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Jan 8 2019
How getting arrested and going to jail helped one young man turn his life around
From Reefer to Reps –
Jan. 4, 2019 - “I was smoking well over a pack of cigarettes a day,” he said. “I was snorting several hundred milligrams of OxyContin every day. A regular meal for me would be going to a pizza shop... Read More...
‘Dirty John’: John’s sobriety doctor has a chilling secret of his own
MEDIA: Reality Fiction TV –
Jan. 5, 2019 - Last week’s episode of ‘Dirty John’ gave us the rude shock of what was in store for Debra Newell after she let John back into the penthouse and how she finally realized that t... Read More...
Opioid Deaths In Teens And Children Almost Tripled In The Past 20 Years
Suffer the Little Children –
December 30, 2018 - One of the main issues is that when adults store or use opioids in the home, it has a ripple effect on everyone, including teens and children who can misuse or divert the... Read More...
Listen to Woman’s Incredible Story of How an Accidental Phone Call Pulled Her Out of Drug Addiction
The Moth Podcast –
Jan. 3, 2019 - You never know who is willing to offer a helping hand – Auburn Sandstrom learned this when she was a young mother neck-deep in the throes of drug addiction. Yet despite struggling with ... Read More...
To Get Mental Health Help for a Child, Desperate Parents Relinquish Custody
Out of Options –
January 2, 2019 - The early trauma Daniel experienced very likely affected his brain development, doctors say. And his PTSD and severe anxiety disorder manifested in violent episodes. “He held knives t... Read More...
Twin who lost his brother through drug addiction now helps celebrity addicts beat their demons
Will to Live –
January 6, 2019 - When the Chris and Rob were just 14-years-old they started taking speed and LSD, just two years later the pair had moved on to cocaine and ecstasy. When Chris and Rob were 42, the pair a... Read More...
Panel at Narcotics Anonymous convention focuses on building community relationships
No Drugs Means No Drugs –
Jan. 5, 2019 - Speaking on the topic of misperceptions about the organization he’s encountered over the past 30 years, Cornell said it’s about educating people about what the organization does.... Read More...
Meth, cocaine overdoses rise as Mexican cartels sidestep anti-opioid crackdown
Playing whack-a-mole with death –
January 4, 2019 - The development is, in part, an outgrowth of the crackdown on opioids in the U.S., and the result of cartels finding other drugs. The 2018 National Drug Threat Assessm... Read More...
Will drug companies be held accountable for America’s opioid epidemic?
God is the Bottom Line –
Jan. 1, 2019 - What the prosecutors alleged was that these three top executives knew almost immediately after OxyContin appeared in the market, which was 1996, that it was being diverted to the ... Read More...
