Drug Abuse and Addiction

Drug Abuse and Addiction

A Chat with Heroes of Al-Azeema Rehab

ADDICTION WITHOUT BORDERS – August 28, 2021 - Hassanein Ahmed, 27, also decided to quit drugs after a decade of addiction. “I decided to seek treatment for myself. I did not want to continue what I was doing,”... Read More...

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Taliban to Ban Opium Production in Afghanistan

DOES THIS MEAN MORE FENTANYL? – August 28, 2021 - Mr. Mujahid at the time didn’t offer details of how the Islamist group intends to enforce the ban. Local farmers in Kandahar, Uruzgan and Helman... Read More...

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Murderers Lose Appeals of Opioid Convictions

MONEY TALKS EVERYONE WALKS – August 25, 2021 - He remains the highest-ranking pharmaceutical executive convicted for helping fuel the U.S. opioid epidemic. His co-defendants Michael Gurry, Sunrise Lee... Read More...

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Nashville’s Broadway Called ‘alcoholic theme park’

MUST WATCH – JACK DANIELS TILT-A-WHIRL – August 26, 2021 - There’s no shortage of headlines that highlight exactly what’s happening on Lower Broadway in Nashville. From a security guard being attacked to... Read More...

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Dreamland Author Pens Second Book On Addiction

MEDIA: THE LEAST OF US by SAM QUINONES – August 26, 2021 - The Least of Us deepens the story of our nation’s opioid epidemic, including the spread of mass supplies of synthetic drugs, as well as delving into the ne... Read More...

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ADHD’s Strong Connection to Substance Abuse

LISTEN – MAYBE MAYBE NOT MAYBE MAYBE NOT – August 25, 2021 - “One potential explanation for the extremely high rate of illicit drug use among those with ADHD is the accelerated gateway hypothesis,” co-author S... Read More...

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Nordkraft — Painful, Lyrical Operatic Trip into Addiction

BRING IT TO AMERICA – August 26, 2010 - Those qualities alone would be enough to make Nordkraft operatic. But in this case, Ejersbo’s novel is best put to one side. Nordkraft the opera trades in the psychologi... Read More...

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Legislature May Reexamine Forced Sobriety Program

ATTRACTION NOT COERCION – August 25, 2021 - The law originally limited the program to people with a previous drug or alcohol conviction. But the 2019 amendment expanded the program to people accused but not co... Read More...

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Today! International Overdose Awareness Day

PRAYER FOR THE DYING August 31, 2021 - “He grew up in a good decent home,” said Campos’ grandmother. “He had trouble sleeping.” Her grandson took a pill given to him by a friend to help him sleep, and it was lac... Read More...

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Do You Have an Addictive Personality?

TOO MUCH ISN’T ENOUGH – August 27, 2021 - Approximately 10% of the population will develop a personality that is addictive. This type of individual will develop harmful, self-destructive, compulsive beha... Read More...

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Quote of the Week – Charlie Watts

“I hate leaving home. I love what I do, but I'd love to go home every night.” —Charlie Watts ... Read More...

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Why Hospitals and Insurers Don’t Want You to See These Prices?

MO MONEY MO MONEY MO MONEY AND SCREW YOU – August 22, 2021 - “We do not post standard cash rates, which typically will not reflect the price of care for uninsured patients.” Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, in Los Angele... Read More...

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Quantifying Risk of Cognitive Dysfunction Among People in Drug Treatment Programs

HELPFUL AND USEFUL – August 16, 2021 - Shrestha and Copenhaver, who are both researchers in the Department of Allied Health Sciences, have been studying drug treatment interventions and HIV prevention am... Read More...

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Drug Addiction Took My Congregant’s Life

A RABBI MOURNS – August 17, 2021 - Although our community had grown close to him, I had no idea that Jeff struggled with addiction until it took his life. Who knows what opportunities may have been open ... Read More...

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Q&A with Kristabell Stansbury, CEO Chrysalis CC

HEALING IN THE ROCKIES – August 17, 2021 - Hi Kristabell, where are your from? We’d love to hear about how your background has played a role in who you are today? I was born and raised in what used to be... Read More...

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Pandemic Changes Young People’s Relationship to Substances

CLOSER? – August 18, 2021 - By the end of 2020, Tan said she was finishing multiple bottles in one night—until one particularly jarring experience forced her to reflect on her habit. “I remember there was a sn... Read More...

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What Can Surfing Tell Us About Addiction?

BOOK REVIEW – July 8, 2021 - How convincing this book is as a therapeutic primer, I am utterly unqualified to judge. What I can say is that you don’t need to love or even be interested in surfing to feel passa... Read More...

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The Hidden Pandemic: Addiction

NO VACCINE ‘CEPT GOD – August 20, 2021 - Because many who are already addicts are having to self-isolate or remain at home during a lockdown, there is also great risk of overdose. Emergency services are ... Read More...

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Lisa Riley ‘so bloody happy’ celebrating six years of sobriety

LIVING THE SOBER LIFE ONE ARTICLE AT A TIME – August 19, 2021 - Well done young lady,’ a Twitter user replied. Another posted: ‘Well done x I’m at 8 years x you are a lovely and beautiful lady x.’ ‘Congratula... Read More...

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ERs New Approach To Those Who Struggle With Addiction

LOVE THEM – August 21, 2021 - For years, Kayla West watched the opioid epidemic tear through her eastern Tennessee community. As a psychiatric nurse practitioner, she treated people with mental illness but f... Read More...

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Suits: The New Face of the Illegal Drug Trade

DRESSING UP THE DRUG TRADE – AUGUST 21, 2021 - Drug lords switching out gold chains for bespoke suits, politicians proposing to legalize cocaine and judges acquitting cocaine traffickers on compassionate g... Read More...

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The CIA Helped Export Opium From Afghanistan

WATCH – BIG PHARMA’S BIG PARTNER – Sept. 19, 2015 - In the same month, it was reported that opium production is stronger than ever in Afghanistan, which now produces 90 percent of the world’s supply of t... Read More...

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Billionaire Says Murderous Family Bear No Responsibility for 100,000’s of Overdose Victims

HELL IS NOT HOT ENOUGH FOR THIS SCUM – August 18, 2021 - It is believed to be the first time that Dr. Sackler has answered questions in open court about the family’s opioid business. Similar to an extended dep... Read More...

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Fentanyl-Laced Cocaine Claims 6 Lives in 8 Days

FATAL LINE – August 17, 2021 - “We collectively urge that anyone who has purchased cocaine, or other narcotics, recently on the North Fork or Shelter Island, or know of a family member or friend that has purchased,... Read More...

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Stevie Nicks on Drug addiction: ‘I survived by myself’

YOU CAN GO YOUR OWN WAY – August 18, 2021 - Nicks added that the concept of publishing her life story has taken her years to think about. If she ever did, she added, it would need to be chopped up into four di... Read More...

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A Departure From The Dogma Of Depression

A BRIGHTER OUTLOOK – August 16, 2021 - The stubbornly high, and steadily increasing, rate of suicides in the U.S. is one factor driving the shift. In April, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) award... Read More...

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Russia says US Turned Afghanistan Into Global Illicit Drug Lab In 20 Yrs

TALIBAN JUNKIES – August 19. 2021 - The production of opiates has increased more than 40 times,” he said. According to Patrushev, the West has never been able to train the army, police and security services of A... Read More...

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Opium: Afghanistan’s Export That Funded The Taliban

HEROIN’S BAD WITHDRAWAL – August 16, 2021 - Afghan farmers weigh myriad factors in deciding how much poppy to plant. These range from annual precipitation and the price of wheat, the main alternative crop to p... Read More...

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Addiction Rehab CEO Dead at 51

SAD ENDING – August 16, 2021 - Last year, Greiss pleaded not guilty to federal charges of conspiracy and paying for patients at two addiction rehabs where was chief executive, South Coast Counseling and Elite ... Read More...

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