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Los Angeles Fires: Recovering addicts were rebuilding their lives. Now their home is gone.

DRAMATIC VIDEO – Jan. 15, 2025 - Painted rocks displaying words like “family” provide a hint of color to what remains of Art House — a home for recovering addicts on their journey to sobriety. Darlene Dominguez is t... Read More...

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Join Naomi Klein & Gabor Maté TODAY Jan. 21 @ 10am PT on “Weaponizing Trauma for War”

A WORLD INSANE – Jan. 21, 2025 - Journalist Naomi Klein and trauma expert Dr. Gabor Maté explore the complex intersection of collective trauma, political power, and memory. Drawing from Naomi’s recent ana... Read More...

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YES, State Farm Ended Coverage for Many in Los Angeles in 2024

VIDEO – BUSINESS AS USUAL – Jan. 9, 2025 - State Farm reported that it wasn’t renewing 69.4% of policies, equal to 1,626 policies, in the 90272 zip code, which is the zip code for the Pacific Palisades. Since 2017, i... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJanuary 14 2025Trauma

Heiress Devastated as LA Fires Strike AA Meeting Hall, Friend’s Homes & Favorite Cafes

VIDEO – TERRIBLE TRAGEDY – Jan. 9, 2024 - Rupert Murdoch's granddaughter Charlotte Murdoch Freud admitted she has been left heartbroken after her friends' homes, local restaurants and her regular AA meetings hav... Read More...

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Couple Who Lost Their Son Helping Others Battling Addiction

JUST PLAIN SAD – Dec. 24, 2024 - The holidays are a particularly tough time for those living with addiction. After their own family tragedy, one mom and dad are working to provide a place for those who are struggl... Read More...

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2 Men Injured in Shooting Inside Recovery Facility

VIDEO – WHAT FAITH? – Dec. 25, 2024 - Two men were taken to the hospital after being shot inside a faith-based addiction recovery facility in Mount Vernon. Responding officers and deputies with the Skagit County Sher... Read More...

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Pain Medication for Dogs Linked to Illnesses and Death

WHO DO YOU SUE? – Dec. 18, 2024 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued an alert to veterinarians about a popular medication used to control pain associated with osteoarthritis in dogs after numerous... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 24 2024Trauma

There Are Microplastics In Everyone

PLASTIC FANTASTIC LOVER – Dec. 18, 2024 - It’s a disturbing thought: At this very moment, tiny crumbs of plastic are trickling through our bodies, a parade of unwelcome houseguests ready to take up residence in some ... Read More...

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Six Adults Charged with Murder of Infant Girl Who Died of Overdose

F**KING TRAGIC FOR EVERYONE – Dec. 21, 2024 - A sheriff’s deputy rushed into a trailer home last summer north of Troy to find a newborn girl not breathing. “Fentanyl caplets and buttons were throughout the enti... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 24 2024Drug Abuse and AddictionTrauma

170 Million Americans Learn Deadly Toxin is Toxic

NOT JUST IN PENCILS – Dec. 8, 2024 - Americans born before 1966 experienced “significantly higher rates of mental health problems as a result of lead, and likely experienced changes to their personalities that would ... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 17 2024Trauma

Ocean Heat Kills Millions Sea Birds

NO MORE JOY RIDES – Dec. 12, 2024 - About half of Alaska’s common murres, some four million birds, died as a result of the marine heat wave, the scientists found. They believe it is the largest documented die-off of ... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 17 2024Trauma

Mother Loses Two Daughters Seven Months Apart

VIDEO – WHY? – Dec. 9, 2024 - Faith Freeman has lost two daughters to drug overdoses. 30-year-old Lacey Menard passed away in June 2024, and 24-year-old Lannie Soileau died in November 2023. “They loved to laugh, ... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 17 2024Drug Abuse and AddictionTrauma

Investigation of Deaths at San Francisco’s Largest Publicly Funded Rehab

VIDEO – WHO IS AT FAULT? – Dec. 3, 2024 - Chronicle photographer Gabrielle Lurie and reporter Maggie Angst spent 10 months investigating deaths inside San Francisco’s largest publicly funded addiction treatment provi... Read More...

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Divorce expert reveals the signs your marriage is about to end…

OR BE SAVED? – Nov. 7, 2024 - Whether you’ve been feeling like something is off or want to know what to look out for in your marriage, there are certain signs that can signify a divorce could be on the cards. Of c... Read More...

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Toxic FOREVER Chemicals in Menstrual Pads

WOMEN IN DANGER? – Nov. 2, 2024 - Carefree menstrual pads are contaminated with toxic PFAS “forever chemicals”, which presents a threat to the reproductive health of women using the products, a new lawsuit filed in C... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaNov 05 2024Trauma

Drugmakers Kill Volunteers in Alzheimer’s Trials

AUDIO – NO PENALTIES – Oct. 23, 2024 - Eisai told everyone that they would be given a genetic test. But the results, the company added, would remain secret. An autopsy determined that the drug’s side effects... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaOct 29 2024Trauma

17 Students Treated at Middle School in Studio City Over ‘Possible Overdoses’

VIDEO – SHARING – Oct. 17, 2024 - As she stood outside her school, sixth-grader Ariana Arcos was near tears, and with her lip quivering as she said, “I don’t know what’s going on right now.” Meanwhile, seventh-gra... Read More...

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Rehab Employee Accused of Sexual Assault

VIDEO ONLY – CROSS ROADS TRAVESTY – Oct. 17, 2024 - The patients assaulted are also blaming the center for hiring someone who they say had a previous criminal history. CONTINUE@11Alive ... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionOct 22 2024RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma

Mom Pleads Guilty In Fentanyl Death of 3-Year-Old Daughter

TRAGIC TRAGEDY – Oct. 15, 2024 - Authorities said a small plastic bag that contained two blue round pills with a monogram “M” and half of an oval pill were discovered on the bed. An analysis of the pills determined t... Read More...

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Liam Payne Was Open About Addiction

JUST PLAIN SAD – OCT. 17, 2024 - The One Direction singer-songwriter was found dead after falling from his third-floor balcony of the Casa Sur hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina’s capital, local police confirmed Wednes... Read More...

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Ex-Houston Drug Cop Gets 60 Years for His Deadly Lies

HE SHOULD’VE KNOWN BETTER – Oct. 9, 2024 - That amounts to a life sentence for Gerald Goines, who instigated the no-knock raid that killed Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas by falsely accusing them of selling heroin... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionOct 15 2024Trauma

Drug Center Director Accused of Inappropriately Touching Patients Parts

BUSTED! – Oct. 11, 2024 - Roderick Branscomb, 49, was the program director of a methadone treatment clinic in LaGrange from April 2021 to November 2023. During his time there, Branscomb is accused of having sexual mi... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionOct 15 2024RecoveryRehabTrauma

Woman Suspected of Abandoning Deceased Baby

VIDEO – HEARTACHE FOR LIFE – Oct. 1, 2024 - The family of a Lodi woman spoke for the first time after a newborn baby was found dead in a parking lot. “If anything good can come out of this, I hope that she gets the h... Read More...

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Dirty Doctor Charged with Matthew Perry’s Death in Federal Court

DO NO HARM – Oct. 1, 2024 - Mark Chavez, a former doctor for “Dreamscape Ketamine - the Heath MD” clinic in San Diego, who confessed to writing fake prescription to profit with another physician friend from actor Mat... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionOct 08 2024Trauma

Leah’s Legacy Supports Women In Recovery

SAY HER NAME – Oct. 2, 2024 - Leah Renee Straley’s cause of death was listed as fentanyl poisoning. Her family says her struggles with addiction began more than a decade earlier and persisted through 12 stays in deto... Read More...

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Mother Guilty of 2nd-Degree Murder of Son After Fentanyl Overdose

VIDEO – NO MORE EXCUSES – Sept. 17, 2024 - Reporting by our 9News I-Team exposed that this was not the first time Robinson overdosed on fentanyl, but his third. The two other times, he was revived with Narcan at a ho... Read More...

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Shifty Shellshock’s Cause of Death Revealed

HE LOST THE BATTLE – Sept. 24, 2024 - “Seth struggled with addiction throughout his life. He did so on a very public platform, which was particularly challenging,” the family said at the time. “God knows he tried so ... Read More...

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Secret Bedroom Found in Arrested Pain Pill Doctor’s Office

VIDEO – WILL HE GET LIFE? – Sept. 28, 2024 - A 78-year-old doctor with a clinic in Taylor is accused of allegedly overprescribing painkillers, and medication, as well as committing insurance fraud. The doctor is now ... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionOct 1 2024Trauma

Adderall Psychosis Risk?

ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN – &... Read More...

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Families Going to ‘Grief Camp’ as Toxic Drug Deaths Continue

VIDEO – A PLACE TO CRY – Sept. 15, 2024 - Organizers of a retreat for families who’ve experienced tragic loss in B.C. says deman... Read More...

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