February 19, 2019 Issue - Addiction/Recovery eBulletin

February 19, 2019 • Vol. 6, No. 31

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Disney Parks Now Selling Alcoholic Popsicles

Slipped me Mickey got real Goofy – February 15, 2019 - The alcohol-filled push-pops made headlines over the summer, when it was discovered that each Buzz Pop comes loaded with more alcohol than a glass of wine! Needless... Read More...

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Bill would let Florida schools have opioid-countering drugs

Should Be Mandatory – Feb. 14, 2019 - A Senate Democrat on Thursday filed a proposal that would allow public schools to buy a type of drug that is used to treat people who have overdosed on opioids. Sen. Jason Pizzo, a ... Read More...

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The Recipe for Sobriety

Food is God – November 16, 2018 - “I was suffering from the DTs ,” he says. “I chose alcohol over food for a period of about four weeks. I was about 140 pounds—and I’m six foot two. I developed bleeding ulcers and I was... Read More...

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Dreams About Relapse Are Common For People In Recovery

Freebie – February 14, 2019 - Typically, the person in recovery dreams that they’re using their main substance again, and gets flooded with overwhelming feelings of panic or guilt. Once the person wakes up, however, the... Read More...

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Insurers Making It Harder to Treat Opioid Addiction

Medi (don’t) Care – February 15, 2019 - In 2007, nearly 90 percent of insurance plans offered buprenophine without restriction, but that number had shrunk to 35 percent by 2018. Over that same period, the proportion of ... Read More...

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Heroin and meth are driving record high syphilis rates in the U.S.

BE CAREFUL – February 15, 2019 - In the same period, the number of people who had syphilis and reported using injection drugs — meth and heroin — more than doubled, according to the CDC report. Nearly 17 percent of wom... Read More...

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Woman’s remarkable before and after pictures as she battles heroin addiction

Recovery is Beautiful – Feb. 15, 2019 - But she is now 80 days clean and is already looking remarkably healthier. She appeared on TV yesterday where she received high praise for overcoming her demons thanks to a three-m... Read More...

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Addicted to opioids for five years. This is one man’s story of recovery.

Overcoming – February 17, 2019 - I think it was the way in which my parents reacted to it,” he said of his overdose. “My mom was in Poland at the time, and her mom, my grandma, was sick with pancreatic cancer; she had b... Read More...

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‘Dreamland’ Author Sam Quinones Tries to Help Gary Oldman’s ‘Dreamand’ Movie Find a New Title

Pay Sam Money! – February 6, 2019 - Quinones’ book explored how opiate addiction took over countless towns throughout America starting in the 1990s. The name for the book came from the nickname given to a popular swimm... Read More...

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5 Street Drugs that Might Have Medicinal Value

Right Next to the Tylenol PM – February 18, 2019 - ...the US Food and Drug Administration acknowledged that psilocybin-the active ingredient found in magic mushrooms-has real potential to become a powerful treatment for... Read More...

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Patient-brokering case is county’s first to go to trial

Let the Trials Begin – Feb. 12, 2019 - Sean Krizan said he can’t remember how many checks he received for referring his sober home’s residents to treatment centers across Palm Beach County, but he does remember receivi... Read More...

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The FDA is prioritizing lethal opioids over recovery by Ryan Hampton

Man with a Plan – Feb. 14, 2019 - In my own personal recovery journey, medication assisted treatment—specifically buprenorphine—became key to my success. After countless attempts to enter recovery, I knew that I needed ... Read More...

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Depression speeds brain aging?

This is Your Brain on Depression – February 14, 2019 - “We think depression might be accelerating the normal aging,” Yale neuroscientist Irina Esterlis said ... the preliminary findings are a reminder of how important i... Read More...

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Jodie Sweetin to Be Honored by Sobriety-Focused Organization Writers in Treatment

IN LOS ANGELES, FEB. 28 – February 11, 2019 - 10th Annual Experience, Strength and Hope Awards honoring Jodie Sweetin, February 28, Skirball Cultural Center. Full Story @ HollywoodReporter.com... Read More...

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Driving While on Opioids; ‘Compelling Evidence’ of Danger

No Kidding! – February 15, 2019 - “There has been heightened concern about drugged driving in recent years due in part to increasing permissibility and availability of marijuana, and excess consumption of prescription o... Read More...

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Maryland Considers Using Cannabis to Combat the Opioid Epidemic

Anything That Helps – Feb. 17, 2019 - Right now, Maryland legislators are considering a new bill that would add opioid use disorder to the list of conditions qualified to be treated with medical marijuana. The new legis... Read More...

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Massachusetts To Help Test Addiction Treatment Rating System

Suboxone to the Rescue – February 17, 2019 - Massachusetts has agreed to participate in a new rating system that is being developed to measure the quality of addiction treatment programs. State health officials say the ... Read More...

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Overcoming drug addiction finish marathon. Army vet shares his story.

A better line, the finish line – Feb. 15, 2019 - Their recourse was to give out painkillers,” he said. Even when he deployed to Iraq. “I thought I had food poisoning and actually I was going through withdrawals and didn... Read More...

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Pablo Escobar-themed restaurant garnishes burgers with $100 bill and fake cocaine

The Onion? Or with onions? – Feb. 16, 2019 - The pop-up restaurant in Melbourne, Australia is called Pablo’s Escoburgers. The concept is facing social media outrage for being in “poor taste,” as critics point out that t... Read More...

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Neighborhood opposed to sober living community for 50 men

The Stag House? – Feb. 14, 2019 - New Points is building “the world’s first Sober Living Community built ground-up specifically for the recovery process,” according to its website, www.newspoints.org. Five buildings, ap... Read More...

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Eminem Taught Royce da 5’9’’ You “Don’t Have to be Drunk or High”

One musician talking to another – Feb. 14, 2019 - One of those artists is Royce da 5’9’’, who recently revealed in an interview with Ari Melber on MSNBC that he learned a very valuable lesson on sobriety from Eminem. “O... Read More...

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Nan Goldin threatens London gallery boycott over £1m gift from Sackler family

Into Action – Feb. 17, 2019 - The artist last weekend staged a major protest at the Guggenheim Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York over their links to the large family of arts philanthropists, one grou... Read More...

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In 1969 the fifth Beatle was heroin: John Lennon’s addiction took its toll on the band

And We Thought It Was Yoko’s Fault – February 15, 2019 - Lennon intuited society’s inability to understand, much less combat addiction. “They’re so stupid about drugs,” he exclaimed. “They’re not looking at the cause o... Read More...

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