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On marijuana and opioids — the DEA has no clue what it’s talking about
Have They Ever? –
May 14, 2018 - Is state-level medical cannabis access mitigating or fueling America’s opioid crisis? Testifying before Congress last week, Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) acting administrator Robert Patt... Read More...
FDA approves pill to treat symptoms of opioid withdrawal and help patients overcome addiction
Finally, a Home Detox –
MAY 16, 2018 - “The physical symptoms of opioid withdrawal can be one of the biggest barriers for patients seeking help and ultimately overcoming addiction,” said Dr. Scot Gottlieb, the FDA’s com... Read More...
Citing Portland’s opioid lawsuit, hospitals withdraw from groups seeking to treat addiction
No Treatment for You! –
May 17, 2018 - The parent of Mercy Hospital is leaving partnerships it has with Portland and Bangor to increase access to substance use treatment, saying the move was prompted by a lawsuit that P... Read More...
Take it from someone who spent years taking heroin and crack: addiction isn’t a physiological problem. Prescribing methadone does nothing to address addiction.
Experienced Point of View –
May 14, 2018 - Prescribing methadone does nothing to address addiction. To replace one highly addictive substance with another (heroin addicts often end up taking both in tandem) does not dec... Read More...
National Institutes of Health stops $100 million drinking study funded by the alcohol industry
Fox in the Hen House –
May 17, 2018 - The National Institutes of Health has ordered a halt to a $100 million, 10-year study of moderate drinking that’s being funded in large part by the alcoholic-beverage industry. Thur... Read More...
Big Law Leader Shares Struggles with Alcoholism, Challenges for Profession
Legally Clean –
May 18, 2018 - This week Legal Speak focuses on substance abuse and mental health problems plaguing the legal profession. We know from a 2016 breakthrough study that lawyers suffer from alcoholism, depre... Read More...
‘How the f**k did I get ten years?’ Boy George reflects on his decade of sobriety
Sober Chameleon Karma –
May 17, 2018 - Reflecting on his sobriety, Boy George said: ‘Obviously when you’re in it, it’s only when you get quality clean time, as you know, you go “oh wow, how did I do that? How the f**k d... Read More...
Delray Beach’s tough sober home rules pay off. Other cities follow suit.
Progress Not Perfection –
May 19, 2018 - Don’t call Delray Beach the drug relapse capital anymore. The city, once declared Ground Zero for the opioid epidemic, accounted for just four of Palm Beach County’s 168 drug dea... Read More...
Predatory behavior runs rampant in Facebook’s addiction support groups
Preying Not Praying –
May 21, 2018 - When Laurie Couch first joined the Affected by Addiction Support Group, a closed Facebook group with 70,000 members, she felt a sense of belonging. Here were people who understood he... Read More...
Homelessness, Addiction and Recovery: Inside Margot Kidder’s Battle with Mental Health
Remembrance –
May 14, 2018 - While Margot Kidder is best known for her recurring role as Lois Lane in the original Superman films, she will also be remembered for her long and courageous battle with bipolar disorder, on... Read More...
