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NY Treatment Centers Waiting on Millions in Covid Money

WATCH – WAITING FOR THE MAN! – Nov. 18, 2021 - Local organizations trying to fight addiction in Central New York are still waiting for support promised by lawmakers. More than $90 million from the Americ... Read More...

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Biden’s Drug Czar Wants to Expand Use of MAT

NEXT STOP...CNN? – Nov. 18, 2021 - Methadone is a tightly controlled treatment for drug addiction, and patients must go to a clinic to receive the medication. That decades-old requirement was lifted during the coro... Read More...

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Freed Prisoners Get Alcohol Ankle Detectors

BETTER THAN A COURT CARD? – Nov. 18, 2021 - Prisoners at risk of committing alcohol-fuelled crime will be forced to wear an electronic tag when released to detect if they have been drinking. In what the gov... Read More...

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Officials Warn of Fentanyl-Laced Marijuana

IS THIS A NEW HORROR MOVIE? – Nov. 18, 2021 - In at least one of the cases so far, the marijuana tested positive for fentanyl, a highly potent opioid that can be lethal in minuscule doses, the Connecticut Departmen... Read More...

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Miracles of Recovery: Daily Meditations of Hope, Courage and Faith by Harriet Hunter

CHAPTER 11, IN A GOOD WAY – Published 2018 - WHAT HAPPENS INSIDE THE ROOMS of Alcoholics Anonymous? IS THERE ONLY ONE path to recovery? These and other questions are answered in 365-daily inspirations. Miracle... Read More...

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Paula Patton on Sobriety: ‘It’s All About Forgiveness’

WATCH – AND KINDNESS TOO – Nov. 19, 2021 - But now in this sobriety, she is looking at her life with these new eyes and asking yourself, ‘Am I willing to sacrifice my soul to be a part of this game?’ What you ... Read More...

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Some Foods Are Like Cigarettes – Addictive and Deadly

IS THIS A LASTING TREASURE, OR JUST A MOMENTS PLEASURE? – Nov. 19, 2021 - Based on our current estimates, 15% of Americans meet the threshold for food addiction, which is associated with diet-related disease, ... Read More...

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Ex-Heroin Addict Becomes Winningest High School Coach in History

WATCH – THE REAL LIFE TED LASSO – Nov. 20, 2021 - This morning’s live interview on #WakeUpAmerica on @newsmax. I share about the book, the documentary and the journey of the MLK team throughout the years! m... Read More...

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Republicans Move to Decriminalize Marijuana at Federal Level

TO DUMB US DOWN EVEN MORE? – Nov. 15, 2021 - Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced legislation on Monday that would decriminalize marijuana at the federal level and eliminate legal hazard... Read More...

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Woman Recounts Her Escape From Drug Addiction

WATCH – SAFE FOR NOW – Nov. 19, 2021 - Megan Cohen says it’s a miracle she’s alive after spending most of her early to mid 20’s on the streets in Kensington under the grip of drugs. She spoke with NBC10’s Jacquelin... Read More...

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The Joint Commission’s Complicity in the Opioid Crisis

J’ACCUSE! – by Christopher Dale Nov. 1, 2021 - A two-decade review shows decisions too poor – and Big Pharma influence too clear – to be explained away by sheer incompetence. This is a story 20 years ... Read More...

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Pictures Show How Mother-of-Three was Ravaged by 20-year Coke Addiction

ALL BETTER NOW? – Nov. 10, 2021 - At Manchester Crown Court, Ramsden was sentenced to 16 months as the judge told her a spell in jail might help her get clean and reconnect with her family. The court heard ... Read More...

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‘I woke up in a bin’

A BINDLE? – Nov. 12, 2021 - His journey began when he turned to the Matthew Project Next Steps recovery centre in Oak Street at the start of 2020. And now he is hoping to embark on a career in street pho... Read More...

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Intranasal Drug May Be The Future of Depression Treatments

WORKS BEST WITHOUT A DEVIATED SEPTUM – Nov. 12, 2021 - The scientists began by working with GLP-2, a neuropeptide that has shown anti-depressant effects even in treatment-resistant depression. Considering many... Read More...

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ACLU Demands Wyoming Halt Forced Sobriety Testing

SOBRIETY MANDATE NEXT? – Nov. 11, 2021 - The News&Guide was the first Wyoming media outlet to report on potentially unconstitutional elements of the 24/7 program; stories have since been published and republish... Read More...

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Betty Ford’s Son – ‘I should have known better’

WATCH – WE ALL SHOULD HAVE – Nov. 11, 2021 - Friday night, Ford will work to raise awareness as the Sunshine From Darkness event takes place. It’s a fundraiser started by the Lee and Bob Peterson Foundation. O... Read More...

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Philly Rolls Back Smoking Ban at Treatment Centers

TIME TO LIGHTEN UP? – Nov. 13, 2021 - “Our addictive behaviors don’t just center around one thing — we need to begin to stop with this hierarchy of drugs, so to speak,” said the department’s deputy commissione... Read More...

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Gregory Pardlo on Trusting What’s on the Other Side of Sobriety…and Poetry

LISTEN – A RHYME IN TIME – Nov. 10, 2021 - Jordan: Do you mean you truly couldn’t, or you felt like you shouldn’t? Greg: I think both, and I’m trying to figure out if there’s a distinction there. Becaus... Read More...

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Psilocybin Reveals Drug’s Efficacy Treating Depression

DOORS OF ELATION – Nov. 13, 2021 - About 29.1% of patients who received the highest dose of psilocybin — the compound found in magic mushrooms — were in remission three weeks after treatment compared with 7.6% of t... Read More...

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‘Hooked’ Explains How Addiction Led an Engineer to Rob Banks

LISTEN – GOING TO ANY LENGTHS – Nov. 9, 2021 - Campside Media co-founder Josh Dean details Hathaway’s life in “Hooked,” a podcast series based on Dean’s original reporting for Bloomberg Businessweek. Dean foun... Read More...

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DEA Tries to Stop Pharmacies Dispensing Suboxone

DAMNED IF YOU DO... – Nov. 8, 2021 - The ramifications can be particularly acute in rural areas, where a dearth of addiction treatment providers, lack of transportation and stigma against these medications alr... Read More...

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‘Russian Roulette’: Fentanyl Overdoses Double

WATCH – HEARTS BREAKING ON EVERY SPIN – Nov. 11, 2021 - Police and paramedics are alarmed by a recent surge in fentanyl overdoses, which have nearly doubled in Fort Worth over the past three months compared to last... Read More...

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A Trans Woman’s Recovery From Sex, Alcohol And Drug Addiction

WE ALL DO RECOVER – 11/02/2021 - Dating sites provided a platform for me and many other trans women to find people who were attracted to us, without the need to laboriously explain we were trans. We were... Read More...

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Hulu’s Dopesick Puts a Lesbian Coal Miner at the Heart of Its Opioid Crisis Miniseries

WATCH AND WEEP – Nov. 10, 2021 - We have the government: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Randy Ramseyer (John Hoogenakker) and Rick Mountcastle (Peter Sarsgaard) and their new boss John Brownlee (Jake McDorman), all ... Read More...

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When Will FDA’s Graphic Warning Rule Take Effect?

ASK PHILIP MORRIS – Nov. 2021 - The rule—initially slated to take effect June 18, 2021—would require 11 new textual, health warning statements accompanied by color, “photorealistic” images displayed on the top... Read More...

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Revolutionary, ‘less harmful’ Pain Medication Therapy

WATCH – ADDICTION IS NOT MANDATORY – Nov. 12, 2021 - “I wanted no narcotics,” said Seminole County resident Andria Herr. She needed gallbladder surgery in March during the pandemic and she wanted non-narcot... Read More...

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Oklahoma Court Overturns $465 Million Opioid Judgment Against J&J

WE’RE INNOCENT – Nov. 10, 2021 - This is is a blow to the argument that companies that marketed, sold and distributed opioids created a public nuisance and should abate some of the damage drugs have caused in ... Read More...

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Police Officer Saves Man’s Life Overdosing

WATCH – HEARTBREAKING—LIFE AFFIRMING – Nov. 2, 2021 - “I carry Narcan in my purse in case of situations like this. You can get it from the Student Health Services for free. There are also organizations online ... Read More...

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What Is an Addictive Personality? It’s a Myth.

GENERALLY SPEAKING? – April 23, 2019 - There’s no evidence to suggest that people with the traits mentioned above have a higher risk for addiction. That’s not to say that certain personality traits aren’t rela... Read More...

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Nadia Sawalha’s Husband Reveals Her Role in His Recovery

SOMETIMES IT TAKES TWO – Nov. 2, 2021 - Nadia replied with a simple heart emoji and the word “always”. Mark’s comment also touched several of Nadia’s fans, and it has since had 469 likes, as well as seve... Read More...

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