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...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusinterventionJune 14 2022Mental HealthRecoveryTrauma
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...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 14 2022OverdoseTrauma
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...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 14 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryTrauma
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...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJune 14 2022Mental HealthTrauma
‘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...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneCompassiondepressioninterventionJune 14 2022life expectancyMental HealthRecoverysuicideTrauma
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...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylinterventionJune 14 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRehabTrauma
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...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJune 14 2022Mental HealthRecoverysuicideteenagersTrauma
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...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJune 14 2022Mental HealthRecoveryTrauma
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...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 14 2022RecoveryTrauma
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...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJune 14 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma
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...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 7 2022RecoveryTrauma
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...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 7 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
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...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 7 2022Mental HealthRecoveryTrauma
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...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewJune 7 2022RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma
How Beauty Became Our Damaging Obsession IT’S IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER – June 2, 2022 - “We have an epidemic of body image anxiety,” Professor Widdows says. “We have to move away from that.” “We need to start taking it seriously.” Josep... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJune 7 2022Mental HealthTrauma
Florida Attorney General Accuses NYC Health Dept. of Homicide LIFE AND LESS DEATH – June 4, 2022 - Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody tweeted a copy of one of the woke NYC subway ads — which also says druggies should feel “empowered” when they use potentially lethal fe... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylJune 7 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryTrauma
Company Recalls Millions of Medicines & Dirty Medical Products JUST LIKE BABY FORMULA – June 3, 2022 - Nephron Pharmaceuticals Corporation CEO and owner Lou Kennedy said in a statement that the company is “cooperating” with the FDA on the recalled products. “While ther... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 7 2022life expectancyMental HealthRecoveryTrauma
Normalizing Drug Addiction Leads to More Overdoses? HARM REDUCTION WORKS – June 3, 2022 - Whether it’s the safe-injection sites in Harlem and Brooklyn or the decriminalization of cocaine and opioid possession in British Columbia (announced this week), advocates ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionJune 7 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRehabTrauma
Did the Pandemic Cause Mental Illness in Kids or Just Make it Worse? VIDEO – THE OTHER PANDEMIC WITHIN A PANDEMIC – June 3, 2022 - There is probably a small group of kids who get long Covid where you might say that there is some direct impact of the Covid virus on the brain, but... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusdepressioninterventionJune 7 2022Mental HealthRecoveryteenagersTrauma
Why the Opiate Crisis Will Never End GREEDY MONSTERS – May 20, 2022 - And as you know, another agency with alleged ties to Big Pharma, The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations was also found to be responsible for participa... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 7 2022Leonard Buschelopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaTrauma
Mom Lived and Died An Alcoholic and It Haunts Me FAMILY TIES – May 24, 2022 - At some point that “fun” drinking turned into a nightly routine that meant I couldn’t have important conversations with my mum past a certain hour, because they’d turn into an argu... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousInterviewMay 31 2022Mental HealthRehabTrauma
Veterinary Sedative Involved in Opioid Overdose Deaths WHEN KETAMINE ISN’T STRONG ENOUGH – May 24, 2022 - A study published last month in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence found xylazine to be increasingly implicated in overdose mortality, rising from ... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 31 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
Cannabis Edibles Risk Kid’s Safety ADULTS ONLY! – May 26, 2022 - Major food companies including PepsiCo, General Mills and Kellogg’s recently urged U.S. senators and members of Congress in a joint letter to broaden language in the SHOP SA... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionmarijuanaMay 31 2022potRecoverysmokingteenagersTrauma
108,000 Drug Deaths in 2021 Bear Out Prediction From Five Years Ago DIDN’T TAKE A GENIUS – May 25, 2022 - The special section—based around the Pitt team’s landmark research article in Science that analyzed nearly four decades of U.S. drug overdose data—contains commentary by fo... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and Addictionlife expectancyMay 31 2022Mental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinrelapseTrauma
‘Bridgerton’ Star Hospitalized Due to Mental Health Problems BEAUTY HIDES THE PAIN – May 27, 2022 - “I just want to be honest with everybody, I have been struggling,” she told her 231,000 followers, adding: “So, I’m in the hospital at the minute and I’m gonna get discha... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusinterventionInterviewMay 31 2022Mental HealthTrauma
Americans are Crazy Stressed About Money VIDEO – NICKEL AND DIMED – MAY 18 2022 - Americans are more stressed about money than they’ve ever been, according to the American Psychological Association’s latest Stress In America Survey. “Eighty-seven ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMay 24 2022Mental HealthTrauma
7 Books to Read for Mental Health Awareness Month ONLY 7? – May 17, 2022 - ...but in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, I talked to a range of mental health advocates about the books they felt accurately, and empathetically, built characters who navigate... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassiondepressioninterventionlife expectancylonelinessMay 24 2022Mental HealthRecoveryTrauma
Meth Use Speeds Up DON’T METH WITH METH – May 20, 2022 - When 50-year-old meth addict Brian Groh was sentenced to jail last month, he went through a severe withdrawal. “When I first got here, I was really bad,” he... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMay 24 2022methOverdoseRecoveryTrauma
End Teen Drug Addiction A BROTHER’S LAMENT – May 18, 2022 - He was addicted to opioids and many other drugs at the time, so living with him was a scary time. We had no idea when he might snap or if he could overdose. This is the re... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancyMay 24 2022Mental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabteenagersTrauma
School Employee Arrested For Giving Fentanyl to Students wild VIDEO – SHE’S A CRUMB BUM – May 19, 2022 - Riverside police say their investigation started on Tuesday afternoon after they were called to the school to deal with an incorrigible student. “This is the type o... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylinterventionMay 24 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryTrauma