Countless Veterans Lose the Battle with Addiction THE FINAL WAR – May 24, 2023 - Yet, outside of this day, we never forget the countless veterans who made it home but now fight new battles. Unfortunately, substance use, drug overdose, and suicide have claimed ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRehabrelapseTrauma
Inside the Emerging Xylazine Addiction Crisis TIME TO LEGALIZE HEROIN? – May 18, 2023 - Xylazine has taken a stronghold in Philadelphia, a city at the forefront of addiction crisis and care. A 2021 study conducted by the city’s public health department fou... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylinterventionMay 23 2023OverdoseRecoveryTrauma
1-Year-Old Eats Heroin from Mommy’s Purse ACCIDENTAL CHILD ABUSE? – May 9, 2023 - A mother is awaiting sentencing after authorities say her 1-year-old daughter ate heroin found in the Macomb County woman’s purse.Anita Vasquez, 32, pleaded no contes... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictionMay 23 2023RecoveryTrauma
Teenagers Labeled with Disease in Addiction Treatment IT’S NOT A DISEASE? –May 18, 2023 - “I thought that the only way to get out was to tell them what they seemed to want to hear,” she said. “When I did try to tell the truth, I was told that I was a liar and a manipul... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMay 23 2023Mental HealthRecoveryRehabteenagersTrauma
Canadian Opens Shop Selling Coke, MDMA and Heroin A WORTHY RADICAL IDEA! – May 10, 2023 - BC is a province with a population of around five million people, which, for context, is significantly less than London’s roughly nine million people. In BC, an average o... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin Addictionlife expectancyMay 16 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRehabTrauma
St. Louis DEA Seizes 1,300,000 Fentanyl Pills VIDEO – PEOPLE MUST REALLY LOVE THIS DRUG –May 9, 2023 - ST. LOUIS — A year-long operation by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) put thousands of accused drug dealers behind bars.The DEA St. Louis Divisio... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylMay 16 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
Police Find Remains of Beau Mann, Sober Grid App Founder, Missing Since Nov. 2021 HORRIBLE DISCOVERY – May 9, 2023 - The remains of a Los Angeles tech CEO who has been missing for more than a year were found in Santa Monica. Beau Mann, who was last seen a few days after Thanksgiv... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneDrug Abuse and AddictioninternetMay 16 2023RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma
Fentanyl Strikes Again: Dead Kennedys Drummer D.H. Peligro Died From OD PRINCE, TOM PETTY, MAC MILLER –MAY 2, 2023 - His bandmates first said they thought he died after accidentally falling and hitting his head, although, at the time, our law enforcement sources told us it was more myst... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylHeroin AddictionMay 9 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
FOLLOW-UP Report: ‘Jackass’ Star Bam Margera Surrenders to Police VIDEO – FACING THE MUSIC – April 27, 2023 - A judge arraigned the reality star and he was then released on signature bond after bail was set at $50,000, according to court records. Margera faces a preliminary h... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMay 2 2023methRecoveryTrauma
Israel is the #1 Opioid Consumer Per Capita A SHONDA AND A SCANDAL –April 29 2023 - “The watershed was about 10 years ago, because before that doctors prescribed alternatives and there was less access to opioids. It wasn’t as easy for patients to get them as ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 2 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
How Did Frankie Taylor Die in State-Licensed Addiction Center? DRUGS – April 23, 2023 - He was Peter Pan in the community play. Poured himself into original folk-rock songs that detailed a painful, but hopeful, journey. Volunteered with the church youth group. He was an in... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancyMay 2 2023RehabTrauma
‘The reality of death is very present’ SO IS RECOVERY – April 22, 2023 - A Colorado Springs mom is helping others navigate the heartache of drug abuse.Lisa Smith is a mother to a son who struggled with drugs as a teen. But now she is connecting ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMay 2 2023RecoveryRehabTrauma
Doctor’s Opioid Arrest Prompts Warning For Fentanyl Risk JUST ANOTHER DRUG DEALER –April 23, 2023 - According to court documents, Okafor distributed oxycodone to people outside the usual course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose from his med... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylinterventionMay 2 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
The Teenager Who Jumped Off the Golden Gate Bridge VIDEO – DON’T DROP HOPE – March 9, 2023 - In 2018, Hines told his story to ABC News, recalling the feeling he had the moment that he jumped. “Instant regret, powerful, overwhelming,” he remembers feeling. “As I fell... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionInterviewMay 2 2023Mental HealthRecoverysuicideTrauma
Most Americans Turn to Addictive Coping Methods During Crisis VIDEO – CHOCOLATE OR WEED? –April 19, 2023 - “Many of my patients have struggled with depression and/or anxiety but failed to find a treatment that made them feel better. So, they resorted to alcohol, drugs or destr... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 25 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionDrug Abuse and AddictionEating Disorderfood addictionGaminginternetinterventionMental HealthRecoveryRehabSmartphone AddictionTrauma
Poison Center Warns of ‘gas station heroin’ VIDEO – DON’T BUY FOOD AT A GAS STATION – April 20, 2023 - While it’s legal to buy and sell in Virginia, according to the CDC, the drug is used as an antidepressant and marketed to help with anxiety, among other thi... Read More...April 25 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictioninterventionRecoveryTrauma
Local Students Take Up Fight Against Fentanyl VIDEO – PROTECT YOURSELVES –April 16, 2023 - There are many illegal drugs sold on San Diego’s streets and online that contains fentanyl, which is causing minors to die.“The topic of the project is very rarely ta... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 25 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanylinterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRehabteenagersTrauma
White House Declares ‘tranq’ an ‘Emerging Drug Threat’ VIDEO – HORRIFIC – April 13, 2023 - The increasingly combined mixture of xylazine, known on the street as “tranq,” with fentanyl has become most popular on the illicit drug market and has exacerbated the nationwide ... Read More...April 18 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylinterventionOverdoseRecoveryTrauma
‘Her Brain Was Gone’: Parents Describe Daughter’s Marijuana-Induced Psychosis BUT IT’S NATURAL ... INSANITY – April 10, 2023 - For six years, Trent and Jane Mayberry had a front-row seat to their daughter’s spiraling descent into psychosis — her inability to communicate, her increasingly... Read More...April 18 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionmarijuanaMental HealthRecoverysmokingTrauma
Bad Sleep Doubles Risk of Killer Lung Disease SNOOZE OR LOSE –April 4, 2023 - The Biobank study set out to see whether the poor sleep and insomnia people with asthma often report, has an impact on the risk of having asthma or not, and whether quality sleep redu... Read More...April 11 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediainterventionlife expectancyMental HealthTrauma
Doctor Sentenced For Writing ‘medically unnecessary’ Opioid Prescriptions VIDEO – NOT REALLY A HEALER –April 4, 2023 - A former Baton Rouge doctor has been sentenced after evidence at trial revealed he wrote “medically unnecessary” prescriptions for large amounts of opioids, authorities s... Read More...April 11 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
The Dismissive Attitude On Solving Addiction Crisis OPINION – April 6, 2023 - Maybe it was because Kirby was so new to the process, or maybe he was just another Republican delegate in a supermajority that leadership could choose to ignore – and did.Part of w... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 11 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancyopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRehabTrauma
Texas Has Declared War on Fentanyl and It’s Making the Same Deadly Mistakes. HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF –April 4, 2023 - In his February State of the State address, Governor Greg Abbott made addressing the fentanyl crisis an emergency item in this year’s legislative session. Stating that Texas D... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 11 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanylopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
How Much Trauma from ‘staggering’ Church Sex Abuses? VIDEO – WHAT’S SO GOOD ABOUT FRIDAY – April 5, 2023 - The report paints a damning picture of the archdiocese, which is the oldest Roman Catholic diocese in the country and spans much of Maryland. Some parishes, scho... Read More...April 11 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionTrauma
Burnout Among Harm Reduction Workers THE FRONT LINE IS DANGEROUS –March 20, 2023 - There are a great many things a person could be doing every day, Graham continued, but never enough time to do them all. So harm reduction workers and community organiza... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 4 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateTrauma
Drug Addiction and Adverse Childhood Experiences NOT A TEST YOU WANT TO ACE – March 27, 2023 - Despite her outward successes, a number of unresolved adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) created vulnerabilities for Malory. Mal was raised by a loving single mot... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 4 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionRecoveryteenagersTrauma
Zero-Calorie Sweetener Linked to Heart Attack, Stroke and Death VIDEO – HOW SWEET IT ISN’T – Feb. 28, 2023 - People with existing risk factors for heart disease, such as diabetes, were twice as likely to experience a heart attack or stroke if they had the highest levels of eryth... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 4 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaDrug Abuse and AddictionEating Disorderfood addictioninternetlife expectancyTrauma
Mom’s Mission to Reduce Addiction Stigma After Son’s Death VIDEO – REST IN PEACE – March 20, 2023 - Mom on a mission to reduce stigma about drug addiction after son’s death - NBC 15 WPMI Click@YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NhTCEFsoC0&t=96s... Read More...April 4 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewlife expectancyOverdoseRecovery AdvocateTrauma
Alcoholic Gets 35 Years for Murder THE ONLY ‘DISEASE’ THAT KILLS OTHERS –March 31, 2023 - The daughter of former U.S. intelligence director John Negroponte was sentenced Friday to 35 years in prison in the fatal stabbing of a friend after a drunken a... Read More...Alcohol AddictionApril 4 2023Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediainterventionlife expectancyTrauma
DEA Alert About Threat of Xylazine. Philly is F**ked VIDEO – THE CITY OF BROTHERLY DEATH –March 21, 2023 - The US Drug Enforcement Administration issued an alert Monday about the widespread threat of fentanyl mixed with xylazine, a veterinary tranquilizer also commonl... Read More...April 4 2023Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylinterventionOverdoseTrauma