August 6, 2019 • Vol. 7., No. 4
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How an epic legal battle brought a secret drug database to light
Aug. 2, 2019 - ARCOS, for Automation of Reports and Consolidated Orders System, was established by the Drug Enforcement Administration to track the manufacture and distribution of prescription drugs, including billions of opioid painkillers that have sparked a deadly epidemic.
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Binge Drinking Among Older Americans on the Rise VIDEO
July 31, 2019 - “It’s really important that doctors screen for this and also educate about it. A lot of these people may be at home drinking alone. Nobody really knows what’s going on. The problems may be attributed to, ‘Oh, they’re getting older, that’s why they’re confused and falling.
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Recovery Advocate Arrested on Drug, Assault charges
August 2, 2019 - A well-known advocate for the recovery community is facing criminal charges, including unlawful possession of scheduled drugs, criminal OUI and assault. Jesse Harvey, 27, was arrested twice in two days last week... More@WGME.com
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Perfectly Imperfect
August 4, 2019 - Probably half the world thinks they are fat. We live in an image-heavy society — And because our society loves thin ... seeing something different isn’t considered fashionable. More@DailyPioneer.com
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Lawmaker Aims to Curb Social Media Addiction
August 3, 2019 - “Big Tech has embraced a business model of addiction,” Hawley said when announcing the bill. “Too much of the ‘innovation’ in this space is designed not to create better products, but to capture more attention by using psychological tricks that make it difficult to look away.” More@NPR.org
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Your Non-Scary Guide to Going to Rehab
JULY 16, 2019 - For the first time ever, you, a woman living in America, are more likely to die from an overdose than in a car accident. More@Cosmopolitan.com
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“In taking a single step toward positive change,
the divine energy will take a hundred steps toward you. New worlds of unbelievable possibilities will open up for you.” — Joan Borysenko, PhD
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Hazelfest Celebrates 70th Anniversary For Hazelden
August 2, 2019 - This year’s Hazelfest is slated for Saturday, Aug. 3. HazelFest is a fundraiser for the 70-year-old facility that helps people struggling with addiction, substance abuse disorders and mental illness.
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Meal Plan for Drug Users
July 18, 2019 - For the purposes of this guide, I have chosen to focus on the nutritional needs of people who are detoxing or in the early stages of recovery from problematic drug use. More@FilterMag.org
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Neuroscientist Charlotte Wincott Joins APF’s Advisory Board August 2, 2019 -Today Addiction Policy Forum, announced that Dr. Charlotte Wincott, a celebrated neuroscientist with experience studying learning, memory, and addiction-associated behaviors... More@AddictionPolicy.org
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Lake Worth Beach Film Festival Puts Spotlight on Recovery
Jul 28, 2019 - For the past two years, founders Manny Mendez and Vic James have organized and held the Art of Recovery Film Festival in hopes of shedding light on recovering addicts, mental illnesses and more.More@PalmBeachPost.com
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Tennessee Couple’s Before and After Photos Go Viral
August 3, 2019 - This is my wife and I in active meth addiction the first photo was taken around December 2016 the second one was taken in July of 2019. This December 31st will be 3 years we have been clean and sober and living for God... More@KnoxNews.com
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The Companies and Execs Who Fueled the Opioid Crisis Should Face the Same Fate as El Chapo
July 30, 2019 - The very same day as El Chapo’s sentencing, it was reported by The Washington Postthat some of America’s largest drug companies distributed 76 billion oxycodone and hydrocodone pain pills from 2006 to 2012. We have a legal drug cartel in America...
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England Failing to Tackle Alcohol ‘Epidemic’
July 30, 2019 - For Catherine Maxwell, from Liverpool, it is the little things that count - like just waking up in the morning and not having a hangover. The first couple of months without a drink “were awful,” she says. “I didn’t feel physically that bad, but it was the emotional side of not knowing if I felt depressed I could just drink myself into oblivion.” More@BBC.com
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Florida Synagogue Tailors High Holidays for Addiction Afflicted
JULY 29, 2019 - A West Boca synagogue is launching a series of “egalitarian Jewish High Holiday programs tailored for people struggling with addiction and their loved ones,” according to a news release.
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NYPD Data Reveals Just How Often Fentanyl is in Cocaine
July 30, 2019 - Forensic tests on cocaine seized by the New York City Police Department (NYPD) over the last three years show that of 59,364 individual samples, just over one percent—691—contained traces of the super potent opioid.
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How a Big Pharma Lawsuit Could Succeed Where Big Tobacco Failed
JULY 29, 2019 - New York, for example, used $700,000 of its tobacco-settlement money to purchase golf carts and sprinklers. More@Slate.com
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Woman Charged With Illegally Dispensing Over 745,000 Prescriptions
July 31, 2019 - She was charged with three felony counts of false impersonation, identity theft and obtaining money, labor or property by false pretenses. Of the more than 745,000 prescriptions, more than 100,000 were “highly regulated controlled substances...
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For Years, Alcohol Was My Only Comfort. It Nearly Killed Me.
July 24, 2019 - As much as I would love to say that I stopped drinking for Taj, I didn’t. For the first time in many years, I wanted to live more than I wanted to drink. I found myself in this weird dilemma: I could no longer see myself drinking, but I had no idea how to live my life without alcohol. More@NYTimes.com
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‘Before the Meeting’ Not the Usual Sobriety Account
July 31, 2019 - We’ve seen it play out in countless biopics and dramas. Rather than offering one more variation on that tune, Bock explores the lives of people who are already committed to sobriety and well along their way in building a healthy and stable life.More@TimesUnion.com
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The Trail Never Ends VIDEO
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Addiction Solutions in Native American Community ExploredVIDEO July 31, 2019 - It’s not just a medical approach that treatment centers, government departments, and others are taking to help the Native American community recover from drug addiction. They are taking a spiritual approach as well. More@Fox21Online.com
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New Data on Syringe Exchanges
August 1, 2019 - It’s a classic case of “harm reduction” policy, which isn’t an unhelpful sentiment. Jailing drug users doesn’t do much good. Better to treat them, minimize health risks, and avoid driving them away through punitive processes, the thinking goes.
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Overcoming Trauma Allows You to Live Freely in Sobriety?
August 2, 2019 - In active addiction, many people use drugs and alcohol as a coping mechanism in order to mask the feelings they may not know how to deal with on their own. In direct result, these feelings and emotions begin to... More@ThriveGlobal.com
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‘Zombie land in New York’: Used Syringes Litter Section of MelroseVIDEO Aug. 2, 2019 - News 12 spoke with people on Canal Place where they told their stories about encounters with used syringes in the area. George Santana says he accidentally pricked himself with a needle while cleaning up a stretch of Canal Place between East 144th and East 146th streets last summer. More@Bronx.News12.com
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Tattoos Can Be an Important Part of Mental Health Recovery
August 2, 2019 - Mental health recovery tattoos ... have become increasingly common as the stigma against mental health has (slowly but surely) started to fall away. Take singer Demi Lovato, who has the words “stay” and “strong” as permanent reminders on her wrists, and she’s certainly not alone. More@WellAndGood.com
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3 People Got 2nd Chance At LifeAugust 3, 2019 - “When you’re in a position where you’re faced with losing your life, it’s usually a big wake-up call,” she says. “It’s often enough to start looking at life through a different lens and an attitudinal shift can occur...More@SMH.com.au
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Dating as a Recovering Alcoholic Presents New Hurdles
August 3, 2019 - Alcohol was also a way of keeping my emotions in check. My emotions tended to go haywire when it came to women I fancied – so much so, I was perpetually convinced I’d found ‘the one’. A friend of mine joked that I didn’t wear my heart on my sleeve, I threw it at crowds of women. More@Metro.co.uk
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Former Drug Recovery Advocate Pleads Guilty to Charge Related to Fentanyl Trafficking VIDEO
Aug 1, 2019 - Investigators said Jeffrey Hatch was stopped by police almost two years ago and was in possession of fentanyl. In a written statement, Hatch, a former NFL player who worked at Granite Recovery Centers until last month, said he had the drugs as part of a relapse from a knee replacement... More@WMUR.com
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‘Idiot Wind’ Tells a Personal Tale of Journeying From Addiction to Recovery
July 28, 2019 - “Once the last bridge is burnt, every addict becomes an island, no matter what John Donne says,” Peter Kaldheim writes in his new memoir, “Idiot Wind.” ... Inspired by Jack Kerouac, he traveled across the country by bus and in strangers’ cars, writing short sketches about his experiences along the way. More@NYTimes.com
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