Vending Machines Offer Clean Free Needles and Narcan NPR AUDIO – STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – Nov. 14, 2024 - “I don’t shoot up that much,” said Brian, one of the clients. “But someone will give me something and if it’s late at night, I don’t want to use their needle but... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reduction
Dr. Nora Volkow On Addiction Science and Harm Reduction WHAT DOES SHE KNOW? – Nov. 7, 2024 - As the first woman and Hispanic Director of the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Drug Abuse Dr. Volkow has dedicated her career to investigating how dru... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediaharm reductionNov 12 2024
Is This Methadone’s Moment? IS IT TOO LATE? – Oct. 31, 2024 - “It’s absolutely atrocious that methadone policies have not kept up with the evidence. If you look at other countries that have expanded their access to methadone, their overdose rat... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionNov 05 2024
Why Are Some Still Opposed to Life-Saving Addiction Treatment? STOP THE MADNESS – Sept. 30, 2024 - The opioid crisis continues to devastate communities worldwide, claiming far too many lives. As we grapple with this public health emergency, promoting effective treatment options ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediabuprenorphineDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionOct 08 2024
Is California’s Oversight of Addiction Treatment That Bad? AUDIO – ASK THE PATIENTS – Sept. 29, 2024 - Brandon Nelson, discharged from a Laguna Beach psychiatric facility and went to an unlicensed Sovereign Health “sober living home mental health facility” in San Clemente. N... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionOct 08 2024RecoveryRehab
Up The Dose of Anti-Opioid Drug to Curb Addiction! WHEN IN DOUBT - TAKE MORE! – &... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediabuprenorphineDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionOct 1 2024
Less Than Half of Jails Provide Life-saving Medications for Opioid Use Disorder 100% WRONG – &nb... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionOct 1 2024
How Narcan Reverses Opioid Overdoses VIDEO – PICK SOME UP TODAY – Sept. 23, 2024 - Narcan, also known as Naloxone, is a critical tool to fight overdoses. It rapidly reverses the potentially fatal effects of opioids in the body, but how does it do that? ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionOct 1 2024opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecovery
Detroit Creates Team to Fight Overdoses VIDEO – WHAT PRICE FREEDOM – Sept. 14, 2024 - Detroit is creating an opioid quick response team that aims to connect overdose survivors with treatment. The team is scheduled to be up and running on Monday. CONTINU... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionOverdoseSept 24 2024
Philly Residents Get Meds from ‘Bupe Bus’ THE MOUNTAIN COMES TO YOU – &n... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediabuprenorphineDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoverySept 24 2024
20 Million Fentanyl and Xylazine Test Strips Distributed BETTER SAFE THAN DEAD – Aug. 30, 2024 - Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that New York State has surpassed the milestone of distributing 20 million fentanyl and xylazine test strips statewide. These efforts and ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanylharm reductioninterventionRecovery AdvocateSept 03 2024
Her Son Died In His Dorm. Where was the Narcan? WHERE IS LOVE? – Aug. 23, 2024 - This spring, Vera-Schubert reached out again, saying Bobby had relapsed. On April 12, a roommate found him slumped over his desk in his dorm, apparently overdosed from fake Xan... Read More...Aug 20 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionOverdose
Awareness Campaigns Save Lives BE WOKE – Aug. 14, 2024 - One of the most recognized national awareness and prevention resources is the International Overdose Awareness Day website, which provides extensive resources and ways to get involved... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAug 20 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reduction
Implantable Robotic Narcan Dispenser Reverses Overdoses VIDEO – GET SOME TODAY – Aug. 24, 2024 - Researchers have developed a new device that will help to eliminate those delays and potentially save the lives of people who overdose. About the size of a stick of gum, it ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 20 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionOverdoseRecoveryRecovery Advocate
N.J. County Sees 40% Drop in OD Deaths in 2024 VIDEO – COMPASSION AND LOVE – Aug. 8, 2024 - The county opened a shelter with more than 20 beds and social and medical services on offer and launched a program to offer addiction treatment to people brought to muni... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 13 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductionOverdose
Harm Reduction Seeks to Help Addicted Individuals VIDEO – LET THERE BE LIGHT – July 30, 2024 - Harm reduction programs look to help those dealing with addiction by providing them with things like clean needles. Critics say harm reduction only makes things wor... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 06 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Med Students Begin Their Careers With a White Coat and Narcan FINALLY – July 26, 2024 - For first-year medical students in Philadelphia, the beginning of their career in health care is often marked with ceremony, sacred oaths and, more recently, tools to combat the addic... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 06 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionOverdoseRecovery
San Francisco Could Pay Cash to Stay Clean VIDEO – WEEKLY STIPEND – July 29, 2024 - The proposal, called “Cash Not Drugs,” would create a voluntary sobriety incentive for eligible residents on public assistance, offering up to $100 a week for those who test... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 06 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Acupuncture Can Shorten Methadone Treatments EAST MEETS WEST – July 10, 2024 - Eight weeks of acupuncture was found to reduce the dose of methadone needed to control opioid cravings, which could make patients likelier to stick with their treatment. ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionJuly 16 2024opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
They Hand Out Overdose Reversing Meds at Festivals PHOTO GALLERY – June 30, 2024 - Columbus, OH, USA; This Must Be the Place founders Ingela Travers-Hawyard and William Perry distribute Kloxxado, a medication that can be used to reverse the effects of an opioi... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductionJuly 9 2024
Model Shows Better Access to Methadone Could Save Lives WOULD SAVE LIVES – June 19, 2024 - In France, the majority of people with an opioid use disorder — 87% — receives access to medication designed to treat it. In the United States, where more than 100,000 people... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionJune 25 2024
Ketamine and MDMA are Having a Moment VIDEO – IT WORKS IF YOU LET IT – May 28, 2024 - Lori Tipton is among the growing number of people who say that MDMA, saved their lives. Raised in New Orleans by a mother with untreated bipolar disorder who later ki... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductionJune 4 2024
Mobilize Recovery Maine Gives Out Free Narcan Door-to-Door VIDEO – SAVING ONE LIFE AT A TIME – May 26, 2024 - The canvassing is part of Mobilize Recovery Maine’s “Project Doorstep” initiative. Its goal is to reach 10,000 doors within two years. The organization is on its w... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionJune 4 2024
Arrests at North Carolina Methadone Clinic DRUG WAR CONTINUES – May 21, 2024 - Probation Officer Carter was hot on Emma’s heels. Early on August 16, 2023, according to Onslow County Superior Court filings, he waited outside her house in Hubert, a... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionMay 28 2024War On Drugs
California Pays Meth Users to Get Clean THE GOLDEN STATE – May 22, 2024 - Quinn Coburn knows the lifestyle well. He has used meth most of his adult life, and has done five stints in jail for dealing marijuana, methamphetamine, and heroin. Now 56, he... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionMay 28 2024meth
OPINION: Providing Safe Supply Would Reduce Overdoses GOOD IDEA – May 13, 2024 - It seems very cruel to me to recognize how many people are visibly struggling with drug addiction in our state and, essentially, to think that punishment will be a more effective mot... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductionMay 21 2024Overdose
Faster Approach for Starting Extended-release Injectable Naltrexone BIG PHARMA FOREVER – May 8, 2024 - Starting people with opioid use disorder on injectable, extended-release naltrexone (XR-naltrexone) within five to seven days of seeking treatment is more effective tha... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionMay 14 2024Recovery
Philly Mayor Switching Tactics on Open Air Drug Market AUDIO – IS ACCEPTANCE THE KEY? – May 7, 2024 - A number of major cities are changing the way they address addiction and homelessness. In Philadelphia, the city’s new mayor, Cherelle Parker, is employing an agg... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductionMay 14 2024
More Addiction Patients Can Take Methadone at Home STILL NOT ENOUGH – May 8, 2024 - Despite methadone’s effectiveness, a labyrinth of state and federal rules keeps it inaccessible to many people who desperately need it. “What kind of normal person with a... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductionMay 14 2024methRecoveryRehab
Amazingly Beautiful Family Is Expanding Access to Free Narcan VIDEO – ONE FROM THE HEART – May 9, 2024 - The Whittington family launched Med Kwik, vending machines filled with over-the-counter pharmacy items. Their daughter, 15-year-old Avery Whittington, who is s... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductionMay 14 2024RecoveryRehab