ENGLAND May Be On Brink of Becoming a ZOMBIELAND ONE ZOMBIE AT A TIME – Feb. 14, 2023 - EU drug enforcement chiefs believe that Mexican cartels are seeking to expand their billion-dollar empire beyond American shores, putting Europe’s untapped market in their cross... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 21 2023fentanylopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
FDA Panel Backs Making Narcan an Over The Counter Drug OVERDOSE DRUG OVER THE COUNTER – Feb. 15, 2023 - The manufacturer, Emergent Biosolutions, said it would revise the packaging and labeling to address those concerns. The FDA will make a final decision on the dru... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 21 2023interventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Pentagon Finally Stops Hiding Military Overdose Epidemic PURPLE BROKEN HEARTS – Feb. 16, 2023 - The demographics of those hardest hit paralleled the opioid crisisin the civilian population, where people without college degrees have suffered the most from the scourge of opi... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 21 2023interventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryTrauma
Simple Way To Reduce Overdose Deaths GOOD NEWS? – Feb. 12, 2023 - As health economists, we separately participated in two recent studies that showed the payoffs from straightforward and inexpensive mailings. In one, researchers fol... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 21 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
ANGELS OVER TEXAS: Moms put dead children’s pics on billboards FACING THE FACTS – Feb. 11, 2023 - Now, eight digital and four vinyl billboards have been set up across the state with the faces of the 25 people, who died after taking the drug. The signs also come with a caption th... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 21 2023fentanylopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
I Took Oxy And Fentanyl For Years ONE MAN POISON IS ANOTHER WOMAN’S LONGEVITY – Jan. 30, 2023 - This was pain that knifed and throbbed ― that consumed my life. Pain that would cause me to vomit repeatedly, long after my stomach was empty. Pain ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 14 2023fentanylopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
Daughter Dies From Fentanyl Overdose at Rehab Clinic VIDEO – ANOTHER HUMAN TRAGEDY – Feb. 8, 2023 - That was on July 23, but just a few days later, Ryder received news that her daughter was found dead at the facility. “My life shattered,” Ryder said. “I... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 14 2023fentanylopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
Administration Eliminated Barrier To Medication For Opioid Addiction ANOTHER BIG PHARMA VICTORY – Feb. 8, 2023 - That requirement had been in place for two decades, and its reversal had been a priority for some activists because the policy discouraged doctors from prescribing th... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 14 2023interventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecovery
Supreme Court Frees Pill Mill Operator GET OUT OF JAIL FREE CARD – Feb. 3, 2023 - He was at the center of a Supreme Court ruling in January 2022 that raised the bar for what prosecutors must prove to secure convictions of doctors accused of fueling the U.... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 14 2023interventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
More Vending Machines With Narcan As Opioid Scene Gets Worse ON EVERY CORNER? – Jan. 29, 2023 - There is, on average, a death a week from opioids in Vine Grove and surrounding Hardin county – not atypical for a region hard hit by the worst drug epidemic in US history. Ma... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 7 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRehab
He Brewed Poppy Tea For His Chronic Pain That Led To His Opioid Addiction SHOULD HAVE STUCK TO ESPRESSO – Feb. 2023 - The authors of the case report noted that the man did not show signs of a substance use disorder when he was taking prescribed opioids, but his use of poppy seed tea was wh... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 7 2023opioid crisisopioidsoxycontinRecoveryRehabTrauma
200 People Take the Fight Against Addiction Crisis to the Statehouse MARCHING FOR RELIEF – Feb. 2, 2023 - More than 200 people gathered outside the Capitol for a rally to raise awareness about Oregon’s addiction crisis, which has affected thousands and included young and old and resid... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 7 2023fentanylinterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Son Died From Fentanyl He Bought Through Snapchat VIDEO – SNAPDEATH – Jan. 25, 2023 - On Aug. 15, 2020, Nicholas took his last breath after overdosing on a counterfeit pain pill made with fentanyl. “I was trying everything and anything I could to help him,” said... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylJan 31 2023life expectancyopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
Doctor Who Distributed 40-60 Kilos of Oxycontin Laughs at 4 Month Home Sentence VIDEO – NO PAIN, NO SHAME – Jan. 24, 2023 - The third and final defendant in a federal oxycodone case in Baltimore County was sentenced on Tuesday, almost five years after the investigation began. Dr. Norman Rosen, 8... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 31 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
Addiction Crisis Causing Spike In Endocarditis Cases STOP BEFORE IT STOPS YOUR HEART – Jan. 17, 2023 - With drug deaths hovering at an all-time high and endocarditis cases among drug users up nearly tenfold in the last decade, physicians, researchers, and health ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 24 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryTrauma
‘Injecting Hope’ Watch Documentary VIDEO – FILM MATTERS – Jan. 8, 2023 - From the mayor’s office to the heart of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, ABC7 News meets those trying to solve the drug overdose crisis and those caught in addiction. We hit ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylinterventionJan 17 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma
National Survey on Drug Use and Health Detailing Mental Illness and Substance Use Levels YEP, MANY PEOPLE ARE MESSED UP – Jan. 4, 2023 - Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) released the results of i... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 10 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
The New CDC Opioid Guidelines Abandon Pain Patients VIDEO – WIN WIN LOSE LOSE – Jan. 5, 2023 - Six years later, with millions harmed, the CDC emphasizes that its guidelines should never be used for an “inflexible, rigid standard of care” and “patient abandonment.” Ho... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 10 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaRecoveryTrauma
Supreme Court Ruling Tosses ‘pill mill’ Convictions PILL PUSHERS FREED – Jan. 5, 2023 - The Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the convictions of Xiulu Ruan and John Couch for unlawfully dispensing controlled substances after find... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 10 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaTrauma
Oscar Buzz for ‘All The Beauty and the Bloodshed’ that Explores Sackler Family Murderers FILMS CAN IMPROVE YOUR LIFE – Jan. 5, 2023 - Poitras, who won a best documentary Oscar in 2014 for Citizenfour, about ex-CIA contractor Edward Snowden, thanked the Venice Film Festival jury at the ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 10 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaRecoveryREEL Recovery Film FestivalTrauma
After Record Deaths, There Have Been Reforms in Addiction Treatment AUDIO – DEAR MR. FANTASY – Dec. 30, 2022 - You know, A, I think it’s helpful to remember how the COVID pandemic kept changing - right? - as different strains of the virus emerged. Well, the opioid epidemic is kind... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 3 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryTrauma
Feds Sue ‘AmerisourceBergen’ For ‘hundreds of thousands’ of Opioid Violations AUDIO – GREEDY WHITE COLLAR MURDERERS GO FREE – Dec. 29, 2022 - According to the complaint, AmerisourceBergen executives knew prescription pills shipped to Florida and West Virginia were being diverted and “sold i... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 3 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaRecoveryTrauma
Justice Dept. Sues Corporate Opioid Dealer WALL STREET GETS OFF EASY – Dec. 29, 2022 - The federal Controlled Substances Act requires pharmaceutical distributors to monitor their customer orders and notify federal officials of any that may be of ... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 3 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryTrauma
Fentanyl Causes Rise in TEEN Deaths WHAT A WAY TO GO :( – Dec. 22, 2022 - In September, Melanie Ramos, 15, died from a suspected fentanyl overdose after taking a fake Percocet. Alexander Neville, 14, passed away from a fentanyl overdose in... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 27 2022Drug Abuse and Addictionfentanylopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinteenagersTrauma
Doing The Same Thing About Overdoses and Expecting Different Results INSANITY? – Dec. 22, 2022 - “There is something going on here that we, as a nation, are devouring drugs — prescription and illegal drugs at rates not seen in humanity — not seen anyplace else on the plan... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 27 2022Drug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryTrauma
The Biden Administration Hopes to Expand Opioid Treatment AUDIO – HOPES TOO? – Dec, 26, 2022 - MANN: But public health experts say stigma in the health care system and strict government regulations mean 90% of people addicted to opioids never get these medications. Wang, w... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 23-25 2022Drug Abuse and Addictionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma
What Comes Next for the War on Drugs? IT WAS A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY – Dec. 12, 2022 - The MAT Act would eliminate the special Drug Enforcement Administration waiver that doctors must apply for in order to prescribe buprenorphine (a medication tha... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 20 2022Drug Abuse and Addictionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryTraumaWar On Drugs
Doctor Arrested for Taking Cash for Oxycodone JUST LIKE THE PHARMACIST – Dec. 14, 2022 - The prescriptions written by Jafari-Hassad had no legitimate medical purpose, according to officials. The doctor would also bill their insurance for a variety of charg... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 20 2022Drug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue Pharma
How Fentanyl Is Forcing Providers to Go Rogue TO MEDICATE OR MEDITATE? – by Claire Wilcox Dec. 12, 2022 - “It was very confusing in the beginning,” says Rifka Stern, community addiction treatment physician in New Mexico and member of the Bernalillo County Ad... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 20 2022Drug Abuse and Addictionfentanylinterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryTrauma
CVS & Walgreens Agree to Pay $10 billion Fine For Selling Opioids THEY STILL CAME OUT AHEAD – Dec. 13, 2022 - In total, corporations have had to pay $54 billion in settlements. Walmart agreed last month to pay more than $3 billion to states, while four pharmaceutical companie... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 20 2022Drug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue Pharma