How Frighteningly Strong Meth Has Supercharged Homelessness HOME SPEED HOME – Dec. 6, 2022 - In your book The Least of Us and in an Atlantic piece last year, you wrote about the rise of very pure meth, which is produced in a different way than the variety t... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 13 2022Drug Abuse and Addictionhomelessinterventionlife expectancymethRecoveryTrauma
When the Tenderloin’s Addiction Crisis Goes Viral AUDIO – ATTENTION! – Dec. 9, 2022 - These images, which circulate around the world, can evoke anger, fear, and frustration. They also shape opinion about what should be done and galvanize support for har... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 13 2022Drug Abuse and Addictioninterventionmethopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryTrauma
A Military Wife’s Descent Into Meth Addiction—And Her Agonizing Journey AUDIO – WHITE POWDER DEVIL – Dec. 3, 2022 - She was on a neighbor’s back deck, sipping wine and smoking cigarettes. Lauren admired her neighbor, another military wife, who displayed such boundless ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 6 2022Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewmethRecoveryRehabTrauma
National Meth Awareness Day POOR MAN’S COKE? – Nov. 30, 2022 - National Meth Awareness Day is observed to educate more people about the dangers of meth abuse and its impacts on many American families and communities. It also stresses the ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 6 2022Drug Abuse and AddictionmethRecovery
Bronx Had Third-Highest Overdose Rate APOCALYPSE NOW? – Nov. 2, 2022 - When it comes to opioid outpatient treatment, the highest rate per 100,000 population is greatest in Manhattan and the Bronx, and there are estimated 30,000-plus methadon... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancymethNov 8 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryTrauma
Faith Lost All Her Teeth – Now She’s Smiling GRIN NOT GRIM – Oct. 22, 2022 - Faith realised she had to learn to smile again after being so used to keeping her mouth shut to hide her rotting teeth. Now she is rocking a new set of dentures and says h... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewmethOct 25 2022RecoveryRehab
Could Monoclonal Antibodies Work For Treating Meth Addiction? AUDIO – GOD WILLING – Sept. 15, 2022 - Nearly one million Americans are addicted to methamphetamine, or meth as it’s called on the street. Of those, nearly 16,000 regular users are between the ages of 12 and 17... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionmethRecoveryRehabSept 27 2022
Cree Nation Chief Calls for Treatment Centres in Wake of Horrible Knife Attacks METH KILLS...OTHERS – Sept. 11, 2022 - The chief of James Smith Cree Nation and other Indigenous leaders are calling on the provincial and federal governments to fund on-reserve addiction treatment centr... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMental HealthmethRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 20 2022Trauma
“New Meth” Is Nothing to Fear. It Isn’t New. It’s Just Meth. MORE OF THE SAME SPEED RAP – Sept. 1, 2022 - If you’ve ever seen someone talk about “new meth” online, they were probably describing how it explained some aspect of society—encampments, mental illness—that they... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionmethRecoverySept 6 2022
Girlfriend Charged With Murder For Meth-Laced Kiss With Inmate GOING TO ANY LENGTH – Aug. 17, 2022 - Rachel Dollard, 33, allegedly hid a balloon containing a half-ounce of speed in her mouth and passed it orally to Joshua Brown at the Turney Center Industrial Complex in On... Read More...Aug 23 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionmethTrauma
How Photographers Help Fight Addiction in Philly VIDEO – STARING IN THE FACE OF HOPELESSNESS – Aug. 16, 2022 - “It just doesn’t feel comfortable for me to continue to drive through this area, walk through this area, catch the train, pass this are... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAug 23 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin Addictioninterventionlife expectancyMental Healthmethopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRehabTrauma
Computer Algorithms Improve Timeliness of Overdose Data NOW YOU KNOW NOW – Aug. 10, 2022 - We found that for most substances evaluated, the performance of these algorithms was perfect or near perfect. These models could be used to automate classification of unstruct... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAug 16 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylHeroin Addictioninterventionmethopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryTrauma
Scottish Prisons Aim To Get Prisoners Off Drugs including Methadone VIDEO – ABSTINENCE MAKE THE HEART GROW FONDER – July 22, 2022 - James - not his real name - is one of HMP Oakwood’s success stories. He ended up in prison after carrying out armed robberies to fund his heroin a... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 9 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthmethRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
DEA in Miami Warns of Synthetic Drug Mass Overdose Events VIDEO – MURDER IN MIAMI – July 18, 2022 - Mass-overdose events typically occur when criminals market drugs like cocaine, meth, or heroin when the drug is actually a synthetic opioid like fentanyl or when drug d... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylHeroin AddictioninterventionJuly 26 2022methopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
‘Monumental’ Drug Bust: 5,000 Pounds of Meth Seized THE ELEPHANT IN THE TRUCK – July 9, 2022 - Detectives from the Sheriff’s Department’s border crime suppression team followed the truck. First, the person who drove it across the border stopped in Otay Mes... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 12 2022meth
Can a Target Gift Card Help You Stay Off Meth? YES. MONEY TALKS NOBODY WALKS – July 4, 2022 - Behind the table, a program assistant hastened to clarify that it was a chance at a gift card — just a chance. But a chance was enough for Mark, who began filling ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJuly 12 2022methRecoveryRehab
Playing Russian Roulette…How Fentanyl Addiction Tore a Santa Clarita Family Apart LAST ADDICT STANDING – July 1, 2022 - Their lives resembled those of the many trapped by addiction – in and out of rehab, jail cells and hospital beds – until the two Santa Clarita parents suffering from fentan... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylJuly 12 2022methopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryteenagersTrauma
It’s An Overdose Crisis, NOT An Opioid Crisis HARM REDUCTION is DEATH REDUCTION – June 27, 2022 - Anyone using pills or powder needs a naloxone kit, too.Rebrand naloxone as an overdose prevention drug rather than a drug that reverses an opioid ove... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylinterventionJuly 5 2022methopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaRecoveryTrauma
Potential New Treatment for Meth Addiction VERY GOOD NEWS! – June 26, 2022 - Conducted from 2017 to 2019 at clinics in multiple community treatment programs nationwide, this study enrolled 403 adult volunteers ages 18 to 65 with moderate to severe meth... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJuly 5 2022methRecoveryRehab
Jennifer Ward-Lealand: Directorial Debut with Film About Methamphetamine HARROWING – June 13, 2022 - Disturb delves into methamphetamine addiction through the perspective of a kuia (grandmother) experiencing first-hand the drug’s hold on her moko (grandson). “So understanding wh... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionInterviewJune 21 2022methRecovery
Oregon’s Botched Treatment Plan FOLLOW THE MONEY – June 2, 2022 - Oregonians passed Ballot Measure 110 in 2020 decriminalizing possession of personal amounts of heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine and other drugs — the first in the nation to do... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictionJune 7 2022methRecoveryRehab
One Billion Pills! Ominous # of Drugs Seized in Asia Unlimited Supply – May 30, 2022 - The number of methamphetamine tablets seized in East and Southeast Asia exceeded a billion last year for the first time... more@NPR ... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMay 31 2022meth
New Meth Addiction Treatment VIDEO – BULLY or BULLSHIT? – May 26, 2022 - Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare now has eight billboards around the city advertising a “new effective addiction treatment for meth, opioids, alcohol.” What is unusual here... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMarch 31 2020methopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecovery
Meth Use Speeds Up DON’T METH WITH METH – May 20, 2022 - When 50-year-old meth addict Brian Groh was sentenced to jail last month, he went through a severe withdrawal. “When I first got here, I was really bad,” he... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMay 24 2022methOverdoseRecoveryTrauma
The Most Succe$$ful Drug Treatment That Work$ CARL HART WAS RIGHT – April 1, 2022 - “The approach, known as ... CM, has racked up a slew of successes. It has been shown to dramatically reduce people’s smoking during pregnancy and to help decrease bin... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionApril 12 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionmarijuanamethRecoveryRehab
K-9 Hero Saves the Day VIDEO – TAKING MATTERS INTO HER OWN PAWS – Mar. 30, 2022 - A Los Angeles police dog is getting some extra praise after the hard-working K-9 helped authorities find 104 pounds of illegal drugs. According t... Read More...April 5 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionmeth
My Dream Man is Now a Meth Addict PRINCE CHARMING TINA – March 30, 2022 - By August 2020 when Sally fled the relationship the man she loved was ‘no where to be found’. The man that had replaced him was psychotic, irrational and had a $3000-per-... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 5 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionmethRecovery
Florida Man Calls Police to Verify his Meth is Authentic CAN’T MAKE THIS S*%T UP – Mar. 16, 2022 - Most drug users tend to keep their dealings under wraps, but one Florida man was arrested after allegedly calling police to check the authenticity of his methamphetami... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMarch 22 2022meth
Federal Government Allows Program to Pay Substance Abusers to Staying Clean LISTEN – MONEY FOR NOTHING – Mar 10, 2022 - A new legal opinion from the Biden administration appears to clear the way for wider use of an underutilized harm reduction technique: paying people addicted to drug... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediabuprenorphineDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancyMarch 15 2022Mental Healthmethopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRehabTrauma
Dad Beat Heroin and Meth Addiction For His Daughter VIDEO – FAMILY COMES FIRST – March 1, 2022 - But after the birth of his little girl, eight, he knew he had to make a change in order to give her the best life he could. Photos from before and now show he is... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictionMarch 8 2022methRecoveryRehab