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Inmate Overdoses After Man Brings Drugs to Jail

SO MANY PRISONS – June 20, 2022 - A man has been arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter after an inmate died of a drug overdose from drugs that the man smuggled into the jail, according to the Sciot... Read More...

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Excessive Heat Adds To Arizona Opioid Epidemic

COULD IT GET WORSE? – June 24, 2022 - Unable to rouse him, the paramedics administered the drug naloxone via an injection into his upper left arm. The drug, widely known by the brand name Narcan, is an emergenc... Read More...

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Colorado Sees Drop In Life Expectancy

POPULATION PATROL? – June 25, 2022 - Key drivers for the decline were COVID-19 and overdose deaths. The data vary by demographic group. COVID-19 was the leading cause of death among Hispanics, as well as non... Read More...

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Supreme Court Sides With Pill Mill Doctors

NOT IN COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION – June 27, 2022 - The justices ruled 9-0 in favor of Xiulu Ruan and Shakeel Kahn, who had argued in appealing their convictions that their trials were unfair because jurors were n... Read More...

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New Drugs With High Abuse Potential Most Likely to Be Approved FASTEST

BUY AND BUY AND DIE? – June 21. 2022 - “Despite the prevalence and societal costs of pain in the United States, investment in pain medication development is low, due in part to poor understanding of the probab... Read More...

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HHS Announces $10 Million for Rural Communities to Respond to Surging Fentanyl Overdoses

MONEY MAKES A DIFFERENCE? – June 17, 2022 - “Behind every overdose death is a family and a community,” said HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra. “When we fund partnerships that increase access to effective, evidence-b... Read More...

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Demi Lovato Talks Addiction Struggles in ‘Skin of My Teeth’

SHARING IN A SONG – June 10, 2022 - Lovato has been extremely candid when it comes to their drug addictions, and the struggles they have gone through. In July 2018, the singer suffered a near-fatal opioid over... Read More...

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Court Decision Endangers Addiction and Mental Health Coverage for 130 Million Americans

RYAN HAMPTON OPINION – June 13, 2022 - I went to many treatment centers in my area but was told that without the “right” insurance I would have to wait for a scholarship bed to become available. The list filled... Read More...

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DEA Holds Inaugural Family Summit on the Overdose Epidemic

TOO LITTLE! TOO LATE!! – June 15, 2022 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Dr. Rahul Gupta, Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), issued the following statement regarding the CDC’s... Read More...

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White House Pushes Strategy to Slow Overdoses as Street Drugs Grow Deadly

TOO LITTLE TOO LATE – June 15, 2022 - Dr. Rahu Gupta also acknowledged the growing power of Mexican drug cartels and other international narcotics gangs that “operate seamlessly across borders and cooperate wi... Read More...

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Shattered Kentucky Shatters Fatal Overdose Record

VIDEO – NOTHING BUT HEARTACHE – June 14, 2022 - It was the first time the Bluegrass State surpassed 2,000 drug overdose deaths in a single year, said Van Ingram, executive director of the state Office of Drug ... Read More...

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Dopesick: Michael Keaton in Conversation

VIDEO – OPIATES STAR IN NON-FICTION TRAGEDY – 2022 - In writing Dopesick, showrunner Danny Strong spent months researching to create a story that reveals how opioid addiction affects individuals and families, t... Read More...

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Opioids: 4 Ways to Reduce Harm, Overdose and Death

IT’S A PROCESS – June 7, 2022 - Part of the success around naloxone distribution, access and training is the – albeit slow – reduction in stigma surrounding the overdose reversal agent. Years ago, much more co... Read More...

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Pharmacist, 72, Gets 15 Years In Prison

87 LOOKS LIKE A LONG SHOT – June 8, 2022 - “Gbenedio used his pharmacy as a pill-mill to supply highly addictive narcotics to drug dealers and drug addicts,” U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia ... Read More...

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Alleviating Opioid Use Disorder With Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Medication

IT WORKS IF YOU WORK IT – June 9, 2022 - With a newfound desire to make changes in their lives, individuals must make what are often difficult decisions. In CBT, we support individuals in making decisions by do... Read More...

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Rising Number of Child Melatonin Overdoses

KEEP OUT OF THE REACH OF CHILDREN – June 19, 2022 - The study focused on children under the age of 19 from January 1, 2012, through December 31, 2021, and found 260,435 pediatric melatonin ingestions that were... Read More...

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Did Prescription Opioids Cause The Overdose Epidemic?

HE SAID, SHE PROVED – June 6, 2022 - Adriane Fugh-Berman defended the proposition, “America’s overdose crisis is the result of doctors over‐treating patients with opioids.” She’s a medical doctor and a professo... Read More...

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Revolutionary New Referral System For SUD Patients

IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL GET HEALED – May 26, 2022 - RecoverWell offers a cyber-secure, HIPAA-compliant technology platform to improve patient outcomes by bridging the gap directly between crisis centers and... Read More...

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San Diego Rehab Reacts to Rampant Drug Abuse

AUDIO – WHO FIGHTS FOR THOSE WHO FOUGHT FOR US? – June 10, 2022 - The Drug Enforcement Administration is investigating a suspected fentanyl overdose death on the campus. And people who work with other instituti... Read More...

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British Columbia To Decriminalize Drug Possession

THE SANEST PLACE ON EARTH – June 1, 2022 - “The shocking number of lives lost to the overdose crisis requires bold actions and significant policy change. I have thoroughly reviewed and carefully considered bot... Read More...

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A Tale of Two Tragedies

NO ONE WINS – June 3, 2022 - “Kelly was a beautiful, beautiful girl,” her father, William Beitz, said in an interview. “There wasn’t a day that went by that I wasn’t terrified about something happening to her.... Read More...

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Tennessee Opens Up Access to Narcan, FINALLY

OH GEE, THANKS A LOT – May 28, 2022 - The law goes into effect July 1, and cities, counties, recovery organizations, hospitals, schools, homeless service providers, jails, shelters, community groups and many ot... Read More...

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Florida Attorney General Accuses NYC Health Dept. of Homicide

LIFE AND LESS DEATH – June 4, 2022 - Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody tweeted a copy of one of the woke NYC subway ads — which also says druggies should feel “empowered” when they use potentially lethal fe... Read More...

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Normalizing Drug Addiction Leads to More Overdoses?

HARM REDUCTION WORKS – June 3, 2022 - Whether it’s the safe-injection sites in Harlem and Brooklyn or the decriminalization of cocaine and opioid possession in British Columbia (announced this week), advocates ... Read More...

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Why the Opiate Crisis Will Never End

GREEDY MONSTERS – May 20, 2022 - And as you know, another agency with alleged ties to Big Pharma, The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations was also found to be responsible for participa... Read More...

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Some Opioid Addictions Begin in the Hospital

AND END UP ON THE STREET – MAY 27, 2022 - It was a nurse who first introduced Stretch to opioids The nurse instigated the shot. I think she understood I was pretty miserable and offered me one where n... Read More...

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Mailing At-Home Kits Improves Disposal Rates for Leftover Opioid Prescriptions

MAIL ORDER IN REVERSE – May 24, 2022 - The researchers invited 657 patients to participate in their study, and 302 consented. Of those who participated in the trial, which took place from April 19 to June 1, 20... Read More...

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Veterinary Sedative Involved in Opioid Overdose Deaths

WHEN KETAMINE ISN’T STRONG ENOUGH – May 24, 2022 - A study published last month in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence found xylazine to be increasingly implicated in overdose mortality, rising from ... Read More...

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108,000 Drug Deaths in 2021 Bear Out Prediction From Five Years Ago

DIDN’T TAKE A GENIUS – May 25, 2022 - The special section—based around the Pitt team’s landmark research article in Science that analyzed nearly four decades of U.S. drug overdose data—contains commentary by fo... Read More...

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New Meth Addiction Treatment

VIDEO – BULLY or BULLSHIT? – May 26, 2022 - Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare now has eight billboards around the city advertising a “new effective addiction treatment for meth, opioids, alcohol.” What is unusual here... Read More...

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