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Colts Owner Jim Irsay In Suspected Overdose

NO ONE IS IMMUNE – Jan. 17, 2024 - He said he’s been to rehab “at least 15 times” and once overdosed while attempting to detox when he mixed multiple drugs. “The doctor goes, ‘Um, Jim, you’re one lucky man ... Read More...

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L.A. Musician Luis Vasquez, DJ Juan Mendez Found Dead of Possible Fentanyl Overdose

TOO SAD – Jan. 21, 2024 - Jose “Luis” Vasquez, a California musician who found fame with the post-punk project the Soft Moon, and John “Juan” Mendez, a popular Los Angeles DJ who performed as Silent Servant, w... Read More...

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“Pawn Stars” Rick Harrison Breaks Silence After Son Dies of Overdose at 39

SAD NEWS INDEED – Jan. 20, 2024 - Rick Harrison memorialized his son in a brief Instagram post after his death was reported on Friday. Harrison shared a photo of his son, Adam. KLAS obtained a statement from the Harr... Read More...

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First Responders Immediately Give Suboxone After Overdoses

THIS COULD HELP! – Jan. 18, 2024 - The inability to access medication-assisted treatment is one of the main barriers that prevents people from trying it, Ilg said. At the same time, she explained, people who h... Read More...

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San Francisco Blows Past Overdose Death Rate In 2023

VIDEO – LIFE ON THE STREETS – Jan. 17, 2024 - San Francisco recorded 806 accidental drug overdoses in 2023, according to preliminary city data published Wednesday, blowing past its 2022 count of 649 as well as 2020... Read More...

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Zippy’s Manager Saves Man From Fatal Overdose

VIDEO – ZIP-A-DEE-DOO-DAH – Jan. 11, 2024 - For Leialoha Arcangel, her Sunday morning shift at Zippy’s Vineyard started out anything but normal. “The words were, someone was dead in the back and they needed help.” ... Read More...

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See final moments of ODing patient discharged by doctor who thought he was ‘playing possum’

VIDEO – PLAYING DEAD – Jan, 11, 2024 - Disturbing bodycam footage shows a man’s final moments suffering from an overdose at a hospital before a doctor handed him off to police and suggested they bring him to a ... Read More...

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‘Designer Xanax’ Behind 1 in 7 Overdoses in US

A DOWN FOREVER – Jan. 9, 2024 - Bromazolam is a benzodiazepine - a class of drugs used to treat anxiety - Benzodiazepines, or benzos, are depressants that cause sedation, slowing the body and brain down. Howev... Read More...

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Consulting Company Fined $78 Million For Opioid Deaths

NO JAIL TIME? – Dec, 30, 2023 - Consulting firm McKinsey & Co has agreed to pay $78 million to resolve claims by U.S. health insurers and benefit plans that it fueled an epidemic of opioid addiction through its w... Read More...

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Genetic Test Assesses Opiate Addiction Risk Using DNA

SCIENCE MAY ONE DAY DO SO... – Dec. 21, 2023 - The test involves swabbing the cheek of a patient to collect a DNA sample that is then used to determine if there is a combination of genetic variants that may be... Read More...

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Man Fights to Overcome Opioid Addiction

VIDEO – IT CAN BE DONE – Dec. 12, 2023 - 35-year-old James Gotte said he’s looking forward to celebrating one year of being sober this month. He said his drug addiction started at a young age, but now he wan... Read More...

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How to Discipline an In-School Overdose? You Don’t

AUDIO – GET THEM HELP! – Dec. 15, 2023 - Perched above a major highway in central Los Angeles sits an unassuming high school where students are all too familiar with the sound of ambulance sirens. This fall, the pr... Read More...

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I Was Hooked on Opioids for Years

BUT NOT FOREVER – Dec. 8, 2023 - Eventually, I was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and prescribed Concerta, leading to my exposure to stimulants. The concept of taking a pill ... Read More...

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REALITY: Opioids More Potent Than Fentanyl

EUPHORIA HAS A PRICE – Dec. 10, 2023 - Ross told her husband she’d gone out and used methamphetamine and crack cocaine, according to a Miami-Dade County medical examiner’s report. That morning, Ross’s husband found h... Read More...

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Opioid Settlement Divides Victims

MONEY MATTERS – Dec. 3, 2023 - “If it gets blown up, nobody gets anything,” Carter, of Maynard, Mass., said of the settlement. “And still nothing is going to happen to the Sacklers.” Ed Bisch, who lost his 18-year-ol... Read More...

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Physician Sentenced in $1.2M Opioid Scheme

MAKING A LIVING KILLING – Dec. 7, 2023 - Texas-based pain management specialist Oscar Lightner, MD, has been sentenced to seven years in prison over his role in the operation of a pill mill clinic that unlawfu... Read More...

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Melissa Etheridge’s son died from opioids: ‘He made his choices’

OR DID HE? – Nov. 29, 2023 - Melissa Etheridge has opened up about coping with her son’s death. The Grammy winning singer, 62, lost her oldest son, Beckett Cypher, at 21 in 2020 from causes related to... Read More...

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The Brain on Opioids

WILLIAM BURROUGHS – Nov. 19, 2023 - In recent years, the opioid epidemic has surged to alarming proportions, casting a shadow over communities worldwide. This crisis, fueled by an increase in the prescription of opio... Read More...

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Reporting on Addiction Accurately

VIDEO – AND SOBERLY? – Nov. 27, 2023 - The organization Reporting on Addiction began as a response to what its founders identified as misinformed, harmful coverage of opioid use disorder and the people and communitie... Read More...

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Colts Owner Jim Irsay Says Overdose Almost Killed Him

THE END ZONE THERE’S NO COMING BACK FROM – Nov. 20, 2023 - Irsay, who has spoken candidly in the past about his battles with drugs and alcohol, made the revelation in an interview with Andrea Kremer for HBO’s ... Read More...

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Father Charged with Overdose Murder After Daughter Dies

VIDEO – THE SINS OF THE FATHER – Nov. 20, 2023 - County deputies said 31-year-old Stormie Jasmine Graves was found “cold to the touch, and rigid,” surrounded by “multiple pieces of tin foil.” Investigators noted, “on... Read More...

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Evolving Overdose Crisis Shakes Previously Effective Treatments

METHADON’T WORK – Nov. 21, 2023 - Neither Suboxone nor methadone is designed to treat addiction to xylazine or stimulants. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that of the more than 111,... Read More...

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Dana Carvey’s Eldest Dies from Drug Overdose at 32

THE SON DOES NOT ALWAYS RETURN HOME – Nov. 16, 2023 - The family said Dex Carvey “loved his family, his friends and his girlfriend, Kaylee,” adding that “Dex was a beautiful person. His handmade birthd... Read More...

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Ingestible “smart pill” May Detect Overdosing

THEN WHAT? – Nov. 17, 2023 - n this study, 10 participants undergoing sleep studies at the WVU Medicine Sleep Evaluation Center swallowed a Celero Systems Vitals Monitoring Pill (VM Pill), a device the size of a vita... Read More...

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Gold Standard for Opioid Treatment Gets Cold Shoulder

NOTHING IS PERFECT – Nov. 14, 2023 - If Torrington could wave a magic wand, “I would enact true parity, where people could get access to comprehensive, individualized, multimodal treatment over time,” he said. “Prima... Read More...

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Doctor Sentenced in $5,000,000 Pill Mill Thrill

MAKING A LIVING KILLING – Nov. 16, 2023 - Rosenfield, Taylor, and their co-conspirators issued prescriptions for opioids, including approximately 752,000 pills of oxycodone and 419,000 pills of hydrocodone, un... Read More...

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San Francisco to Reach Highest Overdose Death Toll in 2023

MORE THAN THEIR HEARTS – Nov. 17, 2023 - “We must remain nimble in our overdose prevention efforts, including getting more people who use drugs into treatment with medications for opioid use disorder in outpatient an... Read More...

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Addiction Ravaged My Family and Tribe

NATIONALLY – Nov. 14, 2023 - At 61 years old, I have lost far too much to drugs, and I’ve never done anything more than weed, as a teenager. I have three sons and one daughter, and while I know that my husband and I ... Read More...

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Addicted Fishermen Catch Fentanyl Death

DANGEROUS WATERS ON LAND – Nov. 14, 2023 - As the crew of the clam vessel Lori Ann prepared to set out from Fairhaven, the fleet manager was told that something wasn’t right with a fisherman below deck. ... Read More...

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