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‘Dangerous’ Electro Convulsive Therapy Disproportionately Prescribed to Women

IT’S SHOCKING! – June 19, 2022 - The scale of which ECT is being used in England has been laid bare, and found to be disproportionately prescribed to women who make up two thirds of patients. NHS da... Read More...

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Psychiatric Drugs Do Not Improve Disease

THEY DO MAKE MONEY – June 20, 2022 - His examples are psychiatry’s two mainstays of treatment, antidepressants and antipsychotics. For instance, he notes that antidepressant treatment increases suicide attempt... Read More...

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Inmate Overdoses After Man Brings Drugs to Jail

SO MANY PRISONS – June 20, 2022 - A man has been arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter after an inmate died of a drug overdose from drugs that the man smuggled into the jail, according to the Sciot... Read More...

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Excessive Heat Adds To Arizona Opioid Epidemic

COULD IT GET WORSE? – June 24, 2022 - Unable to rouse him, the paramedics administered the drug naloxone via an injection into his upper left arm. The drug, widely known by the brand name Narcan, is an emergenc... Read More...

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Colorado Sees Drop In Life Expectancy

POPULATION PATROL? – June 25, 2022 - Key drivers for the decline were COVID-19 and overdose deaths. The data vary by demographic group. COVID-19 was the leading cause of death among Hispanics, as well as non... Read More...

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Supreme Court Sides With Pill Mill Doctors

NOT IN COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION – June 27, 2022 - The justices ruled 9-0 in favor of Xiulu Ruan and Shakeel Kahn, who had argued in appealing their convictions that their trials were unfair because jurors were n... Read More...

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New Drugs With High Abuse Potential Most Likely to Be Approved FASTEST

BUY AND BUY AND DIE? – June 21. 2022 - “Despite the prevalence and societal costs of pain in the United States, investment in pain medication development is low, due in part to poor understanding of the probab... Read More...

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The Traumatic Effects of Roe v. Wade Reversal

NO WORDS NECESSARY – June 24, 2022 - A post-Roe America means millions of women seeking abortions will face a new set of mental-health challenges, three national organizations said in a joint statement on Frid... Read More...

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Pandemic’s Increased Drinking Is Having Disastrous Effects

VIDEO – WHEN THE CAT’S AWAY... – June 20, 2022 - “Drinking in your house and not leaving is one thing,” said Marisa Silveri, a neuroscientist at McLean Hospital and an associate professor of psychiatry at Harva... Read More...

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Quote of the Week – Margaret Atwood

“We lived, as usual by ignoring. Ignoring isn’t the same as ignorance, you have to work at it.” ― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale ... Read More...

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Demi Lovato Talks Addiction Struggles in ‘Skin of My Teeth’

SHARING IN A SONG – June 10, 2022 - Lovato has been extremely candid when it comes to their drug addictions, and the struggles they have gone through. In July 2018, the singer suffered a near-fatal opioid over... Read More...

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White House Pushes Strategy to Slow Overdoses as Street Drugs Grow Deadly

TOO LITTLE TOO LATE – June 15, 2022 - Dr. Rahu Gupta also acknowledged the growing power of Mexican drug cartels and other international narcotics gangs that “operate seamlessly across borders and cooperate wi... Read More...

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19-Year-Old TikToker Cooper Noriega Has Died

SO MUCH POTENTIAL – June 13, 2022 - Model and social media influencer Cooper Noriega, who obtained 2.8 million TikTok and 599,000 Instagram followers with a series of posts exploring his day-to-day life in Los ... Read More...

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Shattered Kentucky Shatters Fatal Overdose Record

VIDEO – NOTHING BUT HEARTACHE – June 14, 2022 - It was the first time the Bluegrass State surpassed 2,000 drug overdose deaths in a single year, said Van Ingram, executive director of the state Office of Drug ... Read More...

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Dopesick: Michael Keaton in Conversation

VIDEO – OPIATES STAR IN NON-FICTION TRAGEDY – 2022 - In writing Dopesick, showrunner Danny Strong spent months researching to create a story that reveals how opioid addiction affects individuals and families, t... Read More...

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A Dizzying Exchange About Vertigo

MORE KAFKA THAN HITCHCOCK – June 7, 2022 - I drove to the Stony Brook Southampton Emergency Room. After a nurse took my vitals and asked if I had had anything to eat or drink (I had not), Dr. Michael Ameres ask... Read More...

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Rising Number of Child Melatonin Overdoses

KEEP OUT OF THE REACH OF CHILDREN – June 19, 2022 - The study focused on children under the age of 19 from January 1, 2012, through December 31, 2021, and found 260,435 pediatric melatonin ingestions that were... Read More...

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Did Prescription Opioids Cause The Overdose Epidemic?

HE SAID, SHE PROVED – June 6, 2022 - Adriane Fugh-Berman defended the proposition, “America’s overdose crisis is the result of doctors over‐treating patients with opioids.” She’s a medical doctor and a professo... Read More...

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Dog Anxiety: 7 Reasons Your Dog May Be Stressed

LEAF BLOWERS? – June 10, 2022 - Some types of dog anxiety are fairly easy to understand: When your dog cowers under the table during a thunderstorm, you know it’s not crazy about loud noises. Other reactions a... Read More...

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‘Dial 988’ Suicide Prevention Hotline to Launch on July 16 Already Needs Significant Improvements

DIAL WHAT? – June 10, 2022 - The RAND report confirms what many mental health experts already know — there’s more work to be done to create a comprehensive mental health crisis system that can serve everyone’s ... Read More...

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San Diego Rehab Reacts to Rampant Drug Abuse

AUDIO – WHO FIGHTS FOR THOSE WHO FOUGHT FOR US? – June 10, 2022 - The Drug Enforcement Administration is investigating a suspected fentanyl overdose death on the campus. And people who work with other instituti... Read More...

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Mental Health Clinics in School? NO! Says School Board

WHO’S MORE CRAZY? – June 5, 2022 - In March, Killingly’s board members rejected the plan by a vote of 6 to 3. After that, dozens of supporters of the clinic filed a complaint with Connecticut’s Board of Educati... Read More...

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13,000 Tickets in NY State on Memorial Day Weekend

VIDEO – SOBER DRIVERS DON’T LOSE THEIR VOWELS – June 7, 2022 - Troopers arrested 213 people and investigated 808 crashes. more@WNYT ... Read More...

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WTF? Anti-Pain Drugs Could Cause Chronic Pain

PROFIT GENIUSES AT WORK – June 8, 2022 - In the study published on May 11th, 2022 in Science Translational Medicine, the researchers examined the mechanisms of pain in both humans and mice. They found that neut... Read More...

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Dr. Gabor Maté! Reason Why Our Society Is So Toxic

VIDEO – PEOPLE’S POLLUTED MINDS – May 29, 2022 - Who is Gabor Maté? A renowned speaker, and bestselling author, Dr. Gabor Maté is highly sought after for his expertise on a range of topics including addiction,... Read More...

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How a 1960 Traffic Stop Transformed Attitudes on Drug Addiction

HISTORY LESSON – June 3, 2022 - Sure enough, once the officers found a fresh needle mark on Banks’s arm, they promptly arrested him. Robinson and the others were ordered out of the car and up against a nearby b... Read More...

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A Tale of Two Tragedies

NO ONE WINS – June 3, 2022 - “Kelly was a beautiful, beautiful girl,” her father, William Beitz, said in an interview. “There wasn’t a day that went by that I wasn’t terrified about something happening to her.... Read More...

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Teen Wolf Actor Colton Haynes Writes About Addiction and Sexual Abuse In New Memoir

IT AIN’T BEEN EASY – May 28, 2022 - Colton Haynes’ most raw role to date is that of author. The actor, whose blue eyes and sharp jawline you might know from series “Teen Wolf” and “Arrow,” bares his soul in “M... Read More...

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Drug Treatment Disaster Looming by Michael Prichard and Pete Nielsen LAADC, CADC II

NEVER HOPELESS – March 24, 2022 - The argument against SUD licensure has been, “Why should SUD licensure be granted to individuals who did not obtain a master’s degree specific to addiction or at least in a re... Read More...

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