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Screen All Surgery Patients for Cannabis Use

BONG AT YOUR OUR RISK – Jan. 3, 2023 - Cannabis is the most commonly used recreational drug in the U.S. and the most commonly used psychoactive substance after alcohol, noted guideline co-author and ASRA Pain M... Read More...

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Can Insomnia Medications Stop Addictions?

IN YOUR DREAMS – Jan. 3, 2023 - An article recently published in the journal Biological Psychiatry discusses the findings of researchers at the Rutgers Brain Health Institute and other institutions on th... Read More...

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Children Accidentally Eating Cannabis Edibles

PARENTAL ABUSE – Jan. 3, 2023 - Clinical toxicologist Varun Vohra said the Michigan Poison & Drug Information Center at Wayne State University School of Medicine, where he is the director, has experienced i... Read More...

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Scientists Say Planet Facing Sixth Mass Extinction

VIDEO – IT WAS NICE WHILE IT LASTED – Jan. 1, 2023 - Today, wild plants and animals are running out of places to live. The scientists you’re about to meet say the Earth is suffering a crisis of mass extinction on a ... Read More...

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Meet 25 Heroes Saving Lives Amid the Overdose Crisis

VIDEO – POLICIES MATTER! – Jan. 5, 2023 - “What we need to see happen is continued physician prescribing of naloxone, but also removing the barriers physicians, emergency departments and harm-reduction organizations... Read More...

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Oscar Buzz for ‘All The Beauty and the Bloodshed’ that Explores Sackler Family Murderers

FILMS CAN IMPROVE YOUR LIFE – Jan. 5, 2023 - Poitras, who won a best documentary Oscar in 2014 for Citizenfour, about ex-CIA contractor Edward Snowden, thanked the Venice Film Festival jury at the ... Read More...

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Should Virtual Therapists Come With A Health Warning?

YES – Dec. 27, 2022 - Research last year from the West Virginia School of Medicine showed that virtual therapy sessions conducted via video link during the pandemic were generally as effective as their in-perso... Read More...

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What You Need To Know About The Deadly New Drug

A NEW WAY TO DIE – Dec. 21, 2022 - One of the most dangerous and deadly drugs to ever hit the market could be hiding in plain sight, and if we don’t take swift action, we could be facing another devasting wave ... Read More...

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Dr. Gabor Maté: Who Gets Sick, and How to Prevent it

VIDEO – AT IT AGAIN – Nov. 2022 - Dr. Gabor Maté (addiction, stress, and childhood development speaker & bestselling author) joins us to explain which groups of people tend to be most prone to chronic illness,... Read More...

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American Writer Cat Marnell Celebrates 1 Month of Sobriety

SHE LOVES AA – Dec. 29, 2022 - In July 2020, Cat told Page Six that she had been off Adderall for two years, but she now claims that she ultimately relapsed despite the fact that being free of the focus-inducin... Read More...

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Resolving Addiction In the New Year

A NEW OPPORTUNITY – Dec. 27, 2022 - Joe says trust is fundamental which is why people are able to attend meetings without being worried they’ll be exposed in their everyday life – they can move through the step... Read More...

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U.S. Olympic Runner Shares Sobriety Story

ONLY THE FINISH LINE – Dec. 23, 2022 - Mitch Ammons trains at Austin High School Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022. Ammons, a local runner and recovering drug addict, recently qualified for the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trial... Read More...

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She Thanks Mom and God for 10 Years of Sobriety

NO ONE DOES IT BETTER – Dec. 25, 2022 - However, Reisinger had to learn how to help her daughter first. Without experience handling addiction, Reisinger said she initially didn’t recognize the signs of a... Read More...

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Wage War on Fentanyl or Decriminalize?

CONFUSING – Dec. 27, 2022 - In Hartford, Conn., this year, police found 100 bags of fentanyl in the bedroom of a 13-year-old boy who suffered a fatal fentanyl overdose at school. Police found an addition... Read More...

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Self-Determination is Key to Quitting Drug Addiction

TO EACH HIS OWN – Dec. 29, 2022 - Pointing out that rehabilitation centres are ashrams to free the abusers from addiction, he appealed to the armed revolutionary groups of Manipur to refrain from making ... Read More...

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The Five Things You Should Never Say to an Alcoholic

THERE’S A SALE AT BEVMO – Dec. 29, 2022 - As you help, you should also choose your words carefully because what you say can influence an addict’s will to recover. To help them start on that healing journey here... Read More...

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After Record Deaths, There Have Been Reforms in Addiction Treatment

AUDIO – DEAR MR. FANTASY – Dec. 30, 2022 - You know, A, I think it’s helpful to remember how the COVID pandemic kept changing - right? - as different strains of the virus emerged. Well, the opioid epidemic is kind... Read More...

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The Road Back From Addiction’s Dark Stranglehold

A WOMAN’S STORY – Dec. 30, 2022 - But for Henry, being inducted into The National Society of Collegiate Scholars is an especially big deal. It’s about academic success — “NSCS is more than just a symbol of acad... Read More...

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Sir Anthony Hopkins Reflects On 47 Years of Sobriety

VIDEO – THE PUBS WERE NOT HAPPY – Dec. 30, 2022 - ‘You young people, don’t give up, just keep in there, just keep fighting. Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid,’ he said in a video in 2020. ... Read More...

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Therapists Are Signing Up For Psychedelic Therapies Training

TRIP NOT TRIPLE SEC – Dec. 26, 2022 - The CIIS has trained roughly 800 students in the psychedelic program since 2016, Phelps said. And with receptiveness toward psychedelics growing, more practitioners ... Read More...

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Feds Sue ‘AmerisourceBergen’ For ‘hundreds of thousands’ of Opioid Violations

AUDIO – GREEDY WHITE COLLAR MURDERERS GO FREE – Dec. 29, 2022 - According to the complaint, AmerisourceBergen executives knew prescription pills shipped to Florida and West Virginia were being diverted and “sold i... Read More...

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Zen and the Art of Whatever Works

TAOISM LIVES – Dec. 30, 2022 - Rather than focus on addiction, topics in meetings instead focus on trauma healing, coping strategies, grounding techniques and the importance of building supportive community, Hi... Read More...

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Clive Davis: Whitney Houston made ‘valiant attempt’ to give up drugs before death

THE GREATEST LOVE OF ALL – Dec. 25, 2022 - The “I Will Always Love You” singer was found unconscious in a Beverly Hilton suite, submerged in the bathtub on Feb. 11, 2012. Paramedics performed CPR but she... Read More...

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Ten Things About Sugar & Motocross

TAKE IT SLOW – Dec. 28, 2022 - Silent killer. A 2008 study found that excess fructose consumption was linked to an increase in the odds of acquiring a condition called leptin resistance. Leptin is a hormone tha... Read More...

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Justice Dept. Sues Corporate Opioid Dealer

WALL STREET GETS OFF EASY – Dec. 29, 2022 - The federal Controlled Substances Act requires pharmaceutical distributors to monitor their customer orders and notify federal officials of any that may be of ... Read More...

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How I Found Sobriety as a Special Needs Mom

EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK THERE IS GOD – Dec. 29, 2022 - Another way it’s like two different worlds are this; I exist in the regular world with other people and families around us, but then I also exist in my ... Read More...

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What Happens When You Don’t Drink For 31 Days

VIDEO – YOU DRIVE MORE – Dec. 29, 2022 - If you’re hoping to get into shape, improve your mindset and memory, or even get better sleep in 2023, taking part in Dry January might be the best thing for you. According t... Read More...

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Lamar Odom Shares How His Addiction Damaged Marriage to Khloé Kardashian

VIDEO – NEW DOCUMENTARY – Dec. 20, 2022 - In the trailer for the documentary, Odom sits down with TMZ founder Harvey Levin and recollects that dark chapter in his life. “Drugs, that was my girlfriend,” Odom says. “I... Read More...

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2 Men Break Into Sober House While Intoxicated

UNCLEAR ON THE CONCEPT – Dec. 19, 2022 - After the argument, Williams passed out on the facility’s couch and Hill then went to sleep in an empty bunk bed. Williams and Hill did not have permission to be at t... Read More...

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Addiction Clinic to Motivate Patients With Financial Rewards

WORTH EVERY DOLLAR – Dec. 20, 2022 - The Kalispell clinic is allowed to use $300,000 of their grant in a 20-week treatment course. During that time, participants could get gift cards or vouchers worth up... Read More...

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