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Documentary: The Crime of the Century on HBO

WATCH – MODERN DAY SOPRANOS – Watch on May 10 - Exploring the origins, extent, and fallout of one of the most devastating public health tragedies of our time, with half a million deaths from overdoses this century a... Read More...

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How Bad is Pandemic Drinking Problem for Women?

TWELVE STEPS ARE WAITING – April 21, 2021 - Even before the pandemic began, some Americans were drinking significantly more alcohol than they had in decades past — with damaging consequences. In 2020, researche... Read More...

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Addicted America

WATCH – VIDEO WORTH WATCHING – April 27, 2021 - “It’s called the CAGE test - C is for cut-down meaning if you think that you need to start cutting down on your intake,” Dr. Garcia said. “The A is for annoyance-... Read More...

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A Flawed System

WHO CAN WE TRUST? – April 29, 2021 - What his family didn’t know was that Addiction Specialists Inc., often known as ASI, had a history of violating state rules. In a later federal investigation into the facili... Read More...

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EPA “Exposed American Children” To Brain-Damaging Pesticide

MAKES OPIATES LOOK LIKE CANDY APRIL 29, 2021 - According to a team of researchers led by Leonardo Trasande, organophosphate pesticides, of which chlorpyrifos is the most widely used, accounted for an estimated $594 b... Read More...

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Gen ‘Z’ depression rates double as alcohol use and smoking rates fall

KIDS NEED A DRINK? – April 28, 2021 - The study comparing millennials with Generation Z found rates of depression among adolescents had surged from fewer than one in ten (nine per cent) to more than one in sev... Read More...

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US lifts barriers to prescribing Suboxone

GIVE PILLS A CHANCE – April 27, 2020 - Because of how opioids act on the brain, people dependent on them get sick if they stop using. Withdrawal can feel like a bad flu with cramping, sweating, anxiety and slee... Read More...

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