Pharma Giant Floods Sioux Reservation With Opioids A killing for a living – July 30, 2020 - The pills flowed freely for at least a decade starting in the early 2000s, according to Wolf Necklace and several other members of the tribe who spoke with VICE News for... Read More...August 4 2020Big PharmaDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanylopioid crisisopioids
$1.2 million sobriety pit stop METHod to the madness? – JULY 28, 2020 - For alcohol dependency, medical intervention may be necessary. Detoxing from alcohol is dangerous and may require a trip to the hospital. Opiates may require treatment that in... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAugust 4 2020Drug Abuse and Addictionopioid crisisopioidsRecovery
John Brogan, high-profile addiction specialist, found dead Stay Resolute – July 31, 2020 - Brogan was an addiction recovery specialist who had worked closely with former Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph Coronato in efforts to stem the county’s opioid crisis. That work followed... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAugust 4 2020Drug Abuse and Addictionfentanylopioid crisisopioidsOverdose
Doctor’s life of luxury built on naltrexone implants Dr. Frankenstein – July 27, 2020 - A disheveled Rosen sat in the jury box at his preliminary hearing of Monday, July 20, black glasses perched crookedly atop his white face mask, unruly salt-and-pepper stubble blanke... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAugust 4 2020Drug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdose
Doctor arrested, suspected of fraud to feed opioid addiction Addicted Doc – July 15, 2020 - Hughes, who works at Nebraska Foot and Ankle, has written 63 prescriptions for 4,300 pills for Digilio over the last two years, which drug investigators believe was overprescribing, the... Read More...Drug Abuse and AddictionJuly 21 2020opioid crisisopioids
Horrors of opioid addiction explored in LA writer’s memoir The Heart And Other Monsters – July 17, 2020 -The voice speaking above serves as a narrator throughout her sister’s ghastly descent into the hellacious pit of drug addiction is that of Los Angeles-based author Rose A... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 21 2020opioid crisisopioids
Opioids Are Still The King For Many Doctors NPR LISTEN – Loving Pills – July 17, 2020 - DR. GERY GUY: There’s still three times the amount of opioids being prescribed as there was in 1999, and there’s also substantial variation across the country. MANN: You... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 21 2020opioid crisisopioids
FDA again declines to approve non-opioid painkiller What’s really going on? – JUNE 29, 2020 - The FDA has been pushing drugmakers to develop alternatives to opioid-based painkillers as the United States grapples with opioid addiction, with prescription opioids involve... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 7 2020opioid crisisopioids
‘Left with nothing’: Funding shortfall cancels opioid response grants What’s more important? – JULY 4, 2020 — Change the Outcome was one of more than two dozen programs that sought but failed to receive funding through Minnesota’s landmark Opioid Epidemic Response Law, which in its ear... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 7 2020opioid crisisopioids
The Opioid Crisis and America’s Addiction to Prohibition Lock up 'dem addicts Now! – June 29, 2020 - For individuals addicted to opioids or suffering from chronic pain, a war on drugs has never been a prescription for improving wellness. This dominant abstinence‐based pol... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 7 2020opioid crisisopioids
Quit Genius expands to include alcohol and opioids What is this? Confusing or complicated? – June 23, 2020 - The company currently has a remote tobacco-cessation program. Now, with the updated FDA regulatory requirements during COVID-19, it is expanding to include pr... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 30 2020opioidsRecoveryRecovery Advocate
The Inside Story of a Disgraced Drugmaker Wall Street, bribery and an opioid epidemic – June 18, 2020 - Seven of the Insys executives and employees on trial were found guilty of masterminding and participating in a scheme to bribe doctors to prescribe the dr... Read More...Big PharmaDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 30 2020opioid crisisopioids
Brain research sheds light on the molecular mechanisms of depression It’s all in your head – June 16, 2020 - Researchers of the national Turku PET Centre have shown that the opioid system in the brain is connected to mood changes associated with depression and anxiety. Depres... Read More...Addiction RecoverydepressionJune 23 2020lonelinessopioidsRecovery
Woman draws from pain as she captures faces of opioid addiction The Art of Loss – June 19, 2020 - “I have such a deep compassion for their situation,” she said, showing other faces she’s captured. “This is Vanessa, and that’s Timothy.” The pieces will be displayed at an ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 23 2020opioid crisisopioids
Woman erroneously receives Oxycodone, Morphine, OxyContin in Amazon package PRIMETIME – June 17, 2020 - “There’s morphine, there’s this, there’s that, this is really dangerous stuff — and there’s a lot of them in there,” she explained. The woman did not wish to be identified, however, sh... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 23 2020opioid crisisopioidsoxycontin
Michael Keaton to Star in Opioid Crisis Drama ‘Dopesick’ Pill Pushers Star on TV Show! – JUNE 17, 2020 - “Although we were sharply aware of and empathetic to the horrifying pain caused by the opioid crisis for millions in this country, we were blown away when Warren Littl... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 23 2020opioid crisisopioids
Opioid epidemic: Who is to blame? The Smoking Gun – June 21, 2020 - DRUG COMPANY EXECUTIVES AND OPIOID SALESMEN June 2020 report This January in a federal courthouse, there was a first in the American opioid crisis: Top dru... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 23 2020opioid crisisopioids
19 Detroiters charged in opioid scheme: 4 doctors, 5 pharmacies, 2 million pills Let’s All Make Some Extra Cash! – June 12, 2020 - Charged in the indictment are:Dr. Beth Carter, 56, SouthfieldDr. Robert Kenewell, 52, Auburn HillsDr. Jason Brunt, 50, ClawsonDr. John Swan, 30, St. Clair ShoresNurse... Read More...Big PharmaDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 16 2020opioid crisisopioids
Pharmacy Chains Sink Deeper Into Opioid Lawsuits’ Hot Water Where dime bags cost a hundred – June 7, 2020 - The pharmacies named in the suit operated 31 pharmacies in Lake County (population 220,000) and sold the equivalent of 290 doses of hydrocodone and oxycodone for every ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 16 2020opioid crisisopioids
Seniors in PAIN: Fallout from the OPIOID Crisis No Country for Old Men – June 5, 2020 - Dial-A-Ride offers door-to-door transportation, but demand has increased so much that reservations must be made seven days in advance. Lack of transportation leads to additiona... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 9 2020opioid crisisopioids
AMA video update: Experts discuss pandemic’s impact on the opioid epidemic Doctors Being Doctors – May 29, 2020 - And I will end by asking anyone, if they need more information specifically about the AMA’s opioid work, and I’m going to read it because I want to make sure that eve... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 2 2020opioid crisisopioids
Big Pharmacy Chains Also Fed Off the Opioid Epidemic Stockholders ADDICTED to Profits – May 27, 2020 - • CVS worked with Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, to offer promotional seminars on pain management to its pharmacists so they could reassure patients ... Read More...Big PharmaDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 2 2020opioid crisisopioids
Andy Irons and the Ongoing Saga of the Surf World’s Opioid Epidemic Surfing on Denial – MAY 22, 2020 - Although his death came as a shock for the public, in-the-know members of the surfing world were less surprised: Irons had been self-medicating with drugs, particularly opioid... Read More...Drug Abuse and AddictionMay 26 2020opioids
What if we truly cared about the opioid crisis? Oh, What a World It Would Be – May 12, 2020 - I’m tired of reading about people being arrested for exhibiting symptoms of a medical condition. I’m frustrated by complacency in light of incremental “progress.” I... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCoronavirusMay 19 2020opioids
New Crime drama ‘Hightown’ mixes murder, opioids, recovery Addictive TV – May 15, 2020 - A murder that reverberates through the idyllic vacation spot. James Badge Dale (“Rescue Me”) co-stars as local cop Det. Ray Abruzzo, who has ties to the victim, fentanyl addic... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMay 19 2020opioidsRecovery
Opioid epidemic was already a national crisis. Covid-19 could be making things worse On the downer side... – May 7, 2020 - Finally, the social isolation brought on by the coronavirus pandemic is leaving people especially vulnerable. Some support groups for people experiencing opioid addiction or ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 12 2020opioids
Why Dax Shepard Is ‘Pro’ His Kids ‘Doing Mushrooms – But Not ‘Cocaine or Opioids’ Father Knows Mescaline – April 29, 2020 - Shepard’s guest, Rob Lowe, agreed with him but said the “wildcard” drug is Adderall, which is something his older son Matthew took while going through college and event... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 5 2020opioids
Coronavirus Crisis Spurs Access to Online Treatment for Opioid Addiction NPR Report – April 20, 2020 - “I wish there was another way to get this done besides a pandemic,” says Dr. David Kan, chief medical officer of Bright Heart Health, a Walnut Creek, Calif., company. It has recent... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 28 2020CoronavirusinternetopioidsRecoveryRehab
Coronavirus isolation could mean death for America’s opioid addicts So Could Scoring – April 25, 2020 - “Instead of walking in, they call or we do it through video so they don’t have to come in unnecessarily and potentially put themselves or others at risk,” Smith said. Whil... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 28 2020Coronavirusopioids
New York charges Mallinckrodt over opioid claims Andrew Cuomo Rocks – April 21, 2020 - Governor Andrew Cuomo said the charges brought by New York’s Department of Financial Services are the first against a major opioid manufacturer in the regulator’s probe int... Read More...April 28 2020Big Pharmaopioids