February 12, 2019 Issue - Addiction/Recovery eBulletin

February 12, 2019 • Vol. 6, No. 30

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Sears Once Sold Heroin

Everyone was happy – March 2019 - As morphine’s medical uses increased—for surgery, for accidents, for pretty much any disease or injury—so did the number of patients dependent on the drug. Scientists called this new e... Read More...

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What Is Love Addiction?

Happy Valentine's Day – Feb 10, 2019 - What kind of disorder is love addiction? There is no consensus on the diagnostic criteria for love addiction, nor agreements on what kind of disorder it is. For instance, patholo... Read More...

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Teachers Canned Smoking Pot

They Did Inhale – February 8, 2019 - The cases highlight the chasm between federal law, where marijuana is classified as a Schedule I drug and is illegal, and state law, where marijuana, for medical and recreational use... Read More...

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Illinois Begins Radical Program to Swap Opioids for Pot

Fair Trade – Feb. 2019 - “Just half way through the first day of the launch and we’ve already seen a lot of interest and patients and physicians have successfully registered for the Opioid Alternative Pilot Program,” I... Read More...

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Miracle treatment or dangerous drug? Indonesian growers cash in on Kratom

It’s Complicated – February 9, 2019 - Part of the coffee family, the leaf has been used for centuries in Southeast Asia and Papua New Guinea for its pain-relieving and mildly stimulating effects but it is now sold in p... Read More...

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Cops turned old scuba rescue truck into a drug-fighting HQ on wheels

Street Helping Man – Feb. 8, 2019 - The 40-year-old Newark woman, however, still had not made the call by 9 a.m. She had a better option: Damaris Febus, a Newark detective in plainclothes, was about to help her. They we... Read More...

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Charlie Sheen tells Lindsay Lohan to ‘stay the course’

Expert Advice – Feb. 8, 2019 - Both stars have lived through very public meltdowns. In 2007, Lohan, now 32, made headlines constantly after a string of arrests for DUI, cocaine possession and other offenses. Sheen, for... Read More...

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With Trump Threats, State Shies Away from Overdose Prevention Centers

Let Them Eat Death – February 8, 2019 - That court filing coincidentally followed by one day testimony from New York State Health Commissioner Howard Zucker that he is withholding approval of supervised injection facili... Read More...

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Study identifies new target to prevent and treat alcoholism

What's that in your genes? – FEBRUARY 8, 2019 - Scientists at the Oregon National Primate Research Center at OHSU discovered a gene that had lower expression in the brains of nonhuman primates that voluntarily consumed ... Read More...

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Women’s hormones play role in drug addiction, higher relapse rates

Easy Does It – Feb. 8, 2019 - Erin Calipari, an assistant professor of pharmacology in the Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research, points out that women represent a particularly vulnerable population, with higher rat... Read More...

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Treating Drug Addiction by Altering Memory

Fuhgeddaboudit – Feb. 4, 2019 - Within the memory many sounds are associated with different actions. If someone pops a wine bottle, a person knows that they will soon have something good to drink. That is a memory and ... Read More...

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‘Hillbilly Poet’ proves a country boy can survive addiction

Writing his wrongs – Feb. 4, 2019 - That’s all it took for God to transform recovered heroin and meth addict Will Banet into the Hillbilly Poet. Never one to consider himself a poet — let alone an author — Will said the... Read More...

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Winnipeg woman developed addiction to meth in sober housing

Crazy Canadians – Feb. 4, 2019 - Siddle was referred as a tenant by the Behavioural Health Foundation after she completed a six-month residential treatment for mental health issues and alcohol and pill use. She was one ... Read More...

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E-cigarettes are gateway to nicotine addiction

Sexy Paraphernalia – February 7, 2019 - A new study finds that e-cigarettes, packed with high concentrations of nicotine, are a gateway to addiction for young users. You’ve probably heard of Juul by now. It has been ar... Read More...

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World Health Organization Recommends Rescheduling Cannabis in International Law

EVERYBODY Must Get Stoned – February 8, 2019 - the organization said that in recent years this situation had changed as attitudes toward the drug shifted. Cannabis and cannabis-related products have now been legalized f... Read More...

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Former wrestler explains his battle with drug addiction

Getting off the MAT – February 11, 2019 - A decade ago, had you looked at Winn, it would have been hard to say his life was less than perfect. Winn said he was the valedictorian at his high school and captain of the wr... Read More...

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Driver charged with felony DUI after striking 9 pedestrians

Alcohol Abuse Kills Others – Feb. 10, 2019 - Three other vehicles on the street sustained minor to moderate damage as well. Hundreds of people were on the street, sidewalk, in parking lots and in front of nearby restaur... Read More...

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Why judge’s ruling on patient brokering may up-end prosecutions

What Price Innocence? – Feb 6, 2019 - Like dozens of others charged with patient brokering since prosecutors began their crackdown on Palm Beach County’s illicit drug treatment industry, James Kigar blames his legal wo... Read More...

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For millennials, cancers fueled by obesity are on rise

Just Say NO to Denny's? – February 4, 2019 - Overall, the risk of colorectal, endometrial, pancreatic and gallbladder cancers in millennials was about double the rate baby boomers had at the same age, the study found. I... Read More...

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Seattle Salmon Found To Contain Cocaine, Antidepressants, And Pain Relievers

Drugs found in schools ... of fish – Feb. 7, 2019 - Some of the drugs and contaminates found include Flonase, Aleve, Tylenol, Paxil, Valium, Zoloft, Tagamet, OxyContin, Darvon, Nicotine, caffeine, Fungicides, antiseptic... Read More...

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Denver may decriminalize hallucinogenic mushrooms

Do You Believe in Magic? – February 7, 2019 - researchers from Johns Hopkins said the active ingredient in hallucinogenic mushrooms - psilocybin - has low abuse potential, and could reduce psychological distress and opi... Read More...

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Casper, Wyoming Sues Opioid Makers

Pushers on Trial – Feb. 9, 2019 - The Casper Star-Tribune reported Thursday the city joins a growing list of governments nationwide filing similar suits. In Wyoming, the state, the Northern Arapahoe Tribe and Carbon Cou... Read More...

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Matthew Perry’s poignant update after he got kicked out of therapy

Opening up to the world – Feb. 8, 2018 - The Friends star had tweeted on Wednesday: “I got kicked out of therapy today.” He then went quiet on his 1.27million followers, who flooded the actor with concerned messages abo... Read More...

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Chaka Khan Gets Candid About Past Addiction to Prescription Drugs

She’s Baaaack – Feb. 8, 2019 - “Extra’s” Tanika Ray caught up with Chaka Khan at her new Los Angeles home, where she opened up about her past addiction to prescription drugs. Khan admitted, “It got pretty bad.” After th... Read More...

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Maybe Pot Isn’t Bad for Sperm Count After All

A Little Marijuana Mistake? – Feb. 6, 2019 - More than one study (including one last December) has suggested that cannabis could lower men’s sperm counts or otherwise negatively affect their reproductive health. But man... Read More...

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Justin Bieber’s Comments About Sobriety & Celibacy

Ad-Justin to Married Life – February 7, 2019 - Justin’s story is hardly new — a young talented musician becomes a pop star, is catapulted to incomparable fame, loses their identity, and all control over their life ... W... Read More...

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Access To Guns, Not Mental Health, May Be Responsible For Gun Violence

"Are you talking to me?" – February 18, 2019 - Instead, they found that people who simply had access to a gun were 18 times more likely to have threatened someone with a firearm compared to people who had no such acces... Read More...

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Museum Targeted by Protesters for Accepting OxyContin Money

Taking it to the Arts – Feb. 9, 2019 - Designed to look like prescription slips for OxyContin, the powerful opioid painkiller, they were part of the latest protest targeting cultural institutions that accept donations f... Read More...

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Feds take first formal swing at stopping Supervised Consumption Space (SCS)

Do NO Harm Reduction – February 6, 2019 - Research from numerous countries shows SCS help prevent overdose and blood-borne disease ... Since 2017, when the City of Philadelphia shut down “El Campamento,” an unsanctione... Read More...

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‘Dreamland’: Gary Oldman, Armie Hammer, Evangeline Lilly To Star In Opioid Crisis Thriller

BLOCKBUSTER IN THE MAKING – February 6, 2019 - Gary Oldman, Armie Hammer and Evangeline Lilly have been set to star in thriller Dreamland, billed as the first theatrical feature to tackle the international opioid crisis... Read More...

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