Oct 15 2024

Liam Payne, 31, Dies in Fall

TRAGEDY – October 16, 2024 - He rose to fame as a singer and songwriter for the British group One Direction, one of the best-selling boy bands of all time, and died after falling from the 3rd floor of a hotel in Buen... Read More...

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‘Dr. Death’ Ran Pill Mill Left 2 Dead

VIDEO – MONEY FOR NOTHING – Oct. 9, 2024 - Michael Belfiore, who was dubbed “Dr. Death” by the DEA, was busted for illegally distributing opioids, which led to the overdose deaths of two of his patients. CONTINUE@... Read More...

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Ex-Houston Drug Cop Gets 60 Years for His Deadly Lies

HE SHOULD’VE KNOWN BETTER – Oct. 9, 2024 - That amounts to a life sentence for Gerald Goines, who instigated the no-knock raid that killed Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas by falsely accusing them of selling heroin... Read More...

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Lost 2 Brothers & Dad to Addiction—He’s Honoring Them on The Voice

VIDEO – TEARJERKER – Oct. 7, 2024 - Viewers were introduced to Jeremy Beloate, a young man from Memphis whose family has struggled with addiction issues. With his mother and his sister by his side, Beloate reve... Read More...

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Sunderland’s Connolly Tells of His Alcohol Addiction

KICKING FOR GOOD – Oct. 11, 2024 - To mark World Mental Health Day, Connolly has spoken about the problems that he has faced for the last few years. The 24-year-old said he spent a month in rehab this summer after... Read More...

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The Human Face of Addiction

TIME CREATES WISDOM – Oct. 9, 2024 - In a recent New York Times essay, Patti Davis, daughter of former president Ronald Reagan, reflects on the destructive power of addiction in her life. She describes waiting with o... Read More...

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Addiction Experts Cry Foul at Mayoral Candidates’ Push for Drug Arrests

IT’S MADDENING – Oct. 11, 2024 - Incumbent Mayor London Breed said the issue is personal for her. Her sister died of a drug overdose, and she’s had to lead the city through the fentanyl crisis, which other major citi... Read More...

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Controversial Treatment For Meth Addicts Gains Ground

IT’S A GIFT...CARD – Oct. 5, 2024 - Bernard Groves has spent five years trying to quit methamphetamine. He lost his job. He lost his car. He nearly lost his apartment. Worse than that, he says, his addiction has h... Read More...

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Woman Helps Those Struggling With Fentanyl Abuse

VIDEO – FROM SADNESS TO SERVICE – Oct. 8, 2024 - Ce’gon Shoeleh spoke about her struggles with addiction at Light of Hope’s Fentanyl Awareness Town Hall to help spread awareness of the dangers of fentanyl and to offe... Read More...

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AI-Powered Exploitive Crimes Exploding

ESPECIALLY IF YOU’RE HIGH – Oct. 10, 2024 - The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center received 38,000 reports about investment scams from January to October, amounting to $4.7 billion in losses. That’s up from 30,000... Read More...

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‘I cried daily for months but the bike helped me’

VIDEO – TAKE NOTHING FOR GRANTED – Oct. 7, 2024 - Homelessness, alcoholism and a nervous breakdown are just some of the challenges a Stoke-on-Trent cyclist has had to overcome. Phil James’s next challenge is to cy... Read More...

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Opioid Overdoses Are Down Nationwide! WHY?

AUDIO – STILL TOO MANY – Oct. 9, 2024 - Drug overdose deaths nationwide are down 10% compared to last year, according to federal data. That’s a big drop in contrast to the skyrocketing overdose death rates seen over ... Read More...

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Staten Island Receives $700K to support Children of Opioid Addiction

HELPING HANDS AND HEARTS – Oct. 9, 2024 - STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. “The fentanyl and overdose epidemic is the crisis of our times and under no circumstances can we allow our young people to become collateral damage ... Read More...

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Newborn Days from Dying Because Fentanyl-Addicted Mom Gave Birth At Home To Avoid Detection

LEGALIZE IT – Oct. 10, 2024 - The baby weighed less than 4.5 pounds and had a gray skin tone, a “severe festering diaper rash” and infections in his mouth, eyes and thumb, according to a probable cause affidavit. Pol... Read More...

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Senator Katie Britt Speaks On Opioid Crisis

VIDEO – TALK LOUDLY, HURRY – Oct. 10, 2024 - According to the American Addiction Recovery Association, the addiction epidemic is the number one cause for Americans 18-45. During her time in office, Senator Britt h... Read More...

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Finding Sobriety Through Sweat

VIDEO – LOTS MORE STEPS – Oct. 11, 2024 - They are getting help staying sober in an unexpected place. The owner of a Plano fitness center said there’s science linking sobriety and sweat and it’s catching on with thos... Read More...

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Flav Celebrates Sobriety Milestone and MORE!

ALWAYS ON TIME – Oct. 11, 2024 - On October 10, in honor of World Mental Health, the rapper, 65, posted a video on Instagram sharing that he’s about to reach 4 years of sobriety, explaining how his mental health had ... Read More...

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QUEEN – We Are The Champions

VIDEO – MUSICAL INTERLUDE – 276,674,396 views Aug 1, 2008 Lyrics Songwriter: Freddie Mercury I’ve paid my dues Time after time I’ve done my sentence But committed no crime And bad mistakes I’ve m... Read More...

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Person of the Week: Anne Elizabeth Lapointe

STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – Oct. 15, 2024 - Anne Elizabeth Lapointe is the Executive Director of the Maison Jean Lapointe. Ms. Lapointe has over 22 years of experience in the field of addiction, including 18 years in p... Read More...

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‘I Got Sober – And My Marriage Ended’

THE UNEXPECTED STEP – Oct. 11, 2024 - The last time I drank was September 2nd, 2022, but no one knows it yet. I met my ex-husband working on a magic little sandbar off the North Carolina coast. If you’ve vacationed h... Read More...

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Lisa Marie Presley Was Taking 80 Opioids Pills a Day

SAD BUT TRUE – Oct. 8, 2024 - "It escalated to 80 pills a day," she writes. "It took more and more to get high, and I honestly don't know when your body decides it can't deal with it anymore. But it does at some poi... Read More...

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Gunmen Burst Into Mexican Rehab And Kill 4 Men

INSANITY – Oct. 2, 2024 - Assailants shot to death four men and wounded two others in an attack at a Mexican drug rehabilitation center. Mexico’s privately run drug rehabilitation centers are often abusive, clandesti... Read More...

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Al Pacino on What Led Him to Get Sober 40 Years Ago

ATTICA! ATTICA! ATTICA! – Oct. 9, 2024 - “I started to forget things at a very young age,” Pacino explained. “They called them blackouts, so I got nervous.” The actor’s road to sobriety was long and curved, ... Read More...

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1 Dead and 7 Hospitalized After Overdose Incident at LA Central Jail

VIDEO – JAILS AREN’T SAFE! – Oct. 8, 2024 - The incident was reported at about 8:40 a.m., and the Los Angeles Fire Department found seven people, ages 18 to 35, at the scene, according to LAFD spokesperson. The Los A... Read More...

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Drug Center Director Accused of Inappropriately Touching Patients Parts

BUSTED! – Oct. 11, 2024 - Roderick Branscomb, 49, was the program director of a methadone treatment clinic in LaGrange from April 2021 to November 2023. During his time there, Branscomb is accused of having sexual mi... Read More...

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Sober in College: Moving Past Teenage Alcoholism

VERY SMART – Oct. 9, 2024 - My first year of college. Frat party. I was standing against a wall, sipping tap water from a solo cup and talking to a girl standing next to me. We talked back and forth for 20 minutes, y... Read More...

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Addiction-Prone Excel At Generating Creative Ideas…

IT’S THE FOLLOW THROUGH... – Oct. 5, 2024 - The primary tool for assessing addiction proneness was the Addiction-Prone Personality Scale, which evaluates traits such as impulsivity and risk-taking. Novelty seeking wa... Read More...

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Using Food To Nourish Those On The Recovery Journey

VIDEO – MORE THAN JUST DONUTS – Oct. 8, 2024 - Five years sober, Erica Owens is the food service manager at Brighton Recovery Center’s “Center Table,” a catering and culinary training program for women in recovery. H... Read More...

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States Sue TikTok For Harming Youth’s Brains

GET IN LINE – Oct. 8, 2024 - More than a dozen states and the District of Columbia filed lawsuits against TikTok on Tuesday, alleging the popular short-form video app is damaging children’s mental health with a produ... Read More...

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My Son Has a Gambling Problem. Do I Tell His Partner?

GO TO GAMANON – Oct. 11, 2024 - Our 30-something son has been seriously dating a smart, capable woman for more than a year … He is adamant that he does not intend to tell her about his problem. He often seems t... Read More...

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