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Magic Mushroom Candy Linked To Two Deaths

AIN’T NO MAGIC HERE–BEWARE – Sept. 7, 2024 - Nearly 160 people in the United States have become ill after consuming sweets purporting to contain traces of chemicals from magic mushrooms. More than a third of those... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionPsychedelicsSept 17 2024Trauma

Faulty Drug Test Could Take Your Newborn Away

AUDIO – MALPRACTICE TODAY – Sept. 7, 2024 - Hospitals across the country routinely drug test people coming in to give birth, using pee-in-a-cup tests that are notoriously imprecise. People who have eaten poppy seed b... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsSept 17 2024Trauma

Wells Fargo Employee Found Dead In Cubicle Four Days After Clocking In

VIDEO – WELLS FORGO – Aug. 29, 2024 - A 60-year-old Arizona Wells Fargo employee scanned into her office on a Friday on what appeared to be an ordinary workday. Then, four days later, she was found dead in her cubicl... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaSept 10 2024Trauma

15 Women Allege Dr. John C. Hoefs Sexually Assaulted Them

AUDIO – PRISON BOUND? – Aug. 30, 2024 - Fifteen women have filed a lawsuit alleging an Irvine physician forced them to expose their breasts and, in many instances, groped them under the guise of treatment at UCI Medi... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaSept 10 2024Trauma

Details About Matthew Perry’s Death Raise Questions About Addiction

IT’S COMPLICATED – Aug. 20, 2024 - Fans of “Friends” star Matthew Perry may find new revelations about his final days both heartbreaking and puzzling. An addiction specialist at MUSC Health offers some insight... Read More...

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Man Linked to Woman’s Death Sentenced to Prison

VIDEO – TOO SAD! – Aug. 23, 2024 - A Houston man who was accused of dealing the drugs that killed a young woman is going to prison. Adam Briggs, 40, was sentenced to five years in prison on Thursday after pleading... Read More...

Aug 27 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionTrauma

Hundreds of Thousands of Parents Died From Drugs Use

THE KILLING FIELDS of the USA – Aug. 14, 2024 - A young boy places a stone on the grave of his father as friends and family gather to commemorate the first anniversary of his death from heroin overdose. Betwee... Read More...

Aug 20 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionOverdoseTrauma

Fraternity Member Riley Strain Had 12-15 Drinks Before He Drowned to Death

WHAT A WASTE OF LIFE – Aug. 7, 2024 - The University of Missouri student who died in March by drowning in the Cumberland River after a night out in downtown Nashville consumed between 12 to 15 alcoholic ... Read More...

Alcohol AddictionAug 13 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and Medialife expectancyTrauma

Man Pleads Guilty To Selling Fentanyl That Killed Infant

PRISON BOUND – July 30, 2024 - Federal investigators said Mendez cut, capped and packaged the drugs blamed for the baby’s death. Mendez, unlike his girlfriend, is represented by the federal public defender’s o... Read More...

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Healing Trauma Through Storytelling & Justice in Addiction Medicine

VIDEO – TED TALKS MATTER – Aug. 1, 2024 - Cara Poland is an internationally respected mentor, teacher, physician, researcher and advocate for advancements in addiction medicine and associate professor in the Michig... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryAug 06 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMental HealthTrauma

A Legacy of Cruelty to Sexual and Gender Minority Group

TO EACH HIS OWN – July 27, 2024 - When the Journal was founded in 1812, there was no such thing as an LGBTQ+ community, and the medical terms “homosexual” and “transsexual” had yet to be coined. Between 1812 a... Read More...

Aug 06 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediagayTrauma

Acne Medication Set Off Rare Chain Reaction That Killed

DRUGS ARE DANGEROUS – July 17, 2024 - Izzy McKinney was a healthy teenager who wrote poetry, played the mandolin and took pride in her flair with an eyeliner pencil. She also had acne. She tried topical med... Read More...

Aug 06 2024Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediateenagersTrauma

Father & Husband Turns Grief Into Hope

AND INTO SERVICE – July 21, 2024 - Jeff Johnston meditates on his porch at 4:30 in the morning at his house in Cedar Rapids on July 7. Johnston uses meditation to help cope with the losses of his stepson, Seth... Read More...

12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaInterviewJuly 30 2024life expectancyMental HealthOverdoseTrauma

Full-Length Documentary on the Early Release of Convicted Murderer Pharmacist

DILUTED – July 21, 2024 - The Robert Courtney case impacted at least 4,000 patients across Kansas City. He was a trusted pharmacist who diluted life-saving medication for extra money. An FBI sting revealed Cou... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 30 2024life expectancyTrauma

3-Year-Old Twins DEAD from Fentanyl-Laced Drugs

HELL ON EARTH – July 16, 2024 - “These innocent boys reportedly came into contact with fentanyl, an opioid that has wreaked havoc across our communities.” “The deadly capabilities of fentanyl cannot be o... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediafentanylJuly 23 2024Trauma

Watching HBO’s ‘Teen Torture, Inc.

REVOLTING – July 16, 2024 - “Teen Torture, Inc.” is the latest documentary aimed at exposing alleged abuses within the massive “troubled teen” industry, which caters to parents and state agencies desperate to ... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJuly 23 2024Mental HealthteenagersTrauma

Jane Lynch Reflects on Deaths of Cory Monteith and Naya Rivera

SADNESS REMAINS – July 7, 2024 - This month marks 11 years since alum Cory Monteith died of a drug overdose, as well as four years since the passing of costar Naya Rivera in a boating accident. “Just such yout... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyJuly 16 2024life expectancyOverdoseTrauma

Drake Bell Opens Up on Abuse at Nickelodeon After Finding Sobriety

HE MADE IT OUT ALIVE! – July 11, 2024 - The 38-year-old actor appeared in the recent documentary ‘Quiet On Set: The Dark Side Of Kids TV’ where he opened up on the “extensive and brutal” abuse he suffered at t... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyJuly 16 2024sobrietyTrauma

Motel Transformed into ‘forever home’ for Women

FEMININE MYSTIQUE – July 10, 2024 - The Beacon, provides various programs such as counseling, career development and educational classes for women in crisis. The Beacon Village in Highland Park is a 32-u... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassiondepressionDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 16 2024Mental HealthTrauma

Rehab Workers Seek Back Pay after Bosses Double Suicide

TURMOIL & CHAOS – July 3, 2024 - Those abrupt closures coincided with the suicides of two corporate executives in five days; the stiffing of hundreds of employees on their latest biweekly paychecks; the ma... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJuly 9 2024RehabsuicideTrauma

Drunk Driver in Crash That Left 3 Dead wrote ‘The Sober Addict’

VIDEO – PRISON FOR LIFE! – July 5, 2024 - Daniel Christopher Hyden, 44, has been arrested and charged with drinking under the influence after he allegedly drove his truck through the Water Street and Jackson Street... Read More...

Alcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJuly 9 2024Trauma

“They Die Like Flies” in Honduras!

BUT THEY’RE HUMANS – June 20, 2024 - “Alcoholism is a nasty disease that has a firm grip on this region,” says Rómulo. “In this small city centre there are at least 400 addicted people who wake up on the stree... Read More...

12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJune 25 2024Trauma

Alaskan Alcohol Deaths Double in One Decade

SMOKE MORE POT – June 20, 2024 - The study estimates that Alaskans spend just over $827,000 on alcoholic drinks every year. That equates to $1,165 per person which is 44 percent higher than the national ... Read More...

12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJune 25 2024Trauma

Amazon’s One Medical Failure

FROM BOOKS TO BLADDER INFECTIONS – June 15, 2024 - Since Amazon acquired the primary-care service One Medical, elderly patients have been routed to a call center — staffed partly by contractors with limi... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJune 25 2024Trauma

FDA Rejects Ecstasy Drug as Treatment for PTSD

BUMMER – June 7, 2024 - The decision reportedly came as a “shock” to observers, as psychedelics advocacy groups have gained widespread traction by steadily engaging in a decades-long effort to push the suppose... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJune 18 2024Mental HealthRecoveryTrauma

He Came for Treatment. His Body Was Found In a Lake. WHAT WENT WRONG?

TRAGIC – June 8, 2024 - Kyle Sherwood flew to Los Angeles in early May for an intensive drug treatment program, his family hopeful that this one might stick. The facility, Dream Center, had come highly recomme... Read More...

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CVS Made Drugs Recalled after Horrifying Truths That Their Meds Manufactured in India Are Unsafe

THEY DON’T CARE – June 12, 2024 - FDA data shows America’s largest pharmacy chain recalled 133 over-the-counter medicines over the last decade, or about one a month. The reasons for the CVS recalls included... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJune 18 2024Trauma

The Rage, Secrecy and Pain of a Family Torn Apart by Addiction

FAMILIES MATTER – June 12, 2024 - Kim Jones has been sober for a dozen years. “In recovery we talk about needing to forgive yourself and being able to move on,” she said. “I’m not sure there’s really suc... Read More...

12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 18 2024Trauma

Meth Addicted Fish, Caffeinated Minnows: Animals Changed by Human Drugs

TOXIC PEOPLE – June 6, 2024 - Addiction, anxiety and sex reversal have been reported in species by researchers as a range of substances contaminates ecosystems. From brown trout becoming “addicted” to methamph... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJune 11 2024Trauma

Energy Drinks Linked to Sudden Cardiac Arrest

VIDEO – WHO CAN YOU TRUST? – June 6, 2024 - For the study, the team examined 144 sudden cardiac arrest survivors. Seven patients within this group had consumed one or more energy drinks near to the time that the ca... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 11 2024life expectancyTrauma

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