Guns N’ Roses’ Steven Adler Was Kidnapped To Break Heroin Habit BROTHERLY LOVE–May 25, 2023 - On March 22, 2007, Jamie orchestrated a kidnapping. He had his brother picked up, drugged to sleep and transported across state lines to Los Angeles, where Jamie imprisoned him against ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionFeatured ArticlesHeroin AddictionRecoveryRehab
1-Year-Old Eats Heroin from Mommy’s Purse ACCIDENTAL CHILD ABUSE? – May 9, 2023 - A mother is awaiting sentencing after authorities say her 1-year-old daughter ate heroin found in the Macomb County woman’s purse.Anita Vasquez, 32, pleaded no contes... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictionMay 23 2023RecoveryTrauma
Canadian Opens Shop Selling Coke, MDMA and Heroin A WORTHY RADICAL IDEA! – May 10, 2023 - BC is a province with a population of around five million people, which, for context, is significantly less than London’s roughly nine million people. In BC, an average o... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin Addictionlife expectancyMay 16 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRehabTrauma
Fentanyl Strikes Again: Dead Kennedys Drummer D.H. Peligro Died From OD PRINCE, TOM PETTY, MAC MILLER –MAY 2, 2023 - His bandmates first said they thought he died after accidentally falling and hitting his head, although, at the time, our law enforcement sources told us it was more myst... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylHeroin AddictionMay 9 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
Poison Center Warns of ‘gas station heroin’ VIDEO – DON’T BUY FOOD AT A GAS STATION – April 20, 2023 - While it’s legal to buy and sell in Virginia, according to the CDC, the drug is used as an antidepressant and marketed to help with anxiety, among other thi... Read More...April 25 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictioninterventionRecoveryTrauma
New Film’s Intimate Exploration of the Loneliness of Drug Addiction VIDEO – HEROIN STARS AS THE VILLAIN – April 10, 2023 - The loneliness of addiction – and the toll it can take on an individual’s psyche and their relationships – is intimately explored in Paloma Sermon-Daï’s unassu... Read More...April 18 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin Addiction
Remarkable Film of Life with Heroin-Addicted Mum VIDEO – YOU ONLY HAVE ONE MUMMY –April 8, 2023 - This impressionistic British documentary collage, collectively made by Selby, co-director Rebecca Lloyd-Evans, Alex Fry, Josie Cole and producer Natasha Dack Ojumu, e... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryApril 18 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictioninterventionRecoveryRehab
When Steven Tyler Tried to Help Kurt Cobain Kick Heroin? DENIAL CAN KILL – March 30, 2023 - As he watched Nirvana’s meteoric rise in the early ‘90s, Steven Tyler says he recognised the “pain” in Kurt Cobain’s eyes and later discovered that Nirvana’s frontman was usin... Read More...April 4 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictioninterventionInterviewOverdoseRecoverysuicideTrauma
How Perry Farrell Helped John Frusciante Get Off Heroin VIDEO – LIFE SAVING ROCK HISTORY – March 12, 2023 - ‘Okay, let’s get you to the hospital right now.’ I had this bag of about an ounce of Persian heroin and about an ounce of cocaine, and I was just doing as much as ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictioninterventionInterviewMar 28 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Drug Combinations Known to Cause More Overdose Deaths IT’S NOT COMPLICATED –Feb. 20, 2023 - “It presents sort of a problem because in an overdose situation, the Narcan isn’t going to work. It’s not an opiate, so Narcan is not going to reverse it,” Kalfas said. ... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 28 2023fentanylHeroin Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
New Street Drug Threatening to Make California’s Overdose Crisis Worse WORSE THAN WORSE – Feb. 18, 2023 - In San Francisco, four people who died between December and January were found to have low levels of xylazine in their systems, prompting the city’s Department of Public Healt... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 28 2023fentanylHeroin Addictionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
Heroin Nasal Spray Increases Harm Reduction Options LENNY BRUCE WOULD HAVE APPROVED – Jan. 17, 2023 - “You don’t have the same feeling—no rush, the same high as you get from injecting,” Dr. Vogel told Filter. And some people who don’t want to inject nonetheless... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductionHeroin AddictioninterventionJan 24 2023RecoveryRehab
How Robert Downey Jr. Saved Wes Bentley’s Life During Heroin Run MORE THAN ZERO – Nov. 5, 2022 - In 2008, Bentley was arrested and pleaded guilty to heroin possession. He was mandated to 12-step programs but relapsed. Finally, in 2009, he met a guy who would help him kick hi... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictioninterventionInterviewNov 15 2022RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Becoming a Mom Helped Me Quit My Life Long Addiction to Heroin. PREGNANT WITH POSSIBILITIES – Oct. 25, 2022 - I came from an upper-middle-class family. I excelled in school as a popular, straight-A student. I was a cheerleader, an equestrian, and a volleyball player. To the... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaHeroin AddictioninterventionInterviewNov 1 2022RecoveryRehabTrauma
One Man’s Journey Through Opioid Addiction IT’S THE HERO’S JOURNEY! – Oct. 14, 2022 - “I overdosed on drugs. I took heroin laced with fentanyl,” the 38-year-old Idaho Falls man says. “I was dead.”Exactly how long he was dead is unclear. To th... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylHeroin AddictioninterventionInterviewOct 18 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRehab
Dr. Explains what happens when a person uses cocaine or heroin for the first time THEY GAMBLE BIG – Oct. 9, 2022 - Around 100 million people consume illicit drugs such as cocaine or heroin in India – this revelation was made by the Narcotics Control Bureau DDG (Operations) Sanja... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictionMental HealthOct 11 2022RecoveryTrauma
6 Drugs That Are A Challenge To Overcome NOT TO MENTION DENIAL – Oct. 2022 - Prescription drugs can be very challenging to overcome. This is because they are legal and easy to obtain. They are also socially acceptable. This can make it difficult for p... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictionOct 11 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRehabTrauma
A Story of Addiction and Recovery NPR AUDIO – INTELLIGENT CONVERSATIONS ARE RARE – Oct. 6, 2022 - Southern Illinois native Shane Hassler battled addiction to heroin for more than 20 years before seeking treatment. Now he helps others as ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictionOct 11 2022RecoveryRehab
‘I have escaped death so many times’ HAVEN’T MOST OF US? – Sept. 28, 2022 - There was the time, a few years later, when her boyfriend died of a heroin overdose during one of their binges.“I moved back in with my mom and didn’t use heroi... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictioninterventionOct 4 2022OverdoseRecoveryRehab
Heroin Overdoses Down in D.C. The Sad Reason? Fentanyl. THE CAPITAL OF DEATH – Sept. 8, 2022 - Now heroin, synonymous with illicit drug use in Mid-Atlantic cities since the 1960s, is close to vanishing from the streets of the nation’s capital.D.C.’s lates... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylHeroin Addictioninterventionlife expectancyopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoverySept 13 2022Trauma
Influencer ‘Cass and the City’ gets candid about importance of addiction awareness VIDEO – TALKING IS DA SOLUTION – Sept. 8, 2022 - He says he knew something was wrong in high school when he would experience going through withdrawal, but he pushed through. After high school, he began using he... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRehabSept 13 2022suicideTrauma
Does Isolation Feed Addiction? IT CAN’T HELP – Aug. 31, 2022 - But what if you’re addicted to something rough, like heroin? It’s true that many performers have died of heroin overdoses. But we hear less about the ones who overcame their addi... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabrelapseSept 6 2022
The Day Heroin Tried to Steal My Arm THERE IS STILL ANOTHER ONE – May 2019 - The skin covering the abscess had taken on a yellow hue and felt spongy, kind of like a zit ready to be popped. I was young and stupid, but something got through, ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictionRecoverySept 6 2022
How Photographers Help Fight Addiction in Philly VIDEO – STARING IN THE FACE OF HOPELESSNESS – Aug. 16, 2022 - “It just doesn’t feel comfortable for me to continue to drive through this area, walk through this area, catch the train, pass this are... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAug 23 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin Addictioninterventionlife expectancyMental Healthmethopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRehabTrauma
Harm Reduction Gets a Naloxone of Its Own OFF BRAND OFF HEROIN – Aug. 1, 2022 - The naloxone itself is the same as what Hikma already manufactures, but has its own National Drug Code designating it as a new product with the FDA. Remedy Alliance is the ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 16 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductionHeroin AddictioninterventionOverdoseRecoveryRehab
Computer Algorithms Improve Timeliness of Overdose Data NOW YOU KNOW NOW – Aug. 10, 2022 - We found that for most substances evaluated, the performance of these algorithms was perfect or near perfect. These models could be used to automate classification of unstruct... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAug 16 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylHeroin Addictioninterventionmethopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryTrauma
DEA in Miami Warns of Synthetic Drug Mass Overdose Events VIDEO – MURDER IN MIAMI – July 18, 2022 - Mass-overdose events typically occur when criminals market drugs like cocaine, meth, or heroin when the drug is actually a synthetic opioid like fentanyl or when drug d... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylHeroin AddictioninterventionJuly 26 2022methopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
Colorado: 200,000 Fentanyl Pills Seized in Life-Saving Bust SWALLOWING DEATH? – July 6, 2022 - Gov. Jared Polis signed Colorado’s new “fentanyl accountability” bill at a ceremony at the state Capitol in May – the new law provides stricter criminal penalties for the poss... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylHeroin AddictioninterventionJuly 19 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryTrauma
Inside the Mind of an Addict VERY BUSY – July 4, 2022 - The concept of self-reinforcement shows how the first experience with drugs, sex, cigarettes or alcohol can lead to the second. It takes a memory of the experience as being at least p... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionEating Disorderfood addictionGamingHeroin AddictioninterventionJuly 12 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRehabrelapseSexual AddictionSmartphone Addiction
Move Over, Heroin A GRAVE DESTINATION – July 6, 2022 - But he said people prefer fentanyl to heroin because it is a consumer-driven industry, it’s less expensive and easily accessible and available. People who are selling it are... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylHeroin AddictionJuly 12 2022