Iran Hangs Nine Drug Dealers OVERKILL – Jan. 2024 - Iran lies on a major opium-smuggling route between Afghanistan and Europe and has one of the world’s highest rates of domestic opiate use. In June, Amnesty International reported that Ir... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 9 2024life expectancyTrauma
Going Home for the Holidays? MINE FIELD? – Dec. 14, 2023 - Reuniting with family often reactivates deeply ingrained roles, dynamics, criticisms, and nagging conversations,” says intervention specialist Dr. Louise Stanger. “If going home stirs mo... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionJan 2 2024Mental HealthTrauma
‘Tranq Tourism’: TikTokers Travel to Film Drug Addicts ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE – Dec. 17, 2023 - Since 2021, Kensington, a low-income neighborhood in North Philadelphia, has been ground zero for a new and dangerous sedative called “tranq”. Also known as “xylazine”, a side-effe... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 2 2024Trauma
Are Lawyers Really Blaming Black Men for Their Own Deaths? LIFE GOES ON – Dec. 14, 2023 - More than a week after an officer involved in the 2020 death of Manuel Ellis claimed that he wouldn’t do anything differently when attempting to arrest the Black man, the legal represen... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 19 2023interventionTrauma
Applesauce Pouches Contaminated on Purpose? ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE – Dec. 14, 2023 - The FDA says it currently believes the adulteration is “economically motivated.” U.S. children under the age of 6 have tested positive for lead poisoning after consuming ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 19 2023interventionlife expectancyTrauma
How to Discipline an In-School Overdose? You Don’t AUDIO – GET THEM HELP! – Dec. 15, 2023 - Perched above a major highway in central Los Angeles sits an unassuming high school where students are all too familiar with the sound of ambulance sirens. This fall, the pr... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 19 2023Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionOverdoseRecoveryteenagersTrauma
LARGEST Indictment Over FAKE Sober Living Homes IT’S JUST WRONG – Dec. 6, 2023 - Ten people were indicted by a grand jury on felony charges including patient brokering following a sober-living homes sting operation, the Arizona Attorney General’s office announced ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 12 2023Drug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancyRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma
Doctor Charged With Attempted Murder A WOMAN SCORNED – Dec. 6, 2023 - Dr. Amy L. Cohen, 35, of Narbeth, was taken into custody after an investigation was triggered by harassing and antisemitic threats being sent to the family of a woman who was d... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 12 2023interventionTrauma
REALITY: Opioids More Potent Than Fentanyl EUPHORIA HAS A PRICE – Dec. 10, 2023 - Ross told her husband she’d gone out and used methamphetamine and crack cocaine, according to a Miami-Dade County medical examiner’s report. That morning, Ross’s husband found h... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 12 2023Drug Abuse and Addictionfentanylopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
Melissa Etheridge’s son died from opioids: ‘He made his choices’ OR DID HE? – Nov. 29, 2023 - Melissa Etheridge has opened up about coping with her son’s death. The Grammy winning singer, 62, lost her oldest son, Beckett Cypher, at 21 in 2020 from causes related to... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 5 2023Drug Abuse and Addictionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
Once a Homeless Addict, Mayor Takes On Drug Crises HE CAN RELATE – Nov. 25, 2023 - “For 17 years, I was an absolutely horrible individual,” said Carter, the mayor of Oshawa, Ontario. “Horrible individual. I lied, cheated, stole.” Homeless and addicted to drugs ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDec 5 2023Drug Abuse and Addictionhomelessinterventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryTrauma
Navigating Cancer with a History of Addiction TAKE ONLY AS PRESCRIBED – Nov. 21, 2023 - For patients with a history of addiction, cancer can also trigger concerns about their sobriety. What if I’m prescribed opioids? What if I become stressed and have the ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCancerDrug Abuse and AddictionNov 28 2023RecoveryTrauma
Addiction Ravaged My Family and Tribe NATIONALLY – Nov. 14, 2023 - At 61 years old, I have lost far too much to drugs, and I’ve never done anything more than weed, as a teenager. I have three sons and one daughter, and while I know that my husband and I ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewNov 21 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryTrauma
Addicted Fishermen Catch Fentanyl Death DANGEROUS WATERS ON LAND – Nov. 14, 2023 - As the crew of the clam vessel Lori Ann prepared to set out from Fairhaven, the fleet manager was told that something wasn’t right with a fisherman below deck. ... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylNov 21 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
Ketamine Rapidly Reduces Symptoms of PTSD and Depression WHAT COULD GO WRONG? – Nov. 8, 2023 - We analyzed six randomized controlled trials representing 259 patients with moderate to severe PTSD. In all trials, about half were injected with ketamine. The rest receiv... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthNov 21 2023RecoveryRehabTrauma
Matthew Perry ‘Could’ve Been Saved’ From L.A. Home Hot Tub Drowning THERE BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD... – Nov. 9, 2023 - His day was spent like many others lately. Matthew had developed “a healthy addiction” to pickleball, says his coach, Matt Manasse, adding that the actor hit ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyNov 14 2023Trauma
Some Children So Addicted They Have to Sleep With Vapes Under Pillow ADDICTIVE ANY WAY YOU TAKE IT – Nov. 1, 2023 - In September, VicHealth and Quit released research revealing e-cigarette retailers are advertising vaping products on social media specifically designed for teenagers to... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionjuulNicorettenicotineNov 7 2023smokingteenagersTraumaVaping
L.A. Model Nichole Coats’ Cause of Death: “cocaine and ethanol toxicity” INSANELY SAD – Oct. 24, 2023 - The drug-related death of a Los Angeles model has been ruled accidental after her body was found inside her luxury apartment last month. Nichole Coats, 32, died on Sept. 10 as a resu... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionOct 31 2023OverdoseTrauma
Opioid Crisis Is Worse Despite Congress’ $20 Billion Effort To Stop It DO THEY EVEN CARE? – Oct. 22, 2023 - When that option ended on Sept. 30, the two states which used it — South Dakota and Tennessee — steered their Medicaid recipients with substance use disorder toward treatment faci... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionOct 31 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
Rite Aid, CVS & Walgreens To Close More Than 1,500 Stores Due to Crime. Whose Crimes? WHO’S CRIME? – Oct. 23, 2023 - The nation’s largest drugstore chains, Rite Aid, CVS and Walgreens, will shutter more than 1,500 stores, leaving millions of Americans without access to healthcare in ‘pharmacy d... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionOct 31 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
The True Story and Criminal Case Behind ‘Pain Hustlers’ THAT’S A TRUE STORY – Oct. 27, 2023 - The article detailed the various techniques that the pharmaceutical company Insys Therapeutics used to push its highly addictive fentanyl-based painkiller Subsys into the ... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylinterventionOct 31 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
Differential Diagnosis! What is It and Why is It Important? GOOD TO KNOW – Oct.9, 2023 - You may not have all the necessary information about your loved one’s situation, which can make accessing the proper treatment tricky. For example, you may be concerned about mood swin... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthOct 17 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryTrauma
Portland ME Needs to Admit It Has an Addiction Crisis AUDIO – DENIAL KILLS TOO – Oct. 10, 2023 - Long before many Portlanders used the terms “encampment” or “substance use disorder,” I was a registered nurse at Maine Medical Center and treated many IV drug users who l... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionOct 17 2023OverdoseTrauma
Smoking, Not Injecting, Linked to 2/3rds of BC Overdose Deaths WTF!!! – Oct. 2, 2023 - Safe inhalation spaces are integrated into New York City’s two authorized SCS, as will be the case with the state-authorized SCS set to open in Rhode Island in early 2024. But those ser... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionOct 10 2023OverdosesmokingTrauma
Company Knew All About Dangerous Breathing Machines They Sold PROFITS BEFORE PEOPLE – Sept. 27, 2023 - “Black shavings in the chamber,” said one 2011 report that was kept from the government. “Contaminated with unknown sticky substance,” noted another three years later. ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionOct 10 2023Trauma
Family of Shooting Victim Believes Addiction Played a Factor in His Death VIDEO – DRUGS KILL IN MANY WAYS – Sept. 4, 2023 - According to authorities, just before 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Spokane Police Department (SPD) officers responded to reports of a shooting in the area. There, they foun... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionSept 26 2023Trauma
El Chapo’s Wife Released from SoCal Halfway House VIDEO – EARLY RELEASE – Sept. 13, 2023 - The wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was released from federal custody on Wednesday after completing a three-year sentence for helping him run his... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionSept 26 2023Trauma
Lawmakers Searching for Answers. Why is Fentanyl Killing Kids? LOOK WITHIN SOCIETY – Aug. 30, 2023 - Mississippi enacted a bill in March mandating a media campaign aimed at youth. California lawmakers are also considering requiring the state health department to make an o... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanylopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinSept 26 2023teenagersTrauma
Woman Says Star Exposed Himself Then Laughed About it on the Radio NOT FUNNY – Sept. 10, 2023 - The woman says it happened in 2008 when she was working in the same building as the BBC in Los Angeles. The encounter left her stunned, she says. Minutes later, he was recorded laugh... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionSept 26 2023Sexual AddictionTrauma
TikTokers Filming ‘Zombieland’ Videos of Drug Addicts on Skid Row Sparks Social Media Craze AFTER SCHOOL SPECIAL – Sept. 10, 2023 - Are the videos, seen by millions of TikTok and YouTube users, a horrifying form of exploitation and voyeurism? Or are they the cutting edge of a new form of citizen jour... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionOverdoseSept 19 2023Trauma