Drug Abuse and Addiction

Drug Abuse and Addiction

Dancer Corey O’Brien In Powerful Short Film on 9 Years Sober

WATCH – EVERYONE WINS – Sept 30, 2021 - “Filming ‘Freedom’ was a way for me to be vulnerable and reminisce on the past while being able to share my story of growth, which is important,” O’Brien, 30, told HuffP... Read More...

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Deep Brain Stimulation May Ease Addictions

WATCH – IT BETTER – Sept. 29, 2021 - Fisher, 36, who lives in West Virginia, is the third patient enrolled in a clinical trial being conducted at West Virginia University’s Rockefeller Neuroscience Insti... Read More...

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1.8 Million Counterfeit Pills Seized

WATCH – THESE AIN’T GUCCI HANDBAGS – Sept. 30, 2021 - The risk posed by the fake medication was the subject of a public safety alert issued earlier this week by the DEA, the first such bulletin in six years. ... Read More...

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Demand for Sober-Living Residences

LISTEN NPR – RECOVERY CAN START ANYWHERE – Oct. 2, 2021 - Money from opioid settlements will flow into recovery services around the country. Some residents of Parkersburg, W.V., say their small city is u... Read More...

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How the Pandemic Led to the Rise of Virtual Rehab

YOUR NEW CONNECTION – Oct. 2021 - The COVID-19 pandemic drove the demand for telehealth in 2020, but experts say that telehealth will likely become a permanent fixture in both the tech and healthcare landscapes.&nb... Read More...

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Racism Is An Addiction…In The Recovery Industry by Ester Nicholson

IS THERE A 12-STEP PROGRAM FOR THAT? – Oct. 4, 2021 - I am a black woman in recovery. In my 35 years of recovery, and as a recovery professional, I have experienced bias and racism. When I entered ... Read More...

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Two Charged with Preying on Struggling Addicts

BOTTOM FEEDERS – Oct. 2, 2021 - “People with substance use disorder deserve quality treatment options that are safe and effective,” Attorney General Maura Healey said in a statement. “As the opioid epidemic co... Read More...

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Beware of Fake Drugs Laced With Fentanyl

LISTEN – ANOTHER REASON TO GET SOBER – Sept. 27, 2021 - The agency said it has seized more than 9.5 million fake pills so far this year, more than the last two years combined. It said its lab has found that tw... Read More...

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L.A. to Dismiss 60,000 Marijuana Convictions

IT’S ABOUT TIME – Sept. 27, 2021 - About 20,000 of the convictions expected to be expunged under Gascón’s Monday order were for felony possession or cultivation of marijuana, said Jean Guccione, a spokes... Read More...

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Evidence Exposes Harms of Smoking Ban in Drug Treatment

WHO FUNDED THE STUDY? – Sept. 27, 2021 - The study also found that 46 percent of participants reported that the smoking ban was impacting their decision about whether or not to seek inpatient addiction treatme... Read More...

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Austin-Based ‘CLEAN Cause’ Awards $1.2M in Scholarships

WATCH – DRINK UP, IT’S FOR A CLEAN CAUSE – Sept. 30, 2021 - Hurt struggled with alcohol and drug addiction before finding a path to recovery and starting CLEAN Cause. His company gives half of its profit... Read More...

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Astounding Transformation: ‘Consider starting today’

GRATEFUL GRADUATE OF THE COLLEGE OF LIFE – Sept. 30, 2021 - Over the last nine years, Burton has gotten into hiking, climbing, cycling and running, which has been “probably the most transformative thing that I have... Read More...

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Mother Writes “About Natalie” After Daughter’s Long Battle with Heroin Addiction

WATCH – THERE IS A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE MADNESS – Oct. 2, 2021 - DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - September is National Recovery Month. But in 2020, a record number of Americans died from drug overdose—93K pe... Read More...

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A Helping Hand

THE BROTHERHOOD OF MAN – 2021 - In a soaring chapel space, a men’s choir sings two resounding songs to the beat of a band. It’s a diverse group—old, young, African American, white, some looking dapper in... Read More...

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Temple Drug Rehab Centre Accused of Torture

WATCH – NOT ALL THAI REHABS ARE CREATED EQUAL – Sept. 22, 2021 - Media reported the addicts were there both voluntarily and as a condition of their release by police. All had to pay 12,000 baht each once they ... Read More...

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Researchers Create Living Bioengineered Nerve Circuit to Tackle Opioid Crisis

SCIENCE MAY ONE DAY DO SO... – Sept. 21, 2021 - The study is his first paper under the HEAL Initiative, or Helping to End Addiction Long-term Initiative, a $945 million, multi-university funding endeavor... Read More...

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Bargain Fentanyl In Heroin, Oxy, Other Drugs

HOW LITTLE IS A LIFE WORTH? – Sept 24, 2021 - I had a long conversation with one of his patients, Zachary, 31, who asked to be identified only by his first name, to protect his career. Zachary’s addic... Read More...

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District Court Judge: Addiction is a Disease

BUT IT’S STILL A CRIME? – Sept. 23, 2021 - She admitted that while serving as prosecutor, then as a judge, she believed that in sentencing people with a substance use addiction (SUD) to jail, she was doi... Read More...

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Heartache of Addiction Leads to Lifetime of Activism

PRISON IS NOT THE ANSWER – Sept. 24, 2021 - If you have been reading The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for a while, this story may sound familiar. Boccia wrote an editorial about the crisis of heroin addiction ... Read More...

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Skate Straight for Those Battling Addiction

WATCH – BALANCE AND GRACE – Sept. 23, 2021 - At first, he didn’t think anyone would show up, but before long people came from everywhere. A chapter of Skate Straight recently opened in England and he hopes to ... Read More...

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“We Shouldn’t Jail Shoplifters – Victims Should Pay for Thieves’ Rehab Costs” Police Chief

GOTTA LOVE THIS WOMAN – Sept. 24, 2021 - Miss Jones, who at 27 was the youngest ever magistrate in England and Wales, said: ‘I think that we need a review of the way that sentencing in this country is done... ‘... Read More...

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‘The Flight Attendant’

NOT HARD NEWS! REAL FUN FICTION ON TV – Sept. 24, 2021 - In Season 2, Cassie is sent on an overnight assignment where she inadvertently witnesses a murder, entangling her in another case filled with inte... Read More...

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Our Medicine Supply Is Sick

AND BUSINESS HAS NEVER BEEN BETTER – Sept. 18, 2021 - Drug production moved to Asia for the same reasons that other American manufacturing did: labor was cheap, environmental regulations were weak and the cont... Read More...

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Using Yoga to Help with Addiction Recovery

WATCH – STRETCHING MIND AND BODY – Sept. 22, 2021 - With little left to give, Daffner channeled his hopelessness into a willingness to try just about anything, and that’s when he discovered the Scottsdale Reco... Read More...

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Jeremy Plummer Returns Home to “Smash the Stigma” of Addiction

RECOVERY HAS MUSCLES AND FLEXIBILITY – Sept. 21, 2021- His story: 10 years ago, Plummer attended his first CrossFit class. It was something he and his sister – a nurse Morning Chalk Up met in 2020 when she was... Read More...

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Meth Overdose Deaths Tripled in Recent Years

DYING TO GET HIGH – Sept. 23, 2021 - Deaths from methamphetamine overdoses in the United States nearly tripled between 2015 and 2019, health officials report in a new study. From that time period, the in... Read More...

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An Insider from the Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Speaks Out

“ZERO F*#CKS GIVEN” – Sept. 20, 2021 - In a previous life, Hampton worked as a campaign staffer for Bill Clinton. After a hiking injury, in 2003, he was prescribed opioids and fell into an addiction, in which ... Read More...

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Neuroengineering is Helping People Fight Addiction

WATCH – MIND MATTERS – Sept. 2`, 2021 - “Even just having a conversation with you, looking you in the eyes, is something that I never would have been able to do six years ago,” said Julia Soloman. Looking a... Read More...

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Native Americans Face Deadly Drug Crisis

WATCH – HEALING FROM THE TRIBE – Sept. 23, 2021 - “Many native families are suffering from generational abuse, eroding traditional values and destabilizing families” across the country, according to the ... Read More...

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The Pain Wouldn’t Stop Because Her Opioids Were Stolen

MEDICINE IS VERY VALUABLE ON THE STREET – Sept. 17, 2021 - The family called the police. How often do older Americans fall victim to drug diversion, in which someone steals or tampers with prescription m... Read More...

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