March 6, 2018 Issue - Addiction/Recovery eBulletin

March 6, 2018 • Vol. 5, No. 32

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Opioid overdose among children nearly doubles

CHILDREN? – March 5, 2018- Children between the ages of 1 and 5 years were the second most-likely to be admitted for opioid overdose, accounting for over one-third of cases. The vast majority were likely the result of a... Read More...

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New rehab clinic offers holy grail to addicts: keep drinking

Don’t Forget to Tip ... Over – February 26, 2018 - Most people don’t want abstinence,” said Alavida’s medical director and co-founder Dr. Diane Rothon. “They want to be able to have a cocktail at the end of the day or a... Read More...

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Senator Calls Out Big Pharma For Opposing Legal Marijuana

Let's Play Monopoly – FEB 23, 2018 - “To them it’s competition for chronic pain, and that’s outrageous because we don’t have the crisis in people who take marijuana for chronic pain having overdose issues,” Sen. Kirsten... Read More...

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“Gotta Live It” From Folk-Punk Legend Sunny War

Music Time – Feb. 28, 2018 - War calls it “a very personal song about my struggle with alcoholism, my dysfunctional love life and the confusion I face daily participating in this rat race society ... In 2009, Sunny was... Read More...

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The $95,244 urine tests

Gold Mining – Feb. 26, 2018 - An 11Alive Investigation uncovered a surge in drug tests paid for with Georgia Medicaid funds, highlighting an industry some believe takes advantage of unnecessary expensive tests and vulne... Read More...

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Secret alcohol in kombucha?

No Shoot Sherlock – Jan. 28, 2018 - Kombucha is a wildly popular drink that has devotees believing it can help asthma, high blood pressure and prostate problems, even cancer. About $600 million a year is being spent on... Read More...

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Jail Inmate Dies After Overdose

Jail as Permanent Detox? – Feb. 28, 2018 - An inmate in the Chemung County Jail died after reportedly overdosing on narcotics. According to the Chemung County Sheriff’s Office, it happened Tuesday morning. The Sheriff’s... Read More...

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Beacon House Celebrates 60th Anniversary

Grand Old Dame – Jan. 29, 2018 - Drug and alcohol treatment center, the Beacon House is proud to announce that 2018 marks its 60th Anniversary. Established in 1958 by Mary Clark Ross and Dr. Donald Taugher, colleagues o... Read More...

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Admissions to hospital for drug-related mental health problems soar

Where Will It End? – March 3, 2018 - The statistics record damaging changes to people’s mental states as a result of taking illicit drugs, such as cannabis and cocaine, and also from the use of painkillers, alcohol and ... Read More...

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How Tragedy, Trauma And Addiction Play Out In The 2018 Oscars

Cinema Intoxication – MAR 2, 2018 - Victory came at a cost. The isolation, tension and high-stakes living resulted in an addiction to anxiolytics, painkillers and amphetamines just to function: sleep, talk, think. But h... Read More...

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The case for prescription heroin

No Crime, No Fentanyl, NO DEAD – June 20, 2017 - In the main treatment room, a familiar smell of rubbing alcohol lingers in the air — the kind of scent I associate with getting a vaccine shot. At Crosstown, the smell is... Read More...

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‘Heroin(e)’: Women Fighting Addiction In Appalachia

Films Can Save Lives Too – March 4, 2018 - Documentary filmmaker Elaine McMillion Sheldon chose Huntington as the setting for her short doc about America’s opioid crisis, Heroin(e). It’s now nominated for an Oscar. One ... Read More...

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Addiction advertising can trick you to death

Bottom Line is Paramount – March 2, 2018 - The Beacon House is one of the granddaddies of addiction treatment in California — a nonprofit founded in 1959, situated in a grand Victorian estate on the scenic Monterey Peni... Read More...

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History shows we can’t arrest our way out of drug addiction

Endless War – Feb. 28, 2018 - ...Sessions unveiled a new task force that would target the epidemic. But Sessions’ new group, led by Mary Daly, a former US attorney who supervised narcotics units in Virginia and New York... Read More...

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‘wonder drug’ used to treat alcoholism not as effective as thought

Studying the Studies – March 4, 2018 - A MEDICATION THAT had been hailed as “a wonder drug” to treat alcoholism has been found by a new study to less effective than had previously been hoped. Baclofen has been used sinc... Read More...

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Methadone makes a comeback

Drink of Life – March 4, 2018 - This week’s In Depth looks at where methadone treatment fits in with the opioid crisis killing tens of thousands of people each year in the U.S. It’s a treatment that has been around sinc... Read More...

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Canada considering decriminalization of all drugs

Northern Sanity – Feb. 26, 2018 - Two of Canada’s three major political parties are considering removing criminal penalties for the personal possession and use of all drugs – a step that health and drug policy experts s... Read More...

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Portugal’s radical drugs policy is working.

Killer Idea – Dec. 5, 2017 - In 2001, nearly two decades into Pereira’s accidental specialization in addiction, Portugal became the first country to decriminalize the possession and consumption of all illicit substances... Read More...

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A push to cut costs and boost profits at surgery centers led to a trail of death

Greedy Bastards – March 2, 2018 - In desperation, a nurse did something that would not happen in a hospital. She dialed 911. By the time an ambulance delivered Tam to the emergency room, the 58-year-old mother of three ... Read More...

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Dennis Rodman: Sobriety’s a Struggle

OK it’s TMZ – FEB. 26, 2018 - DENNIS RODMAN SAYS HE’S 38 DAYS BOOZE-FREE -- BUT ADMITS HE STILL THINKS ABOUT ALCOHOL ALL THE TIME AND NOW REALIZES STAYING SOBER IS A SERIOUS “STRUGGLE.” The good news ... Rodman seemed ... Read More...

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New Hampshire Passes Bill to Prohibit Sobriety Checkpoints

Honor System? – Feb. 28, 2018 - On February 22nd, New Hampshire’s House of Representatives passed HB 1283,a Republican-led bill that would prohibit police from conducting sobriety checkpoints in the state. The bill’s te... Read More...

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Academics Rebuke WHO’s Video Game Addiction Classification

Label THIS! – March 1, 2018 - The 36 “internationally renowned and respected mental health experts, leading social scientists and academics from research centers and universities” in publishing a new research paper argu... Read More...

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Ben Affleck’s Father Speaks About His Son’s Addiction & Recovery

Is Filmmaking Hazardous to Your Health? – Feb. 27, 2018 - “Hollywood is a disgusting place,” Timothy said. “I think that’s been a major factor in Ben’s drinking. You’re forced to develop a persona that is hard to shed a... Read More...

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No One Is Immune

Sober Living Death – March 1, 2018 - Jamie, still under his father’s health insurance, went to Palm Beach County, Fla., for treatment. He first spent a month at the Beachway Therapy Center, then moved on to a sober livi... Read More...

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Largest study of its kind finds alcohol use biggest risk factor for dementia

Sometimes Quitters Win – February 20, 2018 - Alcohol use disorders are the most important preventable risk factors for the onset of all types of dementia, especially early-onset dementia. This according to a nationwide ... Read More...

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Trump advocates ‘the ultimate penalty’ during opioid summit

Public Executions? – March 1, 2018 - the President commented on “some countries” that have much stricter punishments for drug dealers. This came after a riff on the “drug dealers and drug pushers” who Trump says are “re... Read More...

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Celebrity Highlights of 9th Annual Experience, Strength and Hope Awards

Honoring Jane Velez-Mitchell – Feb. 27, 2018 – “The ESHA awards are crucial for the recovery community in that they provide a fun way for addiction experts to come together and celebrate sobriety while, at the same time... Read More...

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