September 17, 2019 • Vol. 7., No. 3
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Inside the Drug Industry’s Plan to Defeat the DEA
Sept. 13, 2019 - How were drug companies able to weaken the federal government’s most powerful enforcement weapon at the height of the crisis? The industry enlisted members of Congress to limit the powers of the DEA.
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Sacklers Transferred $1Billion To Themselves September 13, 2019 - “While the Sacklers continue to lowball victims and skirt a responsible settlement, we refuse to allow the family to misuse the courts in an effort to shield their financial misconduct,” James said in a statement. ReadMore@NPR
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Drug companies seek removal of judge in landmark opioid case VIDEO September 14, 2019 - The request comes after a series of rulings against the companies by U.S. District Judge Dan Aaron Polster in the landmark trial slated to begin Oct. 21. @WashingtonPost.com
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Morally Bankrupt Too! VIDEO
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OxyContin Maker Files For Bankruptcy Protection VIDEO
Sept. 15, 2019 - New York Attorney General Letitia James said she uncovered roughly $1 billion in wire transfers “between the Sacklers, entities they control and different financial institutions, including those that have funneled funds into Swiss bank accounts.” @HuffPost.com
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Google’s new addiction recovery website is better than a Google search
Sept. 12, 2019 - And it’s getting homepage promo! Google is launching a new website it’s calling “ Recover Together ” that collates resources for addiction recovery in the United States... @TheVerge.com
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How a millennial Boy Scout built a fentanyl empire VIDEO
Sept. 14, 2019 - ...a clean-cut, 29-year-old college dropout and Eagle Scout named Aaron Shamo made himself a millionaire by building a fentanyl trafficking empire with not much more than his computer and the help of a few friends. ReadMore@AOL
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Steve-O Celebrates Decade of Sobriety with Shocking VIDEO
September 13, 2019 - In the YouTube post, Steve-O described the video by saying, “It’s fairly common knowledge that I did a lot of drugs, but nothing can prepare you for how messed up the truth of my drug history truly is.Read More@PopCulture
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He Plays a Great Alec Baldwin VIDEO
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Alec Baldwin’s Battle with Alcoholism & Drug Addiction VIDEO Sep 15, 2019 - but many people are unaware of his previous struggles with drugs and alcohol. While promoting his memoir, Nevertheless, the actor spoke candidly about cleaning up his life after these battles.“I know that at that time, what I describe — overdosing on drugs — which I’ve kept very private for years and years,”... @Heavy
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“It is only when we realize that life is taking us nowhere that it begins to have meaning.” —P.D. Ouspensky
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Vape Like There's No Tomorrow VIDEO
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Teen now has lungs like a 70-year-old VIDEO
September 12, 2019 - “It was scary to think about that — that little device did that to my lungs,” Adam said ... Adam is among the hundreds of e-cigarette users in the United States who have been sickened with mysterious vaping-related lung illnesses ReadMore@CNN
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Demi Moore, 56, strips down on Harper's Bazaar cover, talks sobriety...VIDEO Sept. 12, 2019 - The "G.I. Jane" actress also spoke about her sobriety, which Dunham says she "achieved in her 20s, lost in her 40s, and got back as she headed into her 50s. @usatoday.com
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Tackle the epidemic, not the opioids September 9, 2019 - By the time federal programmes target a specific drug, the issue is being attacked where it was, not where it is. Funding should be targeted to substance misuse, not the drug du jour. The current opioid epidemic is a symptom of the fraying of the fabric of the rural United States. @Nature.com
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12-Step Programs Effective says American Psychiatric Assoc.
Sept. 03,2019 - ...The authors conclude that spiritual and religious based programs were more effective at reducing or eliminating substance use...“practitioners should become more familiar with Twelve Step Facilitation and other 12-step-oriented therapies.”@Psychiatry.org
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Are there any downsides to marijuana legalization?
SEPT. 10, 2019 - Interestingly, a year after Canada legalized marijuana nationwide for adult use, the reports are mostly positive. Health officials there say they haven’t experienced any real increase in cannabis-related incidents... @ChicagoTribune
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When they're ready... VIDEO
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Recovered heroin addicts say DART program saved their lives VIDEO September 9, 2019 - Trisha Howell can’t remember how many times she’s been brought back to life after overdosing ... She does remember who was there in the end to make it the last time. ... Lucas County sheriff’s Deputy Dennis Whaley with a single question: “Are you ready yet? @ToledoBlade.com
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Captain Sandy Yawns: “I Finally Woke Up” VIDEO
SEPTEMBER 10, 2019 - The Below Deck Med boss went on to describe how abusing alcohol impacted her life. “Alcoholism runs in my family. When I add alcohol, I cannot predict my behavior,”... @BravoTV
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Daniel Johnston Dies; Gifted & Enigmatic Songwriter Was 58
Sept. 11, 2019 - He was admired by Kurt Cobain and Tom Waits and earned comparisons to William Blake. But he struggled with mental health issues. @NYTimes.com
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Proceed with Cough-tion VIDEO
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New York to require health warnings in vape shops VIDEO
Sept. 9, 2019 - The state will also issue subpoenas to three companies that sell a vaping liquid additive that state health officials believe could be making people sick. Cuomo urged people not to vape while investigations into the cause of the illnesses are ongoing. @WPXI.com
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When Irish Eyes Are Crying VIDEO
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Teenagers as young as 13 ‘becoming addicted to cocaine’ VIDEO Sept. 10, 2019 - 25-year-old Conor, who is currently going through a 20-week treatment programme at the centre, said he became addicted to cocaine and tablets as young as 13 years of age. @RTE.ie
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Outgrowing Addiction
Oct. 2019 - Peele and Rhoads reject the disease model of addiction, which undermines recovery by teaching that self-control is impossible and which promotes the “fantasy that we can sidestep cultural, community, and personal problems” through “medical solutions.” @Reason.com
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Triggered By Sober September?
September 10, 2019 - Sober September and other booze-free periods are based around the idea that giving up alcohol is relatively easy, “The freedom of being able to give up [alcohol], whenever you wish — is beguilingly attractive to people who behave compulsively around alcohol,”... ReadMore@Bustle
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Addictions Are Everywhere – How to Avoid Falling into One
September 10, 2019 - Unlike past generations, Millennials and Generation Z seem unusually vulnerable to addictive behaviors. This is true despite the growing recognition that as a group, they’re far more culturally aware and sensitive to societal issues. @ThriveGlobal.com
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From One Extreme to the Other VIDEO
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Opioid crackdown forces pain patients to taper off drugs VIDEO September 10, 2019 - Hank, 79, has had seven shoulder surgeries, lung cancer, open-heart surgery, a blown-out knee and lifelong complications from a clubfoot. He has a fentanyl patch on his belly to treat his chronic shoulder pain. @WashingtonPost
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Smart Business Man is No Angel VIDEO
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Philip Esformes sentenced to 20 years for $1.3 billion Medicaid fraud VIDEO
SEPT. 13, 2019 - Many of his younger, drug-addicted patients spent the daylight hours wandering the streets of Miami while he collected government payments “Miami is the epicenter of health care fraud, there was no one like Philip Esformes, he was king,” prosecutor Allan J. Medina told the judge @Sun-Sentinel.com
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Head of mental health services at University of Pennsylvania dies by suicide Sept. 10, 2019 - He arrived at UPENN at a time when the campus community was demanding more mental health resources, according to student newspaper The Daily Pennsylvanian, in the wake of at least 14 student deaths by suicide since 2013. @NBCNews.com
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Makes Scarface Look Like an Amateur Video
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Tennessee court says Big Pharma can be sued as drug dealers VIDEO
Sept. 12, 2019 - It is the first test of an experimental use of an unusual Tennessee law known as the Drug Dealer Liability Act to hold opioid makers financially responsible for the opiate epidemic that claims thousands of lives in the state annually. @KnoxNews.com
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ACLU Sues Bureau of Prisons for Denying a Prisoner Buprenorphine
SEPTEMBER 11, 2019 - Leaman Crews, 44, entered the US Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas on September 4 to serve a three-year sentence. Prison staff, citing official policy, are denying him buprenorphine, the opioid addiction treatment that he uses. @FilterMag.org
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‘I’m free’: Actor Mackenzie Phillips among guests at festival celebrating sobriety
Sept. 14, 2019 - Phillips — who began acting at age 12 in the film American Graffiti and gained fame for appearing in the ‘70s sitcom One Day At a Time — has written two memoirs about her struggles with substance abuse. She now says she wants to share that story of recovery with others. @CBC.ca
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Vitamin E Suspected in Lung Problems Among People Who Vaped Cannabis
September 5, 2019 - Health officials say state lab tests detected high levels of vitamin E in cartridges of cannabis vaping products used by people who vaped and suffered serious lung damage. @NPR.org
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Why the best album of the 21st century is Amy Winehouse’s 'Back to Black'
Sept. 13, 2019 - Back to Black is an exceptionally forlorn 35 minutes: the closest its mood of self-loathing and hopelessness comes to a resolution is Addicted’s bitter line about how marijuana “does more than any dick did” ... What Winehouse had to say was despondent and troubling, but when her voice soars on the chorus of Tears Dry on Their Own... @TheGuardian.com
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New (Important) Music AUDIO
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The Lumineers Trace The Cycle Of Addiction AUDIO
September 13, 2019 - “He’d smoke PCP and he was so high on drugs that he went inside this A&P ... and he drank Drano which is just an unbelievable thing. I don’t know what compelled him to do that. But he was in the ICU for a couple of weeks with second and third degree burns on his throat. @NPR.org
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Recovery Gave Me the Purpose I’d Been Trying to Find Through Alcohol -by Olivia Pennelle
September 14, 2019 - I often think back to the broken woman I once was: the one who drowned herself in four bottles of wine a day, desperately seeking a way out of this life. I wish I could reach out to her when she began that downward spiral... @GoodMenProject
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AG: Opioid makers have ‘blood on their hands’ Sept. 14, 2019 - On Friday, The New York Times reported that the attorney general’s office in New York has tracked about $1 billion in wire transfers by the Sackler family, including some through Swiss bank accounts... @UnionLeader
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Goo Goo Dolls’ Johnny Rzeznik Opens Up About His Sobriety
Sept. 14, 2019 - “I’m really grateful that I learned how to stay sober. [Alcoholism]’s always right here,” he said, pointing to his shoulder in a taunting way, “but the price is too high.” His Goo Goo Dolls bandmate Robby Takac is also sober... @Alt991.iHeart
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An Addiction Call Box VIDEO
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‘The Rehab Booth’ hopes to connect drug addicts with resources VIDEO
Sept. 14, 2019 - On one side of the large foam box is a phone number, which connects users to a drug rehab recovery line. Todd Sylvester and his friend Josh Rossi set the booth up Thursday, and people have already noticed.
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Scientists Unveil Weed Breathalyzer
September 5, 2019 - As 33 states and the District of Columbia have legalized pot in some form, Breathalyzer-type devices that could theoretically aid police enforcement have begun appearing in various stages of development.@NPR
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Purdue Settles Opioids Case
Sept. 11, 2019 - The company is expected to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy imminently. The settlement, which was described by two people involved in the negotiations, involves the dissolution of Purdue Pharma as it now exists. The Sackler family will pay $3 billion in cash over seven years. The settlement does not include a statement of wrongdoing. ReadMore@NYT
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