September 24, 2019 • Vol. 7., No. 4
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Failing On Fentanyl
Sept. 20, 2019 - “Who is for fentanyl?” Ayotte said in a recent interview, recalling her frustration with Washington’s lack of urgency as the drug emerged as a widespread killer. “Fentanyl has not truly been dealt with. There are still people who are dying from it.” Ayotte would lose her reelection bid the next year.
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Demi Moore’s memoir claims her alcoholic mom had a part in her being raped at 15: ‘A devastating betrayal’
September 23, 2019 - “I think...” she started to say and then trailed off. “In my deep heart, no. I don’t think it was a straightforward transaction. But she still did give him the access and put me in harm’s way.”
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Massive crowd forces non-profit to postpone hearing over proposed drug treatment center
SEP. 19, 2019 - Opponents of a Haymarket drug treatment center coming to Itasca march toward Peacock Junior High prior to a public hearing ... The throng equated to roughly 17 percent of the 8,700-resident village. ReadMore@ChicagoTribune
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How to Quit Opioids
September 21, 2019 - How did the opioid epidemic become the opioid epidemic? It grew from many seeds . One sprouted in 1980, with a five-sentence letter to the editor ... which stated that opioids were not addictive.
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CDC Says Vaping Illnesses Increase! September 19, 2019 - The nation’s public health officials said they still were unable to pinpoint the cause, or causes, of the sicknesses that have resulted in hundreds of hospitalizations, with many in intensive care units. ReadMore@NYTimes
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Fed up with rampant overdoses residents try Narcan bike patrols AUDIO SEPTEMBER 16, 2019 - ... a dozen or more men and women are openly using drugs— tying off their upper arms, poking needles into veins or sprawling semi-conscious on the grass. One young man is curled up, sitting motionless. “Excuse me, Is he okay?” At first no one responds, but Morrisette is insistent. “Just tap him, please,” ReadMore@KYWNewsRadio
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Suboxone Creator’s Scheme to Profit Off Heroin Addicts
TWO YEARS AGO...APRIL 13, 2017 - The company behind America’s most popular drug to treat addicts actually claimed its pills could kill kids to get a new patent and $1 billion … Reckitt Benckiser’s patent for its opiate-treatment drug Suboxone expired... ReadMore@DailyBeast
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Major trial opens in France over diet-pill scandal
Sept. 23, 2019 - Although marketed as a diabetes drug, Mediator was also prescribed as a hunger suppressant and taken by millions of people before sales were suspended in France in 2009. A 2010 study said Mediator was suspected in 1,000-2,000 deaths... ReadMore@MiamiHerald
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John Goodman Opens up about His Ongoing Battle with Alcoholism and Depression
September 22, 2019 - “[It’s] a chemical thing, a brain thing, [a feeling of] general dissatisfaction with everything. I don’t want to do anything, nothing seems right. I have to be doing something else, but I don’t want to do anything else. It’s just nuts.” ReadMore@AmoMama.com
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“If it is not right, do not do it, if it is not true, do not say it.” —Marcus Aurelius
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UK to ‘consider legalizing all drugs’ including cocaine and heroin Sept 16, 2019 - “There is nothing more important than preserving the life of our citizens,” Diane Abbott, the shadow home secretary, told The Sunday Times. “Our current approach to drugs is simply not doing that.” ReadMore@Independent.co.uk
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How Juul Hooked Kids
SEPTEMBER 19, 2019 - To a remarkable degree, a single company is front and center in one of the biggest public-health crises facing the country: the sharp rise in vaping among teenagers and young adults.
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Mental health apps are scooping up your most sensitive data
September 20, 2019 - “You don’t typically share medical information like this with companies,” said Dr. Mason Marks, “Our health information used to be off limits, but this is kind of a Wild West of health apps, information can be collected and shared with anyone.”
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Bill would treat mental health like physical health in schools
September 21, 2019 - ...the change would be a small step to destigmatizing mental health problems students face, and a way to begin addressing an “alarming” suicide rate.
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FILE YOUR CLAIM AGAINST PURDUE PHARMA today. Time is of the essence. You Can collect Damage$ for you or a loved one.
Sept. 18, 2019 - I encourage each and every one of you to do the same. Any money recovered under my personal claim against Purdue, I am dedicating 100% to support solutions in prevention, treatment, harm reduction, and recovery support services in my community.” – Ryan Hampton ReadMore@OpioidRights
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Star of TV’s ‘Intervention’ helps two women get into rehab
Sept. 22, 2019 - Jenny had been fighting meth addiction for almost two years … Her brother gave chase. She hopped a fence. He tackled her. She bit and hit him. Inevitably, the police showed up. Jenny had two options: Go to jail or a mental hospital — or to drug rehab in California. ReadMore@NWITimes.com
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How AI-backed virtual reality experience is helping drug addicts stay clean
Sept. 22, 2019 - You are in a black sedan parked in a dimly-lit alley at night. In the passenger seat a female, dressed in white top and jeans, asks if you want to share some meth. She lights up and smoke fills the interior. Seemingly out of nowhere, a second meth inhaling device appears. ReadMore@TodayOnline.com
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Man poses as physician writing opioid prescriptions
September 16, 2019 - Aster Medical Clinic dispensed prescriptions for more than 200,000 dosage units of hydrocodone, a schedule II controlled substance, and over 145,000 dosage units of carisoprodol.
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Why It’s Dangerous to Talk About Sobriety as a “Wellness Trend” by Claire Gillespie
Sept. 18, 2019 - Earlier this year, the New York Times wrote about “the new sobriety,” highlighting the waves of people ditching booze for the sake of their health — not because they have an issue with alcohol.
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The Old Dominion’s new look on saving lives Sept. 14, 2019 - Since its founding in 2004, the McShin Foundation has been one of Virginia’s leading nonprofit, full-service recovery community organizations. For the past 15 years, the McShin Foundation has proved that recovery works, and that healing is possible.ReadMore@Richmond
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Susanna Reid reveals she was dumped by a date after giving up alcohol SEPTEMBER 21, 2019 - The Good Morning Britain star – who decided to go teetotal last year – admitted that her potential suitor stopped replying to her messages after she broke the news that she would not be drinking booze on their date More@HelloMagazine
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The Challenge of Harm Reduction: Changing Attitudes Toward Addiction Treatment by Andrew Tatarsky
September/October 2019 - He looked almost blissful as he described sex scenes that lasted for hours. “But in the last few months, it’s gotten a little rough,” he said, taking a breath. “I started slamming it,” meaning he’d been injecting the drug intravenously.
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Alaskan Bush Person, Matt Brown, Celebrates 1 Year Sober
Sept. 19, 2019 - Matt Brown has been on a good path to rebuilding the relationship with his family, and now he’s on a good path for his personal health as he revealed he has been sober for over a year. More@TheBlast
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Lala Kent Talks How ‘Proud’ She Is of Her Sobriety
SEPT. 19, 2019 - The sober Bravo TV star shared a lengthy post on her Instagram feed, captioned simply with “Heart️,” on September 18. I’ve never done cocaine nor were any substances, other than alcohol, involved in my decision to get sober,”... More@LifeAndStyleMag
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A radical approach to confronting addiction puts human connection first
September 19, 2019 - In 2015, Jennifer Nicolaisen was working in consulting and getting by some days on just two hours of sleep. She was a 27-year-old statistician in northern Virginia … “Even my romantic relationship was a façade,” she says. “It was what the world wanted to see.”
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Prison time for doctor who profited off drug-treatment patients he never saw
SEPT. 20, 2019 - A federal judge on Friday sentenced a doctor who signed blank prescription forms and vouched for testing of people he never saw at a drug addiction treatment company to more than three years in federal prison. More@MCall
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Johann Hari: Drug addiction an indicator of a disconnected society September 21, 2019 - British author Johann Hari was first introduced to addiction as a young child when he tried to wake up a relative and couldn’t. “I didn’t understand why, but as I got older I realized we had drug addiction in several members of my family,”...
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Gucci model stages mental health protest at fashion week September 22, 2019 - ...holds up hands with ‘mental health is not fashion’ during catwalk show. Gucci’s show was surreal, opening with models propelled along a conveyor belt catwalk, staring bleakly ahead, wearing high fashion straitjackets. More@TheGuardian
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Man uses photography to maintain his sobriety
September 21, 2019 - Scott Rivera likes to see the world through a lens. “It’s very meditative to go and take pictures.” But his passion for photography didn’t come easily. ReadMore@KSHB
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