Supreme Court Frees Pill Mill Operator GET OUT OF JAIL FREE CARD – Feb. 3, 2023 - He was at the center of a Supreme Court ruling in January 2022 that raised the bar for what prosecutors must prove to secure convictions of doctors accused of fueling the U.... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 14 2023interventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
More Vending Machines With Narcan As Opioid Scene Gets Worse ON EVERY CORNER? – Jan. 29, 2023 - There is, on average, a death a week from opioids in Vine Grove and surrounding Hardin county – not atypical for a region hard hit by the worst drug epidemic in US history. Ma... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 7 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRehab
He Brewed Poppy Tea For His Chronic Pain That Led To His Opioid Addiction SHOULD HAVE STUCK TO ESPRESSO – Feb. 2023 - The authors of the case report noted that the man did not show signs of a substance use disorder when he was taking prescribed opioids, but his use of poppy seed tea was wh... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 7 2023opioid crisisopioidsoxycontinRecoveryRehabTrauma
200 People Take the Fight Against Addiction Crisis to the Statehouse MARCHING FOR RELIEF – Feb. 2, 2023 - More than 200 people gathered outside the Capitol for a rally to raise awareness about Oregon’s addiction crisis, which has affected thousands and included young and old and resid... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 7 2023fentanylinterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Son Died From Fentanyl He Bought Through Snapchat VIDEO – SNAPDEATH – Jan. 25, 2023 - On Aug. 15, 2020, Nicholas took his last breath after overdosing on a counterfeit pain pill made with fentanyl. “I was trying everything and anything I could to help him,” said... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylJan 31 2023life expectancyopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
Doctor Who Distributed 40-60 Kilos of Oxycontin Laughs at 4 Month Home Sentence VIDEO – NO PAIN, NO SHAME – Jan. 24, 2023 - The third and final defendant in a federal oxycodone case in Baltimore County was sentenced on Tuesday, almost five years after the investigation began. Dr. Norman Rosen, 8... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 31 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
Addiction Crisis Causing Spike In Endocarditis Cases STOP BEFORE IT STOPS YOUR HEART – Jan. 17, 2023 - With drug deaths hovering at an all-time high and endocarditis cases among drug users up nearly tenfold in the last decade, physicians, researchers, and health ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 24 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryTrauma
‘Injecting Hope’ Watch Documentary VIDEO – FILM MATTERS – Jan. 8, 2023 - From the mayor’s office to the heart of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, ABC7 News meets those trying to solve the drug overdose crisis and those caught in addiction. We hit ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylinterventionJan 17 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma
National Survey on Drug Use and Health Detailing Mental Illness and Substance Use Levels YEP, MANY PEOPLE ARE MESSED UP – Jan. 4, 2023 - Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) released the results of i... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 10 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
The New CDC Opioid Guidelines Abandon Pain Patients VIDEO – WIN WIN LOSE LOSE – Jan. 5, 2023 - Six years later, with millions harmed, the CDC emphasizes that its guidelines should never be used for an “inflexible, rigid standard of care” and “patient abandonment.” Ho... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 10 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaRecoveryTrauma
Supreme Court Ruling Tosses ‘pill mill’ Convictions PILL PUSHERS FREED – Jan. 5, 2023 - The Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the convictions of Xiulu Ruan and John Couch for unlawfully dispensing controlled substances after find... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 10 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaTrauma
Oscar Buzz for ‘All The Beauty and the Bloodshed’ that Explores Sackler Family Murderers FILMS CAN IMPROVE YOUR LIFE – Jan. 5, 2023 - Poitras, who won a best documentary Oscar in 2014 for Citizenfour, about ex-CIA contractor Edward Snowden, thanked the Venice Film Festival jury at the ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 10 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaRecoveryREEL Recovery Film FestivalTrauma
After Record Deaths, There Have Been Reforms in Addiction Treatment AUDIO – DEAR MR. FANTASY – Dec. 30, 2022 - You know, A, I think it’s helpful to remember how the COVID pandemic kept changing - right? - as different strains of the virus emerged. Well, the opioid epidemic is kind... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 3 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryTrauma
Feds Sue ‘AmerisourceBergen’ For ‘hundreds of thousands’ of Opioid Violations AUDIO – GREEDY WHITE COLLAR MURDERERS GO FREE – Dec. 29, 2022 - According to the complaint, AmerisourceBergen executives knew prescription pills shipped to Florida and West Virginia were being diverted and “sold i... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 3 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaRecoveryTrauma
Justice Dept. Sues Corporate Opioid Dealer WALL STREET GETS OFF EASY – Dec. 29, 2022 - The federal Controlled Substances Act requires pharmaceutical distributors to monitor their customer orders and notify federal officials of any that may be of ... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 3 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryTrauma
Fentanyl Causes Rise in TEEN Deaths WHAT A WAY TO GO :( – Dec. 22, 2022 - In September, Melanie Ramos, 15, died from a suspected fentanyl overdose after taking a fake Percocet. Alexander Neville, 14, passed away from a fentanyl overdose in... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 27 2022Drug Abuse and Addictionfentanylopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinteenagersTrauma
Doing The Same Thing About Overdoses and Expecting Different Results INSANITY? – Dec. 22, 2022 - “There is something going on here that we, as a nation, are devouring drugs — prescription and illegal drugs at rates not seen in humanity — not seen anyplace else on the plan... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 27 2022Drug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryTrauma
The Biden Administration Hopes to Expand Opioid Treatment AUDIO – HOPES TOO? – Dec, 26, 2022 - MANN: But public health experts say stigma in the health care system and strict government regulations mean 90% of people addicted to opioids never get these medications. Wang, w... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 23-25 2022Drug Abuse and Addictionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma
What Comes Next for the War on Drugs? IT WAS A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY – Dec. 12, 2022 - The MAT Act would eliminate the special Drug Enforcement Administration waiver that doctors must apply for in order to prescribe buprenorphine (a medication tha... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 20 2022Drug Abuse and Addictionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryTraumaWar On Drugs
Doctor Arrested for Taking Cash for Oxycodone JUST LIKE THE PHARMACIST – Dec. 14, 2022 - The prescriptions written by Jafari-Hassad had no legitimate medical purpose, according to officials. The doctor would also bill their insurance for a variety of charg... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 20 2022Drug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue Pharma
How Fentanyl Is Forcing Providers to Go Rogue TO MEDICATE OR MEDITATE? – by Claire Wilcox Dec. 12, 2022 - “It was very confusing in the beginning,” says Rifka Stern, community addiction treatment physician in New Mexico and member of the Bernalillo County Ad... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 20 2022Drug Abuse and Addictionfentanylinterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryTrauma
CVS & Walgreens Agree to Pay $10 billion Fine For Selling Opioids THEY STILL CAME OUT AHEAD – Dec. 13, 2022 - In total, corporations have had to pay $54 billion in settlements. Walmart agreed last month to pay more than $3 billion to states, while four pharmaceutical companie... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 20 2022Drug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue Pharma
Will Adderall Scarcity Trigger Repeat of Opioid Crisis? CROSS ADDICTION! – Nov. 14, 2022 - Amphetamine withdrawal symptoms, including depression, are not easily addressed with other kinds of drugs. So as countless individuals are confronting having to rapidly... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 20 2022Drug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRehabTrauma
Artist Nan Goldin on Addiction and Exposing the Sackler Deadly Dynasty VIDEO – ARTIST/ACTIVIST IN EVERY WAY – Dec. 4, 2022 - Poitras deftly weaves Goldin’s activism into the bigger story of her life and art, including the rawly intimate photographic projects such as The Ballad of ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 13 2022Drug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaRecoveryTrauma
Jackie Siegel on Losing a Daughter to Addiction VIDEO – NO ONE IS IMMUNE – Dec. 9, 2022 - The rise and fall of their grand ambitions were captured in the critically acclaimed 2012 documentary based on their plans for the 90,000-square-foot behemoth ne... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 13 2022Drug Abuse and AddictionInterviewopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryTrauma
When the Tenderloin’s Addiction Crisis Goes Viral AUDIO – ATTENTION! – Dec. 9, 2022 - These images, which circulate around the world, can evoke anger, fear, and frustration. They also shape opinion about what should be done and galvanize support for har... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 13 2022Drug Abuse and Addictioninterventionmethopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryTrauma
NJ Overdose Deaths DECREASE VIDEO – GOOD NEWS – Dec. 8, 2022 - The painful and widespread impacts of the opioid epidemic persist in New Jersey. Efforts to stem the tide have been bolstered by more federal money and better education... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 13 2022Drug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRehabTrauma
White House Unveils New System to Track and Prevent Opioid Overdoses AUDIO – OBSERVING THE TRACKS – Dec. 8, 2022 - The website also won’t include information from hospitals, schools, businesses non-profits and academic programs that collect non-fatal overdose information.... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 13 2022Drug Abuse and Addictionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryTrauma
FILM REVIEW: ‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’ GO SEE A GOOD MOVIE – Dec. 2, 2022 - “It’s not a biodoc in any standard sense, thank God — Poitras, whose own career has revolved around the War on Terror, is much too ambitious a filmmaker to box ... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 13 2022Drug Abuse and Addictionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaRecoveryREEL Recovery Film FestivalTrauma
‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’: Best documentary of the year calls for accountability in opioid crisis VIDEO – ACTIVISM SAVES LIVES – Dec. 7, 2022 - As the opioid epidemic rages on across the U.S., impacting Canada as well, Oscar-winning director Laura Poitras is telling the story of renowned artist and activist... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 13 2022Drug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaRecoveryTrauma