People in Jail Deserve Effective Drug Treatment Not Forced WithdrawalFrom One Prison to Another – June 15, 2018 - Nearly 30 years ago, when he was 18 years old, Sy Eubanks had surgery for a knee injury he got while competing on his high school’s wrestling team. His doctor prescribed him ... Read More...June 26 2018
Meth addiction has roared back in Texas. Can new experimental treatment stop it?Try Everything – June 16, 2018 - Before she’d meet up with her meth dealer first thing Monday mornings, Kim would impatiently count down the weekend. The weekend was the time of the crash, the lethargy, depression and m... Read More...June 26 2018
When We Talk About Suicide, We Need to Talk About Addiction by Jamie BrickhouseThe Conversation Continues, Just Like Life – June 16, 2018 - Trigger warning: This story addresses suicide. If you or a loved one is struggling, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) … N... Read More...June 26 2018
The Psychological Toll of Our Increasingly Online LivesMEDIA: BOOK Recommendation – JUNE 8, 2018 - Want to book plane tickets? Order a pizza? Check college courses? Write a note to Aunt Sally? Chances are you’ll use a smartphone (or laptop or desktop or smartwatch or Amazon... Read More...June 26 2018
Smoking hits new low; about 14 percent of US adults light upBig Tobacco in Ashes? – June 18, 2018 - The new figures released Tuesday mean there are still more than 30 million adult smokers in the U.S., he added. Teens are also shunning cigarettes. Survey results out last week sh... Read More...June 26 2018
Jack Malone celebrates 25 years of sobriety, helping othersIt Works If You Work It – JUNE 25, 2018 - Jack Malone has a designated parking space at Lebanon Pines and a story similar to the men who come to the residential substance abuse treatment facility when alcohol or drugs h... Read More...June 26 2018
Tommy Lee Reveals Shocking Money He Spent On Son’s Drug RehabDirty Laundry – Jun 21, 2018 - son’s 21st birthday last year: $40,000…Medical Bills after son knocks his father unconscious and uses ‘alcoholism’ as scapegoat: $10,000 … Son acting like a victim on social media on fathe... Read More...June 26 2018
The ‘cash for patients’ scandal sabotages addictsUK Scandals – June 15, 2018 - This weekend, hundreds of people from all walks of life will gather for a party in the splendid grounds of a former stately home in Wiltshire to celebrate the fact that they are alive and w... Read More...June 26 2018
Ex-cops, doctors and alleged drug dealers among pending federal court casesWe Are All One – June 18, 2018 - Some have imminent court appearances this summer, including alleged drug-ring operators Michael and Joseph Calabria and a current NYPD detective charged with lying on the stand during a ... Read More...June 26 2018
Sport helped Olympic long jumper beat meth addictionJUMP for Your Love – June 22, 2018 - Olympian Luvo Manyonga has spoken of the power of sport in helping him fight back from drug addiction to become long jumpworld champion. The 27-year-old South African said sport had ... Read More...June 26 2018
Demi Lovato Drops Surprise Single ‘Sober’ About Drinking AgainLike a Lady? – June 21 2018 - Demi Lovato has released a surprise single, “Sober,” about her real-life break from sobriety after six years abstaining from alcohol. “Momma I’m so sorry I’m not sober anymore / And Daddy ... Read More...June 26 2018
Sovereign Health forced to kick patients outFollow the Money, What Money? – Jun 19, 2018 - Sovereign Health, a rehab center for mental health and substance abuse, was forced to kick patients out, Monday. This comes after the Department of Children and Families (D... Read More...June 26 2018
Why we prostitute: Local women open up about their struggles, recoveryTelling It Like It Was – June 24, 2018 - We’re either told to do it, or we have to because we’re sick ... They should get a chance to go to rehab, not jail,” said 25-year-old Ashley Mullins. Between the two undercover s... Read More...June 26 2018
New Life For A Connecticut Mansion: A Recovery Center For Wall Street ExecsUnsold Real Estate for Addicts Only – June 19, 2018 - In the woods of New Canaan, Connecticut, a one-hour drive from the skyscraper canyons of Manhattan, an elegant mansion has found new life as a “halfway house” for Wa... Read More...June 26 2018
She Was Ordered To Stay Drug-Free While On Probation. Is It Constitutional?There’s Still a Constitution? – June 25, 2018 - If addiction is a disease, should a relapse send you back to jail? A first-in-the-nation court case could decide. Full Story @ WBUR.org... Read More...June 26 2018
Everyday PeopleWhy Can't We All Just Get Along – June 2018 See Video @ YouTube.com... Read More...June 26 2018
Oxycontin maker lays off its entire sales teamDealers Out of Work... – June 19, 2018 - Purdue Pharma, the company that manufactures the highly addictive painkiller OxyContin, laid off its entire sales force Tuesday, effectively ending an era for the drug that at on... Read More...June 26 2018
White House Appointee Who’s an Addiction SpecialistDr. Pill Takes Over – June 23, 2018 - Dr. Elinore McCance-Katz, the Trump administration’s director of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, helped pioneer opioid addiction treatment with bupren... Read More...June 26 2018
Large-Scale Art Protest Outside OxyContin Maker Ends in ArrestFeel Like Spooning? – June 22, 2018 - The sculpture, about 10 feet long and weighing some 700 pounds, is a huge depiction of the sort of spoon addicts use to cook heroin before injecting it. On Friday morning, the spoon... Read More...June 26 2018
Retailers experiment with blue lights to deter drug useLove In Vein – June 24, 2018 - Colored bulbs cast an eerie blue glow in the restroom of a convenience store where people who inject heroin and other drugs have been seeking the relative privacy of the stalls to shoot up... Read More...June 26 2018
Purdue Pharma “will no longer promote opioids to doctors”They Lied and So Many Died – June 22, 2018 - One of the largest suppliers of OxyContin said this weekend it will no longer promote the powerful painkiller to doctors. CBS News’ Nikki Battiste reports on the opioid marke... Read More...June 26 2018
House overwhelmingly passes final opioid packageThe FINAL Solution? – June 22, 2018 - The House on Friday overwhelmingly passed sweeping bipartisan opioid legislation, concluding the chamber’s two-week voteathon on dozens of bills to address the drug abuse epidemic. ... Read More...June 26 2018
Selma Blair Celebrates Two Years of Sobriety: “I Am a Living Miracle”Bravo! – June 22, 2018 - Congratulations, Selma Blair! The 45-year-old actress took to Instagram on Thursday, June 21 to celebrate two years of sober living. “Two years sober. Two years feeling everything and nothing. T... Read More...Dec 25 2018June 26 2018
After An Overdose, Patients Aren’t Getting Treatments That Could Prevent The Next OneBroken System – June 18, 2018 - More than 115 Americans are dying every day from an opioid overdose. But a study out Monday finds that just three in 10 patients revived by an EMT or in an emergency room received the fol... Read More...June 26 2018
Government financed Treatment center forcibly injected kids with drugsStarting Them Young – June 20, 2018 - Migrant children, traumatized from being detained under the Trump administration’s zero tolerance immigration policy, are being forcibly injected with powerful psychotropic drugs th... Read More...June 26 2018
Netflix addiction is real – we are entertaining ourselves to deathNetflix Addiction Now? You’ll Never Run Out! – June 20, 2018 - The World Health Organization recently classified obsessive video-gaming as an addiction. Not to sound like a compulsive gambler, but I bet it will not be l... Read More...June 26 2018