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 cannabis maintenance has proven to be a harm reduction tool to treat things like chronic pain and ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictioninterventionMar 30 2021marijuanaMental HealthRecoveryRehab
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 the 1970s that dove deeply into the morass of drug addiction. The first is “Home is Where the Hatred Is,” a Gil Scott-Her... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and Addictiongrammy winnerHeroin Addictionlife expectancyMar 30 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRehab
Davina McCall says it’s a ‘miracle’ she’s still alive QUITTING TIME ONLY COMES TO THE LIVING – March 12, 2021 - I was partying a lot and it was the ecstasy era and it was late Eighties, early Nineties – summer of love. “Everybody hugging each other, and s... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictioninterventionMar 16 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
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 show people there is a “solution to this disease”. “I lived a life full of misery and prayed every time that I slept to... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictioninterventionMar 9 2021OverdoseRecoveryRehabrelapse
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 Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo, which was published in 1978 and made into a fil... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylHeroin AddictioninterventionMarch 2 2021
‘Cherry’: Film Review NOT ON TOP – Feb. 25, 2021 - The muscular camerawork of Newton Thomas Sigel, with its swooping drone shots and virtuoso tracking sequences, is impressive on a craft level, especially if you’ve ever felt the nee... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictionMarch 2 2021Mental HealthTrauma
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 are becoming more challenging, we arrive at a critical moment within the opioid a... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictioninterventionMarch 2 2021Mental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
The Last Days of Heroin FENTANYL FOREVER? – Feb. 18, 2021 - Fentanyl isn’t a new substance, having first been synthesized in a lab in 1960 by the Belgian company Janssen Pharmaceuticals. The drug has important medical uses, including for C... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 23 2021fentanylHeroin Addictionopioid crisisopioidsOverdose
Huge Colorado Trafficking Bust BIG PHARM COMPETITION FOILED – Feb. 12, 2021 - Federal, state and local law enforcement in Adams County announced on Friday the dismantling of a drug trafficking operation that has led to state-level indictment... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 16 2021fentanylHeroin Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsoxycontin
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 day, I meet my parental, personal and professional responsibilities. I pay my taxes, serve as a volunteer ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 16 2021Heroin AddictionInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
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 use, researchers at New York University’s Langone Health Center wanted to quantify what soc... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictionJan 12 2021marijuanaMental Healthrelapsesmokingweed
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 met actress Susan Yardley Morss (known professionally as Susan Yardley), and moved back to New York with her. He signed to the V... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 29 2020Drug Abuse and Addictiongrammy winnerHeroin Addictionlife expectancyMental HealthOverdose
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 excellent MMA prospect at the same time. From 2011 to 2015, Gordon won the first nine fights of his MMA career before suf... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 29 2020Drug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictioninterventionMental HealthOverdoseRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabrelapse
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 synthetic opioid — is 80 to 100 times stronger than morphine, which is processed to make heroin. In ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 22 2020Drug Abuse and AddictionfentanylHeroin Addictionopioid crisisopioids
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 worse if it wasn’t for the nearly 3,000 times Narcan was used from January to the begi... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDec 22 2020depressionDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylHeroin Addictionlife expectancyMental Healthmethopioid crisisopioidsOverdose
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 opioids such as fentanyl, which increased 38.4%. Of 38 U.S. jurisdictions with available synth... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 22 2020Drug Abuse and AddictionfentanylHeroin Addictionlife expectancyMental Healthmethopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinrelapse
Relapse as a Path to Sobriety Voice of recovery – December 8, 2020 - If you had told me 15 years ago that I would grow up to be an IV-using, heroin-addicted shell of a person, I would have never believed you. I grew up in a devoutly religi... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDec 15 2020Drug Abuse and AddictionHeroin Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsRehabrelapse
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 a racketeering enterprise and to conspiracy to distribute heroin and methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney... Read More...Dec 8 2020Drug Abuse and AddictionHeroin Addictionmeth
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 is praising Led Zeppelin counterpart Jimmy Page for helping him beat heroin in 1983. The drug had already... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDec 8 2020Drug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
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 an already worsening drug epidemic collides with the coronavirus pandemic. Over the summer, that amounted to... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDec 1 2020Drug Abuse and AddictionfentanylHeroin AddictionMental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
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 and 2000s that contributed to the opioid epidemic,” he said. “Health professionals and the larger public he... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictionNov 24 2020opioid crisisopioidsteenagers
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 dire, the discussions at City Hall and in San Francisco’s criminal justice system sound like the same old scratchy broken r... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictionhomelessMental HealthNov 17 2020OverdoseRehabrelapse
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 one dealer’s lagging sales. “I don’t know what it is, if it’s just today or what?” Bryan... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictionNov 17 2020RecoveryRehab
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 policy questions you no longer need to be (as) afraid to Google on your work computer. So … can I legally d... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictionmethNov 17 2020oxycontinRecovery
‘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 is around … That’s a hard pill to swallow,” Harlem resident Sherzon Green told CBS2’s Cory James. And hard ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictionhomelessinterventionMental HealthNov 17 2020RecoveryRehab
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 drugs like heroin and cocaine. Drug Policy Alliance Executive Director Kassandra Frederique explains how this mov... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictionMental HealthNov 10 2020opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseRecoveryRehab
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 group Drug Policy Alliance. “This is like taking a sledgehammer to the cornerstone of the d... Read More...Addiction RecoverydepressionDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictionMental HealthNov 10 2020War On Drugs
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 he was birdwatching in Wareham on Oct. 15, police said. Officers responding to a report of a suspicious car on Fli... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictionNov 3 2020
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 survival. At the time, Taylor had declined ABC15’s requests for an interview, saying he wanted to f... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictionNov 3 2020RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Is Michigan the New Portugal? The Fix Is In – Oct 22, 2020 - If the goal is to reduce harm while ensuring public safety, we need to shift our perspectives to reflect the fact that drug use is not going away anytime soon. We should reform our poli... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductionHeroin AddictionMental HealthOctober 27 2020RecoveryRecovery Advocate