DEA May Limit Access to Buprenorphine REALLY? – May 2, 2023 - Since 2020, the federal government allowed telehealth providers to prescribe the medication without a medical visit to ensure people could still get it during lockdowns and reduce exposu... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediabuprenorphineDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMay 9 2023OverdoseRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Fentanyl Strikes Again: Dead Kennedys Drummer D.H. Peligro Died From OD PRINCE, TOM PETTY, MAC MILLER – MAY 2, 2023 - His bandmates first said they thought he died after accidentally falling and hitting his head, although, at the time, our law enforcement sources told us it was more myst... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylHeroin AddictionMay 9 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
How the FDA Helped Fuel the Opioid Epidemic WALL STRET JOURNAL: OPINION – May 2, 2023 - At an April Senate subcommittee hearing, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf blamed the pharmaceutical industry for a lack of nonaddictive nonopioid pai... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 9 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
Drug Deaths Fell in Kentucky in 2022 SOME BEATS – April 21, 2023 - “That number is still far too high,” the governor said at his weekly news conference. “One is too many. But with the opioid epidemic, we see far, far too many.” Increased use of... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylinterventionMay 2 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecovery
Israel is the #1 Opioid Consumer Per Capita A SHONDA AND A SCANDAL – April 29 2023 - “The watershed was about 10 years ago, because before that doctors prescribed alternatives and there was less access to opioids. It wasn’t as easy for patients to get them as ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 2 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
Sacklers Gave $19 Million to U.S. Agency that Helped Exacerbate Opioid Deaths BIG PHARMA WINDFALL – April 23, 2023 - Accepting millions of dollars from the Sackler family while advising the federal government on pain policy “would be considered a conflict of interest under almost any con... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 2 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue Pharma
Doctor’s Opioid Arrest Prompts Warning For Fentanyl Risk JUST ANOTHER DRUG DEALER – April 23, 2023 - According to court documents, Okafor distributed oxycodone to people outside the usual course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose from his med... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylinterventionMay 2 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
Workers Say Opioid Crisis Driving Push to Unionize Ben & Jerry’s Shop VIDEO – CAN DRUGS CAUSE SOCIALISM? – April 17, 2023 - “I think it would be nice to have better training for how to deal with situations that come up from the opioid epidemic and just the unhoused community around her... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 25 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionExperience Strength and Hope Awardsopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
Biden Promised Opioid Watchdog Billions, Then Feds Ghosted Him IT’S COMPLICATED – April 20, 2023 - No federal employee holds the title of opioid crisis accountability coordinator. The Office of National Drug Control Policy has not released public statements about the settlements... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 25 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
Harvard Students Call on University to Dename Sackler Buildings at Art Museum’s ‘Die-In’ AUDIO – REAL EDUCATION – April 21, 2023 - More than 50 protesters called on Harvard to remove the Sackler name from all University sites and departments — including the Arthur M. Sackler Building and Arthur M. ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 25 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue Pharma
Local Students Take Up Fight Against Fentanyl VIDEO – PROTECT YOURSELVES – April 16, 2023 - There are many illegal drugs sold on San Diego’s streets and online that contains fentanyl, which is causing minors to die. “The topic of the project is very rarely ta... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 25 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanylinterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRehabteenagersTrauma
Mobilize Recovery Mobilizes iHeartMedia & Facebook to Support Ending Overdosing in America – Macklemore Performs Sept. 19, in D.C. IT’S A MOVEMENT – April 17, 2023 - Unlike past years when recovery advocacy groups and concerned individuals could attend summits and events by paying for admission, this year’s Mobilize Recovery will req... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 25 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Not Enough Facilities to Treat All the Kids Hooked on Opioids ONLY IN AMERICA – April 8, 2023 - We have to take into consideration their developmental age and the psychological development that’s happening in adolescence, which is very different from adults. Oftentimes... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 18 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRehab
White House Declares ‘tranq’ an ‘Emerging Drug Threat’ VIDEO – HORRIFIC – April 13, 2023 - The increasingly combined mixture of xylazine, known on the street as “tranq,” with fentanyl has become most popular on the illicit drug market and has exacerbated the nationwide ... Read More...April 18 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylinterventionOverdoseRecoveryTrauma
All Opioid Pain Meds Get New Safety Warnings DON’T USE WITH ALCOHOL – April 13, 2023 - The FDA is making several updates to prescribing information for opioid pain medications to provide guidance on safe use, according to a Drug Safety Communication ... opens i... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 18 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
Doctor Sentenced For Writing ‘medically unnecessary’ Opioid Prescriptions VIDEO – NOT REALLY A HEALER – April 4, 2023 - A former Baton Rouge doctor has been sentenced after evidence at trial revealed he wrote “medically unnecessary” prescriptions for large amounts of opioids, authorities s... Read More...April 11 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
Bold Efforts to Improve Access to Treatment for Opioid Addicts LET THEM IN – April 4, 2023 - Currently in the United States only three medications are indicated for the treatment of OUD. Buprenorphine is the only one that is routinely dispensed by community pharmacists with... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 11 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
The Dismissive Attitude On Solving Addiction Crisis OPINION – April 6, 2023 - Maybe it was because Kirby was so new to the process, or maybe he was just another Republican delegate in a supermajority that leadership could choose to ignore – and did. Part of w... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 11 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancyopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRehabTrauma
Texas Has Declared War on Fentanyl and It’s Making the Same Deadly Mistakes. HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF – April 4, 2023 - In his February State of the State address, Governor Greg Abbott made addressing the fentanyl crisis an emergency item in this year’s legislative session. Stating that Texas D... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 11 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanylopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
White Supremacists, Fentanyl and Meth DRUG CULTURE IN RED STATES? – April 4, 2023 - The alleged leader of the drug trafficking organization is Jesse James Bailey. Bailey and his cohorts allegedly trafficked huge amounts of fentanyl, methamphetamine... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 11 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylmethOverdose
Mom’s Mission to Reduce Addiction Stigma After Son’s Death VIDEO – REST IN PEACE – March 20, 2023 - Mom on a mission to reduce stigma about drug addiction after son’s death - NBC 15 WPMI Click@YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NhTCEFsoC0&t=96s ... Read More...April 4 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewlife expectancyOverdoseRecovery AdvocateTrauma
DEA Alert About Threat of Xylazine. Philly is F**ked VIDEO – THE CITY OF BROTHERLY DEATH – March 21, 2023 - The US Drug Enforcement Administration issued an alert Monday about the widespread threat of fentanyl mixed with xylazine, a veterinary tranquilizer also commonl... Read More...April 4 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylinterventionOverdoseTrauma
‘Tranq Dope’ Makes Users Zombies VIDEO – FROM BAD TO WORSE – March 31, 2023 - “There’s a good chance if you are using a pill that you bought on the street and did not buy from a regular pharmacy that this might have xylazine in the pill,” Oz said. ... Read More...April 4 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylOverdoseTrauma
Hipster City Lawless Hellscape Due to Rampant Drug Use VIDEO – DUE TO DRUG LAWS? – March 28, 2023 - She’s seen Oregon’s largest city go from a kooky progressive place with great restaurants and reliable public transportation to a ‘post-apocalyptic’ hellscape where ... Read More...April 4 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionhomelessinterventionlife expectancyMental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryTrauma
When Steven Tyler Tried to Help Kurt Cobain Kick Heroin? DENIAL CAN KILL – March 30, 2023 - As he watched Nirvana’s meteoric rise in the early ‘90s, Steven Tyler says he recognised the “pain” in Kurt Cobain’s eyes and later discovered that Nirvana’s frontman was usin... Read More...April 4 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictioninterventionInterviewOverdoseRecoverysuicideTrauma
FDA Approves Over-The-Counter Narcan JUST LIKE ASPIRIN – March 29, 2023 - Advocates believe it’s important to get naloxone to the people who are most likely to be around overdoses, including people who use drugs and their relatives. The decision “rep... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 4 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionOverdoseRecovery
Psychologist On Ripple Effect Of Drug Overdoses VIDEO – IT’S A MONSTER – March 18, 2023 - Brandon Bergman, a psychologist and associate director of the Recovery Research Institute at Mass General Hospital, speaks about new studies that link a recent rise in morta... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMar 28 2023OverdoseTrauma
Female Mall Employees OD at NJ Parking Garage, 4 Survived with Narcan VIDEO – AFTER WORK ACTIVITIES? – March 16, 2023 - “I want to assure the community that we are already in the process of thoroughly investigating this matter to find the source of this dangerous substance, and will do... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMar 28 2023OverdoseRecoveryTrauma
Nebraskans Don’t Understand Use of Narcan VIDEO – TEACH THEM FAST – March 17, 2023 - And only 10-20% know where to get Narcan. “It doesn’t require a hospital or a clinic,” Habecker said. Narcan is administered as a nasal spray and the state... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMar 28 2023OverdoseRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma
THIS is the Oscar Nominated Movie to WATCH! All the Beauty and the Bloodshed VIDEO – DOCUMENTARIES RULE – March 9, 2023 - Between then and now, the museum announced it would no longer accept donations from the Sacklers and excised their name from its galleries. Once the Met’s most cherished ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMar 21 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue Pharma