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Police Repeating Drug War’s Dark History in Fentanyl Era

NO EFFECT ON OVERDOSE VICTIMS? – Sept. 20, 2022 - Facing an unprecedented public health crisis, law enforcement is under enormous pressure to demonstrate to the public that its efforts are making a difference. ... Read More...

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“Democracy Will Die” If We Don’t End Drug War!

VIDEO – ONLY SOLUTION TO REDUCE OVERDOSE DEATHS – Sept. 21, 2022 - In his speech before the UN’s General Assembly, Petro said definitively that the “War on Drugs has failed,” according to a translation. He adde... Read More...

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Chris Dale and Patty Li – A Marriage Saved in Spite of Addiction

AUDIO – HAPPILY EVER AFTER – August 2022 - Christopher Dale is an experienced public relations professional, writer and recovering addict. In addition to being a regular contributor to Addiction Recovery eBulletin, ... Read More...

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Controversial Harm Reduction Strategies Slow Drug Deaths

AUDIO – GIVE AND LET LIVE – Sept. 15, 2022 - Yeah. Addiction care has gotten better in the U.S. - better therapies, better medications. But getting that kind of quality treatment is still super hard in most of ... Read More...

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Can Multiple Psychiatric Drugs Improve Minority Communities?

SO MANY MOUTHS TO DRUG – Sept. 14, 2022 - “It has been documented in adults that Black patients with mental illness are more likely to receive substance care and more likely to be diagnosed with psychoti... Read More...

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Candy, cash, gifts, rewards, help addiction recovery

SOBRIETY IS THE REWARD – Sept. 13, 2022 - Since 2011, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has used the method with 5,700 veterans. Rewards are vouchers the vets redeem at their local canteen. Over the years... Read More...

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Philip Speer’s Sobriety Led To a New Kind of Restaurant

WELL DONE – Sept. 13, 2022 - Speer described it as a “hazy cycle” of working and partying that was encouraged by restaurant managers and owners because of how it kept staff tight-knit and locked in. A ha... Read More...

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The Preacher’s Son is Finally Sober, Happy and Free

GRACE IS EVERYWHERE – Sept. 9, 2022 - old. Although it started out innocently enough, he found alcohol to be a crutch that he couldn’t live without. Well into his twenties, Kenan appeared to be a functioning hu... Read More...

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Providers Face Multiple Challenges Working With Potheads

BUT SO TALENTED – Sept. 11, 2022 - At the Cape Cod Symposium on Addictive Disorders, Tanya L. Gouveia, MS, MPA, LCDP-II, LADC-I, who runs Addiction Recovery Counseling and serves as an adjunct professor ... Read More...

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Nothing seemed to relieve their depression. Then they tried ketamine.

DO TRY THIS AT HOME – Sept. 12, 2022 - While the study has limitations, the findings appear to illuminate how ketamine could offer more than just brief relief to people whose depression is resistant to o... Read More...

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No More Hard-Drinking Japanese College Students as Gen Z Goes Sober

AUDIO – REALITY DOESN’T BITE – Sept. 12, 2022 - The popularity of low- and non-alcoholic drinks has risen worldwide, accelerated by the pandemic, which led many people to be more health conscious. The global ma... Read More...

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“Junk Science” in Our Courts and Forced Drug Treatment are a Recipe for Disaster

IT’S COMPLICATED – Sept. 12, 2022 - Yet, the insanity defense has been used in numerous trials involving school or community shootings. Found incompetent to stand trial or guilty but “mentally ill,” perp... Read More...

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Addiction Often Goes Hand-In-Hand With Mental Illness BY NORA D. VOLKOW

THE TRUTH HURTS – Sept. 12, 2022 - Substance use disorders often accompany other mental illnesses. Half of people with a substance use disorder have another mental illness at some point, and vice-versa. For ... Read More...

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Road to Recovery: ‘I dare you to believe’

CAME TO BELIEVE – Sept. 13, 2022 - We all have value; we all have worth; we all have something to contribute, and we don’t want to hang onto that,” Clemmer said. “...When I can give back, it just works.” It ... Read More...

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New Definition of Recovery from Alcohol Use Disorder

CUT DOWN AND STAY THAT WAY – Sept. 14, 2022 - For those experiencing alcohol-related functional impairment and other adverse consequences, recovery is often marked by the fulfillment of basic needs, enhancement... Read More...

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Hiding In Plain Sight: Young Adult Addiction Care

YOUTH QUAKE – Sept. 14, 2022 - “If your child is diagnosed with a substance use disorder, there’s hope for recovery. It includes evidence-based counseling, family treatment, recovering peer groups, medic... Read More...

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Cree Nation Chief Calls for Treatment Centres in Wake of Horrible Knife Attacks

METH KILLS...OTHERS – Sept. 11, 2022 - The chief of James Smith Cree Nation and other Indigenous leaders are calling on the provincial and federal governments to fund on-reserve addiction treatment centr... Read More...

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Jury Finds Operator of Pill Mill Guilty

GREED IS NOT GOOD – Sept. 12, 2022 - U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said: “Purificacion Cristobal prescribed powerful medications to patients, some of whom had no medical need for them and were likely selling th... Read More...

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After years of food addiction & depression, Tamara Walcott says powerlifting ‘saved me from myself’

VIDEO – WORTH THE WEIGHT – Sept. 13, 2022 - The private, deep-rooted significance powerlifting assumed in her life perhaps goes some way to explaining Walcott’s success in the sport. In July, sh... Read More...

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Can You Get Hooked on Melatonin?

IT AIN’T VALIUM, HOWEVER... – Sept. 6, 2022 - On TikTok, the hashtag #melatoninaddict has racked up more than a million views, with people swapping stories about craving the supplement, or being unable to sleep... Read More...

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Remi Wolf’s Next Project—Her Sobriety

UNIQUELY ECLECTIC – Sept. 14, 2022 - “There’s something about being 4 months sober where everything starts to get really really real. Too real,” she shared. “It was like all the shit I had been ignoring ... Read More...

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Are You a Love Addict? Or a Romantic?

“WHAT IS LOVE...BABY DON’T HURT ME” – Sept. 16, 2022 - Love addiction is not a formal diagnosis. It is related to other clinical diagnoses under the spectrum of behavioral addictions, impulse control disorders,... Read More...

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Eminem on overdose: ‘It took a long time for my brain to start working again’

VIDEO – HAPPY IT DID – Sept. 8, 2022 - “I remember when I first got sober and all the shit was out of my system, I remember just being, like, really happy and everything was f***ing new to me again,” Eminem sai... Read More...

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‘Addiction Is a Medical Problem’: Nonjudgmental Treatment Is Good Medicine

VIDEO – COMPASSION IN ACTION – Sept 6, 2022 - Depman moved to Vermont in 2007, as addiction treatment was starting to evolve. Before the move, he had seen the beginning of such changes while working as an emerg... Read More...

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LSD Therapy Induces Rapid, Lasting Reductions in Anxiety and Depression

BILL W. WAS A PIONEER – Sept. 8, 2022 - LSD-assisted therapy could provide benefits to patients struggling with anxiety disorders, according to new research published in Biological Psychiatry. The findin... Read More...

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San Francisco One Step Closer to Decriminalizing Plant-Based Psychedelics

SUMMER OF LOVE THERAPY CONTINUES – Sept. 10, 2022 - The measure, resolution #220896, concerns entheogenic plants, another term for psychoactive plants, or plants that can induce changes in perception and mood. ... Read More...

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From Sober Mom Squads to Anti-Anxiety Workbooks: Do New AA Alternatives Work?

IT WORKS IF YOU WORK IT – Sept. 7, 2022 - AA was founded in 1935 by two white men who were members of a Christian revivalist group, Bill Wilson and Bob Smith – a Wall Street analyst and a surgeon, respectively ... Read More...

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The Deadly Financial Aspect of Addiction

VIDEO – IT’S ALL ABOUT LOSSES – Sept. 8, 2022 - After losing her husband to accidental overdose, Cheryl shares his journey through active addiction, road to recovery and his final battle lost to overdose. By ex... Read More...

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TIAN DAYTON’S NEW BOOK! SOCIOMETRICS

AUDIO – RELATIONAL REPAIR KIT – Sept. 9, 2022 - “I am very happy to let you know about my new book Sociometrics, which clearly outlines my experiential/embodied approach to healing cPTSD, through accessi... Read More...

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Can You Manage Bipolar Disorder Without Medication?

ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE – Sept. 9, 2022 - In addition to mental exercises, there are also a number of lifestyle changes that can help to manage bipolar disorder. Some lifestyle changes that may be helpful i... Read More...

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