Mental Health

Biden’s Likely “Drug Czar” Presided Over Destruction of WV Syringe Program

SAFE INJECTION SITES UNLIKELY –  March 17, 2021 - President Joe Biden is planning to announce Dr. Rahul Guptaas his…

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Do College Students even do drugs?

DO BEARS COME IN THE MAIL? –  March 4, 2021 - The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued a…

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Cornerstone Names Roxanne Bates, Clinical Outreach Director

RECOVERY EXPERTS RULE –  March 18, 2021 - Substance abuse is not one person’s problem alone— it impacts families, communities,…

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What state has the biggest drug problem?

MOUNTAIN HIGH –  March 17, 2021 - Delaware, Tennessee, Louisiana and Maryland followed next, rounding out the top five states…

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Emergency Naloxone Boxes Installed in Wisconsin to Help Save Lives

I SEE LIVE PEOPLE –  March 11, 2021 - Outreach specialists with Wisconsin Voices for Recovery have now put up…

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Lighting Up Later in Life

SINSEMILLA FOR SENIORS - INDICA FOR ADULTS –  March 21, 2021 - Last spring, an analysis based on the National…

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Antidepressants Still Linked to Increased Suicide Risk

TO THE END? –  March 15, 2021 - According to Hengartner et al., the last meta-analysis that included observational studies…

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Red Oak Recovery Completes Sixth Year Dual Diagnosis Research Study

MORE THAN JUST THE 12 STEPS –  MAR. 16, 2021 - Red Oak Recovery® and The Willows at Red Oak…

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Purdue Pharma $10B bankruptcy plan farce?

SUPER WEALTHY CON JOB? –  March 16, 2021 - By Associated Press | March 16, 2021 at 11:53 AM EDT…

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Getting Stoned for Science

GOOD DE‘TOKE’TIVE WORK –  March 19, 2021 - Although adults can buy and consume marijuana legally under Maine law, like…

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Mila Kunis Unrecognizable in ‘Four Good Days’

WATCH – ROTTEN TOMATOES 44% –  March 18, 2021 - According to E! News, Kunis’s new role has her playing…

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“Prescription for Sorrow”

BOOK REVIEW –  Feb. 23, 2021 - Hahn starts at the beginning.  Emil Fischer of the University of Strasbourg synthesized…

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The World’s A Little Blurry – REVIEW

LOVING BILLIE EILISH –  March 18, 2021 -  “I don’t get it,” I yelled into my sister’s ear through throngs…

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Clinical Director, Andrew Sidoli, MSW, MBA, joins Recover Integrity

EXPERIENCE ESSENTIAL –  March 10, 2021 - Andrew’s is passionate about the operational aspects of treatment. He is a visionary…

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Atlanta shooting suspect was patient at evangelical treatment center

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD? –  March 19, 2021 - Most evangelical churches, including Southern Baptist churches, teach that sex…

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‘Most sex addicts are not murderers’

WATCH – THAT’S A RELIEF –  March 18, 2021 - Carol Juergensen Sheets, a certified sexual addiction therapist,  said the…

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Gov. Cuomo Announces Award of $50.7 Million to Enhance Addiction Services in NY State

SEE WHERE ALL THE MILLIONS GO –  March 10, 2021 - New York has a robust system of addiction care,…

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Muralist discovers his faith and talent for painting in prison

SERIOUS BRUSH WITH THE LAW –  March 13, 2021 - Lane said he cultivated and perfected his art by first…

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‘Bills’ Jordan Poyer shares poignant message about his fight against alcoholism

STANDING IN HIS TRUTH –  March 14, 2021 - You can sense the trepidation in Poyer’s message. He eventually says,…

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Harm Reduction Services to Get $30 Million in First-Ever Federal Funding

NOT ALL FOR MAT? –  March 16, 2021 - Though the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration will have…

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Heroic Artist Battles the Stigma of Being Mentally Ill

WATCH – THROWING OFF THE STRAITJACKET –  March 17, 2021 - As I lurked on Facebook, chatting with various peer…

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At Last, Some Help for Meth Addiction

CAN SCIENCE CLEAN UP THE METH? –  April 2021 - A decade ago I traveled on assignment to a Rocky…

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EQUAL Act would close the cocaine sentencing disparity

ROCK - POWDER - PRISON - HYPOCRISY –  March 19, 2021 - (Though an Asbury Park Press study found that…

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Hazelden Betty Ford Sites in Oregon Designated Blue Distinction® Centers

PROOF IT WORKS –  March 12, 2021 - According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 130 Americans die…

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Treatment Fund Launched in Memory of Neil Lasher

A GOOD CAUSE –  March 16, 2021 - The Fund, initiated by his life partner Jill Jordon, and administered by Caron,…

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Leave Out the Tragic Parts: A Grandfather’s Search for Boy Lost to Addiction

BOOK REVIEW –  March 2021 - This book has special meaning to me: my son is ‘by-choice’ homeless drug addict.…

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Meghan Markle’s mental health struggles echo Princess Diana’s experience

A “ROYAL” FAMILY MATTER –  March 11, 2021 - Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s sit-down interview with Oprah Winfrey first…

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Sobriety is Verb

SO IS SLOWLY –  March 8, 2021 - It wasn’t too long after that last bout of drinking before the…

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Family turns tragic loss into ‘Lissy’s Legacy of Love

WATCH – NEW LIFE OF GIVING –  March 5, 2021 - “I would appear in court and beg the judge…

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He overcame addiction and had three strokes before age 40, then it got worse

BOOK REVIEW –  MARCH 11, 2021 - “I wouldn’t have written ‘Model Citizen’ if I hadn’t had the fourth stroke,”…

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