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Opioid Crisis Quickens in Minnesota

THE COLD TRUTH – Jan. 28, 2022 - According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the country remains in the midst of the “third wave” of the opioid epidemic, exacerbated by the presence of f... Read More...

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Opioid Addiction Treatment in Jail Could Change Lives

YES, GREAT IDEA – Jan. 19, 2022 - Not offering treatment to people with opioid use disorder in jails and prisons can have devastating consequences, including a return to use and heightened risk of overdose and... Read More...

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EMT’s Revive 9 People Who Overdosed in 48 hour Period

FENTANYL KILLS – Jan. 20, 2022 - Emergency medical providers in Helena have successfully treated at least nine people facing life-threatening drug overdoses in a 48-hour period, Lewis and Clark County Sheriff ... Read More...

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BOOK REVIEW – Unstitched: My Journey to Understand Opioid Addiction

LIBRARIANS KNEW EVERYTHING – Jan. 22, 2022 - Unable to let it go, she comes to believe seeking knowledge and understanding about opioid addiction, how to overcome addiction and the nature of the disease itself,... Read More...

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Overdose Rates Higher for Older Black Men

THE BLUES – Jan. 12, 2022 - Ripple effects of institutionalized racism, such as disparate access to substance use disorder treatment, racist drug policies, and bias in pain treatment, may also offer answers to... Read More...

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Non-profit with ZERO Track Record Awarded $10 million Dollars to Fight Opioid Crisis

VIDEO – NO CORRUPTION HERE – Jan. 10, 2022 - State filings showed the organization was founded in July 2020 and the address was the same as a church in a strip mall off of Interstate 95 in Lumberton, called Gr... Read More...

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To End Opioid Scourge, Rethink Sober Home Rules by Mae Baltz

IT’S FLORIDA JAKE – Jan. 23, 2022 - In 2015, Gov. Rick Scott created a voluntary certification system for sober homes through the Florida Association of Recovery Residences. Concern lies in the word “voluntary... Read More...

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Most Americans Do Heal From Addiction

AUDIO – LIVE AND PROSPER – Jan. 23, 2022 - The U.S. is facing the deadliest drug overdose epidemic in its history, but there is hope. Research shows most people with addiction do survive and recover, especiall... Read More...

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Removing Brain Cells May Lessen Symptoms of Opioid Withdrawal

HOW MANY? – Jan. 12, 2022 - In 2000, UCLA sleep researchers discovered that human narcolepsy – a condition where people are overwhelmed with daytime drowsiness and sudden attacks of sleep – was caused by a los... Read More...

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Overdose Deaths at Historic High. Could These Strategies Save Lives?

SOMETHING NEW? – Jan. 23, 2022 - As evidence-based drug treatment and interventions became increasingly difficult to obtain during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, fatal overdoses in the United States ... Read More...

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Anaheim Sees Four Drug Overdose Deaths In One Hour

DON’T FORGET TO WRITE – Jan. 3, 2021 - Two of the men were pronounced dead at the scene, but one was revived with Narcan, a drug that helps reverse opioid overdoses, Carringer said. The man who surviv... Read More...

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Nevada Joins $26 Billion Opioid Settlement

$63 MILLION to $5 BILLION – Jan. 4, 2022 - Amerisource Bergen and McKesson declined to comment. Cardinal Health did not respond to requests for comment. More than 3,300 lawsuits largely by state and local gove... Read More...

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Reinvent Addiction Recovery For Young People by Eve Goldberg

TRUTH AND COMPASSION – Dec. 29, 2021 - It has been seven years since my son passed away from an accidental opioid overdose. He would have been 31 now. I thought that at this point, it would get easier. But as ... Read More...

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Man vs. Epidemic: The Origin Story of Pill Man

MAKING A DIFFERENCE – Dec. 28, 2021 - The road to recovery was riddled with several obstacles, according to Huntley, including another episode with a different form of opioids: methadone. Used as a medicine to... Read More...

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Israeli Pharma Giant Teva is Found Guilty in Opioid Trial

MONEY WILL NOT BRING THE DEAD BACK TO LIFE! Dec. 30, 2021 - Teva Pharmaceuticals, an Israeli-based company that produces generic and branded opioids, and a handful of subsidiary companies were found liable in a ... Read More...

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To Beat The Opioid Crisis, We Must Change The Rules Of The Game

LEGALIZE THEM – Dec. 2021 - Twenty years later, we have just witnessed a historically high annual mortality rate of 100,000 dead from drug overdoses, mostly opioids, and it’s likely an undercount. In what seem... Read More...

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Animal Tranquilizer Turning Up In Deadly Overdoses

MORE THAN NUMBING – Dec. 23, 2021 - Supportive measures can be used if a person is attended to early enough, such as resuscitation, getting them fluids and other sorts of hospital care, Hadland said. “But this... Read More...

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Michael Keaton: What ‘Dopesick’ Taught Him About Opioid Crisis

LISTEN – EDUCATING AMERICA – Dec. 22, 2021 - Michael Keaton thought he knew the basics of the vast opioid crisis crippling this country — until he signed on to star in the Hulu limited series “Dopesick.” In hi... Read More...

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Israeli Pharmaceutical Giant, Teva, Complicit In Opioid Overdoses, Launches Nasal Spray to Treat Opioid Overdoses

BOTH ENDS FROM THE MIDDLE? – Dec, 25, 2021 - Israeli pharmaceutical giant Teva has announced the launch of the first available generic version of a nasal spray used to treat opioid overdose. Naloxone hydroc... Read More...

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Greedy British Museums Refuse to Remove Sackler Family Name From Exhibits

FACES OF GREED – Dec. 26, 2021 - The name adorns the £2 million courtyard at the V&A in South Kensington, which opened in 2017, and its Sackler Centre for Arts Education. The V&A said that although it ... Read More...

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Heeding the Distress Signals in Modern Addiction by Alex Olshonsky

IT’S LIKE 1984 ON STEROIDS – Dec. 19, 2021 - Today, addiction is more pervasive than it’s ever been. During 2020, the U.S. saw 100,000 fatal overdoses, the highest number ever recorded. On top of that, more th... Read More...

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Drugs were Katie Mack’s connection to the world.

LISTEN— WHEN DRUGS ARE LOVE – Dec. 16, 2021 - And in a world of fraying social bonds, economic vulnerability and increased isolation due to the pandemic, an addiction-driven feeling of being loved adds to our ... Read More...

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San Francisco Mayor Declares State of Emergency Over Overdose Crisis

WATCH – I STOPPED MY HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO – Dec. 17, 2021 - San Francisco Mayor London Breed doubled down on efforts to crack down on public drug use and other disturbances in the city’s Tenderloin, announci... Read More...

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100,000 Overdoses in One-Year As Families Demand Government Action

WATCH – BIG PHARMA SELLS EUPHORIA – Dec. 17, 2021 - Correspondent David Spunt describes pressure the Biden administration is facing from families affected by the opioid crisis... more@MSN ... Read More...

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Uncertainty Follows Court’s Rejection of Purdue Opioids Deal

STILL BILLIONAIRES NO MATTER WHAT – Dec. 17, 2021 - “Every day, 265 people are dying. The attorneys are getting richer because they’ve still got a job to do, and lives are being lost,” she said. “When is someb... Read More...

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Judge Puts Sackler Family Back On the Hook

THE FAMILY THAT CRIMES TOGETHER SHOULD DO TIME TOGETHER – Dec. 16. 2021 - Under the crush of thousands of lawsuits, Purdue filed for bankruptcy restructuring in September 2019, which automatically put a hold on all... Read More...

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Opioid Addiction Is Getting Worse

IS LOVE THE ONLY SOLUTION? – Dec. 9, 2021 - Maia Szalavitz writes for the New York Times about her experience being hooked on heroin. In her case, it wasn’t the happiness that sucked her in; it was the “relief from... Read More...

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Decreasing Opioid Deaths, Not With Abstinence, But Harm Reduction

THE EASIER, SANER WAY? – Dec. 10, 2021 - “It doesn’t address the underlying condition. It’s not preventing ongoing conditions, it’s just allowing life to be saved and reducing harm.” Harm reduction workers, su... Read More...

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Injectable Drug To Treat Opioid Addiction Now

PERFECT! – Dec. 8, 2021 - Dr. Nathaniel Day, medical director for the Virtual Opioid Dependency Program administered by AHS, says people should realize that fentanyl and carfentanil contaminate most street dru... Read More...

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