February 13, 2018 Issue - Addiction/Recovery eBulletin

February 13, 2018 • Vol. 5, No. 29

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After 4th DWI, man argues legal limit discriminates against alcoholics

We Are a Clever Bunch – Feb. 9, 2018 - After his fourth driving while intoxicated conviction in 2016, a San Antonio man tried to overturn his four-year prison sentence by arguing that Texas’ legal limit on drunken drivi... Read More...

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Jim Carroll for ‘drug czar’

Jim Carroll – Feb. 9, 2018 - President Donald Trump’s first choice for the post, Rep. Tom Marino, withdrew from consideration in October … White House deputy chief of staff Jim Carroll will be nominated as President Don... Read More...

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Women at Greater Risk for Alcohol Addiction

Women’s Lives Matter – Free Seminar February 21, 2018 - Audrey A. Klein, PhD, MBA, is executive director of the Butler Center for Research at the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation in Center City, Minnesota, where she overs... Read More...

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International Criminal Court Will Investigate Duterte Over Drug War

The Company You Keep – Feb. 8, 2018 - The International Criminal Court said on Thursday that it was opening a preliminary investigation into accusations that President Rodrigo Duterte and other Philippine officials had ... Read More...

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Mysterious supplement has been officially declared an opioid

BIG Pharma Rules... – Feb. 9, 2018 - A pill that’s been credited with delivering super-human strength, feelings of euphoria, powerful pain relief, and better focus … When ingested, the drug taps into some of the same b... Read More...

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Homeless. Addicted to Heroin. About to Give Birth.

Born in the USA – Feb. 5, 2018 - The risks are compounded by the fact that many of the women come from poverty, have burned bridges with family and friends, and lack basics such as housing, transportation, regular meals... Read More...

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Documents reveal subversive campaign to defeat legislation

GENIUS – Feb. 9, 2018 - A Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group funded by pharmaceutical interests is spending big money to drum up a secretive citizen letter-writing campaign in Oregon to help kill a drug pricing tr... Read More...

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FDA ramps up warnings calling kratom an ‘opioid’

Is it or Isn’t it? – February 6, 2018 - The substance, which is imported from Southeast Asia and marketed as a supplement, has become increasingly popular among consumers looking for relief from pain, anxiety and depres... Read More...

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Clinician’s Corner with Dr. Mel Pohl

Mel Pohl, MD, DFASAM is a Board Certified Family Practitioner. He is the Chief Medical Officer of Las Vegas Recovery Center (LVRC). Dr. Pohl was a major force in developing LVRC’s Chronic Pain Recovery Program. He is cer... Read More...

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Uruguay Legalized Marijuana and the Crime Rate Has Plummeted

Lock NO ONE Up! – Feb. 6, 2018 - Canada gets the headlines for its plan to legalize marijuana nationwide in 2018. So does anti-marijuana rhetoric from some officials in the Trump Administration. Meanwhile, in the South ... Read More...

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GETTING OFF

MEDIA: Book Review – Feb. 7, 2018 - One Woman’s Journey Through Sex and Porn Addiction - Is sex addiction real? I was never particularly convinced, until one afternoon spent in a dark theater in Si Racha, Thailand, chan... Read More...

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Major Psychiatric Disorders Have More In Common Than We Thought

Selves Discovery – Feb. 9, 2018 - Major psychiatric disorders like autism, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder appear to have more in common than scientists thought they did. A new study finds that they have important si... Read More...

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4/20 holiday a dangerous time on the road

Defensive Driving Day – Feb. 12, 2018 - America’s highways are decidedly less safe on April 20, a day when stoners publicly celebrate marijuana use. Why? Researchers report there’s an uptick in fatal traffic crashes on ... Read More...

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At Home in the Dark: #8 – A NEW MODEL FOR ADDICTION

Diseased Model – Feb. 2018 - Ending the reign of the “Disease Model.” feat. Andrew Tatarsky, Julie Holland, Gabor Mate. Full Story @ YouTube.com... Read More...

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Tandospirone Could Reverse Brain Deficits From Chronic Alcoholism

Wet Brain No More? – Feb. 10, 2018 - Excessive alcohol use can cause severe effects on the brain, leading to impaired cognition and thiamine deficiency. But in a study of five-week-old mice, researchers have uncovered a... Read More...

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Drug Industry Wages Opioid Fight – Using an Anti-Addiction Ally!

Follow The Money – Feb. 8, 2018 - “Stephen J. Ubl, the trade group’s chief executive, said in an interview that it was in the “tens of millions,” over multiple years, a heady influx of cash for a nonprofit group whose a... Read More...

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To Cut Deaths, New York Considers Sanctioned Places to Inject

Carry On Nurse – FEB. 9, 2018 - In 2016, the opioid epidemic claimed 1,374 lives in New York City. That’s roughly four drug overdose deaths each day. One death every seven hours. It’s a harrowing statistic that continue... Read More...

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Pennsylvania’s drug treatment industry is growing rapidly and it raises concerns

State of Greed? – Feb. 11, 2018 - Some advocates worry about proper oversight and the potential for financial abuse … Quiggle cited an extensive report on Philly.com last year on the acceptance of kickbacks by “recovery... Read More...

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$7 Million verdict against treatment center

Nobody’s Perfect – Feb. 6, 2018 - A California jury has awarded the biggest verdict to date against a controversial drug treatment company that also operates a facility in the Tampa Bay area. The I-Team has been reporti... Read More...

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Can the Conventional Medical Profession Be Trusted?

Do you? – February 06, 2018 - According to a recent article in The New York Times, growing distrust in the medical profession poses a threat to public health and safety.1 “Trust is crucial in the relationship between pa... Read More...

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SF safe injection sites to be first in nation, opens July 1

Florence Nightingale Lives – February 5, 2018 - The safe injection sites could mean fewer dirty needles on the streets, since they’d be collected inside. Public health officials believe that 85 percent of the city’s int... Read More...

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Purdue to stop promoting opioids to doctors, cuts half of sales staff

Will it Cut Deaths in Half? – February 10, 2018 - Purdue eventually acknowledged that its promotions exaggerated the drug’s safety and minimized the risks of addiction. After federal investigations, the company and thre... Read More...

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Why You Should Surround Yourself With More Books…

You’ll Never Be Bored – Dec. 5, 2017 - A private library is not an ego-boosting appendage but a research tool. Read books are far less valuable than unread ones. The library should contain as much of what you do not kno... Read More...

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Trump Says He Will Focus On Opioid Law Enforcement, Not Treatment

Shoot the Shooters? – February 7, 2018 - More than three months after President Trump declared the nation’s opioid crisis a public health emergency, activists and health care providers say they’re still waiting for some... Read More...

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Yale’s Most Popular Class Ever: Happiness

At Harvard Too! – JAN. 26, 2018 - Administrators like Dr. Ahn expected significant enrollment for the class, but none anticipated it to be quite so large. Psychology and the Good Life, with 1,182 undergraduates currentl... Read More...

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Kellyanne Ignoring Drug Experts as She Takes Over Opioid Crisis

America’s Drug Counselor – Feb. 6, 2018 - Under Conway’s leadership, efforts have amounted to the promise of a “just say no” campaign and a call for a border wall, which is aligned with Trump’s claim that the opioid cri... Read More...

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Embattled Sovereign Health closing and consolidating centers

Another One Bites the Dust? – February 5, 2018 - Health Net, in a counter-suit filed a year ago, said Sharma and his companies were engaged in massive fraud. Within the span of a single year, Sovereign’s companies went ... Read More...

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9th Annual Experience, Strength and Hope Awards

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