Trauma

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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Sheriff: Florida Police Officer Gave Teens Drugs & Alcohol – Filmed Them Nude

ONE ROTTEN APPLE? – May 29, 2024 - Markanthony Fernandez, 24, a Bartow Police Department officer, was arrested Tuesday after an investigation began on May 8. The incident happened on the weekend of Feb. ... Read More...

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Owners of Kentucky Rehab Facing Child Porn Charges

CAUGHT RED HANDED – May 23, 2024 - According to Kentucky State Police, The owners of Edgewater Recovery, John and Myra Elam, both face charges related to child pornography. 43-year-old John Elam is charged ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJune 4 2024RecoveryRehabTrauma

PTSD Doubled in 5 Years Among College Students

FRIGHTENING – May 31, 2024 - Researchers found that 7.5 percent of students said they had Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in 2022, the latest year available. Most of the surge was recorded during the Cov... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionJune 4 2024Mental HealthTrauma

Gangs’ Greed Causing ‘mass overdoses’

AUDIO – PROFIT MOTIVE – May 29, 2024 - Public health officials say Mexican cartels and drug gangs inside the U.S. are mixing a dangerous chemical sedative called medetomidine into fentanyl and other drugs sold on t... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylJune 4 2024OverdoseTrauma

UnitedHealth Demands Algorithm Denying Patients Care Was Legal

HEARTLESS PLAN – May 22, 2024 - Investigations found those payment denials were based on an algorithm’s predictions, unbeknownst to patients, and UnitedHealth’s employees were advised not to stray from those c... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionMay 28 2024Trauma

Sober Homes Owner to Pay $3.8 Million for Sexually Exploiting Tenants

MORE WAS REVEALED – May 21, 2024 - Peter McCarthy, 51, was found to have violated the Fair Housing Act after a five-day federal trial in Boston, said Acting United States Attorney Joshua S. Levy. Seven of his ... Read More...

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Patient Dies At Boca Circle Rehab – Facility Get Sued

JUST TOO SAD – May 23, 2024 - The Boca Raton rehab center known as “Boca Circle Rehabilitation” is facing a wrongful death and negligence lawsuit filed in Palm Beach County. The just-filed lawsuit allege... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 28 2024RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma

Patient Broker Goes To Prison For Preying On NJ Drug Addicts

FROM BROKER TO BROKEN – May 17, 2024 - The confessed schemers enlisted “recruiters” to pay users addicted to heroin and other drugs with “robust” private health insurance several thousand dollars to enter spec... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMay 21 2024Trauma

Dozen of Teens Sexually Abused at ‘Sinister’ Detention Center

AUDIO – WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT? – May 15, 2024 - “Among the allegations were multiple episodes of improperly restraining, punching, choking, physically abusing juvenile residents, handcuffing a minor resident to th... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionMay 21 2024Trauma

Boy Woke Up with Rabid Bat Attached to His Neck

VIDEO – GOOD MORNING - NOT – May 2, 2024 - A Kentucky boy woke up with a rabid bat attached to his neck. The boy’s family — who lives in Midway — took him to the emergency room for treatment. Public health offic... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionMay 7 2024Trauma

50 Drug Overdoses in One Day In Austin, Texas

AND 4 DEAD – April 30, 2024 - Christa Steadman, ATCEMS public information officer, said officials suspect the “outbreak” is due to “a new batch in town” likely from the same source or same couple of sources du... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 7 2024OverdoseTrauma

Out of the Darkness

MIRACLES HAPPEN – May 3, 2024 - Ravaged by addiction and at rock bottom, mother of two credits long night of prayer in abandoned shack for leading to her recovery. It was a desperate plea crying out from a dar... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 7 2024RecoveryRehabTrauma

Women Reporting ‘Ozempic Breasts’

CH-CH-CHANGES – May 1, 2024 - Ozempic has already been linked to a host of bizarre bodily changes — including sagging skin and sunken-in cheeks. But now women are reporting a side effect dubbed ‘Ozempic bre... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionMay 7 2024Trauma

“Vampire Facials” Infected Three People with HIV

BEAUTY AND BEASTLY – April 26, 2024 - A cosmetic process known as a “vampire facial” is considered to be a more affordable and less invasive option than getting a facelift, but the process can be a serious hea... Read More...

April 30 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionTrauma

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