November 19, 2019 Issue - Addiction/Recovery eBulletin

November 19, 2016 • Vol. 7, No. 12

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Veterans fighting addiction become artists for an hour

THE ART OF PEACE – Nov. 10, 2019 - Harry Kavadas, 59, a U.S. Army veteran, gets instruction from Sarah Hellmann, director and founder of ‘Art for All People’, who teaches a painting class each week for residents of J... Read More...

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Drug addiction in Russia: Draconian laws instead of help

Sound Familiar? – Nov. 11, 2019 - The biting cold hits the people who come out of the Moscow subway this evening. It is a 45-minute ride from the city center to Marino, the most populated district of the Russian capi... Read More...

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Opioid Addiction in Jails: An Anthropologist’s Perspective

Drug Hell – November 12, 2019 - One of the women I took care of and interviewed at MCI-Framingham, a women’s state prison in Massachusetts, was in the health services unit — where they send people when they’re ... Read More...

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Another serious health risk for e-cigarette users

Have A Heart – Nov. 13, 2019 - More than 2,000 Americans who use e-cigarettes have become sick since March, many of them teenagers and young adults, and at least 40 people have died. The bulk of the cases occurred in... Read More...

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Cincinnati-area high school announces mandatory drug tests for all students beginning in 2020

Blood or Piss? – November 12, 2019 - A first positive test will not result in disciplinary action, according to the policy. However, if a student tests positive a second time, there will be repeated drug testing duri... Read More...

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Nine USC student deaths: Possible drug overdoses, tainted narcotics probed

American Mystery – NOV. 13, 2019 - Investigators are trying to determine whether any student deaths are connected with tainted drugs, said sources who spoke to The Times on the condition on anonymity because th... Read More...

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Bronx Politicians Join Groundswell of Opposition to Drug Treatment Clinics

Get Outta Here – Nov. 14, 2019 - Last year, the city Department of Health and Mental Hygiene reported, 391 Bronx residents died of drug overdoses — accounting for 31% of all drug fatalities citywide. The Bronx is ... Read More...

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Addiction Support Goes Mainstream

Sober Schools Rule – November 7, 2019 - Three sober years later, Cafran is now the coordinator of the university’s newly launched Collegiate Recovery Program, or CRP, one of 136 such programs at colleges and universi... Read More...

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Preventing Childhood Trauma May Lower Drug Addiction Risk

Another Hit? – Nov 17, 2019 - However, ACEs can be prevented, the CDC said. Preventing ACEs can help children and adults thrive and potentially mean a lower risk for conditions such as depression, suicide, asth... Read More...

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Editorial: Her baby was born dead because she used drugs. That doesn’t make her a murderer

Disease or Demon? – NOV. 17, 2019 - ut pregnant drug users have drawn a different response in many places. More than two dozen states have laws that treat drug use during pregnancy as child abuse, at least for the pu... Read More...

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Only 1 Percent of People Become Chronic Opioid Users After Hospital Prescriptions

Who are the 99%? – Nov. 11, 2019 - The authors said that although a sharp uptick in prescriptions during the past two decades has led to more opioid use disorders in the U.S., their data shows that the vast majority ... Read More...

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Ben Affleck’s New Film, ‘The Way Back,’ Deals With Alcoholism

Art Imitates Life – Nov. 14, 2019 - “It doesn’t really bother me to talk about alcoholism and being an alcoholic. It’s part of my life, something that I deal with. It doesn’t have to subsume my whole identity a... Read More...

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Iconic photographer Terry O’Neill dies aged 81

New Pair of Glasses – Nov. 17, 2019 - Mr O’Neill is one of the world’s most collected photographers with work hanging in national art galleries and private collections worldwide. His images have burst out from iconic... Read More...

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Reflection: Cleaning Up After My Brother’s Fatal Overdose

Extremely Sad and Incredibly Close – Nov. 15, 2019 - “I had a drink last night. It was an experiment.” My heart sank. That was five years ago. Over that period, he lost everything and then he died. For years... Read More...

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California Taking Vape Giant To Court

Lawyers Rejoice – NOV. 18, 2019 - Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Jackie Lacey said Monday that Juul’s decision to stop selling some flavored vaping products has come “too late,” noting that many teens are already cau... Read More...

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Tom Coderre Named to U.S. Behavioral-health Post

Making Waves – Nov 15, 2019 - In a farewell email Monday to his State House colleagues, Coderre wrote of his “incredible opportunity working on solutions to the opioid crisis, broader mental health and addiction reco... Read More...

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Meth. We’re on it,’ says South Dakota in ridiculed ad campaign

Truer Words... – November 18, 2019- Pearce said the advertisements — which are placed on television, billboards and posters — feel like domestic policy more than an actual effort to reach the people who need the reso... Read More...

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Former alcoholic was cured within days of writing a ‘letter to her mind’

Brain’s Powers – Nov. 15, 2019 - She told MailOnline: ‘All I could think about was drink. I’d go to work and even though I’d finish at about 2pm, I’d make excuses to go home early. ‘Rose was my favour... Read More...

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Executive Corner with Stephen Dansiger

Stick with the Winners! – Dr. Steven Dansiger played CBGB and Max’s Kansas City in the late 70s; drank, played drums in a toy rock band and then got sober in the late 80s; became an international educator and rocker... Read More...

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Will Neil Young’s Pot Past Stop His US Citizenship?

Only in the Red States – Nov. 11, 2019 - Young has freely discussed his marijuana use in interviews and books. In his 2012 memoir, he wrote of being arrested in a drug bust with other members of Buffalo ... Read More...

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Online shopping addiction should be recognised as a mental health condition

I’ll Buy That – NOV. 15, 2019 - BSD is not currently recognised as a disorder in its own right, but instead as part of a wider category called ‘other specified impulse control disorder’. This is known to have s... Read More...

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Marijuana Legalization Leads To More Problematic Use

Problem? What Problem? – November 13, 2019 - A new study suggests that marijuana legalization leads to more cannabis use and perhaps addiction, particularly among adults 26 and older — highlighting a public health do... Read More...

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Lamar Odom describes addiction taking over his life

Out of the Dark – November 13, 2019 - So it’s nothing to be shameful about.” - Lamar Odom was once one of the biggest stars in the NBA and a reality star on “Keeping Up with the Kardashians,” formerly married to Khl... Read More...

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Why Meth Is Making a Big Comeback

It's cheap and effective – November 13, 2019 - “Methamphetamine is becoming more available and in a more potent form, which makes it more dangerous than it has been in the past,” said Peter Reuter, a professor of pub... Read More...

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Creed frontman Scott Stapp discusses solo album, sobriety

And proud of it... – Nov. 15, 2019 - “It’s always special to come home to my hometown. The place I was born and raised and see friends and see family and put on a rock show,” Stapp said. “I love Orlando. We are here ... Read More...

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2 Chemistry Professors Face Charges of Making Meth

Making Ends Meet? – Nov. 17, 2019 - “The safety of our students, faculty, and staff is a top priority, and we continue to cooperate with authorities,” she said. It was not clear whether the chemical smell in the scho... Read More...

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First National-Scale ACA Fraud Case Makes Waves at Morningside Recovery

From cutting ribbons to cutting deals? – November 15, 2019 - Yates owned and operated Morningside Recovery, a substance-abuse treatment facility in California. Prosecutors say he conspired with father-son duo Jeffrey... Read More...

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An opioid more deadly than fentanyl found in Seattle

Thanatos at Work? – November 11, 20`9 - “It’s even that much more strong than fentanyl, you need even less of it to get people high or kill people on it,” Banta-Green said. The DEA says carfentanil is sold as a white... Read More...

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Punitive Policies Harm Pregnant Drug Users and Newborns

Everybody Hurts – November 13, 2019 - On November 13, RAND Corporation a nonprofit think tank, published research that linked punitive policies targeting pregnant drug users, with newborns experiencing op... Read More...

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Alcohol Was an Escape…

Life on Life’s Terms – November 13, 2019 - When he was on the road, he and his colleagues would retreat to one of their hotel rooms and drink. For Mr. Breland, drinking was a way of being social, but he was also doin... Read More...

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