Trauma

As Overdoses Soar in America, Clinicians are Prescribing More Addiction Medicine

VIDEO – BIG PHARMA BIG HAPPY –  Nov. 30, 2022 - The central Iowa clinic, owned by the nonprofit agency…

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Florida Rejects New Opioid Guidelines

AND HUMANITY –    Nov. 21, 2022 - Opioid use disorder is a chronic life-threatening disease that people contract through…

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School Lambasted for Weighing Students in Front of Peers

LEARNING THE HARD “WEIGH.” –    Nov. 25, 2022 - An Australia primary school is under fire for weighing young…

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Mom drank wine while pregnant birthed son with developmental issues

“THE BUZZ WASN’T WORTH IT” –  Nov. 2022 - A few times during that pregnancy, Battaglia drank a full glass…

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Sleep Medicine Linked to Increased Risk of Overdose in Teens

TO SLEEP PERCHANCE TO DREAM –    Nov. 24, 2022 - Researchers found young people using benzodiazepines for common sleep…

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Taking Advil Makes Arthritis WORSE

IT COULD BE EXERCISING TOO –  Nov. 21, 2022 - A team from the University of California recruited 277 participants…

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Mental Illness is More Than Dysfunction

DARWINIAN MEDICINE? –  Nov. 14, 2022 - The first name that came to my mind was Sigmund Freud. To me,…

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Horrifying Drug Called ‘Tranq Dope’ Is Spreading

VIDEO – ANIMALS ARE DEALING DRUGS –    Nov. 15, 2022 - After two years of sobriety, Allie Gramlich began…

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Meet the Officer Spreading Awareness After Losing His Daughter to Overdose

A BIG SOUL –    Nov. 18, 2022 - It was during this call that Norman realized that something was…

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Walmart Offers to Pay $3.1 Billion to Settle Opioid Lawsuits

HOW MUCH DID THEY MAKE? –    Nov. 15, 2022 - The deals are the product of negotiations with a…

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Dramatic Footage Shows Two Teens Saved by Narcan

VIDEO – ROBBING DEATH –    Nov. 4, 2022 - Authorities administered three doses of Naloxone, also known as Narcan,…

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“Untreated & Unheard: The Addiction Crisis in America” Now Streaming on Pluto

MEDIA MATTERS –  Nov. 9, 2022 - The documentary was made possible through the active participation and leadership of Horizon…

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Trauma During Childhood Triples the Risk of Suffering as an Adult

CHILDHOOD IS A DANGER ZONE –  Nov. 4, 2022 - Trauma in adulthood is also associated with a four-fold increase…

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Early Start to Busy Thanksgiving Travel Season

HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS – Nov. 14, 2022 - With 54.6 million people expected to travel over the holiday period --…

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A Day at The Wall by Brian Delate

WELCOME HOME –  Nov. 11, 2022 -   It’s a late sunny afternoon when my daughter Tirsa, now in sixth…

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The Warning Signs of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse

IT’S GRADUAL AIN’T IT? –    OCT. 28, 2022 - Addiction and the road to it is an individual one,…

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Bronx Had Third-Highest Overdose Rate

APOCALYPSE NOW? –    Nov. 2, 2022 - When it comes to opioid outpatient treatment, the highest rate per 100,000…

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Urgent Warning: ‘One Drink Day Raises Risk of Sudden Silent Killer’

NOT A STROKE OF GENIUS –    Nov. 2, 2022 - Writing in the American Academy of Neurology, doctors said…

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Nick Carter says his ‘heart has been broken’ amid brother Aaron’s death

LIFE GOES ON, FOR EVERYONE –  Nov. 6, 2022 - The Backstreet Boys singer wrote that he “always held onto…

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First Responders Need Help With Addiction Too

NO SHAME IN ASKING –    Nov. 3, 2022 - As a Marine veteran and retired Manasquan police officer, I…

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Companies Culpable For $1.5 Trillion-a-Year Opioid Crisis to Pay $53 Billion Fine

GREEDY MONSTERS –    Nov. 2, 2022 - A combination of the growing numbers of people buying illegal opioids, and…

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Shampoo Recalled Due to Cancer Risk

BENZENE at CVS & WALGREENS EVERYWHERE –  Nov. 1, 2022 - Benzene is a chemical that can cause cancer in…

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Patients Died From COVID-19 Drug Treatment

WHEN THE CURE IS WORSE THAN THE ILLNESS –  Oct. 23, 2022 - The lawsuits, filed last month in state…

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Becoming Mom Helped Me Quit My Life Long Addiction to Heroin.

PREGNANT WITH POSSIBILITIES –  Oct. 25, 2022 - I came from an upper-middle-class family. I excelled in school as a…

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Murderous McKinsey & Co. Reaches Deal Over Opioids

THEY KILLED FOR MONEY –    Oct. 27, 2022 - McKinsey previously agreed to pay more than $600 million to…

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Community Is Crucial to Overcoming the Overdose Crisis

THERE ARE ANSWERS! –  Oct. 28, 2022 - While stigma often stands as a barrier to entry for people with…

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Touching Fentanyl Will Not Cause You to Overdose

VIDEO – JUST DON’T LICK IT –  Oct. 21, 2022 - Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that’s up to 50…

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The Drama of Jimi Hendrix’s Early Childhood: Cheating, Foster Care, and Alcoholism

VIDEO – ALANON THE WATCHTOWER –  Oct. 22, 2022 - Philip Norman’s 2020 book Wild Thing: The Short, Spellbinding Life…

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Barbara Kingsolver: ‘Every single family I know has been affected by the opioid crisis’

APPALACHIAN APOCALYPSE –  Oct. 15, 2022 - Barbara Kingsolver speaks politely but is unmistakably angry. “We have a generation of…

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Lululemon Founder Helped Promote Film Demonizing Vancouver’s Homeless

EXERCISE THIS! –    Oct. 14, 2022 - The film repeatedly portrays Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside as beset by “skyrocketing crime…

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