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Demi Talks ‘survivor’s guilt’ After 2018 Overdose

SHARING HEALS – Aug. 18, 2022 - Lovato, who recently added back the pronouns she/her, suffered an overdose in 2018. Following the near-fatal moment, the former Disney star woke up in an intensive care un... Read More...

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Overdose Prevention Should Be Part of Each College’s Core Curriculum

BEFORE ALGEBRA – August 11, 2022 - I’m not being alarmist: During that same spring break, four students in Florida overdosed on cocaine laced with fentanyl; when two friends began to perform CPR, they were expo... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryAug 23 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanylinterventionlife expectancyOverdoseRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma

Girlfriend Charged With Murder For Meth-Laced Kiss With Inmate

GOING TO ANY LENGTH – Aug. 17, 2022 - Rachel Dollard, 33, allegedly hid a balloon containing a half-ounce of speed in her mouth and passed it orally to Joshua Brown at the Turney Center Industrial Complex in On... Read More...

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My Father’s Drug Addiction Put a Mask On Me.

THERE IS A SOLUTION – Aug. 17, 2022 - I wear a mask. The labels that represent me — committed Christian, talented author, well-connected publicist — do not tell the whole or even partial story of my life. My pr... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryAug 23 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMental HealthRecoveryTrauma

Every ER Doctor Will See An Overdose Every Shift

AUDIO – HOW MANY GET TO GO HOME? – Aug. 9, 2022 - “This is an expected type of patient presentation. Just like a heart attack or stroke or patient with sepsis, this is something that every emergency doctor work... Read More...

Aug 23 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanylopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaTrauma

Risk Of Mental Illness And Brain Disease Increases After Covid

THE FOG OF...WHAT? – Aug 17, 2022 - People who have had Covid-19 are at an increased risk of mental health and neurological conditions—including seizures, dementia, psychotic disorders and brain fo... Read More...

Aug 23 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronaviruslife expectancyMental HealthTrauma

My Adult ADHD Meds Felt Like a Lifeline. Then Came the Scary Side-Effects…

PILLS CAN BACKFIRE – Aug. 2022 - I had been a restless child. The first night I slept in a bed rather than a cot, I rolled on to the floor nine times. Even before I could walk, I was constantly wriggling, fidge... Read More...

Aug 23 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancyMental HealthRecoveryTrauma

CVS, Walgreens and Walmart Fined Only $650,000,000 For Ohio’s Opioids Horror Show

ANOTHER DROP IN THE BUCKET – August 17, 2022 - A federal judge on Wednesday ordered three of the nation’s largest pharmacy chains — CVS, Walgreens and Walmart — to pay $650.5 million to two Ohio counties, rulin... Read More...

Aug 23 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaTrauma

Florida Leads Nation In Overdose Deaths From New Synthetic Drug: Eutylone

VIDEO – EUTYLONE EUTYLONE EUTYLONE – Aug. 13, 2022 - Florida is leading the nation in overdose deaths with a new synthetic drug called eutylone. more@YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFjyat... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryAug 23 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionOverdoseTrauma

Thalidomide: What Really Happened (a look back)

THE EVIL MEN DO – Nov. 14, 2014 - The criminal trial of employees of Chemie-Grünenthal, the German company that created and marketed thalidomide, opened in the pretty town of Alsdorf, near Aachen, on 27 May 196... Read More...

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Anne Heche Died a Tragic Death. Why Are People Shaming Her?

VIDEO – IT HURTS – Aug. 15, 2022 - Heche’s injuries left her brain-dead. On Sunday, her family took her off life support. I wonder whether it’s enough to satisfy those who have been calling for her head.... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryAug 23 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionlife expectancyMental HealthTrauma

SF Walgreens Colluded with Opioid Manufacturers

VIDEO – Walgreens Guilty as Sin – Aug. 10, 2022 - Amanda Starrantino reports on a judge ruling in San Francisco’s favor in opioid lawsuit against Walgreens. - Video Only more@YouTube https://www.youtube.com/w... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryAug 16 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaTrauma

Tennessee Sues Walgreens For Leading Role in Opioid Crisis

VIDEO – Walgreens Sucks – Aug. 10, 2022 - The Tennessee Attorney General is suing Walgreens for selling over a billion pills, saying the company contributed to the opioid crisis in Tennessee. more@Yaho... Read More...

Aug 16 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediainterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma

13-Year-Old Boy Dead from Accidental Fentanyl Overdose

VIDEO – ARE YOU SOBBING OR SCREAMING? – Aug. 12, 2022 - AURORA, Colo. — Younger and younger kids are being impacted by the opiate epidemic. On Wednesday, 13-year-old Jose Hernandez was found dea... Read More...

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Man Denied Liver Transplant Because of Alcoholism

VIDEO – FAMILY OFFERS ONE – Aug. 12, 2022 - Quebec man denied liver transplant because of his alcoholism. more@CTVNews ... Read More...

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Officials Push for Gov. Newsom to Approve Safe Consumption Sites

VIDEO – TIME FOR DEATH REDUCTION – Aug. 10, 2022 - People would be able to bring drugs into these sites and use them while a trained supervisor monitors them for symptoms of overdose. These supervisors w... Read More...

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Fentanyl Overdose Murder Case is First of its Kind

OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD – Aug. 8, 2022 - ndictments have been issued in similar overdose cases in Duval County and West Palm Beach, among others, and some fentanyl dealers have been prosecuted federally, inc... Read More...

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Doctor Prescribed Drugs with ‘reckless abandon’ Given 15-years

DISTRIBUTION DEAL WITH THE DEVIL – Aug. 30, 2022 - The daughter of one of the five people whose deaths the government alleged were the result of Kraynak’s prescription practices gave emotional testimony about t... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryAug 9 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaTrauma

Is Social Media Use a Form of Dissociation?

ITS MYSTERIES ABOUND – August 5, 2022 - What is dissociation? Many researchers think dissociation occurs on a spectrum. On one end, there is the kind of dissociation that is spurred by trauma and associate... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryAug 9 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainternetinterventionMental HealthTrauma

Big Pharma’s Crime: Profits From Addiction

CARTELS ON WALL STREET – August 5, 2022 - Painkiller producers such as Purdue Pharma — the maker of OxyContin (oxycodone) — are one major source of the opioid and overdose epidemics. These companies know... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryAug 9 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaTrauma

How the Pharmaceutical Industry Operates Like a Deadly Drug Cartel

AUDIO – CVS, Walmart, Walgreens WIN BIG – Aug. 2, 2022 - It’s estimated that more than 107,000 people in the United States died due to opioid overdoses in 2021. Washington Post journalist Scott Higham says it’s... Read More...

Aug 9 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancyopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaTrauma

FDA’s Flawed Approach to Accelerated Drug Approvals

FOLLOW THE MONEY – July 25, 2022 - NPR found that 42% of currently outstanding confirmatory studies – or 50 of them – either took more than a year to begin following accelerated approval or hadn’t started at al... Read More...

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Medicating Complexity

TIED WITH PLACEBO – July 25, 2022 - A paper in the journal Molecular Psychiatry recently tried to examine the scientific evidence for the serotonin hypothesis of depression from several possible angles and fou... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryAug 2 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressioninterventionMental HealthOverdoseRecoveryTrauma

Trump Calls for the Execution of Drug Dealers

THE FINAL SOLUTION – July 27, 2022 - The former president’s claims contradict decades of research and data on the death penalty. Numerous studies have debunked the notion that capital punishment deters people ... Read More...

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Model Exposes the Dangerous Side of the Fashion Industry

SHE’S WORTH THE WEIGHT – July 29, 2022 - I felt like I was constantly being body-shamed by people in the fashion industry. I remember getting measured for a job and being told that even my fingers were t... Read More...

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Residents Raise Money for Addiction Billboard

VIDEO – COMMUNITY HEARTACHE SHARED – July 30 2022 - Video Only - Boonville residents raise money for addiction billboard. more@WAGMTV ... Read More...

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DEA in Miami Warns of Synthetic Drug Mass Overdose Events

VIDEO – MURDER IN MIAMI – July 18, 2022 - Mass-overdose events typically occur when criminals market drugs like cocaine, meth, or heroin when the drug is actually a synthetic opioid like fentanyl or when drug d... Read More...

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Demi Talks ‘survivor’s guilt’ After 2018 Overdose

Overdose Prevention Should Be Part of Each College’s Core Curriculum

Girlfriend Charged With Murder For Meth-Laced Kiss With Inmate

My Father’s Drug Addiction Put a Mask On Me.

Every ER Doctor Will See An Overdose Every Shift

Risk Of Mental Illness And Brain Disease Increases After Covid

My Adult ADHD Meds Felt Like a Lifeline. Then Came the Scary Side-Effects…

CVS, Walgreens and Walmart Fined Only $650,000,000 For Ohio’s Opioids Horror Show

Florida Leads Nation In Overdose Deaths From New Synthetic Drug: Eutylone

Thalidomide: What Really Happened (a look back)

Anne Heche Died a Tragic Death. Why Are People Shaming Her?

How Photographers Help Fight Addiction in Philly

SF Walgreens Colluded with Opioid Manufacturers

Tennessee Sues Walgreens For Leading Role in Opioid Crisis

13-Year-Old Boy Dead from Accidental Fentanyl Overdose

Man Denied Liver Transplant Because of Alcoholism

Officials Push for Gov. Newsom to Approve Safe Consumption Sites

Fentanyl Overdose Murder Case is First of its Kind

Computer Algorithms Improve Timeliness of Overdose Data

Doctor Prescribed Drugs with ‘reckless abandon’ Given 15-years

Big Pharma’s Crime: Profits From Addiction

How the Pharmaceutical Industry Operates Like a Deadly Drug Cartel

FDA’s Flawed Approach to Accelerated Drug Approvals

Medicating Complexity

Trump Calls for the Execution of Drug Dealers

Model Exposes the Dangerous Side of the Fashion Industry

Residents Raise Money for Addiction Billboard

Jewish Communities Grapple with Addiction as Crisis Ravages US

DEA in Miami Warns of Synthetic Drug Mass Overdose Events