Drug Abuse and Addiction

Drug Abuse and Addiction

Lily Allen Marked 2 Years “Drug & Alcohol Free”

EVERYONE CAN DO IT – July 28, 2021 - Appearance on The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan, one person wrote, “Worried about you Lily. I feel like we’ve grown up together and I’ve never see you this thin.” ... Read More...

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Vin Baker lost millions to addiction, found salvation in a Starbucks

THREE POINT VENTE – July 10, 2021 - “There was a point where it was just waiting for the train to crash,” Baker told The Times. “You know how that goes. Like people get into situations like mine where they lose... Read More...

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Drug recovery center CEO ‘bought’ patients with cash

MAY THE TASK FORCE BE WITH YOU – August 1, 2021 - James Kigar, who co-owned a substance abuse treatment center in Boynton Beach, is fighting 119 felony charges, each count punishable by up to five years in state pri... Read More...

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The opioid epidemic isn’t insoluble, it can be dissolved with love and compassion

LOVE MAKES THE WORLD GO ‘ROUND – July 23, 2021) Restricting the drug supply: One reason people get addicted to drugs is that they have access to them in the first place, via prescription (OxyContin and other pa... Read More...

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Atlantic City Votes to End Syringe Program

NOW YOU CAN PLAY WITH NEEDLES ON THE BOARDWALK – July 22, 2021 - Tibbitt has been so incensed about this supposed syringe “litter”—which the closure of Oasis would, of course, only increase—that he took state offi... Read More...

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Jamie Lee Curtis opens up about her pain, alcohol & pain pill addiction

WATCH – SCREAMING FOR SOBRIETY – July 29, 2021 - While in conversation with AARP The Magazine, the Freaky Friday actor spoke about her journey towards sobriety which took her 22 years to reach. “I’ve been so... Read More...

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Pennsylvania to take down part of Treatment website for conflicting data

WHO GOT TO WHOM? – July 27, 2021 - The deficiencies cited in the inspections of the state’s roughly 800 licensed treatment centers actually are violations of state regulations. They come in a wide variety of areas t... Read More...

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How Amy Winehouse’s legacy is helping women in addiction recovery

I WILL GO TO REHAB, YES YES YES – July 26, 2021 - “A lot of my addiction was very isolated and on my own, so it’s been nice to be around women who are also in the same position as me and we really do com... Read More...

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Sober golf club gives people support

WATCH – ONE SWING AT A TIME – July 29, 2021 - Orton organizes weekly play for the group. They often golf at River Oaks in Sandy as well as other courses in Salt Lake, Davis, and Utah counties. “We’ve ... Read More...

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Overdose deaths from meth up in LA County

WATCH – WORKING TO MAKE THINGS BETTER – July 24, 2021 - “We had a high increase in relapse because our meetings were shut down,” she said. During the height of the pandemic, the report documented nearly 1,400 a... Read More...

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A Look Back: Soundgarden star Chris Cornell’s tragic death after breaking years of sobriety

EVERYONE IS SUSCEPTIBLE – July 20, 2021 - It was touring with Soundgarden in 2017 though that Chris tragically took his own life. He was found unconscious in his hotel room in Michigan while on tour w... Read More...

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Lala Kent calls Demi Lovato’s ‘California sober’ mentality ‘offensive’

TO BE SOBER...OR NOT TO BE SOBER – July 19, 2021 - Lala Kent slammed Demi Lovato’s “California sober” lifestyle — whose adherents drink and smoke weed in moderation — as “extremely offensive.” “I don’t li... Read More...

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Memoir recounts author’s journey through addiction, relapse, and recovery

WATCH – BOOK REVIEW: QUITTER: A MEMOIR – July 20, 2021 - With the pandemic came isolation and with isolation came, for some, a greater desire to consume alcohol. Author and journalist Erica C. Barnett joins New D... Read More...

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Mother of singer Keyshia Cole dies from drug overdose

GRIEF IS THE COMMON DENOMINATOR – July 19, 2021- Her death was first announced by Cole’s sister Elite Noel, who shared the news on Instagram, describing her passing as “the worst pain ever … to see my ma... Read More...

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Losing My Brother to Opioids During the COVID-19 Pandemic

NO VACCINE FOR THIS EPIDEMIC – July 20, 2021 - If you had told me at any point in the last ten years while my brother, Jeremy, was battling his opioid addiction, that it would end in a St. Louis hospital... Read More...

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Mena Suvari Reveals Sexual Abuse and Drug Addiction

WRITTEN WITH STRENGTH – July 21, 2021 - As Suvari tells PEOPLE, that was also an act — an effort to hide the truth about the trauma she’d been living through. In her new memoir The Great Peace: A Memoir,... Read More...

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5 children found in home where 4 adults overdosed

WATCH – NARCAN TO THE RESCUE – July 20, 2021 - Five children between the ages of 2 and 10 were found inside a Sylvan Beach home Tuesday morning after police and firefighters responded to an overdose call. S... Read More...

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Drug Distributors and J.&J. Reach $26 Billion Deal to End Opioid Lawsuits

A SLAP ON THE WRIST AND NO ONE GOES TO JAIL – July 21, 2021 - The agreement, announced Wednesday, lays the framework for billions of dollars to begin flowing into communities across the country for addiction treatmen... Read More...

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Pain Pills Flood Mail Facility

BEWARE OF LICKING ENVELOPES – July 21, 2021 - U.S. Customs and Border Protections (CBP) officers at the Chicago International Mail Branch (IMF) have seen a lot of prescription pills come through the mail - while some... Read More...

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Doctors treating depression see promise in ketamine

WATCH – ANYTHING TO STOP DRIBBLING – July 21, 2021 - Generic ketamine isn’t specifically approved as a depression treatment, but U.S. doctors are often allowed to prescribe Food and Drug Administration-approved medi... Read More...

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Former Baltimore Raven running back Lorenzo Taliaferro dead at 28

TOO SOON, TOO YOUNG, TOO SAD – July 20, 2021 - Taliaferro, 28, died in December of what was described as a heart attack. A spokesperson with the York County Sheriff’s Office said Taliaferro was transport... Read More...

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Ed Buck’s defense accused of ‘despicable victim shaming’ in fatal meth overdose trial

EVIL INCARNATE – July 23, 2021 - “Every time he stuck that needle into someone else’s arm, he was playing God,” she said. In closing arguments, prosecutors told jurors the evidence against Buck was overwhelming... Read More...

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How the Sacklers Got Away With Murder?

MILLIONAIRE KILLERS GO FREE – July 14, 2021 - Though they are widely reviled for profiting from a public health crisis that has resulted in the death of half a million Americans, they have used their money and ... Read More...

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Instagram ‘pushes weight-loss messages to teenagers’

THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF “PUSHERS” – July 20, 2021 - Algorithms are pushing teenage girls who even briefly engage with fitness-related images towards a flood of weight-loss content, according to new research whic... Read More...

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Former R.I. state senator opens up about his own addiction in Congressional hearing

IT’S AN INSIDE ‘JOB’ – July 21, 2021 - By 30, Coderre said, he had risen in his career to become the executive director of a large non-profit agency. “On the outside, everything about this man’s life looked ... Read More...

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The ‘war on drugs’ was always about race

WAS THE DRUG WAR ACTUALLY A SUCCESS? – July 21, 2021 - But where the “failed war on drugs” rhetoric goes from nonsensical to offensive is when Democrats speak as if the race disparity in drug-related arr... Read More...

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Adolescent misuse of prescription opioids may lead to heroin use in adulthood

LOCKS ON EVERY MEDICINE CABINET? – July 13, 2021 - Opioid misuse and overdoses are a major problem in the United States. One factor that may be leading to the rate of heroin dependence is the growing pop... Read More...

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More Americans are receiving addiction treatment, but racial gaps persist

BACK OF THE METHADONE LINE? – July 13, 2021 - The results, published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association, provide insights that policymakers and medical providers can act on to improve acce... Read More...

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John was headed for ‘death or penitentiary.’ Then he got the opportunity he needed

WATCH – AS FATE WOULD HAVE IT – July 16, 2021 - Lifestyle leading to ‘death or penitentiary’ At home growing up, it was just Asher and his dad, who was addicted to drugs — his mother and brot... Read More...

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