December 18, 2018 • Vol. 6., No. 22
For Treatment Industry & Recovery Community
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“I died and came back. And I still wanted to get high.” VIDEO
Dec. 7, 2018 - Sarah Kordenbrock’s addiction started when she was just 18 years old. She was prescribed pain killers for an injury, but those quickly turned into a need for heroin... More@WCVB.com
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Little Brains on Fire VIDEO
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New Study Confirms Screen Time Affects Brains of Children VIDEO
Dec 10, 2018 - Susie Steimle reports on National Institute of Health study on impact of screen time to brain development in children... More@YouTube.com
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The lawsuits that could bankrupt the biggest opioid pushers VIDEO
DEC. 16, 2018 - The attorney behind a multibillion-dollar tobacco settlement in 1998 has turned his attention to the opioid epidemic. And he wants drug companies to pay...
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Despair, Love and Loss: A Journey Inside West Virginia’s Opioid Crisis
Dec. 13, 2018 - People suffering from drug addiction are commonly depicted at their most vulnerable — nameless refugees from a world of misery, washed up on city sidewalks or huddling beneath an overpass.
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“In a gentle way, you can shake the world”
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Clinician's Corner with Adam Mindel
Adam Mindel is co-founder of Recover Integrity an Extended Care Program for men in Santa Monica and Brentwood. Adam has been a pillar in the Los Angeles recovery community for 15 years. For over a decade, Adam triaged the day to day clinical program of one of the nation’s largest non-profits specializing in addiction.
Q. If you are in recovery, what was your DOC and when did you discontinue its use?
A. Alcohol and Cocaine, my sobriety date is 8/27/2003
Q. Do you believe leaders are made or born?
A. Both, there a few of us that are fortunate enough to come into the world with incredible gifts of charisma, intelligence, etc....
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Babies born in opioid withdrawal have unusually small heads
December 13, 2018 - A smaller head is a possible sign of a smaller brain. (Which may be) a contributing factor for those (NAS) babies who later have learning and behavioral problems…. More@ScienceNews.org
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Boys need better access to mental health care
December 15, 2018 - Throughout high school, Alexander Sanchez was severely depressed. He thought about suicide and he didn’t know how to explain what as wrong or to ask for help … he would lie in bed, “not eating, not being happy, being almost not there.” More@NBCNews
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She's taking the right steps VIDEO
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Elizabeth Vargas opens up about her recovery from alcohol addiction VIDEO
December 12, 2018 - The first step to recovery, said Vargas, is raising your hand and asking for help. “It’s the bottling it up and stuffing it down that is most destructive, “ she told Ginny Brzezinski at (the) Know Your Value conference in San Francisco. More@NBCNews.com
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Russell Brand Celebrates 16 Years of Sobriety
Dec. 14, 2018 - Russell Brand is thankful to have been sober for 16 years and recalled how eggshell-fragile his drug addiction left him. The 43-year-old comic has recalled how he reached a low point in his life that saw him sneaking off to use heroin and crack cocaine in friends’ bathrooms. More@EWN.co.za
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Fentanyl now America’s deadliest drug! VIDEO
Dec. 12, 2018 - It’s the first time the synthetic opioid has been the nation’s deadliest drug. From 2012 to 2015, heroin topped the list. More@USAToday.com
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The Forgotten Addiction
December 10, 2018 - ...alcohol arguably presents a greater threat to public health than opioid misuse, it has in many ways been overlooked in the recent national conversation about substance use disorders.
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Recovering addicts thank first responders VIDEO
Dec. 14, 2018 - They’ve seen it all — death, pain, trauma — and they’re on the front lines of the opioid epidemic, which claims lives every day. On Thursday, first responders were celebrated by an unexpected group: recovering addicts who at one point saw them as the enemy.
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Is vaping better than smoking?
Dec 14, 2018 - Scientists studied pee to find out...
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Charlie Sheen: 1 year of sobriety
Dec. 11, 2018 - The actor took to Twitter on Tuesday to reveal a photo of his Alcoholics Anonymous sobriety coin." so, THIS happened yesterday! a fabulous moment, in my renewed journey."... Sheen was famously fired in 2011 from the TV series "Two and a Half Men" after...More@CNN.com
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San Quentin Deaths Come Amid Increase in Overdoses at Prison
Dec. 9, 2018 - In 2016, 29 inmates died of drug overdoses, prison officials have said. Last year, 40 died in such cases, according to analysis of prisoner deaths by the California Correctional Health Care Services.
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Methamphetamine: Iowa’s most resilient crop
December 11, 2018 - Since 2004, legislators and law-enforcement officials have attempted to regulate methamphetamine production and consumption. Despite the efforts, the drug remains rampant throughout the state.More@DailyIowan.com
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Real Mexican Drug Traffickers Find ‘Narcos: Mexico’ Nostalgic and Relatable
December 11, 2018 - (As) Season four of Netflix’s Narcos transports viewers to 1980s Mexico ... I wondered how actual Mexican drug traffickers were reacting to the screen adaption (if at all). More@Vice.com
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Russia Is Punishing People for Helping Drug Users
December 11, 2018 - Moscow’s only harm reduction NGO (non-governmental organization) has been given a potentially devastating fine for doing the work it’s meant to do ... the city’s only drug harm reduction NGO, the Andrey Rylkov Foundation (ARF), to pay 800,000 roubles ($12,000) for publishing what it called “drug propaganda.”
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‘ReSET-O’ opioid addiction recovery app cleared by the FDA
December 11, 2018 - ReSET-O is specifically designed for opioid recovery, while it’s sister app Reset. The app helps to treat addiction or abuse of substances like cocaine, alcohol, or stimulant... More@CNET.com
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4,500 kits containing overdose reversal drug distributed in PA
Dec. 13, 2018 - For anyone who was unable to get naloxone, Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine said the state health centers would be staying open until 7 p.m. to take people’s information so they can get a supply of the drug... More@PennLive.com
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How Do You Recover After Millions Have Watched You OD?
Dec. 12, 2018 - The first time Kelmae Hemphill watched herself overdose, she sobbed. There she was in a shaky video filmed by her own heroin dealer, sprawled out on a New Jersey road while a stranger pounded on her chest. “Come on girl,” someone pleaded.
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Recovery cafe closes as founder slams lack of addiction support
Dec. 2018 - Grub’s Up recovery cafe was established in 2017 to help people recover from addiction – and to serve delicious food to the public.More@ArgyllshireAdvertiser.co.uk
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Two arrested in patient-brokering scheme involving fraudulent prescriptions
Dec. 14, 2018 - The Palm Beach County Sober Homes Task Force said it’s the first arrests of these kind it has seen.
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How the way we talk about addiction can make it harder for people to recover
Dec. 13, 2018 - Amanda Dick says she would have sought help for substance use sooner but worried about being labelled an ‘addict.’ Many medical professionals agree that the stigmatized language around addiction creates a barrier for those who need treatment. More@CBC.ca
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Tennessee Physician Charged with “Massive” Opioid Distribution Scheme
December 14, 2018 - A 45-count federal indictment was unsealed yesterday, charging Dr. Samson Orusa, 56, of Clarksville, Tennessee with maintaining a drug-involved premises; 22 counts of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance outside the bounds of professional medical practice;
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Telling truth to Powerlessness VIDEO
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Snow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody praised by fans after emotional interview on alcoholism VIDEO
Dec. 15, 2018 - I was spending a lot of time in Los Angeles, because I was writing a lot of music for films and TV, and my friends out there that I made would maybe go out once a week. More@Metro.co.uk
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A Haircut Can Change Everything VIDEO
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