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Fentanyl Mixed with Cocaine and Meth Creates ‘4th Wave’ of the Overdose Deaths

AUDIO – IT’S HAPPENED BEFORE – Sept. 14, 2023 - Another group of people who are affected are people intending to use stimulants on their own but who don’t realize their supply has been laced with or contaminated wi... Read More...

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Demi Lovato Opens Up About Drug Use & Overdose

VIDEO – AND SHE SURE CAN SING TOO – Sept. 13, 2023 - The singer tells Howard Stern she lives with hearing and vision impairments as a result of her drug overdose in 2018. ‘IT WAS DUE TO THE LACK OF OXYGE... Read More...

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Overdoses Soared as Prescription Pain Pills Plunged

DEATH DON’T HAVE NO MERCY IN THIS LAND – Sept. 12, 2023 - Counties with the highest average doses of legal pain pills per person from 2006 to 2013 suffered the highest death rates in the nation over the subsequent si... Read More...

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Four numbers that tell the story of the opioid epidemic

REAL DATA – Sept. 13, 2023 - Here are the numbers that tell the story: 45 percent: The approximate decrease of prescription opioid pain pills shipped in the United States from 2011 to 2019. But ... Read More...

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Lawmakers Searching for Answers. Why is Fentanyl Killing Kids?

LOOK WITHIN SOCIETY – Aug. 30, 2023 - Mississippi enacted a bill in March mandating a media campaign aimed at youth. California lawmakers are also considering requiring the state health department to make an o... Read More...

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TikTokers Filming ‘Zombieland’ Videos of Drug Addicts on Skid Row Sparks Social Media Craze

AFTER SCHOOL SPECIAL – Sept. 10, 2023 - Are the videos, seen by millions of TikTok and YouTube users, a horrifying form of exploitation and voyeurism? Or are they the cutting edge of a new form of citizen jour... Read More...

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Naloxone Vending Machine Installed

HAVE A QUARTER? SAVE A LIFE – Sept. 10, 2023 - Approximately 300 naloxone nasal sprays, designed to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose involving substances like fentanyl, heroin and prescription painkil... Read More...

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Narcan Now Available Over-The-Counter!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LIFE SAVERS – Sept. 1, 2023 - The announcement is believed by advocates to be a milestone that will make it easier to save lives in the US as the ongoing opioid epidemic claimed more than 100,000 American live... Read More...

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Afghanistan Meth Trade Surges as Taliban Clamps Down on Heroin Trade

WHO’S IN CHARGE? – Sept. 9, 2023 -While heroin trafficking has slowed, the UNODC said in a statement, meth trafficking “has intensified since the ban”. Meth seizures in and around Afghanistan jumped 12-fold in the... Read More...

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Jenelle Evans’ Ex-Husband Suffers Apparent Overdose

AUDIO – ALL CAUGHT ON TAPE – SEPT. 10, 2023 - Courtland’s wife says he locked himself in the bathroom while she was out of the house with their kids ... but she broke down the door to find him unresponsive. The d... Read More...

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Teen Mom’s Maci Bookout Says Son Bentley Was ‘Angry’ About Ryan Edwards’ Overdose

VIDEO – REALITY AND NEAR DEATH? – Sept. 7, 2023 - “Before went to rehab, was very concerned and very worried,” Maci told her friends about the former couple’s 15-year-old son’s reaction to his dad’s ongoing subst... Read More...

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12 Overdoses in 24 Hours in Harrisburg

VIDEO – THE DIRTIEST DOZEN – Sept 9, 2023 - Potential signs and symptoms of an opioid overdose include: Loss of consciousness. Markedly constricted or pinpoint pupils. Breathing difficulties (slowed, labored... Read More...

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How Badly Did Legal Opioid Pills Flood Your City?

ASK CVS, WALGREENS and Duane Reade – Sept. 12, 2023 - The Washington Post sifted through 760 million transactions from 2006 through 2019 that are detailed in the DEA’s database and specifically focused on oxyc... Read More...

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Emily Blunt and Chris Evans Bring the Opioid Crisis to Hollywood

AUDIO – LISTEN CLOSELY – Sept. 12, 2023 - Zanna is a low-rent South Florida outfit with almost no market share, putting everyone—including wannabe COO Pete Brenner (Evans)—in dire straits. All that changes, however, ... Read More...

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Real ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ Instantly Cures Suboxone Addiction With Ibogaine

VIDEO – A TRIP WORTH TAKING – Sept. 7, 2023 - Real life Wolf of Wall Street Jordan Belfort has claimed that an illegal psychedelic drug cured him of his addictions and could be the answer to the opioid crisis.... Read More...

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Fake Prescription Pills Fuels Drug Overdose Deaths

MADNESS IN AMERICA – Sept. 6, 2023 - More than 90% of the counterfeit drugs contained the extremely powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl, which has driven total US overdose deaths to more than 100,000 a year. Ot... Read More...

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I Tried to Get Rid of My Leftover Opioids. It Wasn’t Easy.

THERE IS ALWAYS A DRAIN – Sept. 3, 2023 - I recently found myself wandering the streets of Brooklyn, clutching my tote bag. Inside was a bottle of oxycodone that I didn’t seem to be able to get rid of. A fe... Read More...

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A Final Goodbye to Opiates

FULL VIDEO – AMAZING SHORT FILM – Sept. 5, 2023 - For most of my adult life, I’ve struggled with an opiate addiction of some form. But I’m one of the lucky ones, because I’m still here. The dark descent into the n... Read More...

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Trooper Uses Narcan to Save Life of Man Overdosing

TO SERVE AND PROTECT – Sept. 8, 2023 - KALKASKA COUNTY, MI – A Michigan State Police trooper is being recognized for saving the life of a man suffering from a suspected heroin overdose. According to troopers in Ho... Read More...

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Drug Crackdowns Results? Arresting More Addicts!

VIDEO – ALL LIVES MATTER – Sept. 6. 2023 -With all the resources going into reducing the open-air drug markets in San Francisco, NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit has been looking into the data to find out if the ste... Read More...

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Sackler Family Doc Shows Different Side of ‘Painkiller’ & ‘Dopesick’ Series

THE REAL HORROR STORY – Sept. 7, 2023 - All the Beauty and the Bloodshed is a gripping documentary that focuses on Nan Goldin’s activism against the powerful Sackler family, who profited from the opioid crisis. Goldi... Read More...

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‘Gamechanger’ in Opioid Crisis: Narcan Available for Purchase in Drug Stores

VIDEO – ADDICTS STOCK UP – Sept. 8, 2023 - For the first time ever, you can buy Narcan without a prescription. The drug will be available in stores like CVS, Walgreens and Rite Aid this week. Many are calling it a... Read More...

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Scottish Museum Removes Mentions of Opioid-Linked Murderous Sackler Family

A LEGACY OF DEATH – Sept. 1, 2023 - The V&A Dundee has become the latest UK museum to remove a reference to the money it received from the Sackler family amid continuing anger over its central role in the opioid ... Read More...

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City Official Resigns After Creating ‘Doom Loom Walking Tour’ of San Francisco

VIDEO – SATIRE OR SALACIOUS? – Aug. 28, 2023 - The sold out weekend tour was canceled and on Monday Ludlum resigned, saying it was all satire and, “the causes of the conditions we witness daily are not individual a... Read More...

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‘Painkiller’ vs. Dopesick’: Whose Richard Sackler Portrayal Is Better?

MATHEW BRODERICK NAILS IT – Aug. 25, 2023 - The most notable comparison would have to be between the two performers who played Richard Sackler, who was the chairman and president at Purdue Pharmaceuticals, whi... Read More...

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Schools Face Fentanyl Fiasco As More Teens Overdose

AUDIO – FLUNKING OUT FOREVER – Aug. 30, 2023 - “Fentanyl’s infiltration into schools is certainly something that cannot be ignored,” says Alberto Carvalho, the superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School Distric... Read More...

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The Pope Says: ‘We Cannot Be Indifferent’ to People Caught in Drug Addiction

WWJD? – Aug. 27, 2023 - Francis underlined in his message that it is often teens and young adults who fall into addiction, especially in a society in which they are “deprived of points of reference” during a delicate... Read More...

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Synthetic Opioids 10x More Potent Than Fentanyl

HELL GETS HOTTER – Aug. 29, 2023 - Nitazenes are a synthetic opioid, like fentanyl, although the two drugs are not structurally related. In the small study published Tuesday in the journal JAMA Network Open most of... Read More...

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The Face Of Rural Addiction Is Not What You Think

AMERICANS NEED HELP – Aug. 22, 2021 - Hollywood execs took notice of these trends and began to invest in America’s newest pain points, with Emmy-winning TV series like Breaking Bad and Hulu’s Dopesick reinforc... Read More...

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Ecuador is Hooked on Dangerous Drugs

BORDERLINE – Aug. 24, 2023 - Teenage drug users play games and sports to improve social and behavioural skills. The Puyo centre has 42 beds with separate wings to treat boys and men. Some of the teenagers, many from ... Read More...

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