October 8, 2019 Issue - Addiction/Recovery eBulletin

October 8, 2019 • Vol. 7, No. 6

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Elton John’s ROCKETMAN on the BIG SCREEN in Los Angeles – This Friday at 8pm Tickets $10

2019 LA REEL Recovery Film Festival – New York Times: The film casts Taron Egerton as the flamboyant Mr. John (who has said he is retiring). The clip serves up familiar-feeling scenes of stadium concerts, recording s... Read More...

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Fentanyl deaths spurs OD prevention program in SF residential hotels

Safe Proofing Residences – Sep. 30, 2019 - Friends have dragged Nic Atamaniuk back from the edge of death from drug overdoses at least 30 times in the past few years. Each time, they gave him a shot of Narcan, ... Read More...

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Ways to Process the Death of a Friend in 12-Step Recovery

Grief and Gratitude – Oct. 1, 2019 - Once a sober friend is gone, the best way to process that loss is to celebrate the positive. Rather than focusing on the loss, talk about what that person gave to others and their... Read More...

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Can We Please Stop Describing Sober People as ‘Clean’?

OPINION – September 29, 2019 - How we talk about addiction and substance use matters. It affects our understanding of these conditions and how we view people who have them. Language like “junkies” and “drunks” ... Read More...

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DEA on massive opioids production: So What?

Governmental Population Control? – Oct. 2, 2019 - The agency’s production quota for oxycodone, for instance, jumped about five times between 2002 and 2013. The agency cut the quota by 25 percent in 2017. But by then,... Read More...

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Doc Gets 40 Years For Prescribing More Than Half A Million Opioid Doses

With Perfect Handwriting – October 2, 2019 - He was also convicted on hundreds of counts of unlawfully distributing a controlled substance without a legitimate medical purpose or beyond the bounds of medical pr... Read More...

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Federal judge rules safe injection site can legally open in Philly

City of Brotherly Life – OCTOBER 02, 2019 - he Department is disappointed in the Court’s ruling and will take all available steps to pursue further judicial review,” Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen said in an e... Read More...

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Man died after ingesting ‘8-ball’ of cocaine while being booked in jail

INSANITY ON EVERY LEVEL – October 4, 2019 - A 26-year-old San Ramon man ingested an eighth of an ounce of cocaine, which caused him to have seizures and a fatal heart attack as he was being booked in the ... Read More...

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Overcoming Addiction: Better Late Than Never

Or Now or Never? – October 1, 2019 - I began experimenting with opioid painkillers early in high school. I never thought about the long-term impact or consequences it could have later down the road. As addicts, we ha... Read More...

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Police: 70 cases now under investigation involving clinic

You Call This Healthcare? – Oct 3, 2019 - Lakeview Behavioral Health was still in operation on Thursday, despite a recent patient death, and now 70 allegations of wrongdoing. Gwinnett County Police told CBS46 The Bul... Read More...

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A Warning About Benzodiazepines

The V is for Valhalla? – Oct. 4, 2019 - A recent study from the University of Michigan found that over 30.6 million U.S adults reported using a Benzodiazepine last year. As the use of benzodiazepines, such as Xanax... Read More...

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Sia reveals she suffers from rare neurological disease

Making Suffering Comfortable – October 5, 2019 - The songstress, 43, previously opened up about her health issues to Billboard in 2013, sharing that she was once addicted to prescription meds while suffering from alc... Read More...

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‘Recovery Pod’ is First-Of-Its-Kind Drug Treatment

Spectacular Idea – October 4, 2019 - The pod is made up of 10 dormitory-style cells. Men and women are housed separately where they can receive counseling and medical treatment while going through withdrawals. ... Read More...

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Why I don’t believe in ‘Sober October’

Yes, It’s an English OPINION – Oct. 5, 2019 - These PRs wonder in their emails if I have thought about writing a piece on the trend for going alcohol-free, because, if so, here are some case studies I could use in my... Read More...

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Stop The Stigma forum focuses on the neuroscience of addiction

Stop Calling Them “Druggy Buggies” – Oct. 4, 2019 - “Truly it is about raising awareness and educating our community about mental health and substance abuse issues,” said Dr. Elfie Neber of the GFC-MSU Psychology Dep... Read More...

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10 Dead within 26 hours in one Ohio county

Why? – September 30, 2019 - The most common cause of death in Franklin County is fentanyl overdose, Ortiz said. The typical overdose victim in the county is a white male between 30 and 40 years old, though the ... Read More...

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Scottish Police oppose naloxone overdose kits: ‘not our job to save lives’

What would Craig Ferguson say? – Oct. 5, 2019 - Training to use the drug – available in injectable form or as a nasal spray – is complete in less than two hours and is it held by many hostels and homeless day centres... Read More...

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Recovery Through A.A. Meetings

COLLEGE DIPLOMAA? – October 5, 2019 - During the meeting, members pulled out a book about alcoholism entitled “The Big Book” by William “Bill W.” Wilson and promptly turned to chapter five. For 20 minutes, each indiv... Read More...

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Long Walk Out of the Woods: A Physician’s Story of Addiction, Depression, Hope, and Recovery

MEDIA: Book Recommendation – October, 2019 - Then while in recovery from active addiction, he lost a colleague to suicide, further revealing the extent of the secrecy and broken systems contributing to an evolv... Read More...

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Why were millions of opioid pills sent to a West Virginia town of 3,000?

Money Means More Than Lives? – Oct. 2, 2019 - Twenty minutes’ drive to the north, the Sav-Rite Pharmacy in the village of Kermit, population 280 and falling, was outstripping them both ... Drug distributors delivered... Read More...

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A Former College Athlete’s Life Completely Changed After Giving Up Alcohol

No More Keggers – October 1, 2019 - When Billy Murphy, a former college basketball player at Lafayette College, realized he had an issue with alcohol, he didn’t want to admit it. On paper, Billy was thriving. H... Read More...

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“Emergency Poet” Opens Literary Pharmacy to Support Mental Wellbeing

Word Play for Sobriety – Oct. 2, 2019 - Literature academics from Keele University are opening an innovative “Poetry Pharmacy” to dispense literary “first aid” as a way of bringing the therapeutic benefits of p... Read More...

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1 Million People Acquire Sexually Transmitted Infections Everyday

It’s a Crowded Planet – October 5, 2019 - As bad as sexually transmitted diseases sound, their prevention is not very complex. There are two approaches that may be used to control this fast spreading epidemic. First ... Read More...

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Legendary Cream drummer Ginger Baker dies at 80

RIP Ginger Baker – Oct. 6, 2019 Mr. Baker’s appearance behind the drum kit — flaming red hair, flailing arms, eyes bulging with enthusiasm or shut tight in concentration — made an indelible impression. So, unfortunat... Read More...

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Methadone pioneer Herbert Kleber’s approach still helps people today

Worth The Effort – October 1, 2019 - And though the worsening opioid overdose crisis has helped other medications and therapies become popular in recent years, methadone remains one of the gold standard treatments fo... Read More...

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Federal Agents Raid! Inspire Malibu, BLVD Centers Inc.,Victory Detox Center, Reflections Recovery LLC

Just in Time for Group? – Oct. 7, 2019 - The Southern California News Group has chronicled disturbing reports of deaths, sexual assault, drug abuse and paying for patients inside California’s loosely regulated addic... Read More...

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Treatment Scam May Be Coming to Your State

Preying on the Dying – October 7, 2019 - People with addiction and their families often don’t want to ask their doctors or pastors for help because they’re ashamed and want to hide their illness. So, turning to... Read More...

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Addiction Experts are Outraged as Addiction Policy Forum Ex-Pharma Lobbyist is on Federal Drug Abuse Panel

Fox in the hen house? – October 5, 2019 - Now her appointment to the NIDA panel has drawn criticism from drug use recovery advocates over her ties to industry funding and her links to a 2018 lobbying campaign led by ... Read More...

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Lung Damage From Vaping Resembles Chemical Burns

New Flavor: Agent Orange – Oct. 2, 2019 - “All 17 of our cases show a pattern of injury in the lung that looks like a toxic chemical exposure, a toxic chemical fume exposure, or a chemical burn injury,” said Dr. Bran... Read More...

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He Was Dealing Fentanyl. And Helping Addicts. Then a Planned Visit from the VP Blew It All Up

Sidelined – Oct. 2, 2019 - I. THE VP On the morning of July 2, Eric Spofford awoke early, pulled on the gray suit he had bought the day before and left for work by six. He wanted to be on site when the Secre... Read More...

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