Heroin Addiction

Heroin Addiction

RFK Jr. Received Compassion When He Was Busted for Heroin – Most Americans Do Not

NOW WHAT? – July 21, 2026 - In 1983, while on a flight to South Dakota, a 29-year-old Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was reported to have developed profuse sweating, pallor, and a weak pulse. Authorities found two-tenths of a... Read More...

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Dangerous New Drug You Can Get At Gas Stations

CHEAPER THAN GAS – June 16, 2026 - The next fentanyl may not come from drug cartels and basement labs — but your local truck stop. Pharmacist TikToker Grant Harting recently bought a gas station pill with ‘super c... Read More...

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Pennsylvania Passes “gas station heroin” Ban

SMART MOVE PENNSY – June 15, 2026 - “There are hundreds of documented cases from users becoming addicted, overdosing and dying, with one fatality a couple months ago and another fatality in Bucks County,” the bill’s ... Read More...

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‘16 & Pregnant’ star woke up from heroin-induced coma to learn she was pregnant

DISCOVERING YOU’RE PREGNANT AFTER WAKING UP FROM HEROIN-INDUCED COMA – May 19, 2026 - “16 & Pregnant” star Jessica Danielle Cunningham is opening up about the struggles she faced after appearing on the reality se... Read More...

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Billy Idol Says Smoking Crack Helped Him Quit Heroin

NOT RECOMMENDED – March 4, 2026 - Billy Idol revealed the surprising substance that helped him kick his heroin habit. During an appearance on Club Random with Bill Maher, the “White Wedding” performer spoke about how... Read More...

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I’m Watching My Son Die from a Heroin Addiction

VIDEO – FIRST PERSON ACCOUNT – Jan. 25, 2026 - What started as a prescription for painkillers after an accident became a mother’s worst nightmare. Her son, addicted to heroin. In and out of rehab. Trapped in a cycle ... Read More...

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Cincinnati: One Day Sees 30 Horrifying Heroin Overdoses

SHOULD BE LEGAL AND REGULATED? – August 23, 2025 - Cincinnati emergency crews responded to 30 heroin overdoses in the course of one day Tuesday, August 23. Officials said most of the overdoses were located in the we... Read More...

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Connecticut Residents Debate Hillbilly Heroin / Kratom Ban

AUDIO – NOT GOOD – Oct. 16, 2025 - The vast majority of the more than 100 testifiers during Wednesday’s marathon seven-hour hearing agreed that 7-OH, which researchers have estimated could be 15 times as potent as mo... Read More...

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Hillbilly Heroin Sweeping the Royal Kingdom

EXPORTING HORROR – Sept. 21, 2025 - The herbal extract from the evergreen tree called Mitragyna speciosa can be chewed in the form of its leaves, ground to powders and taken as a supplement. It can also be added to a... Read More...

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‘It’s addictive and it’s everywhere’: Pill Hooks Users Everywhere

HILLBILLY HEROIN – Sept. 18, 2025 - Grace was given a free sample of CBD American Shaman’s Advanced Alkaloids tablets after purchasing an order of CBD gummies — a promotion the company continues to this day. She like... Read More...

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Gas Station Heroin Banned in Delaware

ABOUT TIME – July 23, 2025 - Tianeptine, known as “gas station heroin” for its easy accessibility at local gas stations, is marketed as Coaxil or Stablon and is prescribed in some Latin American, Asian and European c... Read More...

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Man’s Memoir Chronicles Addiction Experience in “Young Firecrackers”

AUDIO – AND LIVED TO TELL THE TALE – July 20, 2025 - Brian Rehn has lost 60 friends to drug addiction. At 42 years old, he has attended far more funerals than weddings. “It’s weird to be the ones still left standi... Read More...

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Jessie Murph Drops The Track ‘Heroin’

TO THE POINT – July 15, 2025 - The new project sees Murph “opening up about themes of sexuality, generational trauma, and self-discovery with a vulnerability and honesty that marks a new chapter in her artistic evolu... Read More...

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Billy Idol Almost Died From Heroin Overdose

AUDIO – REBEL YELLED HELP – June 13, 2025 - Punk icon details $75,000 hotel rampage, unexpected family revelation in ‘Billy Idol Should Be Dead’ documentary. “I was coming back in triumph, and I nearly ruined it,” he... Read More...

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Her Son Died From Heroin – Under Trump The Crisis Gets Worse

MORE KINDNESS NEEDED – May 19, 2025 - On May 11, 2015, our 25-year-old son Alex died of a heroin overdose in a vacant lot in Newark. It was every parent‘s worst nightmare, the worst case among many moments in Alex’s ... Read More...

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CEO Grew up with Smack Addict dad – now runs a multimillion-dollar agency

SUCCESS AND THEN SOME – May 25, 2025 - This millennial founder got his start working alongside Diary of a CEO’s Steven Bartlett, before launching a rival multimillion-pound marketing agency of his own. But befo... Read More...

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RFK Jr. Recounts Heroin Addiction and Spiritual Awakening

VIDEO – WHAT HAPPENED? – April 24, 2025 - Kennedy called addiction “a source of misery, but also a symptom of misery.” In a speech that mentioned God more than 20 times, he pointed to his own experience feeling as th... Read More...

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Doctors Prescribing Heroin?

VIDEO – INNOVATION – April 8, 2025 - A complementary but no less controversial harm reduction strategy, heroin-assisted treatment involves administering pharmaceutical-grade heroin under medical supervision. It stabi... Read More...

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“Heroin Heroine” Overcoming Addiction and Co-dependency

VIDEO – SINGING LOUD AND PROUD – March 20, 2025 - Central Valley Today is joined by artist, MMA fighter, and author, Chelzzz. In her book, “Heroin Heroine” Chelzzz sheds light on addiction and co-dependency issues. ... Read More...

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RFK Jr. Says Antidepressants More Addictive Than Heroin

SMACK DOWN – Feb. 18, 2025 - Part of Trump’s sweeping “Making America Healthy Again” order is to “assess the prevalence of and threat” posed by the prescription of antidepressants and other medications. During Kenned... Read More...

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‘Hillbilly Heroin’ A New Threat

AT GAS STATIONS EVERYWHERE – Feb. 16, 2025 - Approved for use as an antidepressant in some European, Asian and South Americas countries, tianeptine is not approved by the Food and Drug Administration for any medical ... Read More...

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Antidepressants Harder to Quit than Heroin?

DEPENDS – Jan. 30, 2025 - During his Senate confirmation hearing to serve as Health and Human Services Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. suggested antidepressant drugs may be as addictive as heroin — a claim co... Read More...

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How RFK Jr.’s History With Heroin Matters

AUDIO – WELLNESS FARMS COMING? – Dec. 17, 2024 - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for health secretary, has a troubled past with addiction. Lev Facher, addiction reporter at STAT, weighs... Read More...

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RFK Jr. Says Heroin Made Him a Top-of-Class Student

SO DID HIS MILLIONS – Nov. 27, 2024 - “I did very, very poorly in school, until I started doing narcotics,” Kennedy, 70, said on the podcast. “Then I went to the top of my class because my mind was so restless and tu... Read More...

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Jimmy Kimmel Mocks “Mr. Anti-Pharmaceutical” RFK Jr.’s Heroin Use: “He Believes In Every Drug Except The Ones That Keep You Alive”

STILL SO HIGH? – Nov. 26, 2024 - Jimmy Kimmel has been roasting Donald Trump’s cabinet picks on Live, but with Matt Gaetz withdrawing from consideration for Attorney General, it looks like Kimmel has set his sights o... Read More...

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Cops Say Fentanyl, Heroin Seized in LA Enough to Kill 11 Million People

VIDEO – NOT WITHOUT YOU – Oct. 17, 2024 - More than 50 pounds of powdered fentanyl and nine pounds of black tar heroin was seized in South Los Angeles. Narcotics investigators were working a case near downtown LA on ... Read More...

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Man Who Battled Heroin Habit Shares His Story

VIDEO – A SLIPPERY SLOPE – &nb... Read More...

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Heroin Addiction Inspires Man’s Cross-Country Bike Journey

VIDEO – RECOVERY BY THE MILE – Sept. 13, 2024 - Michael Seminetta, a recovering heroin addict, is riding his bike from Chicago to Santa Monica, California, to raise awareness and money for drug rehab centers af... Read More...

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Brian Pennie on Heroin Addiction

VIDEO – STOP WAITING ON THE MAN! – Sept. 6, 2024 - It hijacked my brain’. Former heroin addict turned doctor Brian Pennie talks ... Read More...

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Officer Sentenced for Trafficking Heroin & Money Laundering

BIG MISTAKE – Aug. 8, 2024 - A man who made his living investigating crimes is now going to prison for committing them,Alex Kassem was a “criminal in disguise” who hid money in his bulletproof vest and drugs i... Read More...

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