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Seriously Mentally Ill People Should Consider a High-Fat Keto Diet

GRILLED CHEESE THERAPY? – April 2, 2024 - After four months on a ketogenic diet, 79 percent of participants showed a “clinically meaningful improvement” in psychiatric symptoms. Researchers theorize that the d... Read More...

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How “Toddler Milk” Is Marketed to Parents

SELL SELL SELL LIE – April 2, 2024 - The U.S. government has repeatedly fought against advertising restrictions on these products around the globe. These drinks, targeted to young kids, may promise un... Read More...

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Gov. Gavin Newsom to Spend $6.4 Billion on Treatment That Works, HOPEFULLY

AUDIO – ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE – April 7, 2024 - We’ve told you about so many people who’ve died in these facilities for lack of proper, or really any, medical care. Please, please, not more heartbreak! How about tre... Read More...

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Portland’s Overdose Response Team Sees 90 OD’s in One Month

VIDEO – SAVE MORE LIVES – March 29, 2024 - Fentanyl will kill you. It’s heartless. You never underestimate that drug right there because it’s unpredictable,” said Frank, homeless in Southwest Portland. “Every time ... Read More...

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Cleaning Up the Business of Getting Clean

CLEAN & SOBER – March 26, 2024 - Assemblywomen Margie Donlon and Luanne Peterpaul (D-Monmouth) have announced legislation in response to the State Commission of Investigations (SCI) report of fraud, ethical misco... Read More...

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New Approaches to Crime and Punishment

MISTAKES HAPPEN – March 23, 2024 - Amid bouts of sobriety and relapse, Moffitt had recently left rehab before he received news that his best friend died. After the funeral, Moffitt went on a bender that ended ... Read More...

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Switzerland Had an Overdose Crisis Until it Made Methadone Easy To Get

AMERICAN BAD DREAM – March 26, 2024 - ZURICH — The lobby of this addiction clinic is unremarkable, except for the network of metal chutes and tubes that hug the walls as they snake downward from a pharmacy on ... Read More...

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Family Suing for $10M after Man Died Using Smoke Shop Kratom

WHY? – March 24, 2024 - Matthew Torres, 39, “suffered a violent seizure with convulsions and foaming at the mouth,” according to a lawsuit filed by his family. His girlfriend performed CPR on Torres until f... Read More...

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Five Truths About Repentance I Used To Overcome Addiction

GOD MOVES IN A MYSTERIOUS WAYS... – March 26, 2024 - (photo Ashly Stone and father) Six months later, I graduated from The Salvation Army program. Although I still couldn’t picture myself committin... Read More...

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Intoxicants Can Be a Life Saver For People with Mental Illness

WHO’S TO JUDGE? – March 26, 2024 - A decade ago, while working in a women’s prison, I met a young woman whose story would leave an indelible mark on me. She had endured severe abuse at the hands of men, and I ... Read More...

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Steve-O Marks 16-Year Sobriety Anniversary

VIDEOS – SWEET 16 FOR SURE – March 29, 2024 - Having risen to fame through his work as an entertainer and his iconic performances on Jackass, millions of people across the globe became fans of Steve-O and were keen... Read More...

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More Than 8 Drinks a Week Increases Woman’s Risk of Heart Problems

SAVE THYSELF – March 29, 2024 - Women who said they drink eight or more alcoholic drinks per week were anywhere from 33 to 51% more likely to develop coronary heart disease. The study also found that women who drank ... Read More...

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Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren’t Growing Up

WHY BOTHER? – Feb. 27, 2024 - Shrier’s new book Bad Therapy, an astute and impassioned analysis of the mental-health crisis now afflicting adolescents, may cause a similar emotional meltdown in some corners of Americ... Read More...

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Kids Sniffing This Pantry Staple to Get High

IT’S NOT GLUE – March 19, 2024 - The woman, who goes by the name Lakeview Living on TikTok, ignited the controversy after speaking with a teacher who related the issues that schools in their area are experienc... Read More...

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‘Safe, Simple, Cost-effective:’ Acupuncture as Opioid Alternative

VIDEO – THE RIGHT KIND OF NEEDLE – March 21, 2024 -For Kayla Rath, a correctional officer in the armed forces, this method has made a major difference in her life — both at work and at home. I can say that in... Read More...

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‘Locks for Addiction’ Founder Heartbroken After Vandalism

VIDEO – ONE FROM THE HEART – March 19, 2024 - For years now, a Lexington mother has tried to bring hope to those working towards sobriety. But she came across a disheartening scene this weekend. Pam Stamper sta... Read More...

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Musician Shares His Inspirations and Journey to Sobriety

VIDEO – ALL THE RIGHT NOTES – March 12, 2024 - “I’m in a 12-step recovery program and I recorded a song for each step along the way. 12 steps. 12 songs. The album is called ‘The Program.’” “If there’s anyone out ther... Read More...

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Farmer Shares Her Battle with Alcoholism in PBS doc ‘Greener Pastures’

VIDEO – PLANTING THE SEED OF RECOVERY – March 27, 2024 - Several Midwesterners will break your heart in this “Independent Lens” documentary about farmers dealing with mental health issues. But the one who resonates... Read More...

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A Psychedelics Reporter With a Changing Perspective

PRISM VISION – March 20, 2024 - As a reporter covering psychedelic medicine for the Health and Science desk at The New York Times, the drugs that often command my attention are familiar to any veteran psychona... Read More...

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Screens Poison Kids’ Minds

HIJACKED BRAINS – March 22, 2024 - Teenagers are inundated with notifications, with one study estimating they get 237 pings a day. “Smartphones and social media fundamentally changed the way teens spend their ... Read More...

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How widespread is Gambling Addiction in the U.S.?

POINT SPREADS ARE SEXY – March 23, 2024 - The firing of Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter and close friend after allegations of illegal gambling and theft from the Japanese baseball player i... Read More...

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Hawaiian Hotels/Restaurants Could Be Required to Stock Narcan

AUDIO – THE HOMELESS SHELTERS TOO? – March 21, 2024 - “We really want to get health and harm reduction folks out there with the counselors to really try to offer people options to get into therapy and treatments so t... Read More...

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Kids’ Phone-Based Existence InHuman

CHILDHOOD CANCELED – March 21, 2024 - “Suppose that when your first child turned ten, a visionary billionaire whom you’ve never met chose her to join the first permanent human settlement on Mars … Would you let her g... Read More...

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Lawmakers Shoot Down Plan to Crack Down on Sober Living Homes

CRACKED UP – March 22, 2024 - Lawmakers are working to tighten the reins on fraudulent sober living homes after bad actors defrauded Arizona’s Medicaid agency out of billions of dollars. But one such bill was ... Read More...

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WAXAHATCHEE – TIGERS BLOOD

WHAT’S IN A NAME – MARCH 20, 2024 - On her sixth album ‘Tigers Blood’, Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield is distancing herself from her demons and embracing home. Katie Crutchfield is back, the Alabama-bor... Read More...

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Biden Moves to Relax Federal Weed Restrictions

TIME HAS COME TODAY – March 7, 2024 - President Joe Biden reiterated that nobody should go to prison for cannabis use, and touted his administration’s moves to evaluate whether federal marijuana restrictions s... Read More...

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Decriminalizing Drugs Could Help More People Seek Treatment

VIDEO – IT’S THE ONLY SOLUTION – March 11, 2024 - “If you reduce stigma and fear of criminalization, people are more likely to be vulnerable and honest about the struggles they have,” Schaffner said. “When they’re ... Read More...

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Three Months After Leaving Patton State Mental Hospital She Was Dead

AUDIO – SCANDAL or FATE? – March 13, 2024 - The department agreed to pay the Amity Foundation roughly $121 million over five years to oversee and review reentry homes in Los Angeles County, Taxpayers paid about $5,... Read More...

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What Is RECOVERY CAPITAL?

IT’S EVERYTHING – March 11, 2024 - Recovery capital is comprised of social, physical, cultural and human forms of capital. It consists of, but is not limited to, personal and social characteristics, networks, ... Read More...

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Life Without TikTok

INDIA BLOCKS TikTok – March 15, 2024 - What happened when the world’s most populous nation turned off TikTok. In June 2020, after a violent clash on the India-China border that left at least 20 Indian soldiers dead, ... Read More...

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