Jan 14 2020

Babies born to meth-affected mothers seem fine

For Now –  January 3, 2020 - While babies addicted to opioids show the jittery signs of immediate withdrawal, methamphetamine-affected…

5 years ago

Study claims CDC underestimates number of overdose deaths

Low Balling – January 7, 2020 - Quast told Healio Primary Care that the inaccuracies he identified would not necessarily…

5 years ago

I quit drinking 2 years ago. Over time, my brain made it easier.

It Usually Does –  Jan. 6, 2020 - My brain, it turns out. And if you’re a regular drinker struggling…

5 years ago

Opioid Support Group Grows From Christian Book Club

The Son Also Rises –  January 9, 2020 - Over the next few years, her son’s addiction got worse and…

5 years ago

Abuses of FDA — The Case of Suboxone (suggested by Benjamin Seymour)

NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL of MEDICINE – January 8, 2020 - The company also filed a “sham” citizen petition to formally…

5 years ago

San Diego school district sues Juul for “impeding learning”

Jewels for Students? – Jan. 9, 2020 - San Diego schools are suing vaping company Juul Labs, alleging it hooked…

5 years ago

The F.D.A. Is in Trouble!

Send Help Please –  Jan. 11, 2020 - The effects of that slippage are starting to show. Too many prescription…

5 years ago

Medicaid expansion saves lives in overdose deaths

Helping Our Neighbor – Jan. 10, 2020 - “These findings add to the emerging body of evidence that Medicaid expansion…

5 years ago

The Natural History of the Senses

Book Recommendation for Rehabs –  Read more - “Diane Ackerman gives haunting descriptions of our five primary senses and how…

5 years ago

New MDMA Research Could Alter Drug Policy

By Prescription Only –                                 …

5 years ago

I thought I needed alcohol to enjoy sex…

It’s Not the Same Anymore - It’s Better – January 11, 2020 -  I took a deliberate break from even…

5 years ago

No Easy Answers on Opioid Crisis

And Nothing For Loved Ones? –  January 11, 2020 -  The closest to a victory that families saw was the…

5 years ago

Ex-drug company execs face reckoning in opioid bribery case

Last (Lap) Dance –  January 12, 2020 - Prosecutors say officials at Arizona-based Insys Therapeutics paid millions of dollars in…

5 years ago

Gordy Grimm Helped Shape Addiction Treatment Across the World

Obituary for a Pioneer – Jan. 8, 2020 - At Hazelden—established in 1949 on farmland near Center City, Minnesota—Grimm started…

5 years ago

The everyday medications that change who we are

For Better or Worse – They’ve been linked to road rage, pathological gambling, and complicated acts of fraud. Some make…

5 years ago

More Americans are killing themselves at work

Deaths of Despair –  January 9, 2020 - Last year, after a Facebook employee jumped from the fourth floor of…

5 years ago

The rise in meth and cocaine overdoses, explained

Cycle of Self-Violence – January 9, 2020 - Volkow continued, “My question: Why are we as a country vulnerable to…

5 years ago

Older Adults With Addictions Need Age-Tailored Rehab

Like-Minded Individuals –  January 9, 2020 - “Boomers have been seeking purpose their whole life,” says Brenda Iliff, executive director…

5 years ago

Guardians of Opioid-Dependent Kids Join Together In Class-Action Lawsuit

Protecting the Innocent –  January 10, 2020 - In addition to certifying the guardians as a class, the attorneys who…

5 years ago

Alcohol Deaths Have Risen Sharply Among Women

Dark Passage – Jan. 10, 2020 - Experts said that the new findings could partly reflect the fact that baby…

5 years ago

Amber Valletta opens up about sobriety

Model Behavior – Jan. 13, 2020 - In an interview with Porter magazine, Valletta talked about going public with her…

5 years ago

Oregon Student Sues JUUL

Law Student? – JAN 3, 2020 - The lawsuit states Juul failed to inform consumers in many early advertisements that…

5 years ago

Who Killed the Knapp Family?

Wall Street, War on Drugs, Union Busters, Robots, China? –  Jan. 9, 2020 - WHY? First, well-paying jobs disappeared, partly…

5 years ago

I spent half my life on antidepressants.

Don’t Jump! – Jan. 5, 2020 - I followed my psychiatrist’s advice and went off one drug at a time,…

5 years ago

Rob Lowe: Steven Tyler Played Big Role in My Sobriety

When Stars Align – January 07, 2020 - Lowe — dad to sons John 25, and Matthew, 27 — saw…

5 years ago

USA alcohol-related deaths have DOUBLED in 18 years

The Quietest Killer – January 8, 2020 - Americans are drinking more. Per capita consumption is up about 8% since…

5 years ago

Elizabeth Wurtzel, ‘Prozac Nation’ Author, Is Dead at 52

Fearless – Jan. 7, 2020 - The writer David Samuels, a friend since childhood, said the cause was metastatic breast…

5 years ago

Portugal’s drug policy’s success stories

Dignity for All –  January 11, 2020 - “Other diseases are a result of our behavior. Some sorts of diabetes,…

5 years ago

Marijuana dispensary to close for 1 day after ‘unprecedented demand’

Is that the Messiah, or just weed? – Jan. 12, 2020 - The one-day closure comes after Illinois saw ‘unprecedented…

5 years ago

Brad Pitt Reveals Bradley Cooper Helped Him Get Sober

It’s a ‘We’ program –  JAN. 9, 2020 - He also joked a little about the National Board of Review…

5 years ago