THE WEEKEND November 7-10, 2019 • Vol. 7., No. 10
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JUUL Loves Hooking Kids
Nov. 5, 2019 - Juul executives knew young people were flocking to its breakthrough e-cigarette shortly after it went on sale in 2015. … Its nicotine blend was so potent, engineers devised a kill switch to limit the dosage – but the idea was shelved. More@Reuters
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Cost Of The Opioid Crisis: An Estimated $179 Billion LISTEN
October 24, 2019 - “When you think about the course of a person’s life that struggles with opioid use disorder, early mortality is the most significant adverse event that can happen, and I think that bears out when you look at the economic impact,” he says. More@NPR
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Out of the grieving mouths of babes WATCH
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‘Life With Layla’ Documentary Shows Opioid Crisis Through Eyes Of Little Girl WATCH
October 30, 2019 - She OD’d. She choked on her own puke,” said Layla. – what we sometimes forget is that an overdose has a profound effect on everyone around them, like 7-year-old Layla Borras. More@CBSLocal
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Woman claims hospital lacked options to connect addicts to treatment
Nov. 1, 2019 - Nashville, TN. You go to a hospital to get help, but a mid-state woman says a type of help for a loved one did not come fast enough. Heather Gann took a relative to an emergency room... More@NewsChannel5
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“A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.” —Alfred Hitchcock
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Cameron Douglas Opens Up About Drug Addiction & Prison
OCTOBER 30, 2019 - Cameron Douglas was born into Hollywood royalty. The son of Oscar-winner Michael Douglas and the grandson of screen legend Kirk Douglas, he grew up in a cocoon of wealth and privilege.
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Demi Lovato: 'I love the Demi Lovato I am today'
November 4, 2019 - “What I see in the mirror (is) someone that’s overcome a lot," she told Teen Vogue editor in chief Lindsay Peoples Wagner. "I’ve been through a lot and I genuinely see a fighter
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Why I Quit Drinking to Improve My Well-Being
November 3, 2019 - Hi, my name is Amanda and I’m not an alcoholic. In fact, back in my drinking days, I was what you would have considered a run-of-the-mill social drinker. I drank just like everyone else...
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Millions are Turning to Gabapentin for Pain and Anxiety. But There’s Almost No Evidence It Works.
Oct. 31, 2019 - …95 percent of the time it’s used for other conditions, without strong research to back it up. With recent links to overdose and reports of suicide, why is still being used so much? More@Vice
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Anti-Opioid ‘spoon’ sculpture bound for Manhattan
October 28, 2019 - Mountainside Chelsea will display the 800-pound “FDA Spoon,” complete with a murky brown stain depicting cooked drug residue, from Nov 6. to Nov. 22 inside its recently opened West 18th Street hub...
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Judy Crane and John West help those struggling with addiction overcome the odds
Oct. 31, 2019 - Founders Judy Crane and John West both know the hold that trauma and addiction have on the human psyche. Her book, “The Trauma Heart”, gives readers a first-hand look at the varying traumas she has treated, how her clients were able to overcome their own addictions, and the things she is learned along the way. It was through her work that she met, and eventually partnered with, Co-Founder John West.
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Mom Behind Viral Heroin Overdose Picture Celebrates 3 Years of Sobriety
November 3, 2019 - Erika Hurt, now 28, spoke to Inside Edition and shared that her addiction to opioids started when she was just 15 years old. Hurt said she contracted a staph infection and was prescribed pain pills.
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A drug counselor sees the perils of jailing her son for addiction
Nov. 2, 2019 - Robin Wallace has more than 30 years of experience working as an addiction counselor in Massachusetts, so when her 33-year-old son, Sean, needed help with an opioid addiction in 2017, she thought she knew where to go for help. More@PBS
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Cops use Narcan - save brothers suffering overdose at Wendy’s
Oct 25, 2019 - The Smyrna Police Department in October 2018 received a $6,000 donation from Yvette Williams of the Cobb Community Foundation to buy, train and equip its police officers with Narcan. More@AJC
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Sugary Drink Ban Tied to Health Improvements
Oct. 28, 2019 - In recent years, the link between sugar and obesity has drawn increasing scientific attention. Health authorities say that Americans have gotten fatter because they are consuming too many... More@NYTimes
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Philadelphia saved billions with syringe exchange programs
OCTOBER 29, 2019 - The findings suggest that small investments in SEPs could lead to large savings in HIV treatment costs, which could open up resources for other interventions, such as housing and overdose prevention.
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LGBT and Addiction Treatment
Oct 28, 2019 - The risk of violence and harassment that is faced by these people is also greater. Consequently, such stressors increase the risk of these sexual minority groups for different behavioral health problems.
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Mechanisms of Highly Processed Food Addiction
October 29, 2019 - Despite a desire to avoid eating addictive foods, many people find themselves unable to restrain from their consumption. In fact, some people experience addictive intake of junk food...
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Former Yeshivah Student Opens Up About Sex Addiction
October 29, 2019 - ...and he’s a proud recovering sex addict – so proud that the former Montreal yeshivah student, now 34, told 300 people about how, for years, he couldn’t get enough pornography, strip clubs and prostitutes...
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University targets importance of science in addiction
Nov. 3, 2019 - Mark Thomas is the scientific director of the Medical Discovery Team on Addiction, a new research program funded by the Minn. Legislature to power cross-disciplinary collaborations and discover new treatment options. Thomas’ research examines how addictive drugs affect the brain... More@GrandForksHerald
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Teacher poured Jack Daniels on her cereal during ‘raging’ alcoholism - “My drinking was getting worse because the way I was feeling internally and emotionally was getting worse,” Melissa explained on the podcast’s second episode, The Rock Bottom. Now a co-host of BBC 5 Live podcast Hooked: The Unexpected Addicts… More@Mirror
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Access to medications to treat opioid addiction changes lives
Oct. 31, 2019 - Opioid addiction is a lifelong chronic condition that can benefit from medical treatment, like diabetes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease …
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The Soulful Journey of Recovery - A Guide to Healing from a Traumatic Past for ACAs, Codependents, or Those with Adverse Childhood Experiences.
Nov. 5, 2019 - More than just a book full of the latest information, this is a dynamic, interactive, and personalized journey of recovery for those impacted by adverse childhood experiences (ACES). Finally, they can put their past behind them where it belongs!
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Jewish Rehab Center Brings Musical to the Main Line
November 3, 2019 - “People tend to really relate to the family they see onstage, whether it’s the overbearing father or the little sister who feels she’s been overlooked because somebody else in the family had a bigger problem,” said Michael Kaminer, Freedom Song’s director and a Beit T’Shuvah alumnus. More@JewishExponent
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Resurgence Launches New Residential Drug Rehabs In Orange County
November 3, 2019 - In all the evidence-based programs, custom personalized plans for treatment have been introduced as per the needs of different patients. The highly trained experts in drug rehabs use all their knowledge to make a person free from a drug addiction problem. More@CaliforniaHerald
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Las Vegas approves paying for parking tickets by donating food
Oct 16, 2019 - Those who have a non-public safety parking infraction in the city of Las Vegas that was issued between the allotted time frame may resolve their tickets by donating non-perishable food items of equal or greater value to their fine. More@Fox5Vegas
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Addiction counseling expert lived the nightmare
Nov. 3, 2019 - She did so and then completed a recovery program and after some time moved to Texas where, in addition to adhering to the Alcoholics Anonymous 12 steps, she took her first steps in volunteerism. … Her taste for the hard stuff came early — as a preschooler with the home cough remedy her mother mixed up from honey, lemon and a touch of whiskey. “Even then, I liked the taste and the effects,” she writes. “I might have even faked a cough or two.” Her real drinking started at 16...
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