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20 Million Fentanyl and Xylazine Test Strips Distributed

BETTER SAFE THAN DEAD – Aug. 30, 2024 - Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that New York State has surpassed the milestone of distributing 20 million fentanyl and xylazine test strips statewide. These efforts and ... Read More...

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Going to Prison for ‘exploiting’ Native Americans

PRISON HAS TO HURT – Aug. 22, 2024 - Diana Moore, 44, of Mesa was ordered this week by a judge to pay over $21 million in restitution to the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System for fraudulently billing the pu... Read More...

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Her Son Died In His Dorm. Where was the Narcan?

WHERE IS LOVE? – Aug. 23, 2024 - This spring, Vera-Schubert reached out again, saying Bobby had relapsed. On April 12, a roommate found him slumped over his desk in his dorm, apparently overdosed from fake Xan... Read More...

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Implantable Robotic Narcan Dispenser Reverses Overdoses

VIDEO – GET SOME TODAY – Aug. 24, 2024 - Researchers have developed a new device that will help to eliminate those delays and potentially save the lives of people who overdose. About the size of a stick of gum, it ... Read More...

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Have Hackers Stolen the Social Security #s of Every American?

CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT – Aug. 14, 2024 - Teresa Murray, consumer watchdog, said that bad actors could do “all kinds of things” with the leaked information, the most worrisome probably being to try to take... Read More...

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Lamar Odom and Others Share Stories

VIDEO – TALKING AND WALKING THE TALK – Aug. 8, 2024 - Rachael Keegan says childhood trauma led her to addiction. And along the way, she says she abused every kind of drug, from opioids to meth. “At a certain ... Read More...

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TV11 Investigates Evergreen Recovery’s Former Clients Abandoned and Afraid

VIDEO – HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN? – Aug. 8, 2024 - Shut down amidst a fraud probe, Evergreen Recovery’s closure leaves vulnerable clients in unsafe conditions. CONTINUE@YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb... Read More...

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The Pill That Could End the Opioid Epidemic

AUDIO – VERY IMPORTANT – Aug. 8, 2024 - This approach of broadening access has worked elsewhere. In the ’80s and ’90s, France pushed this treatment to address its heroin crisis and saw overdose deaths drop by 79 pe... Read More...

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Study Using Ketamine to Break Alcohol Addiction

BETTER THAN ANTABUSE – Aug. 8, 2024 - Prof Celia Morgan, who is leading the trial, said the initial stages had found participants stayed away from alcohol for longer. She said: “We think that ketamine helps... Read More...

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Facility Cooperating With FBI Investigation Into ‘Possible’ Fraud

ANYTHING IS ‘POSSIBLE’ – Aug. 2, 2024 - ARC has developed a reputation for aggressive expansion since it was launched by Tim Robinson, a lawyer who founded the company with a single halfway house for alcohol t... Read More...

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Power of Positive Thinking in Overcoming Addiction

WE LOVE YOU NORMAN VINCENT PEALE – Aug. 2, 2024 - Your mind will be key in overcoming your addiction. Its past workings lead you to substance use and its current state will lead you out of it. If you wan... Read More...

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Harm Reduction Seeks to Help Addicted Individuals

VIDEO – LET THERE BE LIGHT – July 30, 2024 - Harm reduction programs look to help those dealing with addiction by providing them with things like clean needles. Critics say harm reduction only makes things wor... Read More...

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Med Students Begin Their Careers With a White Coat and Narcan

FINALLY – July 26, 2024 - For first-year medical students in Philadelphia, the beginning of their career in health care is often marked with ceremony, sacred oaths and, more recently, tools to combat the addic... Read More...

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San Francisco Could Pay Cash to Stay Clean

VIDEO – WEEKLY STIPEND – July 29, 2024 - The proposal, called “Cash Not Drugs,” would create a voluntary sobriety incentive for eligible residents on public assistance, offering up to $100 a week for those who test... Read More...

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In-Home Addiction Provider Aware Recovery Raises $3.5Million

HOUSE CALLS ARE BACK IN – July 24, 2024 - Aware Recovery offers in-home substance use disorder (SUD) care. The provider is able to treat people with alcohol, opioid and other substance use disorders. Aware off... Read More...

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Dopamine Disruption Impairs Mentalizing Abilities

BRAINS MATTER – July 22, 2024 - “The main implication of our work is that in disorders with dopamine dysfunctions, in addition to producing the primary symptoms associated with these disorders (such as motor s... Read More...

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Non-profit Rebrands To Support Struggling Addicts

HELPING OTHERS MATTERS – July 25, 2024 - Families Against Narcotics (FAN) is now called Face Addiction Now. The organization assists over 100,000 people annually through its various programs. FAN started 16 ye... Read More...

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RFK Jr. Wants to Send People Addicted to Antidepressants to “Wellness Farms”

FREE OVERNIGHT CAMP – July 24, 2024 - RFK Jr. suggests creating “wellness farms” to “reparent” those struggling with addiction by growing organic food and taking away screens. He says it’ll also be a place for... Read More...

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Hang Up Your Cellphone Addiction

VIDEO – THE NEW CIGARETTES, BUT USEFUL – July 22, 2024 - Almost 50% of Americans are addicted to their cell phones. On average, people check their phones every 12 minutes throughout the day. Whether texting, cal... Read More...

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Energy Drinks Pulled After Dire Warning

WORSE THAN COKE? – July 25, 2024 - Energy drinks with as much caffeine as nine cans of Coca-Cola have been removed from store shelves in a major crackdown blitz About 700 drinks were seized from South Australian re... Read More...

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Sobriety Advocate & Herbalist Overcomes Homelessness

SUPPORT SOBER ENTREPRENEURS – July 13, 2024 - Valerie Wiener is following her dream by choosing a healing path as an herbalist. Also known as Mother Wanderer Earth Medicine, the mother of two says, “I’m a huge... Read More...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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