Heroin Addiction

Sober living home in Utah to use medical cannabis

WATCH – CALIFORNIA SOBER HITS UTAH –  March 25, 2021 - Shane Ericksen, who owns Men’s Tribal House, says medical…

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Two Incredible Looks at the Scourge of Heroin by Gil Scott-Heron & James Brown

LISTEN! – THE TRACKS OF OUR TEARS –  March 24, 2021 - We wanted to look at two songs from…

3 years ago

Davina McCall says it’s ‘miracle’ she’s still alive

QUITTING TIME ONLY COMES TO THE LIVING –  March 12, 2021 -  I was partying a lot and it was…

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Ex-addict who ‘used crack & heroin at 15, overdosed 19 TIMES’ reveals sober transformation

ANYONE CAN DECIDE TO STOP –  Feb. 28, 2021 - She is now eager to tell her story and help…

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Story of Heroin Addiction in 1970s West Berlin Gets Modern Remake

PRE-FENTANYL –  Feb. 19, 2021 - Christiane Felscherinow’s lengthy taped interviews with two journalists formed the backbone of the book…

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‘Cherry’: Film Review

NOT ON TOP –  Feb. 25, 2021 - The muscular camerawork of Newton Thomas Sigel, with its swooping drone shots…

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Dan Schneider of Netflix’s The Pharmacist at Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit

FROM LOSS COMES HOPE –  Feb. 26, 2021 - "As overdose cases are rapidly increasing and treatments for substance use disorders…

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The Last Days of Heroin

FENTANYL FOREVER? –  Feb. 18, 2021 - Fentanyl isn’t a new substance, having first been synthesized in a lab in…

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Huge Colorado Trafficking Bust

BIG PHARM COMPETITION FOILED –  Feb. 12, 2021 - Federal, state and local law enforcement in Adams County announced on…

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Carl Hart: PhD, Parent, Author, Speaker, Columbia Professor and Heroin User

DOCTOR FEELGOOD –  Feb. 6, 2021 - As Hart continues: “I do not have a drug-use problem. Never have. Each…

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COVID Is Killing the Cocaine Market, So People Are Smoking More Weed

Rolling joints, not hundreds –  Jan. 4, 2021 - Aware of earlier findings that social isolation triggered spikes in drug…

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Tim Hardin Died 20 Years Ago, Dec. 29, 1980, Bob Dylan Called Him “the greatest songwriter alive”

WATCH – A reason to believe –   Dec. 29, 2020 - After moving to Los Angeles in 1965, he…

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Jared Gordon Celebrates Five Years of Sobriety

One round at a time... –  Dec. 27, 2020 - The incredible thing was he was coming up as an…

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Woman admits to ‘heinous and thoughtless’ drug deal

Not the face of evil –  Dec. 18, 2020 - According to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, fentanyl — a…

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Overdose Deaths Outpace COVID-19 Deaths in SF

Heaven’s Overcrowding... –   Dec. 19, 2020 -  The crisis fueled by the powerful painkiller fentanyl could have been far…

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U.S. Overdose Deaths Reach Record Highs

WHY? –  Dec. 17, 2020 - The primary driver behind the record-breaking numbers appeared to be the use of synthetic…

3 years ago

Relapse as Path to Sobriety

Voice of recovery –   December 8, 2020 - If you had told me 15 years ago that I would…

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Aryan Brotherhood Associate Pleads Guilty In Drug Case

Prison Dealer –   Nov. 30, 2020 - Samuel Keeton, 41, of Menifee, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to participate in…

3 years ago

How Jimmy Page Helped Scott Gorham (of Thin Lizzy) Get Off Heroin

I get clean with a little help from my friends –  December 5, 2020 - Thin Lizzy guitarist Scott Gorham…

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Drug deaths were on rise locally; then the virus hit

The American way of death –  Now, 2020 - Overdose deaths have spiked in San Diego County this year, as…

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Pills to powder: 1 in 3 high school seniors who misused prescription opioids later used heroin

Graduating to Oblivion U. –   Oct. 20, 2020 - “There was an increase in opioid prescribing in the 1990s…

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S.F.’s passive approach to the drug crisis is costing lives, too

War on drugs, peace on drugs –   Nov. 14, 2020 - But despite the crisis growing so much more…

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24-hour heroin ‘hotline’ — staffed by drug dealers busted on Chicago’s West Side

The Ultimate Call Center –  Nov. 16, 2020 - Investigators also tapped Bryant’s phone and allegedly recorded him angered at…

3 years ago

What the New Drug Policies Mean For You, Personally

Smoke two joints in the morning... –   November 9, 2020 - Here are all the answers to the drug…

3 years ago

‘We Are Tired, And Fed Up’: Residents Say Treatment Programs Saturating Harlem

WATCH – There goes the neighborhood –  Nov. 14, 2020 - “To see someone shooting dope and not caring who…

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How Oregon’s Decriminalization of Drugs May Help Decrease Addiction and Overdoses

WATCH – Time will tell –   Nov. 6, 2020 - Oregon has become the first state to decriminalize hard…

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Oregon Decriminalizes Small Amounts of Heroin and Cocaine

It’s about time! –   Nov. 7, 2020 - “This is incredible,” said Kassandra Frederique, executive director of the advocacy…

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Man caught with heroin told officers he was birdwatching

Stool pigeons? –  Oct. 29, 2020 - WAREHAM, MA - A man caught with heroin inside his car told officers…

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Former candidate Chris Taylor talks about his addiction

WATCH – Soldiering on –  Oct. 30, 2020 - Taylor’s campaign ended with him landing in the hospital, fighting for…

3 years ago

Is Michigan the New Portugal?

The Fix Is In – Oct 22, 2020 - If the goal is to reduce harm while ensuring public safety,…

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