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In a Hearing about Treatment Companies’s Sketchy Advertising Practices, CEOs Ask for More Regulation
No More Empty Beds –
July 26, 2018 - This hearing focused on call centers, which refer callers to treatment facilities, and which people frequently find by searching for addiction help online. News investigations have f... Read More...
Governor profits from Hep C drug tied to state prisons, opioid crisis
Profit Off The People –
July 22, 2018 - Scott’s Gilead investment appears to have begun in 2013, when the company’s stock began soaring after the groundbreaking Solvadi drug treatment was launched at a price of $1,000-a... Read More...
Two alcoholic drinks a month during pregnancy raises a child’s risk of having a low IQ and ADHD
Little Lambs –
July 23, 2018 - Due to alcohol also being present in products such as mouthwashes, the researchers set a cut off meconium EtG level that has previously reflected two alcoholic drinks a month. Between seve... Read More...
Dennis Quaid Tells Megyn Kelly That He Did Cocaine “Pretty Much On A Daily Basis”
Cokefessional –
July 23, 2018 - Dennis Quaid is finally ready to come clean about his cocaine addiction. This morning, Megyn Kelly Today aired a taped interview with Quaid, who discussed his drug addiction, his marriage... Read More...
Opioid Crisis: California needs legislators who will be real leaders
SOAPBOX by Pete Nielson –
July 26, 2018 - Addressing the growing opioid epidemic in California will require our state elected officials to do more than author bills in Sacramento. While legislation is important, we need... Read More...
Black Celebs Suffering From Drug Addiction Deserve The Same Support as Demi Lovato
So Do Non-Celebrities Too! –
July 26, 2018 - What was your initial reaction when you first heard that Demi Lovato was checked into a hospital after a suspected heroin overdose? Public opinion seemed to be split between ... Read More...
‘I went down the rabbit hole’: Steven Tyler details the depths of his drug addiction
Coming Clean –
July 23, 2018 - Tyler went on to compare his descent into the depths of addiction by referencing Lewis Carroll’s famed female protagonist. ‘I went down the worst path. I went down the rabbit hole,’ says T... Read More...
The Extreme Alcoholism on ‘Sharp Objects’ Doesn’t Actually Go Far Enough
Bigger Bottles! –
July 24, 2018 - There’s a scene in the first episode of HBO’s Sharp Objects that hits a little close to home: Camille Preaker, played by Amy Adams, makes her way to her car from a dive bar. Not ready t... Read More...
Clean, Sober and $41,000 Deep in Out-of-Pocket Addiction Recovery Costs
Help Is Available –
July 26, 2018 - Tess Henry’s family paid $12,000 for 30 days of rehab from opioid addiction. She had done two more cycles of treatment without achieving sobriety. So her family agreed to pay $20,000 ... Read More...
Young People in Recovery seeks to help those struggling with addiction
Generation Gone Good –
July 28, 2018 - For Lemke, a member of Young People in Recovery, he has been breaking free from the drug addiction that haunted his life for 20 years. He said one of the most empowering things is ... Read More...
A quarter of adults with sprained ankles were prescribed opioids in the ER
One in Four Potential Addicts –
July 27, 2018 A quarter of the adults who went to hospital emergency departments with sprained ankles were prescribed opioid painkillers, a new study shows, in another sign of how commonl... Read More...
Now Hiring: Company Offers Drug Treatment and a Job to Addicted Applicants
Clean Cup - New Job –
July 27, 2018 - It’s hard enough for employers to find workers to fill open jobs these days, but on top of it, many prospective hires are failing drug tests. The Belden electric wire factory in Ric... Read More...
Sir Anthony Hopkins says his alcoholism was so bad he ‘should have died’
Knighted and Sober –
July 27, 2018 - Speaking to about 500 students at the University of California, he said: “I believe that we are capable of so much. “From my own life, I still cannot believe that my life is what it ... Read More...
Departing prisoners with drug-addiction histories to get naltrexone injected
Brave New World NOW –
July 27, 2018 - Under a new pilot program, some Virginia probationers and inmates nearing release who have a history of opioid addiction are receiving an injection of naltrexone, a drug that blocks... Read More...
‘Recovering addict’ secretly treats a table of EMTs to breakfast, bringing them to tears
Real Maple Syrup & Love –
July 23, 2018 - As they ate breakfast after a long night shift, a group of EMTs was brought to tears by a heartwarming surprise: Their meal had been paid for. The six volunteers were dining... Read More...
