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The Pope Says: ‘We Cannot Be Indifferent’ to People Caught in Drug Addiction

WWJD? – Aug. 27, 2023 - Francis underlined in his message that it is often teens and young adults who fall into addiction, especially in a society in which they are “deprived of points of reference” during a delicate... Read More...

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Docs Struggling as Flesh-Rotting ‘Zombie Drug’ Grips NY

VIDEO – MODERN LEPROSY? – Aug. 28, 2023 - “There was a change in his behavior when he started using xylazine — he started going cuckoo,” his heartbroken mother, Merri Eddy, recently told The Post. “I didn’t know what... Read More...

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Ecuador is Hooked on Dangerous Drugs

BORDERLINE – Aug. 24, 2023 - Teenage drug users play games and sports to improve social and behavioural skills. The Puyo centre has 42 beds with separate wings to treat boys and men. Some of the teenagers, many from ... Read More...

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Entire Neighborhood Sets up Booby Traps to Protect Themselves from Drug Addicts

VIDEO – HORRIFYING – Aug. 16, 2023 - Kensington has gained international attention for its excessive public drug use and has become a focal point for high crime and poverty in the City of Brotherly Love. The neighb... Read More...

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Horrifying Amount of Americans Won’t Make it to Old Age

VERY SAD STORY – July 31, 2023 - On a white board at the end of the room, across from the sofas, the names of former clients who have died of overdoses in the past few years are listed. Though the town has a populati... Read More...

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Flesh-Rotting Tranq Infects Cocaine Supply

VIDEO – SCARY TIMES – July 31, 2023 - “We’ve seen an increase in street-level distribution of cocaine-xylazine mixture,” Frank Tarentino, the special agent in charge of the federal Drug Enforcement Administration’s... Read More...

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He Shouldn’t Have Died In Jail

NEW JERSEY TRAGEDY – July 27, 2023 - Somewhere along the line at Boston College, Odom’s not sure exactly when, her son started to spiral, first with signs of mental illness — schizoaffective disorder, she says... Read More...

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Wealthy Sackler Family Avoids Civil Lawsuits Over Opioid Deaths

THE 3 FACES OF EVIL – July 25, 2023 - Under a deal reached last year with thousands of state and local government entities, the company is to become a new entity, with its profits being used to fight the opioid epide... Read More...

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Most Emergency Call Centers Understaffed

PAY THEM MORE – July 27, 2023 - While the survey did not do a census of every 911 center, “the clear response from the sample is that most centers are understaffed,’ NENA CEO Brian Fontes told Axios. Respon... Read More...

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New York Launches Overdose Prevention Campaign

STOP THE DYING – July 13, 2023 - New York health officials on Tuesday launched a public service campaign highlighting the importance of naloxone, a medication that is used to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose... Read More...

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Nan Goldin vs. The Powers of the Opioid Death Cash Grab

ARTISTS SAVE LIVES – July 17, 2023 - Nan Goldin’s photography is a lesson in capturing life; its raw brutality and beautiful banality. Best known for her celebrated slideshows, Goldin’s work documents humanity as a s... Read More...

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Sheriff’s Homeless Outreach Finds Mental Illness & Addiction

AUDIO – IT’S COMPLICATED – July 12, 2023 - Sacramento County Sheriff Jim Cooper on Wednesday announced the results of a recent homeless outreach effort and called for robust funding to address serious problems that p... Read More...

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What Holds Us Back From Breaking Chains of Addiction?

BAD HABITS – July 9, 2023 - What holds us back from recovery? Externals or things outside ourselves — such as being in a certain place — can slow recovery. Our own internal thoughts and addiction desires ca... Read More...

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ER Visits for Teen Girls Booming

NOT AN EASY TIME – July 12, 2023 - A second study in JAMA Network Open also showed that mental health visits to EDs across the United States decreased less than non-mental health visits during the pandemic, showing m... Read More...

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Alcohol Consumption Surged During Covid — and Deaths Followed

ALCOHOL IS A DRUG – July 13, 2023 - Mississippi saw a 159 percent increase in alcohol-related deaths, the nation’s biggest leap, along with a 10 percent rise in apparent consumption. In Delaware, consumption increase... Read More...

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San Francisco’s Open-Air Drug Mart

THE CITY BUY THE BINDLE – July 10, 2023 - Dervin Amado Arteaga Ervir, a 15-year-old boy from the Honduran village of El Escano de Tepale, had just parted ways with his father when he joined other young Honduran migra... Read More...

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Injection Sites Would Save Lives

NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT – July 9, 2023 - But addiction is not governed by commonsense, reason or logic. It is a compulsive, self-destructive disease. Addicts who can’t use in a safe environment will play Russian roul... Read More...

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Steve-O: SHOCKING Story Of Childhood Trauma, Addiction, Mocking Death & Craving Attention!

VIDEO – FABULOUS FILM – July 6, 2023 - 0:00 Intro03:07 Early context07:54 Your mother addiction17:33 How I got validation23:13 Why stunts?27:23 I always think about death30:05 I always think I’ll los... Read More...

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“He Was Drinking Four Liters of Coffee a Day” Coach Comes Clean on Jo Lindner’s Death at 30

UNHEALTHY ADDICTIONS CAN KILL – July 2, 2023 - Jo Lindner, famously known as Joesthetics, died at the young age of 30 due to an aneurysm. An aneurysm is a condition where an artery balloons up and damages the ... Read More...

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Is It Time for Prince Harry to Get Over His Addiction to Trauma?

THE MYTH OF NORMAL – June 26, 2023 - Last week, Bloomberg reported that, before Harry and Meghan’s $20 million Spotify deal went belly up, Harry even pitched an idea around his favorite topic: childhood trauma... Read More...

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A Symbol of What Humans Shouldn’t Be Doing

CAN YOU WRAP YOUR ARMS AROUND THIS? – June 25, 2023 - A handful of the octopuses – the fifth generation to be born in this Spanish multinational’s concrete-and-glass office and research centre – skim through the shal... Read More...

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Pregnant Women on Suboxone Had Their Babies Taken Away

AUDIO – CRIMINAL & WRONG – June 29, 2023 - To help with her recovery, Dass had been taking Suboxone, a medication that binds to the receptors in the brain that crave opioids, preventing withdrawal without creatin... Read More...

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Longtime Coroner Sentenced for Illegally Prescribing Drugs

VIDEO – MONEY FOR SOMETHING – June 29, 2023 - He also worked as a family physician for 45 years, most recently practicing in both Crescent Springs and Fort Wright. In October 2021, the Kentucky Board of Medical ... Read More...

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Man Dies After Drinking All 21 Cocktails On Menu

THERE BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD – June 27, 2023 - The women told him they were trying to complete the 21-cocktail challenge before midnight as part of their festivities. It was not immediately clear how quickly... Read More...

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Is Tranq Safer Than Fentanyl?

IS DRIVING SAFER THAN WALKING? – June 24, 2023 - U.S. regulators approved xylazine in 1971 to sedate animals for surgery, dental procedures and handling purposes. In humans, the drug can cause breathing and... Read More...

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From Growing Up With Addicts To Yale Graduate

IT’S NOT GENETIC – June 28, 2023 - She explained that she and her older brother had lived with their parents when she was a baby, but eventually, her parents got divorced. Following the divorce, both she and h... Read More...

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Adam Rich Died Of Accidental Drug Overdose

JUST COPPING A BUZZ – June 23, 2023 - The Eight Is Enough series followed the Bradford family, which consisted of eight children. It detailed their life as they date, grow, marry and had children themselves. R... Read More...

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Spike in Teen Depression Aligns with Rise of Social Media

IT’S REALLY APPENING – June 21, 2023 - “These apps are designed to support dependency, and a young person’s natural tendency to ‘compare and despair,’” he said. “Prolonged social media use is opening the door for psy... Read More...

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Israeli Pharma Co. Pays $193M Opioid Settlement To Nevada

PETTY CASH – June 7, 2023 - “This settlement is the most recent example of my office’s work to hold accountable those who contributed to the opioid epidemic facing Nevadans,” said AG Ford. “I am proud of the w... Read More...

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