How Photographers Help Fight Addiction in Philly VIDEO – STARING IN THE FACE OF HOPELESSNESS – Aug. 16, 2022 - “It just doesn’t feel comfortable for me to continue to drive through this area, walk through this area, catch the train, pass this are... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAug 23 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin Addictioninterventionlife expectancyMental Healthmethopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRehabTrauma
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...Aug 16 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanylopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinteenagersTrauma
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...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAug 16 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassioninterventionlife expectancyRecoveryTrauma
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...Addiction RecoveryAug 16 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionOverdoseRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma
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...Aug 16 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanylopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
Computer Algorithms Improve Timeliness of Overdose Data NOW YOU KNOW NOW – Aug. 10, 2022 - We found that for most substances evaluated, the performance of these algorithms was perfect or near perfect. These models could be used to automate classification of unstruct... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAug 16 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylHeroin Addictioninterventionmethopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryTrauma
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...Aug 2 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionOverdosePurdue PharmaRecoveryTrauma
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...Aug 2 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionTrauma
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...Aug 2 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionInterviewMental HealthObesityRecoveryRehabTrauma
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...Addiction RecoveryAug 2 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanylopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryTrauma
Jewish Communities Grapple with Addiction as Crisis Ravages US VIDEO – NO ONE IS IMMUNE – July 27, 2022 - A graduate of a Brooklyn yeshiva, David, a pseudonym, had enrolled in New York’s prestigious Cornell University with the goal of getting into medical school. His fami... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAug 2 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylinterventionMental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRehabTrauma
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...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylHeroin AddictioninterventionJuly 26 2022methopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
Music Mogul Master P Opens Up About Daughter’s Fatal Overdose VIDEO – IN HEARTBREAK HOTEL FOREVER – July 22, 2022 - In his first in-depth TV interview since his daughter’s fatal overdose, music mogul and entrepreneur Master P opens up to “CBS Mornings.” He shares how her... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewJuly 26 2022Mental HealthOverdoseTrauma
NEW BOOK – American Cartel: The Battle to Bring Down the Opioid Industry! VIDEO – THE AMERICAN DREAM IS OPIATED – July 8, 2022 - The book is an indictment of the astonishing corporate greed and government complicity; of mercenary lobbyists and lawyers sustained by bought-off politici... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJuly 26 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaTrauma
Suicide Hotline # 988 Gets Over 96,000 Calls During First Week VIDEO – SAVE A SOUL, SAVE THE WORLD – July 24, 2022 - The 988 system will build on an existing network of over 200 crisis centers nationwide staffed by counselors who answer millions of calls each year - about ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneCompassiondepressioninterventionJuly 26 2022life expectancyMental HealthRecoverysuicideTrauma
U.S. Announces $1.2 Billion Healthcare Crackdown Tied to Telehealth IS ZOOM AN ACCOMPLICE? – July 2022 - “The cases announced today include charges against people who brazenly used Medicare funds to purchase luxury items, medical professionals who corruptly approved testing and... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionJuly 26 2022Mental HealthRecoveryTrauma
On July 23, 2011, Amy Winehouse Joined the Tragic 27 Club VIDEO – I SAY NO NO NO – July 23, 2022 - Winehouse was found dead in her flat in Camden on Saturday, July 23, 2011. The cause of death was alcohol poisoning, as the singer was found with 416mg of alcohol per de... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and Addictiongrammy winnerJuly 26 2022OverdoseRehabrelapseTrauma
Colorado: 200,000 Fentanyl Pills Seized in Life-Saving Bust SWALLOWING DEATH? – July 6, 2022 - Gov. Jared Polis signed Colorado’s new “fentanyl accountability” bill at a ceremony at the state Capitol in May – the new law provides stricter criminal penalties for the poss... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylHeroin AddictioninterventionJuly 19 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryTrauma
Young Women Say State Abortion Laws Would Influence Where they Live LAND OF THE FREE NO MORE – July 13, 2022 - A new poll conducted by Generation Lab and Axios found that 50 percent of young people felt upset after the ruling came out. Forty-one percent felt mad, and 32 percen... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJuly 19 2022life expectancyMental HealthRecoveryTrauma
Ty Herndon On Being Suicidal After Drug Relapse LIFE HAS A WAY – July 16, 2022 - Herndon ended up calling a friend for help that night, albeit he doesn’t remember the call. Twelve hours later, he remembers waking up in a Texas rehab facility and that’s when ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietydepressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewJuly 19 2022life expectancyMental HealthRecoveryRehabrelapsesuicideTrauma
How 4 Doctors Beat the Feds in Botched $500 Million Pill Mill Case GANG OF FOUR – June 30, 2022 - In a major blow to the government, a federal jury acquitted Dr. Bothra and three other doctors of all charges this week, with Bothra going home a free man, stopping first at McDo... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJuly 19 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
Beth Macy Proud of Dopesick’s 14 Emmy Nominations AUDIO – IT ALL STARTS WITH WORDS ON THE PAGE – July 12, 2022 - “It’s really great to see the show getting accolades,” Macy said. As one of the executive producers of her show, Macy will get to personally tak... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJuly 19 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaRecoveryteenagersTrauma
Meet Mckenzie: Pregnant, homeless and living in a tent THERE BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD... – July 12, 2022 - A hole in a chain-link fence around the restaurant parking lot opened onto a ragged train of tents. They clung to a steep embankment above eight lanes of who... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediahomelessinterventionJuly 19 2022life expectancyMental HealthRecoveryTrauma