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More women are dying in jail

ENDLESS TEARS – July 15th, 2021 - Experts told The 19th that the numbers underscore the need to not only assist women’s needs inside the jails, but to also implement systemic reforms, services and progra... Read More...

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How ERs Fail Patients With Addiction

LISTEN – THE FAMILY AFTERWARD – July 15, 2021 - On March 11, 2020, though, Suzanne grew worried. Jameson, 30 at the time, was slipping in and out of consciousness and saying he couldn’t move his hands. ... Read More...

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Deaths Related To Alcohol And Drugs Are SOARING In State Prisons

LISTEN – EVERYONE IS ON DEATH ROW – July 17, 2021 - JENKINS: Essentially treating one illicit drug with another - not the way doctors would have treated him, but Olivares-Pelayo credits his friends with ... Read More...

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Vaping During Pregnancy Could Raise Odds for ‘Preemie’ Babies

Little eJimmy, eBritany, eBobby, eJennifer – July 13, 2021 - “The take-home message is that it’s best to abstain from e-cigarettes while you’re pregnant, if you can,” said lead researcher Annette Regan, an assi... Read More...

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How Big Pharma Killed 500,000

SALESMEN AND LIES AND SALESWOMEN TOO – July 19, 2021 - ALEX GIBNEY: Purdue didn’t have any evidence that the drug was safe, so the company obtained the help of a medical officer at FDA. DR.&nb... Read More...

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Drug Deaths Increase Sharply Among Black Americans

LISTEN – COLOR BLIND CONSPIRACY? – July 12, 2021 - Craig Elazer struggled all his life with anxiety, a feeling of fear and nervousness. He was never treated for it. So, at a very young age, he started taking dr... Read More...

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Drug Overdoses Killed 93,000 Americans In 2020, Up By 30%

DEATH, DEATH AND MORE DEATH – July 14, 2021 - Ten states are predicted to have at least a 40% rise in drug overdose deaths from the previous 12-month span, according to the CDC: Vermont, Kentucky, South Carolin... Read More...

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What Can Surfing Tell Us About Addiction?

BOOK REVIEW: THE DROP – July 7, 2021 - Then came this: “That many surfers have struggled with drug addiction will probably come as no surprise.” If, like me, you’ve read more books about, say, the origins of th... Read More...

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Climate change causing mental health meltdowns

BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE – July 11, 2021 - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has stated climate change “may weigh heavily on mental health in the general population and those already struggling with men... Read More...

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Drug, alcohol, jail deaths puts spotlight on fallout from ‘war on drugs’

WATCH – ONLY POOR PEOPLE DIE IN WAR – July 4, 2021 - “The fact that we have criminalized some of these things and used punishment as a form of dealing with it goes along with the stigmatized idea that substance us... Read More...

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Purdue Settlement Will Unlock Sackler ‘Secrets’

MASS MURDERERS ON PARADE – July 8, 2021 - Roger Brunelle Jr, president of the International Union of painters and Allied Trades, District Council 35 in Boston, lost his 26 year old son Brent Hastings to a... Read More...

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Methamphetamine in rivers can turn trout into addicts

...AND PERCH INTO PUSHERS – July 6, 2021 - Previous surveys have revealed low levels of methamphetamines and other illicit substances in urban waterways. “Whether illicit drugs alter fish behavior at levels inc... Read More...

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Paramedics answer more than 70 non-fatal overdoses in two days

LIVING ON THE EDGE, OR DYING, WHATEVER – July 2, 2021 - On average, emergency responders receive roughly 14 calls per day. Despite the high number of drug-related calls, TPH said paramedics didn’t get... Read More...

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Post-Pandemic Stress is Real

FEAR OF UNMASKING – June 30, 2021 - That’s not all. Violent crime is up, historic heat waves are devastating areas of the country not prepared to cope, and mental health practitioners can’t keep up with the demand... Read More...

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Conservatorship: Mental Health Care’s Last Resort

TOXIC – June 29, 2021 - “As troubling and extreme as Britney’s circumstances may seem,” Erica Schwiegershausen wrote in The Cut, “much of what she recounted — such as being medicated without consent and subject... Read More...

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Years of Smoking Weed May Leave You Gasping…for Words

IF YOU CAN STILL EVEN SPEAK – June 21, 2021 - During the follow-up, participants were given standard cognitive tests that measured three things: processing speed (for example, solving simple math problem... Read More...

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Kids In Mental Health Crisis Languish For Days In ERs

DESPERATE – June 23, 2021 - Emergency rooms are not typically places you check in for the night. If you break an arm, it gets set, and you leave. If you have a heart attack, you won’t wait long for a hos... Read More...

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Cannabis Use May Be Linked with Suicidal Thoughts, Plans, Attempts in Young Adults

DYING TO STOP – June 24, 2021 - Cannabis use has been associated with a higher likelihood of thinking about suicide in young adults, according to a study from the US National Institutes of Health publish... Read More...

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El Paso physician indicted for 5 overdose deaths

DO MUCH HARM – June 16, 2021 - The board panel found that on May 26, August was indicted on 15 counts related to the distribution of controlled substances causing death or serious bodily injury, and healthcare ... Read More...

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‘RHOBH’ Bravely Discusses Past Struggle With Bulimia

GETTING IT ALL OUT – June 17, 2021 - Real Housewives of Beverly Hills newcomer Crystal Kung Minkoff bravely detailed her past struggles with disordered eating on the most recent episode of the hit Bravo ... Read More...

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Is the drug detox facility actually a ‘nursing or convalescent home’ per city code?

LISTEN – ALL OF THE ABOVE? – June 17, 2021 - For the past nine months, citizens have attempted to learn more and have a two-way dialogue with members of the City Council. They have felt increasingly frus... Read More...

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The Bridge Sober Home Let Client Use Drugs, Die

UNCLEAR ON THE CONCEPT OF CARING – June 16, 2021 - From the suit: “During the week of February 24, 2020, The Bridge failed to conduct any drug testing of Meredith Cortesis. During the week of February 24, 2020,... Read More...

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Addiction treatment failed. Could brain surgery save him?

DO YOU REALLY WANT TO TAKE THIS STEP? – June 18, 2021-More than 600 days after he underwent the experimental surgery, Buckhalter has not touched drugs again — an outcome so outlandishly successful that neither ... Read More...

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YOUR LIFE IS YOUR OWN – June 1, 2021 - Most would keep such skeletons secreted in the closet, but Jake discusses it openly believing it will inspire change, hope and healing among those grappling with the wors... Read More...

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Addiction nightmare in photos

IT’S A FULL-TIME JOB – June 3, 2021 - ‘During the 19th century the neighbourhood of Kensington in north Philadelphia was a strong working-class district, a national leader of the textile industry and home to a diver... Read More...

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Parents March To Snapchat’s Headquarters

WATCH – AN APP THAT CAN KILL? – June 4, 2021 - She lost her son Alexander nearly a year ago and led the charge Friday in a march toward Snapchat’s headquarters in Santa Monica. But she was not alone. ... Read More...

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‘We Don’t Just Change on a Dime’

SLOW AND STEADY WINS THE RACE – May 28, 2021- “We’ve been told that we’ve had to stay six feet away, and then three feet away, and then we can all of a sudden be back together. And that’s not how human beings... Read More...

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How sobriety strategies help anxious people re-enter society after the pandemic

IT’S LIKE WE’RE ALL NEWCOMERS...AGAIN! – May 27, 2021 - “There’s a sense of anticipatory anxiety around re-navigating and reintegrating — an excitement and trepidation at the same time, and the fear... Read More...

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American Airlines joins Southwest in delaying alcoholic beverage sales as passenger violence rises

DOWNERS ARE OK? – May 30, 2021 - in March 2020, American dropped alcoholic beverage service and cut back service of soft drinks, juices, snacks and foods during the coronavirus pandemic to limit contact between flig... Read More...

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The Truth About Deinstitutionalization

IT’S INSANE – May 25, 2021 - One popular explanation blames “deinstitutionalization”: the emptying of state psychiatric hospitals that began in the 1950s. When the hospitals were shut down, the story goes, pat... Read More...

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