Portrait of despair: Opioids land more women behind barsPlease Don’t Keep Coming Back... – May 21, 2018 - JACKSBORO, Tenn. (AP) - On opposite sides of the county jail, a mother and her son chat about school, girls, birthday gifts — and their future together. They aren’t allo... Read More...May 22 2018
On marijuana and opioids — the DEA has no clue what it’s talking aboutHave They Ever? – May 14, 2018 - Is state-level medical cannabis access mitigating or fueling America’s opioid crisis? Testifying before Congress last week, Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) acting administrator Robert Patt... Read More...May 22 2018
Texas Has Fewest Per Capita Treatment Facilities of Any StateKnock Knock, Who’s There? – May 15, 2018 - When it comes to the availability of help for those addicted to drugs, Texas performs worse than any other state. According to a new study by the personal finance website Walle... Read More...May 22 2018
More girls are attempting suicide. It’s not clear why.What’s Wrong? – May 16, 2018 - Emet Oden tried reaching out in the only way he knew how. “I had been struggling with my mental health and, specifically, suicidal thoughts since the eighth grade,” said Oden, who is now 1... Read More...May 22 2018
Ethics à la National Association of Addiction Treatment ProvidersTake This John Oliver – Values NAATP endorses values-based practice. At a time when all providers do not share these values, it is imperative that NAATP and its members lead the way. The NAATP Values Statement describe... Read More...May 22 2018
FDA approves pill to treat symptoms of opioid withdrawal and help patients overcome addictionFinally, a Home Detox – MAY 16, 2018 - “The physical symptoms of opioid withdrawal can be one of the biggest barriers for patients seeking help and ultimately overcoming addiction,” said Dr. Scot Gottlieb, the FDA’s com... Read More...May 22 2018
Man charged with patient brokering for second timeDouble Dose – May 14, 2018 - DELRAY BEACH — Authorities have charged a man with patient brokering for the second time in six months. Scott Robert Gillis, now 28, of Boynton Beach was booked the morning of May 9 at the P... Read More...May 22 2018
Citing Portland’s opioid lawsuit, hospitals withdraw from groups seeking to treat addictionNo Treatment for You! – May 17, 2018 - The parent of Mercy Hospital is leaving partnerships it has with Portland and Bangor to increase access to substance use treatment, saying the move was prompted by a lawsuit that P... Read More...May 22 2018
Florida sues 5 major drug companies over opioidsCourtroom Trauma – May 15, 2018 - Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is suing five major drug manufacturers, as well as drug distributors in a “comprehensive” lawsuit aimed at punishing them for the spread of opioid add... Read More...May 22 2018
Drug treatment is big business in Pennsylvania$$$$$ – May 19, 2018 -Michael Cabell is co-founder of the for-profit Silver Pines Treatment Center in northern Schuylkill County. Some treatment centers have given the industry a black eye recently but Cabell says, “Ou... Read More...May 22 2018
American Aquarium Tackles Sobriety on ‘One Day at a Time’Creative Recovery – May 18, 2018 - BJ Barham is headed into a new era of American Aquarium with his latest album, Things Change. And the track “One Day At A Time,” premiering exclusively below, is drawn from a fresh cha... Read More...May 22 2018
Take it from someone who spent years taking heroin and crack: addiction isn’t a physiological problem. Prescribing methadone does nothing to address addiction.Experienced Point of View – May 14, 2018 - Prescribing methadone does nothing to address addiction. To replace one highly addictive substance with another (heroin addicts often end up taking both in tandem) does not dec... Read More...May 22 2018
Lynda Carter Is Still A Wonder Woman At 66Struggle with Alcoholism – May 19, 2018 - Carter has been open about her struggle with alcoholism and checked into rehab several times during her 40s and early 50s. “Alcoholism is an abyss,” Lynda told the Express. “You... Read More...May 22 2018
SF mayor’s bold plan to treat heroin addicts on the streetBlock by Block – May 17, 2018 - San Francisco’s mayor wants to create a special medical team — the first of its kind in the nation — to spread out onto the city’s streets and give homeless people a drug that one expert ... Read More...May 22 2018
Climbing Above AddictionStep, Ropes and Belay – May 17, 2018 - Robin Agricola lives in Massachusetts but spends nearly every weekend scaling the craggy cliffs found in central New Hampshire. Her life today is a far cry from what it was five ye... Read More...May 22 2018
Where do prescription drugs come from?Made In China – May 15, 2018 - “The moment people find out that these products largely come from China and India, they want to know why they’re not cheaper,” he told me. “The industry’s motivation in hiding this is to m... Read More...May 22 2018
Women celebrate sobriety with a new lookLooking Good – May 17, 2018 - Some special makeovers happened at Douglas J Aveda Institute in Grand Rapids Thursday, helping women who are battling addiction. The women changed their lives over the past few months or ye... Read More...May 22 2018
National Institutes of Health stops $100 million drinking study funded by the alcohol industryFox in the Hen House – May 17, 2018 - The National Institutes of Health has ordered a halt to a $100 million, 10-year study of moderate drinking that’s being funded in large part by the alcoholic-beverage industry. Thur... Read More...May 22 2018
Treat Addiction Like CancerNYT OPINION – May 19, 2018 - Around the same time, I was helping my 22-year-old daughter, who struggled with alcohol and drug addiction. The contrast between the two experiences was stark. While my stepbrother received ... Read More...May 22 2018
8 Ways Sex Changes When You’re SoberIt Gets Shorter? – May 14, 2018 - Sex can be an incredibly vulnerable experience. For people who struggle with alcoholism, the desire to dull some of the more uncomfortable feelings associated with sex - like fear, anxi... Read More...Dec 25 2018May 22 2018
Big Law Leader Shares Struggles with Alcoholism, Challenges for ProfessionLegally Clean – May 18, 2018 - This week Legal Speak focuses on substance abuse and mental health problems plaguing the legal profession. We know from a 2016 breakthrough study that lawyers suffer from alcoholism, depre... Read More...May 22 2018
‘How the f**k did I get ten years?’ Boy George reflects on his decade of sobrietySober Chameleon Karma – May 17, 2018 - Reflecting on his sobriety, Boy George said: ‘Obviously when you’re in it, it’s only when you get quality clean time, as you know, you go “oh wow, how did I do that? How the f**k d... Read More...May 22 2018
Delray Beach’s tough sober home rules pay off. Other cities follow suit.Progress Not Perfection – May 19, 2018 - Don’t call Delray Beach the drug relapse capital anymore. The city, once declared Ground Zero for the opioid epidemic, accounted for just four of Palm Beach County’s 168 drug dea... Read More...May 22 2018
Royce da 5’9” Talks Sobriety, Eminem, & Bad Meets EvilBrothers in Recovery – May 18, 2018 - Royce da 5’9” and Eminem have a bond that’s deeper than rap. The Detroit rapper reveals this on “Stay Woke” off his new album Book of Ryan. “Thanks to Marshall I’m sober, doin’ what... Read More...May 22 2018
Jury finds treatment center partly liable for man’s death“you need to get into a safe environment” – May 18, 2018 - One of the largest addiction treatment companies in the country is on the hook for millions of dollars after a jury found it partly liable for the death of a Ca... Read More...May 22 2018
Debates over sober-living homes often turn into bullying sessionsHome Sweet & Sour Home – May 17, 2018 - Outspoken Costa Mesa residents are being bullied by representatives of the sober-living industry ... Why? Because they are determined to publicly expose how sober living homes... Read More...May 22 2018
Addiction doctor shares opioid epidemic responseThe Doctor’s Opinion – May 18, 2018 - Dr. James Thompson leans in as the woman sitting on the couch in his office shares her story. As an addiction specialist, every day he examines why it happens, how to stop it and wh... Read More...May 22 2018
Predatory behavior runs rampant in Facebook’s addiction support groupsPreying Not Praying – May 21, 2018 - When Laurie Couch first joined the Affected by Addiction Support Group, a closed Facebook group with 70,000 members, she felt a sense of belonging. Here were people who understood he... Read More...May 22 2018
Homelessness, Addiction and Recovery: Inside Margot Kidder’s Battle with Mental HealthRemembrance – May 14, 2018 - While Margot Kidder is best known for her recurring role as Lois Lane in the original Superman films, she will also be remembered for her long and courageous battle with bipolar disorder, on... Read More...May 22 2018