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B.C. records deadliest February ever for overdose deaths

CAN ANYTHING BE DONE? – Mach 24, 2021 - The latest overdose statistics sparked debate in the legislature, with the Opposition Liberals demanding the government take vigorous action in next month’s budget to add... Read More...

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Demi Does California Sober for Brunch. Rosé or Riesling?

ONE TOKE OVER THE LINE? – March 22, 2021 - Lovato has endured two highly publicized relapses and suffered “three strokes and a heart attack” during that time — details of which will be shared in her forthcoming YouT... Read More...

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Biden’s Likely “Drug Czar” Presided Over Destruction of WV Syringe Program

SAFE INJECTION SITES UNLIKELY – March 17, 2021 - President Joe Biden is planning to announce Dr. Rahul Guptaas his pick for the director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), otherwise known as... Read More...

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Do College Students even do drugs?

DO BEARS COME IN THE MAIL? – March 4, 2021 - The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued a statewide standing order for free naloxone to help curb out the mortality rate from opioid overdoses. Cali... Read More...

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What state has the biggest drug problem?

MOUNTAIN HIGH – March 17, 2021 - Delaware, Tennessee, Louisiana and Maryland followed next, rounding out the top five states that the epidemic has hit. Kansas, meanwhile, was the least affected, and while more than ... Read More...

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Emergency Naloxone Boxes Installed in Wisconsin to Help Save Lives

I SEE LIVE PEOPLE – March 11, 2021 - Outreach specialists with Wisconsin Voices for Recovery have now put up 12 opioid recovery kits at places like gas stations, hotels, and multiple healthcare locations across... Read More...

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Mich. pharmacist, tech charged in $1.2M opioid distribution conspiracy

OVERDOSE OF GREED – March 18, 2021 - A Michigan pharmacist and pharmacy technician have been charged in a conspiracy in which they are accused of illegally distributing more than $1.2 million worth of pre... Read More...

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Harm Reduction Services to Get $30 Million in First-Ever Federal Funding

NOT ALL FOR MAT? – March 16, 2021 - Though the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration will have to more thoroughly detail the list of programs eligible to receive the funds, the legislation s... Read More...

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Hazelden Betty Ford Sites in Oregon Designated Blue Distinction® Centers

PROOF IT WORKS – March 12, 2021 - According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 130 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose, which highlights the seriousness of the opioid epidemic and ho... Read More...

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Family turns tragic loss into ‘Lissy’s Legacy of Love

WATCH – NEW LIFE OF GIVING – March 5, 2021 - “I would appear in court and beg the judge to please don’t let her leave the courtroom because there were days that I felt like if she did that, I wouldn’t see her a... Read More...

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Long Island doctor charged with murder in 5 opioid deaths

DR. DEATH – March 4, 2021 - Blatti pleaded not guilty at an arraignment in Nassau County Court and was ordered jailed pending a March 30 court appearance. He faces up to 25 years to life in prison if convicted ... Read More...

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Overdose Deaths Surge Among Black Americans

UNCIVIL WAR – March 3, 2021 - Jenkins, who lives in upstate New York, says her mom, Sonya Hughey, had a hard life, first using crack cocaine when she was a teenager. The loneliness and isolation of the... Read More...

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Ex-addict who ‘used crack & heroin at 15, overdosed 19 TIMES’ reveals sober transformation

ANYONE CAN DECIDE TO STOP – Feb. 28, 2021 - She is now eager to tell her story and help show people there is a “solution to this disease”. “I lived a life full of misery and prayed every time that I slept to... Read More...

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Dan Schneider of Netflix’s The Pharmacist at Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit

FROM LOSS COMES HOPE – Feb. 26, 2021 - "As overdose cases are rapidly increasing and treatments for substance use disorders are becoming more challenging, we arrive at a critical moment within the opioid a... Read More...

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The Last Days of Heroin

FENTANYL FOREVER? – Feb. 18, 2021 - Fentanyl isn’t a new substance, having first been synthesized in a lab in 1960 by the Belgian company Janssen Pharmaceuticals. The drug has important medical uses, including for C... Read More...

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Drug‑Free Solution to Opioid Withdrawal

SOON FOR BABIES TOO? – Feb. 18, 2021 - The Texas startup was founded in Houston in 2018, but is now headquartered in Dallas where it develops medical devices such as the system. Spark received clearance from... Read More...

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The Opioid Crisis, Fueled by Covid, Is Worse Than Ever

MORE BAD NEWS – Feb. 20. 2021 - Drug overdoses of all kinds killed nearly 84,000 people in the U.S. from August 2019 to July 2020. That’s 23% more than in the previous 12-month period, and the highest number of... Read More...

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Demi Lovato’s New Doc Details Singer’s 2018 Overdose, “She Should Be Dead”

WATCH – A STAR IS REBORN – FEB. 17, 2021 - Viewers will see a glimpse at Lovato “during the most trying time of her life as she unearths her prior traumas and discovers the importance of her physical, emotional... Read More...

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Woman Recovering From Opioid Addiction Sues to Get Methadone

CRAZY TIME – FEB 12, 2021 - But Finnigan, 53, who lives in Chicago, said things changed for her in 2019. That’s when doctors put her on methadone, a medication that is itself an opioid but curbs the craving for... Read More...

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Digital Rehab is Helping Tackle America’s Opioid Crisis

WATCH – NONE TOO SOON – Feb. 8, 2021 - Besides drug addictions including opioids and cocaine, the start-up offers programmes to aid the recovery of those with gambling, smoking and alcohol addictions and chroni... Read More...

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He Agreed to Rehab Just Days Before His Death

WATCH – GET HELP BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE! – Feb. 8, 2021 - Bibby explained the only way to get Juice to go was to stage an intervention. Despite their best efforts, the “Lucid Dreams” rapper allegedly refused to q... Read More...

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This Message Will Self-Destruct: Snapchat & the Tragic Death of a 16-year-old

by Christopher Dale WHAT A PRICE TO PAY – Feb. 16, 2021 - On Sunday, February 7, 16-year-old Samuel Chapman asked his father for a cheeseburger, then went to his room to play video games. An hour later his m... Read More...

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Teen’s Deadly Overdose Prompts Warning About Snapchat’s Role in Selling Drugs

WATCH – WHEN DOES IT STOP? – Feb. 11, 2021 - “I thought the worst thing that can happen on Snapchat were nude pictures or saying something inappropriate or something like that,” Berman said. “I had no idea ther... Read More...

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Pharma: Greed, Lies, and the Poisoning of America

POISONED AMERICA c/o BIG PHARMA – 2020 - “I could not put down Gerald Posner’s Pharma, the definitive story of how one family, the Sacklers, set out to get exquisitely rich on the back of unsuspecting Americans... Read More...

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Sia’s Awful Movie Portrays Drug Addiction and Abuse With Colorful Musical Numbers

WATCH – CRAPUE du SOLEIL? – Feb. 10, 2021 - Hold on. The worst moment in “Music” is the quick-cut, frenetic, orange-tinted fantasy musical number when the title character flails about making exaggerated facial and b... Read More...

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A ‘Family’ of Artists of the Downtown Eastside

PAINTING THE TOWN CLEAN & SOBER – February 9, 2021 - They’re just a few of the artists who live or work in the Downtown Eastside and are part of a new group called the Downtown Eastside Artists Collective. ... Read More...

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TV Host Dr. Laura Berman’s 16-year-old Son Dies from Overdose from Drug Dealer on Snapchat

WATCH – DEAR GOD, MAKE IT STOP – Feb. 8, 2021 - Berman first shared the news of her son’s death on Instagram Sunday, writing that her son got “the drugs delivered to the house” in an “experimentation gone bad.” “... Read More...

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McKinsey Fined $600 Million For “turbocharging” Opioid Deaths

BOTTOM LINES KILL PEOPLE – Feb. 3, 2021 - McKinsey’s extensive work with Purdue included advising it to focus on selling lucrative high-dose pills, the records show, even after the drugmaker pleaded guilty in 2007 t... Read More...

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B.C. records deadliest February ever for overdose deaths

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Emergency Naloxone Boxes Installed in Wisconsin to Help Save Lives

Mich. pharmacist, tech charged in $1.2M opioid distribution conspiracy

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Digital Rehab is Helping Tackle America’s Opioid Crisis

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Pharma: Greed, Lies, and the Poisoning of America

Sia’s Awful Movie Portrays Drug Addiction and Abuse With Colorful Musical Numbers

A ‘Family’ of Artists of the Downtown Eastside

TV Host Dr. Laura Berman’s 16-year-old Son Dies from Overdose from Drug Dealer on Snapchat

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McKinsey Fined $600 Million For “turbocharging” Opioid Deaths