March 20, 2018 Issue - Addiction/Recovery eBulletin

March 20, 2018 • Vol. 5, No. 34

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5 Doctors Charged With Taking Kickbacks for Fentanyl Prescriptions

Greedy Murderous Bastards – March 16, 2018 - Insys paid the doctors, in some cases more than $100,000 annually, in return for prescribing millions of dollars’ worth of the company’s painkiller product, the indictment sa... Read More...

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Former BMX pro shares story of overcoming drug addiction

Carrying the Message – March 13, 2018 - As a senior in high school, Tony Hoffman was one of the top BMX amateur racers in the country and was slated to appear on the cover of the nation’s leading BMX magazine. Three yea... Read More...

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Demi Lovato celebrates sixth year of sobriety

Mirror Mirror on the Wall... – March 16, 2018 - Demi Lovato is celebrating her sixth year of sobriety, telling others “it is possible”. The actress and musician revealed that, at 21 years old, she was addicted to alcoho... Read More...

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Danny Trejo On Acting, Addiction And Playing ‘The Mean Chicano Dude’

With Great Conviction – March 14, 2018 - Actor Danny Trejo came of age in the California prison system, doing time in a juvenile detention center as well as in San Quentin, Folsom and Soledad, on charges relating to dru... Read More...

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Feds Courted Alcohol Industry to Prove Benefits of Moderate Drinking

No Collusion – March 17, 2018 - It was going to be a study that could change the American diet, a huge clinical trial that might well deliver all the medical evidence needed to recommend a daily alcoholic drink as part ... Read More...

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Healthy Student Choices Through Mindfulness

Starting Younger – March 5, 2018 - As society faces mounting pressures and distractions, mindfulness has emerged as a widespread phenomenon; its benefits have been widely touted from lower school classrooms to the board... Read More...

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America Has A Massive Hepatitis A Problem

The Wreckage of the Past – March 16, 2018 - San Diego’s huge outbreak of hepatitis A - a preventable but deadly virus that is spread through contact with human feces - captured national media attention in September. The... Read More...

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Rehab offers out of state patients free plane tickets

Come On Down – March 15, 2018 - Experts say that could be a violation of Florida law. “Practically everyone from out of state was flown in. They told them ‘We’ll hurry up and get you on the next plane,’” she said. Tonia... Read More...

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A Sober Person’s Guide to Medical Marijuana

I Like the 'relapse strain' – Mar 14 2018, - It’s a strange thing to obtain a medical marijuana card after nearly a decade of sobriety. My decision to quit drinking was less of a healthy life choice, and more the only w... Read More...

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Hospital Fights Opioid Addiction With Holistic Healing

A Better Way – 2018 - The emergency room at one New Jersey hospital is trying to avoid giving out potentially addictive prescription drugs. Full Story @ NBCNews.com... Read More...

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TIME’s ‘Life After Addiction’ Wins ASME Video Category

Magazines Matter – March 13, 2018 - The video, produced by Aja Harris and Paul Moakley in collaboration with Mic, chronicles the aftermath of a couple’s life after footage of their overdose went viral. “This story had p... Read More...

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Drug Problem Among Elderly

Pills for Everything – March 16, 2018 - When a psychopharmacologist prescribed the drug Klonopin, everything brightened. “It just leveled me out,” Ms. Falstein said. “I had more energy. And it helped me sleep, which I w... Read More...

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NYPD cop busted for heroin trafficking

Ain’t No Serpico – March 13, 2018 - An NYPD officer was busted Tuesday for trafficking heroin after returning from Massachusetts with $50,000 stashed in her car, authorities said … After a months-long investigation and ... Read More...

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Recovering Alcoholic’s Claims Dismissed Because He Did Not Show He Was “Disabled”

I Cannot Tell a Lie – March 16, 2018 - Plaintiff, a recovering alcoholic, was a former Addictions Counselor Assistant at the Creedmoor Addiction Treatment Center. He sued his employer, New York State Office of Alcoholis... Read More...

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Money Can Buy Happiness If You Spend It These 4 Ways

'Tis Better to Give Than to Recieve – March 12, 2018 - You’ve heard it over and over: Money doesn’t buy happiness. Even if people didn’t keep telling you that, you might guess from the large number of extremely wealthy ... Read More...

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Doctor arrested for running ‘pill mill’

American Mengele? – March 14, 2018 - A 73-year-old San Diego doctor and seven other people have been arrested on suspicion of distributing painkillers in what federal prosecutors call a “pill mill” scheme. The U.S. Att... Read More...

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Lights, Camera, Recovery: A Night at the Experience, Strength and Hope Awards

Sober Partying – March 12, 2018 - On a warm February evening at the Writers Guild Theater in Beverly Hills, writers, artists, and performers gathered together to celebrate their journey to recovery, and to honor their a... Read More...

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Treatment Program Owner Gets 11 Years For $175M Scheme

Broken Promises – March 14, 2018 - The co-owner of a Southern California sober-living facility was sentenced to 11 years in prison after pleading guilty in connection to a $175 million fraudulent billing scheme. The Los... Read More...

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Opioid overdoses kill almost 5 people every 60 minutes

USA #1 in Pain? – March 6, 2018 - “The potency and toxicity of what’s on the street is very high right now,” said Schuchat. “So we think there probably is not an increase in people using drugs, but there is an increase ... Read More...

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Future of Behavioral Rehabilitation Market

For Businesspersons Only – March 13, 2018 -This study also contains company profiling, product picture and specifications, sales, market share and contact information of various international, regional, and local vendo... Read More...

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Opioid Addiction: Getting Robbed While Getting Help

From Ripped, to Ripped Off – March 14, 2018 - “We call it addiction tourism,” says Greg Williams, executive vice president of Facing Addiction with NCADD (National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence), organizatio... Read More...

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Antismoking Activists Face Threats and Violence

Foreign Nicotine Drug Dealers – March 12, 2018 - “I do not know why I was not killed that day,” said Mr. Oluwafemi, who as deputy director of Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria has been one of his ... Read More...

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Scientists invent a treatment capable of CURING alcoholism and drug dependency

One Day at a Time – March 18, 2018 - A new pill invented by University of Sydney scientists could be the breakthrough to curing drug and alcohol addiction. Researchers have spent more than a decade developing SOC-1, in ... Read More...

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Trump’s opioid plan includes death penalty for dealers

Electrifying Idea – March 15, 2018 - The Trump administration is finalizing a long-awaited plan that it says will solve the opioid crisis, but it also calls for law enforcement measures — like the death penalty for some... Read More...

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‘historic’ plan to reduce nicotine in cigarettes

Addictive Idea – March 15, 2018 - Many adults try to quit smoking each year but fail because nicotine is such an addictive substance, said Mitch Zeller, director of the FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products. Cutting the nic... Read More...

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The Right Brand – March 13, 2018 - Russell Brand may have reached the depths of addiction, with drugs, drink, sex and fame. But from social media to shopping, we’re all hooked on something, he says. If we can work out w... Read More...

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Binge-Drinking Is Even Worse Than We Thought

Remedy for Hopelessness? – March 16, 2018 - They found that binge-drinking was most common among adults between the age of 18 and 34, but more than half of all binge drinks consumed were by adults over the age of 35 (so... Read More...

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Opioid Protest at Met Museum Targets Donors Connected to OxyContin

Drug Money Buys Respect – March 10, 2018 - The photographer Nan Goldin led a protest at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Anti-opioid activists unfurled banners and scattered pill bottles on Saturday inside the Sackler Wi... Read More...

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