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Doja Cat Celebrates 70 Days Vape-Free: “I’m Going To Peel My Skin Off”

VIDEO – PLEASE DON’T – Aug. 26, 2022 - While honoring her vape-free journey, Doja added, “I would love to have a smoke. In the name of love… I would love to have a f***ing smoke. Motherf****er. I’m going to pee... Read More...

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Shia LaBeouf’s ‘Great Humbling’

JUST HOPE IT STICKS – Aug. 26, 2022 - LaBeouf has been open about his history in rehab and has been arrested multiple times in relation to alcohol, including in October 2015 for public intoxication. ... Read More...

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International Overdose Awareness Day

VIDEO – BE AWARE – Aug 25, 2022 - "It's a remembrance of my son's life," Mario Tamayo said. Tamayo lost his 25-year-old son to an overdose."He was a person who was much more, much bigger than what his prob... Read More...

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Recovery Centers of America ‘BEST REHAB EVER’ Says Recovery Centers of America

#1 WHAT? – Aug. 23, 2022 - “When people come to us, they are suffering,” Vernig says. “We want them to find relief. In a lot of the same ways that substance use disorder impacts the community, mental hea... Read More...

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Rehab Riviera: New Law To Prevent Rehabs From Misleading Everyone

ISN’T THAT THEIR JOB? – Aug. 24, 2022 - It’s easy to mistake mental health and addiction treatment centers for actual medical facilities in California. But they are not staffed 24/7 by doctors (and are not allo... Read More...

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Major Victory in Fight Against Suboxone Makers

ANOTHER WIN – Aug. 25, 2022 - “The intentional implementation of an illegal ‘product hopping’ scheme to block or delay generic versions of a medication used to help individuals recover from opioid addiction is despi... Read More...

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Teen Prescribed 10 Psychiatric Drugs. She’s Not Alone.

GENERATION OF GUINEA PIGS – Aug. 27, 2022 - A study published in 2020 in the journal Pediatrics found that 40.7 percent of people ages 2 to 24 who were prescribed a drug for attention deficit hyperactivity diso... Read More...

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Forgiveness Is the Key to Healing from Body-Image Issues

IT’S THE KEYS TO THE KINGDOM – Aug. 25, 2022 - “Forgiveness is simply about understanding that every one of us is both inherently good and inherently flawed.” —Desmond Tutu Forgiveness can show ... Read More...

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Diet Can Influence Mood, Behavior and More

VIDEO – THINK BRAIN FOOD – Aug 24, 2022 - As with vitamin C, deficits in other vitamins and minerals can also precipitate nutritional diseases that adversely impact the brain in humans. For example, low dietary... Read More...

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Locking up People with Mental Illness Doesn’t Make Anyone Safer

MENTAL HEALTH CARE IS HEALTH CARE – Aug. 25, 2022 - “He had no support system,” Carter’s high school friend Ray Robinson told The City. “He just had to really rely on himself and those close to him.” This ki... Read More...

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Cigarette Graphic Warning Rule Delayed…Again

RED TAPE or BOTTOM LINE? – Aug. 24, 2022 - In its latest request for postponement, the plaintiffs made the same or similar arguments for postponement as in previous requests, which include: The rule w... Read More...

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Coming Off Tranquilizing Meds For a More Fulfilling Life

CONSULT YOUR LOCAL PHARMACY – Aug. 10, 2022 - ‘And I am sorry to have kept you waiting but we contacted your clinic in Ireland to double check things and your prescription checks out. So, here you a... Read More...

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How to School Your Kids About Substance Abuse Prevention

WHEN TALK ISN’T ENOUGH - THERE’S ALWAYS REHAB – Aug 25, 2022 - As your children get older, you should talk to them about the risks of using substances, in a concerned manner rather than as a scare tactic. Howev... Read More...

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Richie Stephens Discusses Book On Sobriety

VIDEO – AN OFFER YOU SHOULDN’T REFUSE – Aug. 24, 2022 - Actor Richie Stephens discusses the power of the human spirit and his new book, “The Gangster’s Guide to Sobriety.” more@YouTube ... Read More...

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Demi Talks ‘survivor’s guilt’ After 2018 Overdose

SHARING HEALS – Aug. 18, 2022 - Lovato, who recently added back the pronouns she/her, suffered an overdose in 2018. Following the near-fatal moment, the former Disney star woke up in an intensive care un... Read More...

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Program Helping Youth to Detox From Technology Addiction

THE 11th COMMANDMENT – Spring 2022 - I’m in my room consistently. “I just want to be left alone on my iPad and it makes me moody and angry for some reason.” Kokoda Youth Foundation CEO Johllene Elson said, “... Read More...

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Another Road to Sobriety: SMART Alternative to AA, NA Offers Addicts Power

ALL ROADS LEAD TO HOME – Aug. 19, 2022 - “They send us to different kind of meetings and they send us to a SMART Recovery meeting as well. And I really enjoyed it. I liked how it was facilitated and how ... Read More...

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Is Nutrition the Key To Changing Your Relationship With Alcohol?

MORE BEETS LESS BOOZE – Aug. 12, 2022 - As a doctor of clinical nutrition, I’ve spent many years unearthing new and innovative ways of healing. As an expert in functional nutrition and functional m... Read More...

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Ronnie Ortiz-Magro Confirms He’s One-Year Sober

EVEN IN NEW JERSEY – Aug. 12, 2022 - The “Celebrity Fear Factor” alum, who noted that he’s had “basically full-time” custody of his and ex Jen Harley’s 4-year-old daughter, Ariana, added that he has been in a “... Read More...

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Overdose Prevention Should Be Part of Each College’s Core Curriculum

BEFORE ALGEBRA – August 11, 2022 - I’m not being alarmist: During that same spring break, four students in Florida overdosed on cocaine laced with fentanyl; when two friends began to perform CPR, they were expo... Read More...

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‘Recovery’ Will Be Different For Every Patient Fighting Addiction

LIKE A SNOWFLAKE – Aug. 14, 2022 - Peter is a client that often comes to mind. He is a 39-year-old man who works as an accountant in a small business. He has been married to Amara for 10 years and the... Read More...

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Last Chance Motorcycle Club Helps Bikers Stay Sober

VIDEO – THE LEADERS OF THE PACK – Aug. 12, 2022 - Nee says he wants people to know that how they help themselves is there choice and he just wants people to know that they’re out there. “We have peopl... Read More...

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A Hole in the Head – Can a Brain Implant Treat Addiction?

CAN IT HURT? – Aug. 2022 - The probes were connected to wires that ran under Fisher’s skin, beneath his scalp, behind his ear and down his neck, then into a pulse generator sewn into his chest below his collarb... Read More...

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National D.A.R.E. Day

REMEMBER SEPT. 15 – Aug. 2022 - The D.A.R.E. program was developed by the Los Angeles Police Department to educate people. As it proved successful, other cities adopted similar approaches, and soon enoug... Read More...

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Girlfriend Charged With Murder For Meth-Laced Kiss With Inmate

GOING TO ANY LENGTH – Aug. 17, 2022 - Rachel Dollard, 33, allegedly hid a balloon containing a half-ounce of speed in her mouth and passed it orally to Joshua Brown at the Turney Center Industrial Complex in On... Read More...

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My Father’s Drug Addiction Put a Mask On Me.

THERE IS A SOLUTION – Aug. 17, 2022 - I wear a mask. The labels that represent me — committed Christian, talented author, well-connected publicist — do not tell the whole or even partial story of my life. My pr... Read More...

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Therapists’ Warning! ‘Generation Sensible’ Risks Missing Out On Life’s Experiences

LIKE DOING JAIL TIME? – Aug. 19, 2022 - Many young people increasingly choose to stay within a comfort zone of a small network of like-minded friends in which much of their social activity is virtual, according... Read More...

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Japan Urges Young People To Drink More

TO EACH HIS OWN – Aug. 18, 2022 - The contest asks 20 to 39-year-olds to share their business ideas to kick-start demand among their peers - whether it’s for Japanese sake, shochu, whiskey, beer or wine. ... Read More...

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Jonah Hill is Practicing Radical Self Care

AUDIO – IT’S NOT CRAZY TO SET BOUNDARIES – Aug 17, 2022 - Jonah Hill has released an open letter in which he announced that he will no longer promote his own movies for the foreseeable future in order to... Read More...

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Keri Blakinger: Skater, Addict, Prisoner AUTHOR

VIDEO – HERO’S JOURNEY – Aug. 16, 2022 - For several years, Keri Blakinger, led a double life. From the outside looking in, life looked perfect. Blakinger was pretty, super smart and a competitive ice sk... Read More...

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