Can Only Caucasians Get Opioid Addiction Drug? Do-Re-Mi – Feb. 28, 2024 - Americans addicted to opioids who need the anti-addiction med buprenorphine are far more likely to find it if they live in a predominantly white neighborhood. When you move to areas ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 27 2024harm reductioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecovery
NY to Distribute $95M to Expand Safe-Syringe Sites LIKE SEAT BELTS FOR USERS – Feb. 15, 2024 - “While we are flattening the curve for some, we are not flattening the curve for all,” Baston said. “As we’ve seen the numbers drop off for white New Jerseyans, we’v... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 20 2024harm reductioninterventionRecoveryRecovery Advocate
Biden’s Drug Czar Shares Vision for Tackling Overdose Crisis BETTER START SOON! – Feb. 115, 2024 - Gupta: When we look at these types of epidemics across the country, where we find successful examples is where there’s a really good balance of both expanding treatment, a... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 20 2024harm reductioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Substance-Abuse Stigma Impedes Treatment STOP DISCRIMINATING – Dec. 15, 2023 - Overall, stigma research has focused primarily on mental health problems, the authors wrote. But studies indicate that SUD is typically more stigmatized than mental illnes... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDec 19 2023Drug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Access to MAT Isn’t a ‘Silver Bullet’ AUDIO – IT’S A START? – Dec. 6, 2023 - MAT is only effective when combined with psychosocial modalities but the treatment needs to be more widely-adopted, according to Cooper Zelnick, the company’s chief revenue offi... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 12 2023Drug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Vending Machines For Reducing Deaths VIDEO – ALL LIVES MATTER – Nov. 21, 2023 - The agency announced a new, free Narcan vending machine will be in its arrest processing center in collaboration with the group CARE Partnership, which is providing the pr... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionNov 28 2023RecoveryRehab
Ingestible “smart pill” May Detect Overdosing THEN WHAT? – Nov. 17, 2023 - n this study, 10 participants undergoing sleep studies at the WVU Medicine Sleep Evaluation Center swallowed a Celero Systems Vitals Monitoring Pill (VM Pill), a device the size of a vita... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionNov 21 2023OverdoseRecovery
The Risk Harm Reduction May Be a Fad PASSING FANCY? – Nov. 6, 2023 - The growing enthusiasm for harm reduction, both as a philosophy and in its practical applications like overdose prevention centers and needle exchanges, may lead to these initia... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductionNov 14 2023
Poll finds 60% of Americans Don’t Plan on Buying Narcan DUMBEST POLL EVER – Sept. 29, 2023 - Young adults (25% of 18- to 29-year-olds) were most likely to consider buying the nasal spray; respondents ages 65 and older (13%) and those who identified as politically independ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionOct 10 2023Recovery
Naloxone Vending Machine Installed HAVE A QUARTER? SAVE A LIFE – Sept. 10, 2023 - Approximately 300 naloxone nasal sprays, designed to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose involving substances like fentanyl, heroin and prescription painkil... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanylharm reductionHeroin AddictioninterventionOverdoseRecoverySept 19 2023
Narcan Now Available Over-The-Counter!!!!!!!!!!!!! LIFE SAVERS – Sept. 1, 2023 - The announcement is believed by advocates to be a milestone that will make it easier to save lives in the US as the ongoing opioid epidemic claimed more than 100,000 American live... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRehabSept 19 2023
‘Gamechanger’ in Opioid Crisis: Narcan Available for Purchase in Drug Stores VIDEO – ADDICTS STOCK UP – Sept. 8, 2023 - For the first time ever, you can buy Narcan without a prescription. The drug will be available in stores like CVS, Walgreens and Rite Aid this week. Many are calling it a... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRehabSept 12 2023
Santa Clara County Pays Meth Addicts to Get Clean CASH TALKS NOBODY WALKS – Aug. 4, 2023 - As reported in Mountain View Voice, Santa Clara County has been struggling with a significant drug-related issue, particularly methamphetamine, which accounts for more ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 15 2023Drug Abuse and Addictionharm reductionmethRecovery
Long Lines at Lollapalooza for Naloxone VIDEO – BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY – Aug. 4, 2023 - CHICAGO - Some of the long lines at Lollapalooza are not for t-shirts or food. They are for naloxone. It’s the first year the overdose reversal drug is being passe... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 8 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionRecoveryRehab
NY Launches Campaign to Send Free Naloxone To Addicts WHERE THE STATUE OF LIBERTY BELONGS – Aug. 4, 2023 - This partnership is funded through New York State’s Opioid Settlement Fund, and will allow individuals to receive naloxone by mail, free of charge. To compl... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 8 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reduction
Harm Reduction and Faith Communities PROGRESS FOR LIVING – Aug. 1, 2023 - Though UCC is known for being one of the more socially progressive churches, the proposal met resistance from those espousing the common misconception that harm reduction e... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 8 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductionRecoveryRehab
Doctors Hesitate to Prescribe Suboxone WTF? – July 21, 2023 - The research, published Friday in JAMA Health Forum, underscores two major challenges: allowing U.S. health care providers to provide addiction medications, and then convincing them to a... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 1 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediabuprenorphineDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionRecoveryRehab
New York Launches Overdose Prevention Campaign STOP THE DYING – July 13, 2023 - New York health officials on Tuesday launched a public service campaign highlighting the importance of naloxone, a medication that is used to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionJuly 25 2023OverdoseRecoveryTrauma
Leaders Speak Against Safe Syringe Programs VIDEO – LET THEM EAT DEATH – July 18, 2023 - “Simply flooding the community with paraphernalia, making it easier to abuse drugs, is not the answer. I’m calling on the county to come back with real solutions like trea... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductionJuly 25 2023OverdoseRecovery
Philadelphia’s New Public Restrooms Include Narcan VIDEO – WHERE PISSING CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE – July 11, 2023 - Public restrooms are important for all members of the community and help make public spaces accessible to all. Like many U.S. cities, Philadelphia doesn’t ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionJuly 18 2023RecoveryRehab
Injection Sites Would Save Lives NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT – July 9, 2023 - But addiction is not governed by commonsense, reason or logic. It is a compulsive, self-destructive disease. Addicts who can’t use in a safe environment will play Russian roul... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionJuly 18 2023OverdoseRecoveryRehabTrauma
Honolulu 1st Major U.S. City to Require Naloxone in Bars A SHOT OF WHAT? – July 12, 2023 - “The passage of Bill 28 by the Honolulu City Council today represents a collective commitment to saving lives and providing immediate assistance to those in the grips of addiction. N... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionJuly 18 2023OverdoseRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Colorado Stocks Life-Saving Antidote in Public SMART and SAD – July 4, 2023 - Now, more than 300 public, indoor locations countywide with automatic external defibrillators — known as AEDs — are also stocked with life-saving naloxone so that it is close at ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionJuly 11 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Oregon Built a New Addiction Treatment System—Does It Work? AUDIO – IT’S COMPLICATED – June 17, 2023 - Earlier that morning, he had walked out of Umatilla County jail, past a family of bunnies snacking on the manicured lawn, crossed the parking lot and entered the parole and ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionJuly 4 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Mexico had Methods to Tackle Addiction in the 1940s LEGALIZE IT – June 20, 2023 - But harm reduction is far from a new idea. While we frequently hear U.S. politicians and media outlets cast blame on Mexico for the rising number of drug-related deaths in the Unit... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionJune 27 2023Recovery
Narcan, Crackpipe, Tampons, Lip Balm in Vending Machine IN EVERY SUBWAY STATION! – June 5, 2023 - Commissioner Ashwin Vasan just unveiled a vending machine that dispenses free Narcan and drug-test strips — along with “safe-smoking” pipes, condoms, tampons, nicotine... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionJune 13 2023methOverdoseRecovery
‘I yelled, “I’m putting this up your nose”’: what it’s like to use Narcan JUST SAY YES – May 30, 2023 - Naloxone, better known by the brand name Narcan, reverses overdoses by binding to the opioid receptors in the brain, blocking the effects of drugs such as fentanyl or heroin. Harm reduct... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanylharm reductionHeroin AddictioninterventionJune 6 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryTrauma
Naloxone has been hailed as life-saving. Why isn’t it given to those who need it? I WONDER – May 19, 2023 - Chakravarthy, whose hospital is in northern Orange county, has in recent years, like many other medical providers across the country, seen an increase in fentanyl use, which is as much as 50... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionMay 23 2023RecoveryRehab
Lawmakers Push Back Against ‘Harm Reduction’ INSANITY – May 4, 2023 - A nonprofit group called Safehouse has been negotiating with the U.S. Justice Department, hoping to open supervised injection clinics in Philadelphia. If this measure is approved and... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductionMay 9 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Burnout Among Harm Reduction Workers THE FRONT LINE IS DANGEROUS – March 20, 2023 - There are a great many things a person could be doing every day, Graham continued, but never enough time to do them all. So harm reduction workers and community organiza... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 4 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateTrauma