Jan 7 2020

Officer at Oregon women’s prison accused of smuggling in heroin, meth for inmates

Behind Closed Cells – Dec 23, 2019 - On June 3, Jimenez is accused of meeting Alberts in the parking…

5 years ago

This is what happened when I stopped drinking for month

I Woke Up Alone? – Jan. 1, 2020 - THE BENEFITS. Quitting an alcohol habit isn’t just trendy; it’s healthy.…

5 years ago

In memoriam to those lost to drug addiction

Death don’t have no mercy in this life – December 31, 2019 - Losing a loved one to drug addiction…

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Recovering alcoholic launches resource for people trying to stay sober

New Doors to Open – Jan. 1, 2020 - Richardson said it can be problematic for a recovering alcoholic to…

5 years ago

“Eureka police officer saved my life,” says recovering addict

Addicts’ Lives Matter – December 31, 2019 - Watch his story on the news:...  Full Story @KRCRTV

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Restaurateur Steve Palmer shares struggle with sobriety in new memoir

Profile in Courage – Dec. 31, 2019 - Drug and alcohol addiction began at his home in Chamblee when he…

5 years ago

First FDA-Approved Miracle-Drug to Curb Meth Addiction

Speedy Results? – Dec. 31, 2019 - The research team said that the people who stopped taking opioids once are…

5 years ago

Harm Reduction Approach Should Extend to Patient Smoking by John de Miranda

Less Is More –  December 31, 2019 -  Some 24 million people are in long-term recovery, having benefited from treatment,…

5 years ago

Dallas Stars’ Head Coach Jim Montgomery Checks into Rehab for Alcoholism

Time Out – JANUARY 3, 2020 - The team’s decision to end my role forced me to look into the…

5 years ago

The True Cause of the Opioid Epidemic

Unemployment Kills – January 2, 2019 - She was curious how the regional decline might have shaped her subjects’ politics.…

5 years ago

Experts say what drives video game addiction in teens

Brain Salad Surgery – Jan. 2, 2020 - Ryan says that could compel a teen to use gaming as a…

5 years ago

Cameron Douglas ‘I felt something breaking inside of me’

Everyone Can Heal – Jan. 1, 2020 - After multiple arrests for drug possession, Douglas’ most serious run-in with the…

5 years ago

Mom Is ‘Free of the Emotional Addiction’ to Food After Losing 165 Lbs.

Food for Thought – Jan. 3, 2020 - Tindal estimates that she was around 340 lbs. when she went away…

5 years ago

Prozac lowers sex drive

That’s Depressing – Jan. 5, 2020 - Many antidepressants lower libido and interfere with sexual pleasure. There is even a…

5 years ago

Dr. Heather Ashton, 90, Helped People Quit Anxiety Drugs

OBITUARY – Jan. 3, 2020 - The result of her work, in 1999, was “Benzodiazepines: How They Work And How…

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Deal will let more companies make an overdose antidote spray

Keep Coming Back – Jan. 3, 2020 - The attorney general’s office said the new agreement came after it found…

5 years ago

The real villain of the opioid crisis is the healthcare industry

There is no money in good health  – Jan. 5, 2020 - That’s the conclusion of two Princeton University economists,…

5 years ago

Why Is America So Depressed?

The United States of Despair – January 2, 2020 - Everyone has his or her own definition of a political…

5 years ago

Illinois becomes 11th state to legalize marijuana

It's No Longer a Crime to Inhale –  Jan. 1, 2020 - “The war on cannabis has destroyed families. It…

5 years ago

Marketing Psychiatric Drugs to Jailers and Judges

Medications Make Mad Money – Dec. 31, 2019 - At recent conferences about correctional health care, Merck, Gilead, AbbVie, and…

5 years ago

63% of Hawaii State Hospital Patients Have Used Meth

63 out of 100 – December 31, 2019 - When state epidemiologist Amy Curtis became chief administrator of the health…

5 years ago

Why We Need ReSOULutions, not Resolutions – Robyn Cruze

The Door Opens Inward – Dec. 30, 2019 - In 2020, my ReSOULution is to delve deeper into my soul…

5 years ago

What Would Bill Do?

Keep His Side of the Street Clean – Dec 26, 2019 - In today’s addiction treatment field, the Big Book…

5 years ago

Victoria’s Secret Models Got Thinner Over 23 Years

Not Roll Models – January 3, 2020 - “These findings represent an ideal of beauty that continuously moves further away…

5 years ago

Poet & Ex-Con – Life After Prison

Poetry Lives – 2019 - As a 16-year-old student who had never been in trouble, Betts hijacked a car at…

5 years ago

F.D.A. Failed to Ensure Safe Prescribing of Opioids

Watched People Die Every Day – Dec. 30, 2019 - “What’s surprising here is the design of the program was…

5 years ago

Why Did the Pentagon Push the FDA to Approve Powerful New Opioid 200 Times More Powerful Than Heroin?

It’s the American Way? – Jan. 6, 2020 - Over a period of several months, both the FDA and the…

5 years ago

Big Pharma raises prescription drug prices on New Year’s Day

Happy New Year STOCKHOLDERS – January 1, 2020  - “Hard-working Americans don’t deserve to pay such high prices for the…

5 years ago

A Cuban Describes Her Recovery from Alcoholism

Island Relief – December 30, 2019 - Kirenia Medina: I must have been about 15 years old and my boyfriend…

5 years ago

In Appalachia, Crafting Road to Recovery With Dulcimer Strings

Strumming Towards Sobriety –  January 3, 2020 - The heritage of handcrafted stringed instruments runs deep in this tiny Appalachian…

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