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Hospital Adopts Revolutionary ‘hotspotting’ Addiction Treatment Program

VIDEO – PROGRESS – April 14, 2025 - New York City’s public hospital system is adopting a revolutionary addiction treatment program at its medical facility serving the South Bronx after the same initiative helped dra... Read More...

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Rehabs Reeling From Federal Funding Cuts

VIDEO – WE SHALL SURVIVE – April 9, 2025 - Long-distance running is something that comes naturally to the Running Rooster but he says he lost that passion while battling addiction. Thanks to organizations like Dawn ... Read More...

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Help for Those With Addictions is in Jeopardy

CLEVELAND DESERVES BETTER – April 10, 2025 - As our country faces the possibility of federal health care funding cuts, it’s critical that we raise awareness about what’s at stake — especially for low-income individua... Read More...

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Addiction Counselors Help Save Lives

VIDEO – IT STARTS IN REHAB – April 3, 2025 - “People are literally dying from just taking a pill that they thought was regular pain medicine, and it’ll be fentanyl, and they’ll be dead,” said Stuart Bostwick. “We ha... Read More...

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Parents Sue “HealthRight 360” After their Son Dies in Rehab

EVERY LIFE MATTERS! – March 31, 2025 - The parents of Justin Cartwright, after fatally overdosing inside San Francisco’s largest addiction treatment program, have sued the HealthRight 360, alleging that it fail... Read More...

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Alarms Raised Over Freeze of Federal Funding for Addiction

WHAT CAN YOU DO? – March 26, 2025 - Senator Nathalia Fernandez, Chair of the Senate Alcoholism and Substance Use Disorders Committee, is raising urgent concerns following the sudden and unlawful termination of critic... Read More...

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Sober Living House Founder’s Trial Set for September

VIDEO – OUT ON BAIL – March 12, 2025 - Dawn Holland, the founder and former executive director of the sober living rehabilitation facility DAWNS House in Bend, will go on trial in September for charges related to all... Read More...

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Home-Based Recovery is a Lifeline for Many

CANADIAN SUNRISE – March 13, 2025 - Opinion: Treatment at home is crucial for those facing barriers, such as stigma, to accessing traditional treatment or simply because there is often not a detox bed ava... Read More...

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‘Addiction swallowed up 15 years of my life’

SHE’S A WINNER NOW – March 20, 2025 - Tanya started drinking. It began a downward spiral of drug and alcohol addiction that took 15 years for her to escape. Now 45, Tanya, from Cambridge, says she has never been happ... Read More...

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Sobriety For Profit

VIDEO – KEEP IT $IMPLE – March 13, 2025 - Unlike non-profit sober living homes in Bloomington such as Amethyst House and Courage to Change, Malibu House is registered with the state as a Domestic Limited Liability P... Read More...

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Film ‘Shuffle’ Reveals How Rehab Facilities Prey on Addicts for the Sake of Profit

NEW DOCUMENTARY – March 12, 2025 - Benjamin Flaherty spent three years shooting “Shuffle,” a documentary that follows three addicts who are trying to stay alive in rehab facilities that are scamming insurance c... Read More...

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Tarzana Treatment Centers Launches Learning Portal

MISSION TO EMPOWER – March 7, 2025 - The TTC Learning Portal brings decades of expertise in mental health treatment, substance use disorder recovery, and healthcare services to a broader audience. With a mission to ... Read More...

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The Rich Pay Top Dollar to Get Clean. What If They Don’t?

QUANTITY NOT QUALITY – Feb. 16, 2025 - THE ACTRESS was drunk. Again. She was trying to live sober after leaving Passages Malibu, a tony rehabilitation center nestled into the hills overlooking the Pacific Ocean... Read More...

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‘Body Brokers’ Take Advantage of Lack of Care in Hawaii

VIDEO – HULU HUSTLE – Feb. 29, 2025 - Hawaii’s chronic shortage of treatment resources may be one reason mainland drug rehab recruiters, known as “body brokers,” are working to lure patients to unregulated trea... Read More...

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Supervisor Sentenced in Scheme to Defraud Federal, State & Private Health Insurers

AMAZING WOMAN – March 5, 2025 - A clinical social worker nicknamed by her co-workers as the “Five Minute Queen” who, at times, substituted a one or two sentence conversation for a billed 45-minute therapy session for... Read More...

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The Other AA

FAMILY FRIENDLY – March 6, 2025 - This is all a hacky way to introduce Al-Anon — a program that has helped to improve my life and the lives of many others. Al-Anon is not the same program as AA, and it’s not just a s... Read More...

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From Crack Addict in NYC to CEO of High Watch Recovery Center

VIDEO – MAN MAKES GOOD – Feb. 25, 2025 - In this powerful conversation, Andrew takes us through his decades-long sobriety journey—from getting sober at 20, drinking again after 14 years over a single drink, and ulti... Read More...

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Funeral Home is Now Recovery Center

MAKES SENSE SADLY – Feb. 24, 2025 - “We’re living in a time of a lot of different uncertainties, and this is a story of hope,” said Becky Flood, interim chief executive officer. “People deserve that, too.” Limen Reco... Read More...

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He Died as S.F.’s Largest Treatment Provider Turned Him Away

AUDIO – WHY WHY WHY? – Feb. 27, 2025 - Jonathan Martin was face down, his head in his pillow, when Shy Baniani went to shake his roommate awake. As soon as Baniani’s hand touched Martin’s bare skin, th... Read More...

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For 18 Years Celebrities Have Come to Talk About Recovery

MENTORING FROM THE HEART – Feb. 23, 2025 - Casey King launched the series in 2008, systematically growing the event into a Who’s Who of featured celebrity speakers including actors Louis Gossett Jr., Todd Bridges, Cr... Read More...

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Duo Poured $1.1M Into a New Addiction Treatment Centre

VIDEO – BEST WISHES – Feb. 21, 2025 - Ryan Kirby and the former camp’s co-owner, Mark Lane, aren’t focused on turning a profit from the vast waterfront property. Instead, they’re pouring their own savings — about ... Read More...

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How a community rallied for trans and nonbinary recovery homes after LA fires

VIDEO – STICKING TOGETHER – Feb. 20, 2025 - “At 6:49 p.m., I got the first phone call that there were flames and fire, fire within blocks from the Start House, which is a 20-bed facility in Altadena, and so we sent ... Read More...

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‘Demon Copperhead’ Profits Built a Rehab Center

WORDS SAVES LIVES – Feb. 7, 2025 - Barbara Kingsolver has put royalties from her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel to work in the region it portrayed, starting a home for women in recovery. When she was writing “Demon Cop... Read More...

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What Did Sobriety Do For Me? by Jorge Estupinan, a Queer Chicano based in Florida

ROMANTIC PUZZLES – Feb. 8, 2025 - I was on my first date in 14 years, and I was excited, nervous and sober. In my car, waiting for my date to approach, I was feeling and looking good. I got this. He texted me h... Read More...

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Remembering Jenna Tatro

VIDEO – IN MEMORIUM – Feb. 14, 2025 - An addiction recovery organization is remembering the woman who inspires their work. CONTINUE@WCAX ... Read More...

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‘Cantankerous’ Seniors Adamant: We don’t want drug rehab nearby!

NO STEPS – Feb. 8, 2025 - Residents, already upset over the possibility of a nearby La Quinta hotel being converted into low-income housing for seniors, showed up in force at a zoning hearing Thursday, Feb. 6, ... Read More...

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Woman Murdered at Landmark Recovery’s Treatment Center

VIDEO – TRAGIC – Feb. 13, 2025 - One month after 13 Investigates reported on a troubling pattern of problems inside addiction treatment centers operated by Landmark Recovery, another patient has died inside a Landmar... Read More...

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Recovering Alcoholics Tackling Crime and Anti-social Behavior

GIVING BACK – Feb. 4, 2025 - The project is being funded by Liverpool City Council and Merseyside Police. The staff, residents and those who have moved on and graduated from the unique recovery centre, will hos... Read More...

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Celebrity Endorsements for Scientology’s Rehab are Back!

STILL CRUISING – Feb. 4, 2025 - Back in the day, Kirstie Alley was a big supporter, and she was known for her donations to Scientology’s drug rehab network, saying that it had helped her with a cocaine addiction when... Read More...

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Two Reasons for Suing Summit Malibu

ACCOUNTABILITY – Feb. 6, 2025 - Emily Willis’ family is suing a rehabilitation centre after the former OnlyFans star suffered from a cardiac arrest, which left her without a heartbeat for more than 30 minutes. ... Read More...

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