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1500% Increase in Poison Centers Calls Related to Weight-Loss Drugs

VANITY CAN MAIM – Dec. 14, 2023 - Some have even needed to be hospitalized for severe nausea, vomiting and stomach pain, but their cases seem to have resolved after they were given intravenous fluids and medic... Read More...

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Restored Smiles Gives Addicts a New Lease on Life

PUT ON A HAPPY FACE – Dec. 7, 2023 - By the time she was 12, Lilly was addicted to drugs and had been sexually abused by her grandfather. Her life was filled with issues that no child should ever have to face.... Read More...

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14 Mississippians Died Awaiting Mental Health Treatment

TAX DOLLARS AT WORK – Dec. 7, 2023 - It’s not easy to know what goes on inside Mississippi jails — unlike in many states, they’re not subject to mandatory health and safety standards — but lawsuits and Mississ... Read More...

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LARGEST Indictment Over FAKE Sober Living Homes

IT’S JUST WRONG – Dec. 6, 2023 - Ten people were indicted by a grand jury on felony charges including patient brokering following a sober-living homes sting operation, the Arizona Attorney General’s office announced ... Read More...

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Workaholism Is An Addiction

AND THAT AIN’T GOOD – Dec. 2023 - The collected data show that the most workaholic workers have on average a worse mood than the others.” For most people, it quickly gives way to a compulsion to continue the activity... Read More...

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A Warm Welcome: Drug Use and Homelessness

AUDIO – COMPASSION WHERE IT’S NEEDED – Dec. 7, 2023 - Drug use and homelessness are complex issues, and many people automatically link the two together. However, did you know that a minority of Utah’s homeless popu... Read More...

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Doctor Charged With Attempted Murder

A WOMAN SCORNED – Dec. 6, 2023 - Dr. Amy L. Cohen, 35, of Narbeth, was taken into custody after an investigation was triggered by harassing and antisemitic threats being sent to the family of a woman who was d... Read More...

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Rodents Offer New Insights Into the Diversity of Addiction

THIS IS NO MICKY MOUSE STUDY – Dec. 1, 2023 - The researchers first gave the rats cocaine, and the animals learned how to self-administer the drug. Eventually, they developed either high or low levels of addiction.... Read More...

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‘Safe Passage’ Offers Path to Recovery

VIDEO – A VERY GOOD THING – Dec. 7, 2023 - In Pekin, anyone looking for drug addiction treatment can walk in and drop off drugs and paraphernalia without being charged. While just one person has come forward so fa... Read More...

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Is it possible to be in a happy relationship with an addict?

MAYBE? – Dec. 7, 2023 - Dear Hera, Is it possible to stay in a (happy) relationship with an addict? When I met this person three months ago, it was by chance, and we fell in love very quickly. He’s smart,... Read More...

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Access to MAT Isn’t a ‘Silver Bullet’

AUDIO – IT’S A START? – Dec. 6, 2023 - MAT is only effective when combined with psychosocial modalities but the treatment needs to be more widely-adopted, according to Cooper Zelnick, the company’s chief revenue offi... Read More...

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She Knows How Addiction Hijacks Learning in the Brain

BY STUDYING – Dec. 7, 2023 - Erin Calipari comes from a basketball family. Off the court, as a biology major she gravitated toward hormones and neurotransmitters. She grew fascinated with the neurobiology of how and ... Read More...

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Maintaining Your Sobriety During the Holiday Season

NO SLIPPING ... ON THE ROCKS – Dec. 7, 2023 - Whether you are watching commercials on TV, scanning your social media, or listening to the radio, the idea of alcohol use being equivalent to holiday merriment is... Read More...

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Former Miss America Runner-Up Shares Drug Struggles After Jail

PRAYERS – Dec. 4, 2023 - Cullen Johnson Hill, who was first runner-up in the Miss America 1995 pageant, gave an unfiltered look at “what addiction looks like” to inspire others to quit drinking. “I’ve just ... Read More...

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How to Snap out of a Bad Mood

MIND OVER WHAT’S THE MATTER – Dec. 2, 2023 - The impressive findings from this innovative study have real practical value in anyone’s life, even if you do not have diagnosed depression. If all it takes is 10 m... Read More...

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Eating Fatty Foods Reduces Brain Oxygenation

THAT’S NOT GOOD – Dec. 6, 2023 - Eating high-fat foods during periods of mental stress attenuated cerebral oxygenation in the pre-frontal cortex, resulting in a depletion of oxygen delivery (39% reduction in oxygenat... Read More...

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Physician Sentenced in $1.2M Opioid Scheme

MAKING A LIVING KILLING – Dec. 7, 2023 - Texas-based pain management specialist Oscar Lightner, MD, has been sentenced to seven years in prison over his role in the operation of a pill mill clinic that unlawfu... Read More...

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Breaking Down the Science and How To Detox From THC

START TODAY – Dec. 2023 - In this article, we will break down the science behind THC detox, making it simple and easy to understand. You’ll learn why detoxing from THC is crucial for certain situations and how... Read More...

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Mike ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino and the Shocking Lengths He Took To Hide $500,000 Drug Habit

VIDEO – FAME IS A DRUG TOO – Dec. 1, 2023 - In his upcoming memoir, Reality Check: Making the Best of The Situation, the 41-year-old talks candidly about how his $500,000 addiction controlled his life, and led ... Read More...

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There is NO MONEY in sobriety,’ Attorney says of Rehab Scam

SHOCKING VIDEO – MUST WATCH – Nov. 25, 2023 - A billion-dollar rehab industry is accused of making money off addiction. Brokers get kickbacks to lure drug addicts to certain treatment centers. WATCH@NewsNat... Read More...

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Murder on the Space Coast: Pill mill victim tells police about first visit with Dr. Gayden

VIDEO – DO MUCH HARM – Nov. 28, 2023 - Korrianne Lundstrom talks about her experience on her visit to Dr. John Gayden’s Indialantic office and the strength of Oxycodone he prescribed. WATCH@FloridaToday ... Read More...

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These 2 Words Stop Addiction

NOT EASY? – Dec. 1, 2023 - And the words are: mindful acceptance/commitment. Okay, maybe that’s three words, or two with a slash. Either way, mindful acceptance/commitment is a proven and potent tool for chang... Read More...

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Why the DSM Is Mostly False

MORE THAN MEDS – Nov. 28, 2023 - In psychoanalysis, little importance was given to diagnosis, unlike the medical tradition. Diagnoses were ‘labels,’ mere shorthand categories for communication. They weren’t ‘real’ an... Read More...

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Listen to a Different Approach Supporting Those With Addiction

AUDIO – WWJD? – Nov. 30, 2023 - Almost one-third of adults in the U.S. say they, or someone in their family, have been addicted to opioids. Often, families have been encouraged to use a “tough love” approach ... Read More...

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I Was Diagnosed as a Love Addict

OF LIFE? – Nov. 29, 2023 - When I was in my mid-twenties, I sat myself in the consulting room of a steely therapist, who told me that I was doing everything wrong when it came to love. For me, she said, love was all ... Read More...

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Reporting on Addiction Accurately

VIDEO – AND SOBERLY? – Nov. 27, 2023 - The organization Reporting on Addiction began as a response to what its founders identified as misinformed, harmful coverage of opioid use disorder and the people and communitie... Read More...

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Clare Kennedy’s Street Recovery Coffee Shop (and food)

VIDEO – IT’S OPEN AND NEEDS SUPPORT – Nov. 2023 - Our Recovery Coffee Shop will provide a friendly, safe and sober space for people to be introduced to how to recover from addiction from our volunteers with lived ex... Read More...

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Rehabs Prey on Addicts Trapped in the ‘Florida Shuffle’

VIDEO – WHEN HEALING IS SO PROFITABLE – Nov. 24, 2023 - “We go on a cycle of like traveling from place, to place, to place, to place until I had gone to like at least 24 facilities,” she said. Jaynes had unknowingly ... Read More...

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‘American Nightmare’: How 30 Unlicensed Sober Homes Almost Took Over a Community

VIDEO – LIKE AN INFESTATION? – Nov. 20, 2023 - “At one point, there was like a person passed out sleeping at the park, needles everywhere, beer cans, and again, the neighborhood has been around for six months at th... Read More...

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