Overdose Deaths in Rhode Island Down 7.3% LIFE IS PRECIOUS – July 10, 2024 - “The needle is moving in the right direction, but we must continue to build upon our multi-faceted approach to save lives because we know that addiction is a disease and reco... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 16 2024Overdose
Jane Lynch Reflects on Deaths of Cory Monteith and Naya Rivera SADNESS REMAINS – July 7, 2024 - This month marks 11 years since alum Cory Monteith died of a drug overdose, as well as four years since the passing of costar Naya Rivera in a boating accident. “Just such yout... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyJuly 16 2024life expectancyOverdoseTrauma
Acupuncture Can Shorten Methadone Treatments EAST MEETS WEST – July 10, 2024 - Eight weeks of acupuncture was found to reduce the dose of methadone needed to control opioid cravings, which could make patients likelier to stick with their treatment. ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionJuly 16 2024opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
Philly Jails Plagued with Overdoses REHAB NOT HANDCUFFS – July 7, 2024 - Since 2018, just over two dozen people have died from drug-related deaths in Philadelphia jails, where drugs are widely accessible, according to an Inquirer review of recor... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 16 2024Overdose
Coach Scott Cochran Reveals Opioid Addiction FREE AT LAST – June 29, 2024 - Cochran rose to a prominence in college football, he battled debilitating headaches. His doctors tried multiple medications until, in 2010, eventually landing on a solution: oxyc... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 9 2024opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
Experimental Drug Supercharges Overdose Reversal Medicine YES! APPROVE IT FAST – July 3, 2024 - Now, researchers have found an approach that could extend naloxone’s lifesaving power, even in the face of ever-more-dangerous opioids. A team of researchers from Washington Un... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 9 2024Overdose
Shifty Shellshock Talked Sobriety Months Before Fatal OD VIDEO – REMEMBERING SETH BINZER – JULY 5, 2024 - Late Crazy Town frontman was sober and happy a few months before his accidental drug overdose ... and seemed committed to staying on the wagon. Shifty’s friend and s... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 9 2024Overdose
People Rush to Save Man from Overdosing VIDEO – ALMOST DEAD – July 1, 2024 - Sarah Nazorek remembers the scary experience when she saved her son from an overdose by using Narcan. One of the people sent us the video as others worked to wake up the un... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJuly 9 2024OverdoseRecovery
Doctor Convicted for Prescription Practices: Gets 300 year Sentence VIDEO – OPIATES ON PARADE – June 22, 2024 - A Maine doctor could be sentenced to hundreds of years in prison for her practices of overprescribing opioids. Dr. Merideth Norris, 53, of Kennebunk, was co... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJuly 2 2024opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
Will Murderous Sackler Family Face a Reckoning? STILL MASS MURDERERS – June 27, 2024 - A divided Court blocked a controversial proposed Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan that would have provided billions of dollars to help address the nation’s opioid cris... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 2 2024opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue Pharma
Sheriff’s Deputy Died of Meth Overdose While on Duty MYSTERIOUS – June 20, 2024 - Jonathan Stewart died from the effects of methamphetamine April 27. An LA sheriff’s representative could not immediately be reached for comment about how Stewart died, whether the ... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 25 2024methOverdose
‘Scam Alert’ About California Treatment Claims AUDIO – SAY WHAT? – June 12, 2024 - “The Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health’s Overdose Response Center is warning of a scam in our area involving individuals claiming to be part of residential rehabilita... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 25 2024Mental HealthOverdoseRecovery
How a University of Chicago-Trained Doctor Became the ‘Pill Mill Killer’ FACE OF EVIL – June 7, 2024 - Over time, Paul Volkman, a doctor trained at the University of Chicago’s medical school, developed a bedside manner that ended many lives. He allegedly prescribed and dispensed mi... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 18 2024opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
Horrific Number of Older Black Men Dying of Overdoses AN ENDING NO ONE DESERVES – June 3, 2024 - William, 63, killed by fentanyl and found in his ninth-floor unit in February 2023. Richard, 61, discovered in an apartment with multiple drugs in his system two and ... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylJune 11 2024Overdose
1 in 3 Americans Lost Someone to an Overdose VIDEO – AMERICAN TRAVESTY – May 31, 2024 - “Although large numbers of U.S. adults are bereaved due to overdose, they may not be as visible as other groups who have lost loved ones to less stigmatized health issues.... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 11 2024Overdose
No End to Opioid Epidemic “in the foreseeable future” VIDEO – PESSIMIST OR PROGNOSTICATOR? – May 29, 2024 - “What we have to understand is that with our growing knowledge of how the brain is affected in people with substance use disorders, is that fear or scolding is ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylHeroin AddictionJune 4 2024opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
Gangs’ Greed Causing ‘mass overdoses’ AUDIO – PROFIT MOTIVE – May 29, 2024 - Public health officials say Mexican cartels and drug gangs inside the U.S. are mixing a dangerous chemical sedative called medetomidine into fentanyl and other drugs sold on t... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylJune 4 2024OverdoseTrauma
New Wave of Overdoses From Animal Tranquilizer AUDIO – MAKING FENTANYL WORSE – May 24, 2024 - Medetomidine a chemical long used by veterinarians, is now turning up in the street drug supply and triggering a new wave of overdoses. BRENDAN HART: Some of our emerg... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 28 2024Overdose
Baltimore Becomes the Overdose Capital of America A COUNTRY GONE MAD – May 23. 2024 - In the past 6 years, nearly 6,000 lives have been lost. The death rate from 2018 to 2022 was nearly double that of any other large city, and higher than nearly all of Appala... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylMay 28 2024opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
Walgreens Offering Cheaper Version of Opioid Reversal Drug SAVE-A-LIFE CHEAPLY – May 15, 2024 - Walgreens’ version of the drug is $34.99, according to the release, which the parent company says is “a lower price than the comparable national brand product at Walgreens ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 21 2024opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
OPINION: Providing Safe Supply Would Reduce Overdoses GOOD IDEA – May 13, 2024 - It seems very cruel to me to recognize how many people are visibly struggling with drug addiction in our state and, essentially, to think that punishment will be a more effective mot... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductionMay 21 2024Overdose
Drug Overdose Deaths Down GOOD NEWS – May 15, 2024 - “There’s been a lot of billboards, newspaper ads and TV stuff surrounding naloxone — where it’s available, where people can get naloxone for free,” Zoucha said, referring to the opio... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 21 2024Overdose
I Didn’t Understand Opioid Addiction Until My Son Died SUCH A SAD MAN – May 7, 2024 - Over many years, I have resuscitated countless numbers of patients dying from a drug overdose while working as an emergency physician. I knew I had to stop everything else I was ... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 14 2024opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
‘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 deadly drugs, the event “A Call to All” on Friday, May 3, was created to combat the synthetic drug epidemic i... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMay 14 2024opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
Mindfulness Training Reduces Relapses TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS – May 6, 2024 - Supplementing standard opioid addiction treatment with Mindfulness Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE) - an intervention that incorporates mindfulness training, savori... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionMay 14 2024Mental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
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 provide $180 million worth of naloxone nasal spray, an overdose treatment medication, to resolve lawsu... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMay 7 2024opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
Man Found in Boss’ Bathroom 9 Hours After Fentanyl Overdose VIDEO – ONE LAST SHOT – May 1, 2024 - His family says he struggled with addiction for years, but they continue to ask why he went unnoticed for so long after his death. “I was supposed to meet him that night at 10:... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylMay 7 2024Overdose
50 Drug Overdoses in One Day In Austin, Texas AND 4 DEAD – April 30, 2024 - Christa Steadman, ATCEMS public information officer, said officials suspect the “outbreak” is due to “a new batch in town” likely from the same source or same couple of sources du... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 7 2024OverdoseTrauma
Opioids Came for Country Music NOT JUST WILLIE’S WEED – April 23, 2024 - DRUGS NEVER SEEMED like a problem to Elvie Shane. Dabbling in cocaine, meth, and heroin were all part of the future country singer’s college days in Bowling Green, Ken... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 30 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
Art Exhibit Remembers Those Lost to Addiction VIDEO – SOUL ALCHEMY: GRIEF INTO ART – April 11, 2024 - When Theresa Clower lost her son, Devin, she turned to an old hobby she hadn’t picked up in nearly five decades. With a degree in fine arts, she pick... Read More...April 23 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionOverdoseRecovery AdvocateTrauma