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Woman’s viral Facebook about overcoming addiction

WATCH – #RECOVERYISPOSSIBLE – June 3, 2021 - At six years old, Burton says she was introduced to marijuana by her mother. At the age of 12, she says she got into methamphetamine and cocaine. By 14, she was smo... Read More...

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Killer Meth on the Rise

WATCH – BLAME IT ON WALTER WHITE – May 24, 2021 - This is “the high pure form” that’s meant to be smoked. The other popular form is a white odorless and bitter-tasting crystalline powder that can dissolve easi... Read More...

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Veteran cop charged with cooking meth in basement

SHOULD HAVE STUCK TO DONUTS – May 17, 2021 - Walls, 50, has served the Long Branch Police Department for 19 years, but he was immediately suspended without pay after his arrest. He is facing multiple criminal c... Read More...

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‘Queen of Meth’: sister of Tom Arnold, Lori Arnold tells all in documentary

GETTING IT ON FILM – May 10, 2021 - “They promised me that they were going to tell it the way it was, and I trusted them, and I’m glad I did because they’re an awesome company,” she said. At its heigh... Read More...

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Seven Charged In Meth Bust

NEVER SAW SCARFACE? "DON'T GET HIGH ON YOUR OWN SUPPLY" May 10, 2021 - The Appomattox County Sheriff’s Office and the Central Virginia Drug and Gang Task Force (CVDGTF) say they have been actively investigating ... Read More...

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Church-Going Couple Accused of Operating Drug Lab

WATCH – WHAT WAS THEIR FAVORITE TV SHOW? – May 6, 2021 - Craig Johnson, chief deputy sheriff at the Wise County Sheriff’s Office, told Newsweek in a Thursday email that the investigation is “on-going” and that ... Read More...

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They used drugs as children then turned their lives around. Here’s how!

SOBRIETY IS A GIRL’S BEST FRIEND – May 2, 2021- But when she was 26 years old, a phone call with her father made her realize the “living hell” she had put her family through. That’s when she decided to re... Read More...

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The United States Of Meth

SPEEDING TOWARDS OUR DEMISE – April 27, 2021 - As the pills piled up, Jon DeLena was shaken. He’d lived through a spike in cocaine trafficking in Miami in the early 2000s and the dramatic rise in heroin and fen... Read More...

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Is fear of opioids leaving patients in pain?

DOCTOR’S DILEMMA – April 23, 2021 - We heard from someone who has reached the end of his rope: “In June, I will have suffered from severe chronic pain for 28 years. I will be dead before then. My doctor has cut me b... Read More...

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‘Recovery Café’ opens to help people struggling with addiction

SOBRIETY IS ON THE MENU – March 25, 2021 - Glass explained she had been addicted to several different drugs for 19 years, including pain killers, heroin, fentanyl, and methamphetamine. She said she has now been... Read More...

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Cubs Prospect Jesus Camargo Found with 21 Pounds of Meth

SPEED IS FOR STEALING BASES – March 20, 2021 - Deputies discovered a Cubs duffel bag that contained “several baseball gloves, cleats, several neatly packaged bags of a white substance, two green packages and a ... Read More...

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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 Mountain rehab facility where the rich and famous go to dry out and confront their drug habits. It offered every im... Read More...

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Woman Recovering From Opioid Addiction Sues to Get Methadone

CRAZY TIME – FEB 12, 2021 - But Finnigan, 53, who lives in Chicago, said things changed for her in 2019. That’s when doctors put her on methadone, a medication that is itself an opioid but curbs the craving for... Read More...

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Two-Drug Combo May Help Fight Meth Addiction

LET’S PRAY IT DOES – Jan. 20, 2120 - Standard behavioral treatment for meth addiction typically involves highly structured group therapy, Volkow explained. Another option is a rewards-based motivational therapy... Read More...

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Hundreds of Crimes to Support Family Meth Addiction

WATCH – Crimes of Despair – Dec. 28, 2020 - The defendants are accused of committing identity theft from more than 240 victims – mainly through mail theft – and of stealing more than $550,000 in vehicles. They are a... Read More...

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I jumped in the icy ocean, grateful for my sobriety

WATCH – Rituals Heal – Dec. 22, 2020 - It’s a spiritual experience when his skin is submerged in the icy water, but it also helps him raise money for his nonprofit, Chucky’s Fight, which funds drug treatment and oth... Read More...

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Overdose Deaths Outpace COVID-19 Deaths in SF

Heaven’s Overcrowding... – Dec. 19, 2020 - The crisis fueled by the powerful painkiller fentanyl could have been far worse if it wasn’t for the nearly 3,000 times Narcan was used from January to the begi... Read More...

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U.S. Overdose Deaths Reach Record Highs

WHY? – Dec. 17, 2020 - The primary driver behind the record-breaking numbers appeared to be the use of synthetic opioids such as fentanyl, which increased 38.4%. Of 38 U.S. jurisdictions with available synth... Read More...

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Aryan Brotherhood Associate Pleads Guilty In Drug Case

Prison Dealer – Nov. 30, 2020 - Samuel Keeton, 41, of Menifee, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise and to conspiracy to distribute heroin and methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney... Read More...

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What the New Drug Policies Mean For You, Personally

Smoke two joints in the morning... – November 9, 2020 - Here are all the answers to the drug policy questions you no longer need to be (as) afraid to Google on your work computer. So … can I legally d... Read More...

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Expert details psychiatrist’s role in tackling opioid crisis

Doctors know... – Nov. 7, 2020 - Currently available medication-assisted treatments for opioid use disorder include methadone, buprenorphine and naltrexone. According to Sauvé, methadone allows those with opioi... Read More...

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After Meth: Dealing, desperation and a house fire

WATCH – Downward spiral ends on film – Nov. 5, 2020 - Moneyas escaped through the front window. That house fire saved him. “Here I am crying to get out of this house and 15 hours before I was trying to kill ... Read More...

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Keys for Successful Warm Hand-Offs with Stimulant-Using Patients

Trying to stop the madness – Oct. 29, 2020 - Since receiving a Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) state targeted response grant in 2017, the Chicago-based Gateway Foundation has worked with substa... Read More...

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Top 3 American Cities With Worst Drug Problems

No Prize Winners Here – Oct. 17, 2020 - Chicago, Illinois Chicago is known as The Windy City, but it’s also becoming known as a place where the drug issues of those that live there is getting out of ha... Read More...

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The Quest for a Medication to Treat Methamphetamine Addiction

No meth heads on the staff? – Sep. 21, 2020 - Thus began a quest to find a molecule that would maintain lobeline’s ability to inhibit the target VMAT2, but would be safe and effective for human use. Also, the researc... Read More...

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Addiction is a Disease?

Maybe? Maybe not. – Sept. 14, 2020 - If addiction is a disease, then we should treat addicts the same way we treat diabetics. The goal in treating diabetics is not to cure diabetes but to limit its harm: Treatm... Read More...

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What Happened Inside Ed Buck’s Apartment?

Real Life Hollywood Horror – September 16, 2020 - One death is a tragedy; two deaths are a pattern. As the strange events on North Laurel Avenue captured the attention of the national media, a shocking new detail cam... Read More...

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Wife assaults husband during celebration of her sobriety

Unclear on the concept – August 21, 2020 - He said the children were locked in the back bedroom and he went outside where she followed him and hit him some more. When he tried to push her away he said she bit him ... Read More...

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Murder, Meth, and the case of two missing girls!

MEDIA: BOOK Review – August 21, 2020 - It’s the story author Jax Miller is now hoping to share with the world. Her book “Hell in the Heartland” was released July 28 and was her first soiree into fiction writing. “... Read More...

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U.S. Senators Introduce Bill to Confront Rising Threat of Methamphetamine

Speed is of the essence – August 8, 2020 - Over the first nine months of the fiscal year, methamphetamine seizures increased by 52 percent, which shows how widely available this deadly drug has become. We must ... Read More...

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