Watching HBO’s ‘Teen Torture, Inc. REVOLTING – July 16, 2024 - “Teen Torture, Inc.” is the latest documentary aimed at exposing alleged abuses within the massive “troubled teen” industry, which caters to parents and state agencies desperate to ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJuly 23 2024Mental HealthteenagersTrauma
Acupuncture Can Shorten Methadone Treatments EAST MEETS WEST – July 10, 2024 - Eight weeks of acupuncture was found to reduce the dose of methadone needed to control opioid cravings, which could make patients likelier to stick with their treatment. ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionJuly 16 2024opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
How Portland Police and Activists Teamed Up to Fight Addiction WITH HEART AND SOUL – July 10, 2024 - Mr. Schmautz is president of the Portland Police Association. He doesn’t want to incarcerate drug users, but he believes public drug use should qualify as a misdemeanor. D... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJuly 16 2024
We Simply Cannot Leave Kids to their Own Devices AUDIO – MAKING CHILDREN CRAZY – July 8, 2024 - It’s unlikely these bans will stop kids from doomscrolling outside of school hours. And even if governments can get the likes of Meta and TikTok to age-gate their plat... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinterventionJuly 16 2024Mental HealthSmartphone Addiction
Social Media Addiction Among Young People Very Worrisome GENERATION ILLITERATE? – July 4, 2024 - I am writing this in light of U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy’s op-ed in The New York Times and the recent article published about that op-ed by ABC News. Many current... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionJuly 9 2024Smartphone Addiction
People Rush to Save Man from Overdosing VIDEO – ALMOST DEAD – July 1, 2024 - Sarah Nazorek remembers the scary experience when she saved her son from an overdose by using Narcan. One of the people sent us the video as others worked to wake up the un... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJuly 9 2024OverdoseRecovery
2nd Female Celebrity ‘Linked to Matthew Perry’s Death’ OH THE EVIL WEB WE WEAVE... – July 4, 2024 - The investigation now includes the LAPD, the US Drug Enforcement Administration and the US Postal Inspection Service. Through the investigation, officials are hopin... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJuly 9 2024
Should ‘Addictive’ Social Media Be Regulated? VIDEO – NOT THIS SITE – June 26, 2024 - Dr. Anna Lembke, medical director of addiction medicine at Stanford University, explains how constant connection can be harmful and why governments, companies and families sh... Read More...Addiction Recoverycell phoneinternetinterventionJuly 2 2024Smartphone Addiction
Model Shows Better Access to Methadone Could Save Lives WOULD SAVE LIVES – June 19, 2024 - In France, the majority of people with an opioid use disorder — 87% — receives access to medication designed to treat it. In the United States, where more than 100,000 people... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionJune 25 2024
‘Scam Alert’ About California Treatment Claims AUDIO – SAY WHAT? – June 12, 2024 - “The Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health’s Overdose Response Center is warning of a scam in our area involving individuals claiming to be part of residential rehabilita... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 25 2024Mental HealthOverdoseRecovery
Cops Seize Phone & Laptop From Matthew Perry’s Friend MORE TO THE STORY – June 19, 2024 - Law enforcement arrived with a search warrant to the mystery woman's sober living residence in L.A., but she was not present. When she came back, she was "completely cooperative" ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 25 2024
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Failed Children on Safety LIKE PARENTS? – June 22, 2024 - The C.E.O. and his team drove Meta’s efforts to capture young users and misled the public about the risks, lawsuits by state attorneys general say. States accuse Meta of unfairl... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionJune 25 2024Mental HealthSmartphone Addiction
Execs at Done. First Telehealth Arrested for ‘Scheme to Profit from Adderall’ MONEY MATTERS? – June 18, 2024 - Done ADHD was an “online subscription-based treatment program” for people with ADHD. Or who wanted to be evaluated for ADHD. The platform offered “online tools” and “communicat... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 25 2024RecoveryRehab
Amazon’s One Medical Failure FROM BOOKS TO BLADDER INFECTIONS – June 15, 2024 - Since Amazon acquired the primary-care service One Medical, elderly patients have been routed to a call center — staffed partly by contractors with limi... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJune 25 2024Trauma
Jontay Porter: Banned For Life – Was ‘in over his head’ with Gambling Addiction VIDEO – SAD DEMISE – June 7, 2024 - Jeff Jensen, a government investigations attorney in St. Louis, also said “Jontay is a good young man with strong faith that will get him through this. He was in over his h... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaGaminginterventionJune 18 2024
Mother Uber Driver Educates Passengers on Overdose Prevention VIDEO – SAY WHAT? – June 5, 2024 - Ann Drummond says it took months for her son to recover from addiction. Now, she’s using Uber as a platform to educate riders about addiction and overdose prevention. “I encourage... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJune 18 2024RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
He Came for Treatment. His Body Was Found In a Lake. WHAT WENT WRONG? TRAGIC – June 8, 2024 - Kyle Sherwood flew to Los Angeles in early May for an intensive drug treatment program, his family hopeful that this one might stick. The facility, Dream Center, had come highly recomme... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 18 2024RecoveryRehabTrauma
The Hidden Danger of Online Dating THE INTERNET IS DANGEROUS? – June 4, 2024 - Romance scams affect thousands of people each year. In 2022 alone, nearly 70,000 individuals in the United States reported falling victim to these scams, resulting i... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionJune 11 2024Smartphone Addiction
Seattle’s New Approach for Treating Addiction — Gift Cards ANYTHING CAN HELP – June 6, 2024 - Michael Crowley was among the first cohort of a new program being offered in Plymouth Housing buildings that ties small financial rewards to reducing, or eliminating, substan... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylinterventionJune 11 2024meth
Is Addiction a Disease? IS THERE A SURGERY OR MEDICATION? – June 4, 2024 - If addiction is a disease, why isn’t everyone in treatment? The origin of addiction is unique for each person, Dr. Bloch says. And both your underlying ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 11 2024RecoveryRehab
SF Program Giving Alcohol to Addicts Saves Lives LEGALIZE EVERYTHING – June 4, 2024 - He dropped a bottle of gin and then sucked the spilled liquid off the floor with a straw. She recently ventured out of the residential program in search of booze and ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 11 2024
Ozempic: ‘There is a dark side’ VIDEO – QUICK FIX? – May 31, 2024 - He says these injectable weight loss drugs come with a list of side effects including, gastric issues which can be permanent, nausea, vomiting, loss of around 40% of muscle... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 4 2024
Mobilize Recovery Maine Gives Out Free Narcan Door-to-Door VIDEO – SAVING ONE LIFE AT A TIME – May 26, 2024 - The canvassing is part of Mobilize Recovery Maine’s “Project Doorstep” initiative. Its goal is to reach 10,000 doors within two years. The organization is on its w... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionJune 4 2024
How David Crosby Got Grace Slick Sober VOLUNTEERED FOR AMERICA – May 24, 2024 - When Slick finally accepted her need to embrace sobriety, help came in the unlikely form of fellow musical icon David Crosby. Crosby had his own battles with addi... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionJune 4 2024sobriety
First Woman Sentenced in Arizona’s Sober Home Scheme VIDEO – NO WOMAN IS ABOVE THE LAW – Featured - May 30, 2024 - Thirty-seven-year-old Ariel Dix pleaded guilty to two felony counts of illegal control of an enterprise. On May 30, she was sentenced to three and a ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 4 2024RecoveryRehab
Are We Addicted to Addiction? PROBABLY – May 22, 2024 - At the heart of many of these claims is dopamine, a molecule that surges in the brain when people take some addictive drugs. But while dopamine has become a buzzword relating to anyth... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMay 28 2024Mental HealthRecovery
Arrests at North Carolina Methadone Clinic DRUG WAR CONTINUES – May 21, 2024 - Probation Officer Carter was hot on Emma’s heels. Early on August 16, 2023, according to Onslow County Superior Court filings, he waited outside her house in Hubert, a... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionMay 28 2024War On Drugs
UnitedHealth Demands Algorithm Denying Patients Care Was Legal HEARTLESS PLAN – May 22, 2024 - Investigations found those payment denials were based on an algorithm’s predictions, unbeknownst to patients, and UnitedHealth’s employees were advised not to stray from those c... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionMay 28 2024Trauma
‘I tried acupuncture to help me quit binge drinking’ GETTING TO THE POINT – May 23, 2024 - According to Barr, my emotions had a similar composition as a radiator (bear with me); I was radiating rage and the pressure needed to be released, and this, he said, is w... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionMay 28 2024Recovery
California Pays Meth Users to Get Clean THE GOLDEN STATE – May 22, 2024 - Quinn Coburn knows the lifestyle well. He has used meth most of his adult life, and has done five stints in jail for dealing marijuana, methamphetamine, and heroin. Now 56, he... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionMay 28 2024meth