Jan 2 2018

Bill calls for mandatory jail or rehab for drug offenders

 January 4, 2018 - A new House bill would require mandatory jail time or rehabilitation for drug users who violate their…

7 years ago

City of Addict Entrepreneurs

Cashoholics Anonymous — Dec. 27, 2017 - The vans, she learned after tailing one, were ferrying addicts all over town…

7 years ago

Darryl Strawberry: Sex addiction drove him to dalliances during games

No One Told Him to Slide — Dec. 24, 2017 - “It was a pretty crazy lifestyle, you know,” Strawberry…

7 years ago

U.K. Woman Tried to Bring Painkillers Into Egypt. She Was Sentenced to 3 Years

0 Tolerance – Dec. 26, 2017 - Laura Plummer, 33, was arrested after authorities found her bringing 300 tablets of…

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Father Shares Emotional Post About Daughter’s Heroin Overdose

The Family Afterwards — December 28, 2017 - An Ohio father made a Facebook post about losing his daughter to…

7 years ago

Judge finds McKees Rocks rehab operator is danger; keeps him locked up

Double Agent — Dec. 27, 2017 - Prosecutors say accused heroin dealer David Francis delivered drugs to overdose victims, vouched…

7 years ago

2 Addiction Recovery Centers Under Investigation in Oklahoma

Slave Labor is Back — Dec. 28, 2017 - A sign marks the entrance to the Faith Based Therapeutic Community Corporation…

7 years ago

Massachusetts prosecutors to throw out 8,000 convictions in second drug lab scandal

Evil Woman — Dec. 28, 2017 - “Foster and Kaczmarek piled misrepresentation upon misrepresentation,” Superior Court Judge Richard J. Carey…

7 years ago

Kickstarter’s Yancey Strickler Announces Support For Five NonProfits

Help for the Addiction Services — Dec. 28, 2017 - On Thursday, Kickstarter Co-Founder and current CEO, Yancey Strickler, took…

7 years ago

5 Ways to Get Sober in the New Year

Many Paths, One Destination — Dec. 31, 2017 - New Year’s resolutions come and go, but a resolve to get…

7 years ago

A Doctor with Phone and a Mission

Call Centers Connect – Dec. 27, 2017 - More than 200,000 people seek addiction treatment on the phone or online…

7 years ago

Philadelphia’s Overdose Epidemic

Philly Photo Essay –  Dec. 28, 2017 - Seth Ditizio, an investigator for nine years in the Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s…

7 years ago

Do You Have Video “Gaming Disorder,” A Newly Recognized Mental Health Condition?

Wasted Minds –  DEC. 24, 2017  - Amazon listed as one of the most common items purchased along with the…

7 years ago

Governor Launches Campaign to Warn New Yorkers About Fraudulent Addiction Treatment Referral Services

GREAT IDEA – Dec. 27, 2017 - “Vulnerable New Yorkers struggling with addiction are being targeted and falsely promised life-saving…

7 years ago

Rehab Riviera: Are drugs for drug addicts solution or a crutch?

Anything Goes — Dec. 28, 2017 - “There are people in the 12-step community who tell their own, ‘You have a…

7 years ago

How one woman became local hero of the opioid

Doing a Life Saving Deed — Dec. 29, 20167 - As the opioid crisis worsens, Lori Erion is finding success…

7 years ago

Staring Down Addiction and Fending Off Harmful Voices

AA Not the Only Way... — DEC. 28, 2017 - “I went to war with addiction,” Mr. Wilson said. There,…

7 years ago

Drug and alcohol treatment facility proposed at Aspen Institute site in Maryland

The Right Side of History — Dec. 30, 2017 - Recovery Centers of America is in negotiations with the Aspen…

7 years ago

Dr. Phil’s Show Denies Claims That Guests Were Encouraged to Use Drugs and Alcohol

All for Higher Ratings? – Dec. 29, 2017 - STAT and The Boston Globe published an exposé on Thursday, which includes…

7 years ago

Industry struggling to get clean

Most Rehabs Practice Best Practices — Dec. 29, 2017 - California’s notoriously hands-off approach to regulating the industry — still predominantly…

7 years ago

How Proust Can Change Your Life

Recommended Book for the Year – Dec. 2017 - This is a genius-level piece of writing that manages to blend literary…

7 years ago

Opioid Policy Becomes Personal After Husband’s Death

Death Doesn't Take a Holiday — Dec. 29, 2017 - Joe Thompson’s struggle with opioids started in 2004. After he was…

7 years ago

Gabor Has Answers

ARTIST'S CORNER – Gabor Maté –  Q. If you are in recovery, what was your Drug of Choice and when did you…

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