Empire of Pain – Audiobook Review LISTENING TO CRIMINALS – April 29, 2022 - A remarkable piece of narrative reporting and a sweeping family saga, New Yorker writer Patrick Radden Keefe’s award-winning book about the Sackler family and its role... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMay 3 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaRecovery
Opioid Crisis Leaves Families Shattered and Grieving LET THE HEALING BEGIN – April 19, 2022 - In 2010, there were about 21,000 overdoses involving opioids in the U.S. By 2020, that number had ballooned to 68,630. And during the isolating, stressful, and financia... Read More...April 26 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and Addictionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue Pharma
Is the Opioid Crisis Masking Real Rates of Suicides? WHO CAN TELL? – April 21, 2022 – Suicides and drug overdoses can happen in clusters when people become desensitized to death, says Connery, who’s also the clinical director of McLean Hospital’s Division of Alc... Read More...April 26 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmasuicideTrauma
San Francisco Gets $10 million opioid Settlement NO ONE GOES TO PRISON – April 20, 2022 - San Francisco sued Endo, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd and Allergan Plc, drug distributor Anda Inc, pharmacy Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc in 2018. The companies cr... Read More...April 26 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaRecoveryTrauma
Battle To Keep People Alive as Fentanyl Ravages SF’s Tenderloin STOPS YOUR HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO – April 23, 2022 - This neighborhood and the adjoining South of Market (SoMa) district have become ground zero in an opioid overdose crisis that is killing thousands of Califor... Read More...April 26 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylHeroin Addictionlife expectancyMental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaRecoveryTrauma
Drug Kingpin Johnson & Johnson Pays $99 Million For Over-Marketing Highly Addictive Drugs IS EL CHAPO A STOCKHOLDER? – April 8, 2022 - West Virginia previously reached a $26 million settlement with Endo International Plc, which had also been a defendant in the ongoing trial. The Mountain s... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 26 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryTrauma
Three Virginians Fighting Addiction Their Own Way VIDEO – PROGRESS IN THE SOUTH – April 14, 2022 - Virginia has been plagued by addiction since the late 1990s when Purdue Pharma introduced Oxycontin. Since then, the regulations surrounding the accessibility of... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 19 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaRecoveryTrauma
FDA Regulators Worked for the Sackler Family IT WAS AN INSIDE JOB – April 13, 2022 - Dr. Smith, who this year was promoted to senior partner, did not respond to phone calls or emails seeking comment. One former McKinsey consultant familiar with his work s... Read More...April 19 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaTrauma
What’s Being Done to Stop the Scourge of Fentanyl? NOT ENOUGH, BUT THEY’RE TRYING – April 14, 2022 - The drug has been the subject of a number of legislative efforts at both the state and national level. Last year, the U.S. House of Representatives passed HR 2... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 19 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanylinterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaRecovery
Woman Turns Down Share of $6 bn. to Fight Sackler Family GOD SPEED – April 10, 2022 - A cottage outside Floyd, Virginia, is a tranquil stage-set for Ellen Isaacs to wage one of the longest-running wars of the opioid epidemic: the battle to hold OxyContin-maker Purdu... Read More...April 19 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaRecoveryTrauma
The Talk You Have To Watch VIDEO – LISTEN AND LEARN – April 7, 2022 - Sam Quinones is a journalist, storyteller, former Los Angeles Times reporter, and author of three acclaimed books of narrative nonfiction. He is the acclaimed author ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryApril 19 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaRecoveryRehabTrauma
‘Pill Mill’ Doctor Heading To Prison VIDEO – STRONG MEDICINE – April 7, 2022 - Officials say that after Kim was forced to resign in March of 2017 from the medical practice where he was employed due to concerns over his prescribing practices, he o... Read More...April 12 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
Opioid Treatment Violates Discrimination Laws IT’S BLACK AND WHITE – April 5, 2022 - In guidelines published Tuesday, the department’s Civil Rights Division said employers, health care providers, law enforcement agencies that operate jails and others are v... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 12 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaRecoveryRehab
Walgreens Cries NOT GUILTY On Opioid Charges GUILTY AS SIN? – April 5, 2022 - Florida, led by Attorney General Ashley Moody, contends that Walgreens has been an integral part of the opioid epidemic. As examples of excess, Moody said in a statement that on... Read More...April 12 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaTrauma
West Virginia Says J&J Created ‘tsunami’ of Opioid Addiction STOCKS DID OK – April 4, 2022 - “This epidemic has impacted virtually all of West Virginia,” Morrisey said. “Our lawsuit speaks for all West Virginians who have suffered due to the defendants’ unlawful, callous... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 12 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaRecoveryTrauma
Opioid Recovery and the DOJ Disability Protections AUDIO – RYAN HAMPTON QUOTED...AGAIN – April 6, 2022 - “There’s a ton of discrimination out there, including in the medical system,” said Joshua Sharfstein, Johns Hopkins University’s vice dean for public health... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryApril 12 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma
This Army’s Mission Battles Drug Abuse SURRENDER TO WIN – March 31, 2022 - It was then that Jones, an Army combat veteran who served in Iraq in 2004-05, turned to a different kind of army — Sage’s Army. Jones, a Donora resident, is now a certifi... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryApril 5 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma
SF District Attorney on Drug Addiction Crisis VIDEO – POLITICIAN WITH HEART – March 19, 2022 - San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin joins TYT to discuss drug addiction in San Francisco and how to remedy the problems associated with it. more@YouT... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMarch 29 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRehabTrauma
Fentanyl Testing Strips Highly Illegal in Texas VIDEO – DON’T MESS WITH TEXAS – Mar. 23, 2022 - Fentanyl testing strips can be used to test drugs, powders and pills for the presence of fentanyl, which is often more potent than other drugs and can be fatal. ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylinterventionMarch 29 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaRecoveryRehabTrauma
Overdose Deaths Reduced GOOD NEWS, FINALLY – March 21, 2022 - There is no question the state has made progress fighting the drug overdose epidemic. But evaluating that success – and deciding where to invest resources – requires lookin... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMarch 29 2022Mental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma
‘One Pill Can Kill’ VIDEO – SO CAN ONE LINE – March 18, 2022 - “In less than 12 months (in 2021), DPS crime labs took in 500 submissions of fentanyl. DPS also seized in one year, 288 million lethal doses of fentanyl in Texas,” sai... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanyllife expectancyMarch 22 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
Can Big $ in Addiction Tech, Curb Soaring Overdose Deaths? ADDICTION IS BIG BUSINESS – Mar. 18, 2022 - David Sarabia had already sold two startups by age 26 and was sitting on enough money to never have to work another day in his life. He moved from Southern Cali... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMarch 22 2022Mental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
William Hurt Eschewed Opioids to Maintain his Sobriety NO MATTER WHAT – March 16, 2022 - “He was totally against taking opiates because he had been sober for decades,” the source also said. Hurt’s friend told the Daily Mail that the actor sought out alternative tre... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancyMarch 22 2022Mental Healthopioid crisisopioidsoxycontinRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Steep Rise in Overdoses Linked to Veterinary Tranquilizer DON’T PUT YOURSELF DOWN – MARCH, 2022 - Researchers studied 10 locations around the country, and found xylazine was involved in 6.7% of overdose deaths in 2020, compared with 0.36% in 2015. Almost all xylazine... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylinterventionMarch 22 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryTrauma
6.6 Million Opioid Doses and $250 Million In False Billings IT’S ALL ABOUT MAKING MONEY – March 10, 2022 - Authorities described the clinics as “pill mills” and said they were frequented by people suffering from addictions and drug dealers seeking high-dosage prescripti... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMarch 15 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue Pharma
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
‘You Murdered My Daughter’: Relatives of OxyContin Victims Confront the Sacklers THEY KILLED THOUSANDS – March 10, 2022 - “This is a day like no other in the history of American jurisprudence,” Anne Andrews, a lawyer on a committee for 70,000 relatives and those in recovery, said just befo... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancyMarch 15 2022Mental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaTrauma
Six West Point Cadets Overdose On Spring Break VIDEO – THE REAL BATTLE – March 11, 2022 - “The U.S. Military Academy is aware of the situation involving West Point cadets, which occurred Thursday night in Wilton Manors, FL,” an academy spokesperson said in ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylMarch 15 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecovery
Synthetic Opioids Stronger than Fentanyl in US MORE DEATH AROUND THE CORNER? – Mar 1, 2022 - Krotulski said current trends suggest nitazenes, or any other drugs for that matter, are unlikely to surpass fentanyl in their prevalence, as Mexican cartels have a... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylMarch 8 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaTrauma
Exciting Results Treating Opioid Habit with ‘Mindfulness’ LET’S PLAY CONCENTRATION – Feb. 28, 2022 - “Rather than getting caught up in the pain or craving,” Garland explained, “we teach people how to step back and observe that experience from the perspective of an ob... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancyMarch 8 2022Mental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaRecoveryRehab