods to hand out free Narcan kits and show people how to use them. “Nevada was one of ... Read More...

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Scientists Investigate Potential Treatment for Addicts

VIDEO – KEEP TRYING – Sept. 26, 2025 - “We take a picture of the individual’s brain, and then we match it with the helmet. We put the helmet on and then we’re able to really focus in and by matching up kind of where ... Read More...

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Restricting Mobile Health Vans Will Lead to More DEATHS

INSANITY – Sept. 29, 2025 - Philadelphia’s city government can address legitimate quality-of-life concerns in Kensington without constraining lifesaving services. Mobile health units exist mainly to serve people who ... Read More...

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Poppy Growing Shifts to Pakistan

SO BEAUTIFUL – Sept. 30, 2025 - Afghanistan used to have the distinction of producing the opium for 95 per cent of the heroin on the European market, and about 80 percent of the world’s illicit supply. But since the ... Read More...

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Thousands of Tombstones on National Mall Mark Overdose Deaths

DYING FOR A FIX – Sept. 28, 2025 - Nearly 4,000 hand-painted tombstones were placed on the National Mall, stretching from 7th St. SW to 12th Street SW this weekend. The tombstones featured the names, pictures and ... Read More...

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Hillbilly Heroin Sweeping the Royal Kingdom

EXPORTING HORROR – Sept. 21, 2025 - The herbal extract from the evergreen tree called Mitragyna speciosa can be chewed in the form of its leaves, ground to powders and taken as a supplement. It can also be added to a... Read More...

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24-year-old Vape Addict’s Lung Suddenly Collapses Without Warning

HE HAS TWO – Sept. 26, 2025 - A 24-year-old man who’s been vaping for nearly a decade has a stark warning for other users after his lung sudden collapsed. It’s no secret that vaping has significantly increased in ... Read More...

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Flavored Marijuana Vapes New Face of Teen Drug Use

POT HEADS HEADED NOWHERE – Sept. 25, 2025 - The overall percentage of marijuana users who chose to vape the drug also grew over the study period. Among eighth graders who had used marijuana in the past 12 months, the... Read More...

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High-Intensity Exercise May Protect Against Cocaine Addiction

STAY ACTIVE – Sept. 21, 2025 - A new study shows that high-intensity interval training (HIIT) is more effective than moderate exercise at protecting adolescent lab animals from cocaine use. Animals exposed to H... Read More...

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Fighting Addiction With Compassion and Hope

NOW AND ALWAYS – Sept. 25, 2025 - “We have medicines that can help people quit tobacco, alcohol and opioid use. For opioid addiction, treatments like Suboxone, methadone, and naltrexone can help patients stay in reco... Read More...

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Opioid Addictions Often Untreated As Youth Overdose Rapidly Rise in U.S.

HORRIBLE – Sept. 26, 2025 - In 2023, 557 teens died of opioid overdose, nearly threefold as many as in 2018, while adult opioid deaths only went up by 65% during this time, according to the study. Drug overdoses are ... Read More...

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How a Doctor Went from Treatment Pioneer to Window Washer in Prison

BECAUSE HE’S GUILTY – Sept. 24, 2025 - Doctors could prescribe methadone for pain but needed special permission from the Drug Enforcement Administration to prescribe the medication for opioid use disorder. S... Read More...

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Three Californians Dead From Ingesting Synthetic Kratom

WHO’S NEXT? – Sept. 13, 2025 - The Los Angeles Department of Health is warning the public to not use a powerful synthetic drug sold at gas stations after three otherwise healthy people died recently from the drug. Th... Read More...

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