October 16, 2018 Issue - Addiction/Recovery eBulletin

October 16, 2018 • Vol. 6, No. 13

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Recovery Today Codependency and Addiction Series

Everyone’s a Star AUDIO – Free Sign Up October 15 - 19, 2018 - Sherry Gaba, Russell Brand, Laura Silverman, Marianne Williamson, Lisa Garr, Debra Poneman, Karen Abrams, Leonard Lee Buschel and more... Full Story @ Re... Read More...

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Drug treatment program shows promising results

Treatment NOT Prison – Oct. 11, 2018 - “I feel like we’re on the right track,” Kaltenbach said. “Sometimes people do drop off. ... We need to be working much closer, the case management workers and law enforcement offic... Read More...

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Narcan used to revive 50-year-old man from drug overdose

Father Time Take Your Time – Oct 13, 2018 - Officer Harold Compton gave Smith, who was unresponsive, but breathing, a dose of Narcan and seconds later Smith came around. In the ambulance, Smith was given more Narcan an... Read More...

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Rural Americans Are Worried About Addiction

Country Living – October 16, 2018 - Even as opioids and drug addiction have risen to essentially the same level of economic concerns, our poll shows clearly that rural America is far from a monolith. In fact, the poll a... Read More...

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MEDIA: “Gosnell: Trial of America’s Biggest Serial Killer”

Mind Blowing – Oct. 14, 2018 - On April 11, 2013, I was in the courtroom with three other local reporters listening to the horrifying testimony of Ashley Baldwin, a Gosnell employee. I looked over at rows of empty seats... Read More...

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Recovering addicts find support at sober gym

Exercising Sobriety – October 11, 2018 - “At first I didn’t think I fit in, but all of my coaches, everybody here welcomed me with open arms,” Dresden said. “They listened to my story. They were here when I needed a hug... Read More...

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Newly developed fentanyl strips help alert drug users of a hidden danger

NBC Special VIDEO REPORT – Oct. 14, 2018 - The strip detects fentanyl, the cheap synthetic opioid, mixed with street drugs – that’s been blamed for the surge of overdose deaths. It’s controversial because helping drug u... Read More...

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Making drug addicts feel needed would help solve opioid crisis

Love Makes the World Go ‘Round – October 12, 2018 - Brooks seized on the quote. He asked himself if he needs people on the margins of society, eventually landing on this insight: “If we truly want to help people, we sho... Read More...

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Nile Rodgers says woeful performance led to sobriety

Standing Ovations Now – Oct 14, 2018 - The 66-year-old musician - who rose to prominence as a member of the band Chic - has revealed he decided to kick his self-destructive habits after he listened back to a performance... Read More...

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Beautiful Boy review: Timothee Chalamet and Steve Carell shine

Father Knows Best – October 13, 2018 - Transcending its own grim subject matter, the film deals in sensitive and subtle fashion with the plight of the father. It is never judgmental about the son either. Belgian directo... Read More...

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Jason Biggs celebrates 1 year of sobriety: ‘I’m as proud of it as anything in my life’

Feels amazing, doesn’t it? – Oct. 12, 2018 - Congratulations are in order for Jason Biggs. The “American Pie” and “Orange Is the New Black” star celebrated one year of sobriety on Thursday in an Instagram post in which ... Read More...

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How Bradley Cooper’s ‘A Star Is Born’ handled substance abuse and addiction

Romantically – October 13, 2018 - When we first meet Maine, he is a train set to derail at any minute. He’s taking large gulps of gin and swallowing 4-5 pills before taking the stage for a show. When he gets into his ri... Read More...

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‘American Idol’ Star Arrested for Heroin Distribution

Legalize It! – OCT. 13, 2018 - The gossip site reports that Barba was arrested on the morning of October 11 in Norfolk, VA. She’s being charged with heroin distribution of more than 100 grams, a felony in the state that... Read More...

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Viagra in vape liquid has FDA hot & bothered

Hard to believe... – Oct. 13, 2018 - “E-Cialis HelloCig E-Liquid” contained sildenafil (active in Viagra) and tadalafil (active in Cialis), and “E-Rimonabant HelloCig E-Liquid” contained sildenafil, the FDA said a lab a... Read More...

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‘Walmart of Heroin’ They left needles in the holy-water basin

The City of Brotherly Love is Heartbroken – Oct. 13, 2018 - Philadelphia County has the highest overdose rate of any of the 10 most populous counties in America. The city’s Department of Health estimates that 75,000 res... Read More...

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Harvard Study: Big Pharma, US Gov. Behind Opioid Epidemic

Profits or Population Control? – Oct. 3, 2018 - The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) initially rejected Purdue’s patent request for extended-release oxycodone, citing the combination as “obvious.” But P... Read More...

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Antisocial behaviors in children linked to parenting

Misguidance Counselors – Oct 11, 2018 - “The study convincingly shows that parenting—and not just genes—contributes to the development of risky callous-unemotional traits,” said Luke Hyde, U-M associate professor of psy... Read More...

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5 New York doctors prescribed 8.5 million ‘heroin’ pills

Do No Harm in PRISON mofo – Oct. 11, 2018 - Five New York doctors were charged Thursday with running illegal prescription drug mills that flooded the state with more than 8.5 million oxycodone pills. The opioid pills re... Read More...

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Beautiful Boy Reviews

It’s a Family Affair – OPENS FRIDAY Oct. 12, 2018 - Based on the best-selling pair of memoirs from father and son David and Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boy chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring experience of survival, rel... Read More...

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