‘A Mother’s Love’ Clears Needles from Minneapolis Streets VIDEO – REAL GARBAGE – July 17, 2025 -”A Mother’s Love” is the only city contracted community group to pick up needles used for illegal drug injection in Minneapolis. FOX 9 is your source for breaking news, weather f... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionJuly 29 2025
How Nanette Zumwalt Changed the Recovery Industry ONE CLIENT AT A TIME – June 20, 2025 - In the ever-evolving world of addiction treatment and mental health advocacy, few figures have had as profound an impact as Ms. Zumwalt. With nearly 30 years of experience and a... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJuly 29 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
‘Mother Methadone’ Reclaims Empathy Against Opioid Stigma AUDIO – MOTHER TERESA OF ADDICTS – July 18, 2025 - Like many young doctors, Melody Glenn wasn’t getting much sleep. It was the late 2010s, and she was working shifts at several Bay Area hospitals. Sometimes, driving ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionJuly 29 2025opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
Upended by Meth – Communities Pay Users to Quit DOUGH RAY METH – July 16, 2025 - Unlike with opioids, there is no medication to suppress cravings for meth and other stimulants. As use soars, hundreds of clinics are trying a radically different approach. Jamie Main... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJuly 22 2025meth
Will Netherlands Compassionate Approach to Drugs Work in the South? IF THEY TRY – July 3, 2025 - Dating back to the 14th century, the district was a hub for the port city’s sailors. The red lanterns sex workers used to signify their availability became a distinctive feature, giving t... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionJuly 15 2025
Family Warns Nitrous Oxide Use Has Been Deadly VIDEO – WHIPPET BAD – July 3, 2025 - She said her sister’s nitrous addiction left her incontinent and caused temporary paralysis in her legs. “A doctor in the hospital said, ‘This is going to kill you. You’re goin... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJuly 15 2025Trauma
Children’s Screen Addiction Linked to Mental Decline VIDEO – SAD FACETIME – July 2, 2025 - 13News chatted with Jennie Voelker, a licensed clinical social worker with Community Health Network, on how to navigate screen time with our kids. CONTINUE@YouTube h... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionJuly 15 2025Mental HealthSmartphone Addiction
Addiction: Not About Willpower; It’s About Support AUDIO – SCIENCE OF LOVE – July 4, 2025 - We’ve heard this statement a thousand times and probably have told it as well. But it’s not that simple. Addiction is a serious mental health issue, which affects the brain, b... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJuly 15 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Cannabis Risks Spotlighted as Celebrities Push for Marijuana Reform VIDEO – MIKE’S MANDATE – July 1, 2025 - Journalist and author Alex Berenson explains the dangers of cannabis as celebrity athletes call on President Donald Trump to reform marijuana laws. CONTINUE@Fox ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJuly 15 2025marijuanaweed
Understand “neuronal ensembles” and Revolutionize Addiction Treatment IMPROVE YOUR GAME NOW – July 3, 2025 - I am a behavioral neuroscientist studying addiction, and my team is interested in how reward memories are formed and processed in the brain. We study how memories linked to natu... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJuly 08 2025Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Feds Arrest CEO for Devising Conspiracy to Intimidate Journalists BAD MOVE – May 31, 2025 - Eric Spofford, 40, was accused of targeting journalists employed by New Hampshire Public Radio in retaliation for publishing an investigation that allegedly revealed multiple allegations of ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJuly 01 2025
The Brain’s Reward Network Could Explain Addiction IT’S ALL IN YOUR HEAD – June 11, 2025 - In the case of addiction, memories of rewarding experiences, like using drugs, are often tightly tied to spatial locations. “Someone who first uses drugs at a concert might alw... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 17 2025
Kennedy Is Shrinking the Agency that Helps The Mentally Ill and Addicts GOODBYE SAMHSA – June 6, 2025 - The country’s main mental health agency, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration, commonly known as SAMHSA, is in the process of being dissolved. It has lost more th... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 10 2025life expectancyMental HealthRecovery
The Pleasures of Addiction Keep People Hooked − But Altering The Neurons… VIDEO – SCIENCE MAY ONE DAY DO SO... – June 4, 2025 - People rely on memories of rewards to function and survive. Associated with positive experiences, these memories provide context for evaluating present and future... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 10 2025
‘Meals on Wheels’ Marks Great First Year of Recovery Program VIDEO – NUTRITION MATTERS – May 26, 2025 - Meals on Wheels is making a difference in the lives of individuals recovering from substance abuse through a new program. Graduates of the program emphasize that the meals p... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassioninterventionJune 03 2025RecoveryRecovery Advocate
Teen Hip-hop Star’s Rise Derailed By Abuse at N.J. Rehab HORRIFICAL – May 22, 2025 - A now-defunct youth drug rehabilitation program subjected a budding hip-hop artist to years of abuse in the early 1990s, derailing what his attorneys describe as a promising music career, ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMay 27 2025RecoveryRehab
Booze Has Negative Impact on People with ADHD VIDEO – FOCUS ON THAT – May 13, 2025 - Alcohol use disorder is a chronic condition marked by an inability to control alcohol consumption despite harmful consequences, resulting in significant distress or impairment. ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionMay 20 2025
‘I’m only 24 and will have no bladder’ KETAMINE – May 15, 2025 - A 24-year-old has opened up about how his party drug addiction destroyed his life. He was just a child when he was first introduced to the substance and now has life-changing health struggle... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionMay 20 2025
Undermining Health for Populations at Home and Abroad USA USA USA – April 25, 2025 - U.S. foreign assistance has generally led to substantial improvements in security and political and economic stability, including a reduction in the number of people living in ext... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediainterventionlife expectancyMay 13 2025
The Revolving Door We Call Addiction Treatment CURED PATIENTS NEVER RETURN – May 7, 2025 - We treat addiction today like an acute crisis, not a chronic condition. Care is designed around getting someone through detoxification—which alone can be a significant hurd... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionMay 13 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Vets Want to Legalize Ibogaine to Treat PTSD AUDIO – MEMORY LANE DREAMS – May 7, 2025 - U.S. vets and lawmakers are leading an effort to get clinical trials up and running for a potent psychoactive drug. Ibogaine is illegal in the U.S., but it’s proving to be ... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediaharm reductioninterventionMay 13 2025Mental HealthTrauma
Mindfulness Therapy Reduces Opioid Craving and Addiction IT’S ALL IN YOUR HEAD – April 30, 2025 - The study included 160 individuals with chronic pain — both with and without OUD — recruited from primary care and pain clinics. Participants completed a positive emotion regu... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMay 06 2025Mental Healthopioid crisisopioidsRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
First Couple of Family Recovery Court Celebrates Sobriety IT’S GOOD LAW – April 30, 2025 - Austin Warfield and Pleasant Davis walked into Hardin Circuit Court Room 3 with a new future ahead of them. With them Tuesday morning were their three children Micah Davis, w... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMay 06 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
40 Percent Decline in Overdose Deaths Linked to Fewer Kids Entering Foster Care IT’S COMPLICATED – April 23, 2025 - Year-over-year figures for the 12 months ending in November 2024 reveal a 37.7% decline in drug overdose deaths in West Virginia, surpassing the national average decrease of ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 29 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionOverdose
San Francisco Considers ‘recovery first’ Drug Policy VIDEO – DYING BY THE BAY – April 24, 2025 - “I think having a city policy that says, listen, the cessation of illicit drug use and long-term recovery is the primary objective of our drug policy,” Dorsey said. “That’s... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 29 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Methadone Pioneer Who Freed People From the Cruel Clinic System LIFE SAVER – April 23, 2025 - Dr. Edwin Salsitz is a methadone OG. He was one of a coterie of New York City doctors who pioneered its use to treat opioid use disorder back in the 1980s. “God almighty. So many p... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 29 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductionintervention
Man Sentenced 7 Years for “Body Brokering” at Sober Living Homes BUSINESS AS USUAL? – April 24, 2025 - Darius Moore, 31, formerly of Santa Ana but most recently of North Carolina, was sentenced Thursday to seven years behind bars for soliciting and receiving nearly $500,000 in ill... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 29 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryRehab
Trump Wants to End $56 Million Grant Giving Narcan to First Responders VIDEO – LET THEM DIE – April 25, 2025 - A preliminary budget document, obtained by The Washington Post, reportedly calls for deep cuts to federal health programs and targets multiple addiction prevention and treatme... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 29 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductionintervention
Psilocybin Gives Man 2nd Chance After 10-year Opioid Addiction WHATEVER WORKS – April 16, 2025 - Over 10 years, Schaefer had tried recovering from what began with dependence on a prescription for the pain killer Percocet and later spiraled into an all-consuming heroin addi... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 22 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsPsychedelics
FDA Shuts Down Food Safety Checks YOU WANT FRIES WITH THOSE MAGGOTS? – April 18, 2025 - In a move raising major concerns across the food industry, the FDA shuts down food safety quality checks amid staff cuts, putting key food testing programs ... Read More...Apr 22 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediafood addictioninterventionlife expectancy