…new war on drugsThe Battle Continues – Oct. 16, 2018 - One of the best studies backing this is a 2014 review of the research by Peter Reuter at the University of Maryland and Harold Pollack at the University of Chicago. They found that... Read More...Oct 23 2018
A Star is Born – Through the Lens of AddictionWhat’s Love Got to Do?... – OCTOBER 11, 2018 - Well, it may be more satisfying, but it’s not healthier. You want a good love story? How about Jackson Maine gets sober, and when he worries that he’s a drain on Ally’s car... Read More...Oct 23 2018
Reformed Alcoholic Issues Youth Warning!Hoping to Help – OCTOBER 20TH, 2018 - “It’s like I’m superhuman when I’m drunk,” he said. “I can say and do anything I want. So I started drinking to get drunk.” He soon discovered that he needed alcohol to enjoy himsel... Read More...Oct 23 2018
Huntington Beach, Orange County sue sober homesA House is Not a Home? – Oct. 19, 2018 - Huntington Beach City Attorney Michael Gates, shown earlier this year, hopes to team up with the Orange County DA to crack down on unruly sober living homes. He says the city won... Read More...Oct 23 2018
GOP Congressman Asks for Sympathy from Drug-Addicted InmateDespicable Douche – October 18, 2018 - While speaking with one drug-addicted inmate who was worried about her career and life prospects when she was released, Brat remarked, “You think you’re having a hard time — I got ... Read More...Oct 23 2018
Burlington police chief reacts to Madelyn Ellen Linsenmeir obituary: ‘I have a problem’Best Cop Ever – Oct. 17, 2018 - She died just like my wife’s cousin Meredith died in Bethesda, herself a young mother, but if Maddie was a black guy from the Bronx found dead in his bathroom of an overdose, it wouldn’t ... Read More...Oct 23 2018
Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facility Close to School Upsets ParentsA Rock and a Hard Place – Oct. 19, 2018 - The Elijah House is less than half a mile away from Los Molinos High School. Elijah House Chief Executive Director Joe Henderson said his facility does accept sexual offenders ... Read More...Oct 23 2018
Spiritual Adrenaline: A Lifestyle Plan to Nourish and Strengthen Your RecoveryMEDIA: Book Recommendation – January 8, 2019 - Tom has served in government as well as a private sector attorney specializing in civil rights litigation, serving as an advisor to New York City Mayor David N. Dinkins, Pu... Read More...Oct 23 2018
REEL RECOVERY FILM FESTIVAL Celebrates its 10th Year in Los Angeles – OCT 24-307 Days of Film and Discussion – STARTS TOMORROW on SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD - The Reel Recovery Film Festival & Symposium presented by Addiction Policy Forum and Writers In Treatment will launch in Los Angeles at Laem... Read More...Oct 23 2018
Battling addiction in Orthodox Jewish community means breaking through silenceHigh Holidays Forever – Oct. 21, 2018 - “We left treatment to go shoot up heroin, pretty much,” she said. “And we were running in the streets down here. It was the worst, like, two weeks of my life. The two of us kind o... Read More...Oct 23 2018
Security guard charged with sexually assaulting patient at addiction facilitySystemic or Bad Seed? – October 20, 2018 - The attack occurred on Oct. 5 at Phoenix Rising, a facility providing housing and specialized services for young people struggling with addiction, mental-health issues and home... Read More...Oct 23 2018
How one family used an obituary to lay out the reality of opioid addictionGrief Therapy in Print – Oct. 20, 2018 - Linsenmeir tried OxyContin for the first time at a high school party when she was 16. By 18, she was using heroin. Living in and out of rehab, losing custody of her son, and ulti... Read More...Oct 23 2018
Father And Son Behind ‘Beautiful Boy’ Share Their Story Of Addiction And RecoveryGrowing Up – October 19, 2018 - This is FRESH AIR. I’m Dave Davies in for Terry Gross. The new film “Beautiful Boy” stars Steve Carell as a father struggling with his son’s drug addiction. Today we’ll hear from the real... Read More...Oct 23 2018
SPERMAGGEDDON! Men are becoming gravely infertileSwimming to Oblivion – OCTOBER 20, 2018 - But this alarm in reproductive health circles is not new. All over the world, reports of declining sperm quality and increasing male infertility attributable to low sperm count ... Read More...Oct 23 2018
Trump declared an emergency over opioids and did nothing.Heart of Gold – Oct. 23, 2018 - A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) looked at the results of that emergency declaration. The report found little came out of the declaration. According to the GAO... Read More...Oct 23 2018
Jamie Lee Curtis: Sobriety Changed EverythingHalloween Treats – 10/22/18 - Curtis stars in the newest Halloween film, re-assuming her debut role as Laurie Strode to once again face the masked murderer Michael Myers. Between that first starring role and this most r... Read More...Oct 23 2018
Boy George talks ‘the day he became sane’ and a decade of sobrietyMAN of the Hour – October 22, 2018 - “In recovery, we talk about rock bottoms, you know? And everybody has their own rock bottom,” George elaborated. “Some people, it could something really mundane. For me, it was liter... Read More...Dec 25 2018Oct 23 2018
Employees and execs are failing drug tests at shocking ratesYou’re Innate, and You’re Fired – October 20, 2018 - Many jobs in New York City now take 60 days or more to fill. Thirty percent of the openings in New York City for registered nurses, bartenders, delivery drivers, pro... Read More...Oct 23 2018
Highly Addictive New Opioid, Stronger Than Fentanyl, is Poised to Be Approved by the FDAPain Management American Style – 10/20/18 -”We are pleased with the Advisory Committee’s recommendation to approve DSUVIA as a treatment in medically supervised settings for adults experiencing moderate-to-severe acute ... Read More...Oct 23 2018
Controversial ‘Harm Reduction’ Policy May Lower Death TollLife Saving Plans – 10/22/18 - Harm reduction for drug users is nothing new. Even in rural America, clean-needle distribution has been going on at least since the late 1980s, when the HIV epidemic showed that it respec... Read More...Oct 23 2018
As Canada legalizes pot, other countries likely to followRocky Mounties High – Oct. 17, 2018 - UNITED STATES : With its northern neighbour legalizing and its southern neighbour mulling it, can the world’s most influential proponent of the drug war be far behind? “I don’t thin... Read More...Oct 23 2018
Global ‘war on drugs’ a failureHuman Fodder – Oct. 21, 2018 - The United Nations’ drug strategy of the past 10 years has been a failure, according to a major report by the International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC), which has called for a major reth... Read More...Oct 23 2018
The Neuroscience of Addiction – with Marc LewisDoes This Give You Dis-Ease? – Dec. 10, 2016 - Awesome talk. I have been addicted to various drugs through out my life. I was a complete mess until I decided on my own that it wasn’t a disease but a habit. I still do dr... Read More...Oct 23 2018
ABC’s Spotlights Drug Addiction with Death of Roseanne Barr’s CharacterA Star is Gone – Oct. 16, 2018 - The misuse of prescription medications has been rightly referred to as a national public health crisis and includes opioids, including prescription pain relievers, heroin and synthetic o... Read More...Oct 23 2018