March 19, 2019 Issue - Addiction/Recovery eBulletin

March 19, 2019 • Vol. 6, No. 35

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I Have an Eating Disorder but Can’t Escape the Kitchen

Doors to Ms.Perception – May 12, 2020 - It’s not that simple for people with eating disorders. For someone with an active eating disorder, food can be an agent of destruction. For someone in recovery, isolation can p... Read More...

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Quote of the Week – William Shakespeare

“If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die?” —Wm Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice ... Read More...

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A real link between opioid use and people not working

Duh? – March 12, 2019 - States that prescribe more opioids per 100 people tend to have fewer people in their labor force. West Virginia, a state with one of the highest opioid prescription rates in the country in 2015, ... Read More...

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New recovery program shows users are more likely to stay sober if they help others

“It is better to give than to receive” -JC – March 3, 2019 - The National Institute on Drug Abuse says relapse rates among drug addicts or alcoholics are the same as the relapse rates for chronic medical illnesses. With... Read More...

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Opioid use in the family may influence adolescents’ opioid risk after surgery

It’s a Family Affair – February 27, 2019 - The presence of one or more family members using long-term opioids before a procedure was associated with a higher likelihood that adolescents prescribed opioids for the first ... Read More...

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Local documentary on drug addiction helps others

Go Make a Movie – March 14, 2019 - Kaitlin said she graduated last year from Lycoming College and continues to work on her filming. She started the documentary in 2017 after discovering one of her best friends was strug... Read More...

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Michael Bloomberg is giving Michigan $10M to fight opioid crisis

Does what you fight get stronger? – March 14, 2019 - “The opioid crisis is a national emergency that calls for bold leadership and big ideas,” Bloomberg said in a statement. “We hope our work in places like Michigan and... Read More...

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Julia Roberts on drug addiction in her new film

VIDEO – March 14, 2019 - Hollywood actress Julia Roberts discusses her new film Ben Is Back and wants to remind audiences that addiction has a lot of layers and people can create change in legislation. Full Story @ B... Read More...

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‘Kensington Blues’ gives devastating portrait of addiction in Philly

Not a Pretty Picture – March 16, 2019 - The 2017 toll was a record for opioid deaths in the city. Although overdose deaths may have dropped last year, Philadelphia is still grappling with how to tackle opioid use. City ... Read More...

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Demi Lovato Speaks Out About Apparent Overdose for the First Time on What Would Have Been Her 7-Year Sobriety Anniversary

Keep Coming Back – March 15, 2019 - he Grammy-nominated singer, 26, would have celebrated seven years of sobriety on Friday but instead, she looked back on her relapse. In emotional Instagram posts, Lovato details her o... Read More...

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Addiction specialist urges Japan to treat over-gaming as a mental disorder

Tetris Forever – MAR. 14, 2019 - “This isn’t just about Japan, it’s happening all over the world,” Higuchi said in a recent interview. “We deal with patients every day and see how gaming addiction is only getting worse.... Read More...

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How Plunging into Sobriety Makes You a Better Person

The Water’s Fine! – March 15, 2019 - You’ll see Your Health Improve! When you’re wrapped up in the throes of your addiction, everything else goes to the wayside – food, sleep, self-care, everything. This is why so many ... Read More...

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These Tech Companies Aim to Cure Pain Without Pills

Better Living Through Technology – March 16, 2019 - A Jeep accident in Yemen at age 19 left him in a wheelchair and in such intense pain that he was rarely able to sleep, he recalls. Prescription drugs, even morphine, l... Read More...

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Legalizing Marijuana, With a Focus on Social Justice, Unites 2020 Democrats

The Candidate I’d Most Like to Do a Bong Hit With – March 17, 2019 - Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey last month introduced the pointedly named Marijuana Justice Act, which would remove the drug from the federal list o... Read More...

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Is Pain A Sensation Or An Emotion?

Feelings Aren’t Facts, or Are They? – March 16, 2019 - With more than 47,000 Americans dying of opioid overdoses in 2017 and hundreds of thousands more addicted to them, it was recently reported that, for the first time... Read More...

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A look back at the Obama administration’s handling of the fentanyl epidemic

Nodding on the job? – March 13, 2019 - The 11 experts pressed the officials to declare fentanyl a national “public health emergency” that would put a laserlike focus on combating the emerging epidemic and warn the count... Read More...

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The IRS Targets Drug Policy Reformers

4/15’s a Bummer for 4/20 – March 17, 2019 - (T)hat language arguably covers organizations that advocate legalization of marijuana (or any other prohibited substance) or favor looser restrictions on certain prescription ... Read More...

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Macklemore is latest Seattle star honored for addiction recovery work with MusiCares award

Singing a Sweet, Sweet Song – March 13, 2019 - Macklemore is set to become the latest Seattle musician honored by the Recording Academy for their addiction recovery work. On Tuesday, the academy announced that the homeg... Read More...

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Teens and Young Adults More Depressed Now Than in the Mid-2000s

Not Enough Play Time? – March 14, 2019 - Lead author Jean Twenge, a 47-year-old professor of psychology at San Diego State University, has spent much of her career studying the attitudes and beliefs of younger generati... Read More...

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A new drug based on ketamine could help treat depression

Things are looking up – Mar. 16, 2019 - Hence the interest in a recent announcement by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in America that it had approved a new drug for patients with “treatment-resistant” depression... Read More...

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Trump’s new FDA chief must wage fierce fight to stop the opioid epidemic. Gottlieb didn’t.

RYAN HAMPTON: OPINION – March 14, 2019 - Gottlieb’s tenure was marked by slight successes and major missteps. One example of the former: In December 2018, the FDA approved a mobile medical app to aid individuals with su... Read More...

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Why haven’t major institutions cut ties with the Sackler family?

CRIME PAYS? – March 15, 2019 - They are the founding family behind (and have long constituted the majority of the board of) Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, the prime accelerant of the opioid epidemic. Since its i... Read More...

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Joe Walsh, Ringo Starr and the Mission to Save 45 Million Addicted Americans

Men and Women Alike – MARCH 16, 2019 - After checking into rehab for the final time in 1995, Walsh had to put his guitar down — possibly for good — in order to put his life back together. He didn’t think he’d ever play... Read More...

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Trump budget guts opiate crisis office

Let Them Eat Horse – March 13, 2019 - Trump has proposed moving two major grant programs out of ONDCP and sharp cuts to Medicaid, the core program providing health care for people suffering from substance-abuse disorder... Read More...

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American Addiction Centers reports problems getting clients in the door, takes out a loan to cover costs

Going For Broke? – March 13, 2019 - New admissions — excluding several new facilities the company purchased in 2018 — fell by almost 20 percent in the last few months of 2018, compared to the same period last year. Outp... Read More...

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Scammers preying on addicts trying to get clean

Patients for Rent? – Mar 7, 2019 - Drug treatment centers are warning about an alarming trend happening across the country called patient brokering. Patient brokering is when a shoddy treatment center pays someone to ge... Read More...

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