opioid crisis

‘A Call to All’ rally held in Brevard to combat ongoing opioid epidemic

VIDEO – FAMILIES MOURN –   May 5, 2024 - Raising awareness about the dangers of illicit fentanyl and other…

6 months ago

Mindfulness Training Reduces Relapses

TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS –   May 6, 2024  - Supplementing standard opioid addiction treatment with Mindfulness Oriented Recovery Enhancement…

6 months ago

Amneal Pharmaceuticals Cops to $270 Million U.S. Opioid Payment

MEASLY AMOUNT –   May 3, 2024 - Amneal Pharmaceuticals reached an agreement to pay $92.5 million in cash and…

6 months ago

Opioids Came for Country Music

NOT JUST WILLIE’S WEED –   April 23, 2024 - DRUGS NEVER SEEMED like a problem to Elvie Shane. Dabbling…

7 months ago

Ex-Gangster Turned Pastor Warns About POWERFUL Opiates

REDEMPTION SONG – April 2, 2024 - While it is unknown which opiate caused the overdoses, Pastor Mick Fleming, founder…

7 months ago

Gov. Gavin Newsom to Spend $6.4 Billion on Treatment That Works, HOPEFULLY

AUDIO – ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE –   April 7, 2024 - We’ve told you about so many people who’ve died…

7 months ago

Amanda Seyfried Plays Police Officer Fighting Opioid Crisis

VIDEO – A WORK IN PROGRESS –   March 25, 2024 - Ms. Seyfried appeared ready ‘to serve and to…

8 months ago

Doctor Sentenced to Life for Overdose of Patients in ‘Pill Mill’ Scheme

AUDIO – GREEDY MURDERER IN PRISON FOR LIFE –   March 29, 2024 - This Week on True Crime Daily…

8 months ago

City Council Proposes Mandatory Treatment for Fentanyl/Opiate Overdoses

VIDEO – CAN YOU MAKE THEM QUIT? – March 25, 2024 - “Administration of Naloxone is indicative that the individual…

8 months ago

‘Safe, Simple, Cost-effective:’ Acupuncture as Opioid Alternative

VIDEO – THE RIGHT KIND OF NEEDLE –   March 21, 2024  -For Kayla Rath, a correctional officer in the…

8 months ago

Portugal Decreased Its Opioid Crises – America Increased Theirs

CHARITY vs. GREED – Feb. 24, 2024 - Municipal Police in Porto, Portugal regularly patrol areas used by drug consumers.…

8 months ago

Can Only Caucasians Get Opioid Addiction Drug?

Do-Re-Mi –   Feb. 28, 2024 - Americans addicted to opioids who need the anti-addiction med buprenorphine are far more…

9 months ago

Opioid Epidemic Continues to Crash Ashore, Surfing on Fentanyl and Meth

WILL IT NEVER STOP? – Feb. 21, 2024 - The United States is knee-deep in what some experts call the…

9 months ago

Mother Arrested After Harrowing Tale of Opiate Exposure and Negligence

FAMILY DISFUNCTION –   Feb. 15, 2024 - In the quiet of an ordinary day, a distressing revelation unfolded as…

9 months ago

How One Mom Overcame Opioids to Help Others

VIDEO – FROM HELL TO HEALER – Dec. 20, 2024 - When meeting Jodi Borrelli, it’s hard to believe that…

9 months ago

Treatment For Teens Inacce$$ible As Opioid Deaths Rise

VIDEO – WHY? –   Feb. 9, 2023 - “People are desperate,” said Pattie Vargas, a California mother who took…

9 months ago

Kroger Sued for Unsafe Opioid Prescriptions

ACCOMPLICES TO MURDER FOR MONEY – Feb. 13, 2024 - “For more than a decade, Kroger flooded Kentucky with an…

9 months ago

‘Just say no’ can kill kids.’

TEACH, DON’T PREACH – Feb. 3, 2024 - Melanie Ramos was only 15 years old when she died of a…

9 months ago

New Jersey Will Receive Nearly $9.5M from Opioid Settlement

AIN’T ENOUGH –   Feb. 2, 2024 - “When you visit a physician, you do not expect that the details…

9 months ago

After Struggling With Opioids Jamie Lee Curtis Is 25 Years Sober

HOLLYWOOD ROYALTY – Feb. 3, 2024 - I was an opiate addict, and I liked to get opiate buzz,” the…

9 months ago

First of-its-kind Opioid Center Coming to  Las Vegas Colorful

VIDEO – IT TAKES A VEGAS – Jan. 29, 2024 - “It will have 240 beds and an intake for…

9 months ago

As Opioid Deaths Soar, Biden Fills Up The Methadone Pitchers

RELIEF IS IN SIGHT – Feb. 2, 2024 - Now for the first time in more than 20 years, the…

9 months ago

French PR Agency to Pay $350 Million for its Role in Our Opioid Crisis

THE WHOLE WORLD WAS WATCHING – Feb. 2, 2024 - A subsidiary of the French advertising giant Publicis will pay…

9 months ago

Doctor Who Prescribed 500k Opioid Doses Gets Conviction Nullified

NOW WHAT? –   Feb. 2, 2024 - A Virginia doctor who prescribed more than 500,000 opioid doses in less…

9 months ago

Author Breaks Silence Surrounding Addiction

THIS MAN KNOWS –   Jan. 20, 2024 - Sam Quinones has been on the front line of reporting on…

10 months ago

New Synthetic Opioids Could Make Fentanyl Crisis Look Like ‘the good old days’

THE GOOD OLD DAYS WEREN’T – Jan. 23, 2024  - Chemists refer to this category of drugs as “nitazenes,” even…

10 months ago

Finding Recovery and Staying Safe from New England Journal of Medicine

VIDEO – HELPFUL INFORMATION –   Jan. 25, 2024 - In this Double Take video from the New England Journal…

10 months ago

Zombie Drug Rumored To Contain Human Bones

VIDEO – IMAGINE THAT – Jan. 17, 2024 - The drug, known as “kush,” causes users to walk around like…

10 months ago

Exhibit on Addiction At Harvard’s Sackler Museum, Yes, Those Sacklers!

AUDIO – IRONIC AND IDIOTIC –   Jan. 17, 2024 - As we left the second floor gallery, I looked…

10 months ago

First Responders Immediately Give Suboxone After Overdoses

THIS COULD HELP! –   Jan. 18, 2024 - The inability to access medication-assisted treatment is one of the main…

10 months ago