June 11, 2019 Issue - Addiction/Recovery eBulletin

June 11, 2019 • Vol. 6, No. 47

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NYC’s Top Cop Speaks on Mental Health After NYPD Suicides

You’re Not Alone – June 7, 2019 - O’Neill sent a note to all officers and civilian employees of the NYPD, saying in part “before you can take care of others, it’s imperative that you first take care of yoursel... Read More...

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How the restaurant industry is tackling its substance abuse problem

Cook Meat, Not Meth – JUNE 06, 2019 - Gabriel Rucker, whose restaurants Le Pigeon and Canard are about a mile away, read a preamble and then opened the only West Coast chapter of Ben’s Friends, an alcoholism a... Read More...

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Lisa Marie Presley reveals battle with opioid addiction in Harry Nelson book

All Shook Up – June 4, 2019 - “You may read this and wonder how, after losing people close to me, I also fell prey to opioids,” wrote Presley, whose father had an opioid addiction and ex-husband Michael Jackson died... Read More...

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People are sick of drinking. Investors are betting on the ‘sober curious’

Buy Curious? – June 8, 2019 - Their sales of alcoholic beverages have been declining, big alcohol companies, ranging from Heineken to AB InBev (the owner of popular beer brands such as Budweiser), see an opport... Read More...

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Medical College to study vaping with $7.5 million grant from Juul

This should tell us something... – June 7, 2019 - While the exact outlines of the study haven’t been determined, it could examine the social factors leading to tobacco and nicotine use, the diseases and health effec... Read More...

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Zoe Kravitz Opens Up About Decade-Long Eating Disorder

It's an inside job – June 7, 2019 - “My mother was so beautiful and so tiny, I always felt clunky around her, and then my dad was always surrounded by supermodels,” she continued, “I was short, and you feel uncomfor... Read More...

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An Australian Doctor’s Dream: Curing America’s Opioid Curse

Implants for all? – June 6, 2019 - But less lofty issues are also at play. Dr. O’Neil is competing with an American company, BioCorRx — which once operated under a similar name as his clinic, Fresh Start... Read More...

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Certain ADHD medications may increase risk of psychosis

Drugs can be dangerous! – MAY 28, 2019 - The researchers studied 13- to 25-year-olds. They defined psychosis as hallucinations, delusional disorder, schizophrenia spectrum disorder, major depressive disorder, b... Read More...

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UK Singled Out As Cocaine Capital Of Europe

Who need pubs... – June 8, 2019 - The current data on cocaine showed that both the number of seizures and the volumes seized are at an all-time high in Europe, supposedly due to ‘increased availability’. Anoth... Read More...

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Clinician’s Corner with Maria Gray

Stick with the Winners! – Maria Gray, LMFT, NMP, CGP is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist providing psychotherapy to individuals and groups. Prior to becoming a therapist, Maria had a long... Read More...

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Third candidate for UK prime minister reveals past drug use

Everybody’s Doing It – June 8, 2019 - The issue of drug use has long been an issue in political campaigns. In 1992, U.S. presidential hopeful Bill Clinton famously said he tried marijuana while at Oxford Univer... Read More...

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20 Years Ago: The Chili Peppers Gave Everyone a Case of ‘Californication’

“The only truth is music.” - J. Kerouac – JUNE 7, 2019 - Kiedis penned the lyrical content to the album, all stemming from various places like his relationship with drugs, the wild times he lived with the band,... Read More...

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Your stress is hurting your dog

Benzos for Benji? – June 9, 2019 - If you think your dog looks stressed out, it might be your own stress levels that are affecting your pet pooch. Swedish researchers studied 58 dogs—33 Shetland Sheepdogs... Read More...

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Pregnant women with substance use disorders need treatment, not prison

Born Inside – June 4, 2019 - Two-thirds of them are mothers of young children; an unknown number are pregnant. Many of them have substance use disorders with a significant history of trauma and mental health p... Read More...

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Opioid blocking medications have tougher restrictions than opioids

Damned if you do... – June 6, 2019 - Despite it’s positive push by addiction treatment doctors as a road to recovery from an opioid addiction, Buprenorphine is considered an opioid, a Class 3 narcotic in the ey... Read More...

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Officials Promoting Addiction Recovery In New Ad Campaign

Promotion and Attraction – JUNE 7, 2019 - A news conference Wednesday at the state Capitol featured state officials, lawmakers and 19 “recovery stars’’ who were introduced to applause from family members, frien... Read More...

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Construction industry confronts drug addiction among ranks

Occupational Hazard – June 7, 2019 - Construction workers may be particularly prone to abusing prescription painkillers — which often leads to illegal drug use — because of the physical demands of their jobs a... Read More...

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Texas misses chance to prevent overdose deaths

Execution Capitol of America – June 7, 2019 - In 2015, a Good Samaritan bill reached the governor’s desk with near-unanimous support. Abbott had the power to prevent opioid overdose deaths with his signature, b... Read More...

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FDA calls out e-cig companies using social media ‘influencers’

Influence This! – June 7, 2019 - Solace Vapor said it plans to terminate its relationship with the social media influencer who was accused of improperly marketing the company’s products on social media. ... Read More...

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Handbag maker helps female employees stay 100% sober

Work and Love – June 2, 2019 - The women of the nonprofit create handmade and custom handbags from “upcycled” materials. Through an apprenticeship program that leads to full-time employment, the women learn val... Read More...

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‘Euphoria’ Team Talks Working with Intimacy Coordinator, Avoiding Glamorizing Addiction

MEDIA: Television – June 8, 2019 - For Levinson, who has been open about his own addiction, part of that safe environment included being sensitive to the portrayal of Rue’s (Zendaya) addiction in the series. Bu... Read More...

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Dr. John Obituary

He Walks in Golden Slippers – June 7, 2018 - Dr John’s real name was Malcolm John Rebennack, the same as his father. Rebennack Sr ran an appliance shop in the East End of New Orleans, fixing radios and televisions an... Read More...

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Isn’t it time to treat sugar like smoking?

‘Cause it kills too? – June 4, 2019 - Industry has been quick to object, with trade body the Food and Drink Federation arguing that branding is a “fundamental commercial freedom” and “critical to competition”. ... Read More...

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Prevention: the new holy grail of treating mental illness

It’s Elusive – June 8, 2019 - “We need to go upstream a bit more.” According to World Health Organization, about one in eight people or 970 million individuals suffered from some sort of mental disorder in 2017... Read More...

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5 teens who changed the world

The New Heroes – April 2019 - Too often, teens are lazily thought of as apathetic and self-centred. But a new generation of young activists has proved that many teenagers are, in fact, deeply concerned with soc... Read More...

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Has First Death from Marijuana Been Recorded in the US?

One in a Billion? – June 6, 2019 - Montegut, who has served in his post since 1988, believes the case is the first recorded of its kind. While deaths involving marijuana have been recorded in the past, the cor... Read More...

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‘He died in their hands’ Family suing Sonoma County rehab center over son’s death

“he checked himself in...” – June 1, 2019 - We thought they were going to care for him and they didn’t,” Teddy’s mother, Anne Russell, said through tears. “I think there’s good people trying to help other peopl... Read More...

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Exposing Hollywood’s Not-So-Secret Opioid Epidemic: ‘There Was So Much Drug Use’

Abscess Hollywood – June 6, 2019 - Fatal Addiction: Hollywood’s Secret Epidemic, which premiered on Wednesday night, is built around a perceived tension at the core of the entertainment industry: widespread cel... Read More...

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Quote of the Week

"Modern man can't see God because he doesn't look low enough." –Carl Jung ... Read More...

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‘Rocketman’ Nails the Link Between Childhood Trauma and Addiction

Sober in the Stratosphere – May 30, 2019 - This AA meeting is where the film kicks off, where it ends, and how it’s anchored, returned to again and again as Egerton brings us onto the fast-paced merry-go-round-... Read More...

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