December 24, 2024 Issue - Addiction/Recovery eBulletin

December 24, 2024 • Vol. 12, No. 19

Pain Medication for Dogs Linked to Illnesses and Death

WHO DO YOU SUE? – Dec. 18, 2024 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued an alert to veterinarians about a popular medication used to control pain associated with osteoarthritis in dogs after numerous... Read More...

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John Coltrane Quartet – My Favorite Things LIVE

VIDEO – MUSICAL INTERLUDE – 1965 - 786,695 views Since Aug 4, 2022 - Soprano Saxophone - John Coltrane Piano - Mccoy Tyner Bass - Jimmy Garrison Drum - Elvin Jones CONTINUE@YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watc... Read More...

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A Charlie Brown Christmas – Opening

VIDEO – MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE – 1965 - 1,465,813 views since Jan 20, 2010 = Refusing to let his Christmas be ruined, Charlie Brown decorates the tree he chose, despite the doubt from the rest of the group. A Cha... Read More...

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How RFK Jr.’s History With Heroin Matters

AUDIO – WELLNESS FARMS COMING? – Dec. 17, 2024 - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for health secretary, has a troubled past with addiction. Lev Facher, addiction reporter at STAT, weighs... Read More...

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‘Christmas was dad’s excuse to start drinking early’

‘TIS THE SEASON... – Dec, 18, 2024 - “There’s already an excuse to start drinking in the morning, and that was tough because we knew he’d had an excuse to start drinking straight away,” she said. “We never knew wh... Read More...

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PBS News Weekly: Rethinking Addiction

VIDEO ONLY – METHADONE FOR ALL MY FRIENDS – Dec. 20, 2024 - Millions of people struggle with alcohol and opioids each year. This week, PBS News Weekly takes a look at Americans’ battle with substance use and what is ... Read More...

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There Are Microplastics In Everyone

PLASTIC FANTASTIC LOVER – Dec. 18, 2024 - It’s a disturbing thought: At this very moment, tiny crumbs of plastic are trickling through our bodies, a parade of unwelcome houseguests ready to take up residence in some ... Read More...

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Behind Bars – Pleas For Buprenorphine Go Nowhere

WHERE’S BIG PHARMA WHEN YOU NEED THEM? – Dec. 18, 2024 - For nine months, while incarcerated in a county jail in Portland, Maine, he pleaded for a medication called buprenorphine. Mannion, a barber, recreational fish... Read More...

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San Fransisco is Losing a Generation of Black Men

SLAVES TO ADDICTION – Dec. 20, 2024 - Black men in this group have represented 12% of all overdose deaths in the past four years, despite making up less than 1% of the population. They are nearly 32 times more likely... Read More...

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4 Tips for Staying Sober During the Holidays

PLUS VANITY – Dec. 18, 2024 - “Mike Tyson famously said, ‘Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth,’” Dr. Bloch starts. “During the holidays, people have plenty of opportunities to slip up. The most s... Read More...

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Sober Homes Launch Lawsuit vs. State of Arizona

FRAUDULENT FOREVER – Dec. 17, 2024 - “They were treated like chattel, more or less,” said John Brewer with the Brewerwood Law Firm. “I mean, they weren’t treated as human beings.” Fraudulent billing for behavioral he... Read More...

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North Dakota’s First Lady Says: ‘Never give up hope for recovery’

A WIFE STEPS UP – April 2024 - Kathryn Burgum now in long-term recovery for 22 years — told Carlson Zink and the luncheon crowd that she adopted her recovery platform soon after her husband was elected to his first g... Read More...

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Toy Alcohol Products Play with Kids’ Lives

AT LEAST THEY CAN’T DRIVE – Dec. 2024 - Target has crossed what should be an uncrossable line—selling toy cocktails and beer steins to kids. Please join Alcohol Justice, Consumer Federation of America, and Fairplay i... Read More...

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Nurses Demand Changes to Addiction Program

FROM THE FRONT LINES – DEC. 20, 2024 - Research shows that at least 1 in 10 health care workers will develop a substance use disorder during their career. What about medical doctors? The recovery program has never in... Read More...

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Psychologists Researching Smartphone Program for Treating Addiction

AUDIO – REALLY? – Dec. 20, 2024 - “Sometimes, there’s a reaction to some of these types of treatments, like we shouldn’t be giving something to people who have an addiction. But on a practical level these treatments ... Read More...

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Breaking The Cycle Of Addiction

FEELS SO GOOD – Dec. 18, 2024 - Participants go through five phases of what is a nearly year-long program. Attendance at multiple treatment or recovery meetings each week is mandated by a plan determined to be approp... Read More...

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An Interview with NuQI’s John Wright

EMR MATTERS – October 2024 - The challenge is that many in the behavioral health space aren’t actively looking for AI solutions yet. Our role has been more about introducing these technologies. We ensure our products... Read More...

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Hanukkah and the Miracles of Recovery

FESTIVAL OF LIGHT – 2024 - As the Jewish people commemorate the miraculous victory of the poorly armed Maccabee army, we as therapists are acutely aware of a different uphill battle being fought daily – recovery from... Read More...

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Protonitazene: New Synthetic Drug Kills

VIDEO – USE MORE NARCAN! – Dec. 19, 2024 - “The prospect of nitozines being out in the community drug supply is certainly worrisome because that increases the risk of overdose, when you have a very potent chemical th... Read More...

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Person of the Week: Rabbi Ilan Glazer

STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – Dec. 24, 2024 - Rabbi Ilan Glazer is dedicated to helping others embrace recovery, heal the grief they carry, and find music, blessings, and spiritual growth even in the difficulties of life... Read More...

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Hilary Phelps’ Sobriety Journey

AUDIO – DIFFERENT STROKES – Dec. 18, 2024 - Once the nation’s fastest swimmer in her age group, Hilary Phelps’ life took an unex... Read More...

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CVS Knowingly Dispensed Controlled Substances

CORPORATE DRUG PUSHERS – Dec. 2024 - The drug store chain knowingly filled prescriptions for controlled substances that lacked a legitimate medical purpose, were not valid, and/or were not issued in the usual course ... Read More...

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They entered treatment. Drugs, overdoses and deaths followed.

MAJOR EXPOSÉ – Dec. 20, 2024 - The operators of PHA Healthcare had no significant experience providing drug treatment. But they built a multimillion-dollar business that appears to rely on a practice health officials... Read More...

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Six Adults Charged with Murder of Infant Girl Who Died of Overdose

F**KING TRAGIC FOR EVERYONE – Dec. 21, 2024 - A sheriff’s deputy rushed into a trailer home last summer north of Troy to find a newborn girl not breathing. “Fentanyl caplets and buttons were throughout the enti... Read More...

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Heartbreaking Words That Saved First Lady and Addict – Betty Ford

YOU CAN DANCE BETTER SOBER – Dec. 21, 2024 - ‘Now Betty was shaking, as if being shaken awake from those lost conversations with her daughter.’‘Mom, when I was little, and even as I grew up, I always admired you for ... Read More...

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Robert Downey Jr. Credits Mel Gibson for Addiction Recovery

HUCK AND TOM? – Dec. 13, 2024 - “I asked Mel to present this award to me for a reason,” Downey began. “Because when I couldn’t get sober, he told me not to give up hope, and he urged me to find my faith. “Gibson spo... Read More...

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Actor Celebrates 22 Years of Sobriety: ‘God Is Real’

VIDEO – NOT EASY – Dec. 19, 2024 - “Today I’m 22 years sober, one day at a time,” Russell Brand shared. “And it’s been a really, really intense, mad, difficult year. Loads of things have happened, loads of them are p... Read More...

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How Rare is Same Day Hanukkah & Christmas?

IT'S A HOLIDAY MIRACLE! Dec, 21, 2024 - Hanukkah, Judaism's eight-day Festival of Lights, begins at sunset this year on Christmas Day. WWJD? This only happened 10 times since we started using the Gregorian calendar i... Read More...

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The Sound of Music – My Favorite Things

VIDEO – ORIGINAL MANIFESTATION – ETERNAL - One of the most popular movie musicals of all time, The Sound of Music is based on the true story of the Trapp Family Singers. Julie Andrews stars as Maria, a young nun in a... Read More...

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Study Links Cancer and Ten Ultra-processed Foods

ONLY 10? – Dec. 13, 2024 - Chronic inflammation can cause cell mutation and rapid growth—the ideal environment for the development of cancer. “If your body is living daily off of ultra-processed foods, its ability... Read More...

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