January 28, 2020 • Vol. 7., No. 22
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Demi Lovato performs for the first time since overdose
January 26, 2020 - The singer, 27, debuted her new song “Anyone” at the 2020 Grammy Awards on Sunday and looked stunning in a white gown. The lyrics touched her state of mind last July before her overdose. Lovato was so overcome with emotion when she began to sing she paused to collect herself before starting again... @FoxNews
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United States’ new war on drugs
Jan. 26, 2020 - Attorney General William Barr recently warned that if his request were not granted, illicit fentanyl analogues would be “legal.” That is false. Dangerous fentanyl analogues have long been illegal and will continue to be under existing laws. @WashingtonPost
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Harsh state drugs laws doing more harm than good
Jan. 27, 2010 -It is an accepted and hard-earned fact that treating drug addiction as a crime is no solution to a crisis that continues to kill ... Thankfully, more and more, that reality is reflected in state policy. Unfortunately, in some cases, the law is doing more harm than good.
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Opioid victims can begin filing claims against Purdue Pharma
Jan. 23, 2020 - On Friday, the federal judge overseeing the bankruptcy case of Purdue Pharma set a June 30 deadline to file a claim against the company. That includes governments, hospitals and for the first time, individuals who have personal injury claims. @APNews
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AI can help find illegal opioid sellers online January 21, 2020 - People selling these substances online don’t always use obvious keywords, and they change their strategies and quickly remove their posts. For instance, Mackey has noticed that some accounts that appeared to be online drug sellers have pictures of exercise equipment in their posts. @Vox
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Low Life Sentenced - 66 Months in Prison in Opioid Trial
Jan. 23, 2020 - Kapoor and four other executives were found guilty last year of orchestrating a criminal conspiracy to bribe doctors to prescribe the company’s medication, including to patients who didn’t need it. They then lied to insurance companies... @NPR
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Appropriate Care After Nonfatal Overdose in Teens Stunningly Poor - January 14, 2020 - We need to find effective interventions that can link adolescents and young adults directly into treatment after an opioid overdose. We also need to evaluate what barriers exist to accessing care at the time of overdose ... and find strategies to mitigate these barriers. @PsychiatricTimes
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‘Bachelorette’ contestant Tyler Gwozdz dies of overdose at 29
Jan. 23, 2020 - According to the Boca Raton Police Department, Gwozdz was hospitalized on Jan. 13 after a “medical overdose.” @Today
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“Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism.” —Carl Jung
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Everything is Possible WATCH
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Psychedelics: Can getting high improve your mental health? WATCH - January 24, 2020 - In the 1950s UK psychiatrist Dr. Humphry Osmond began giving LSD to treatment-resistent alcoholics: 40% to 45% of those who took LSD were still sober after a year. @CNN
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Headline Press to publish Bryony Gordon’s sobriety memoir - January 24, 2020 - Gordon “bravely re-lives the darkest and most terrifying moments of her addiction, taking us on a rollercoaster ride through rehab, AA, painful self-reflection and life-changing friendship to self-acceptance, hope, and pride" @TheBookseller
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Nevada’s Attorney General awarded $700,000 grant to help map where overdoses occur
January 15, 2020 - The program gives first responders the ability to report a suspected overdose prior to taking the victim to the hospital in real-time ... will provide data that allows authorities to focus on ‘hot spots’ and trends concerning overdoses... @News3LV
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INTERVIEW - Sherry Gaba
January 28, 2020 - Sherry Gaba, LCSW, is a licensed psychotherapist and life coach who helps people cope with codependency, addictions, trauma, and mental health issues. She is the author of the best-selling, The Law of Sobriety, which addresses recovery through the lens of The Law of Attraction. @AREB
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America’s Favorite Poison
JANUARY 14, 2020 - Someone will accuse her of being drunk. She, in turn, will clarify that she doesn’t drink, and that she’s never been drunk. Inevitably, people will criticize her. You’re really missing out, they might say. Why would you deny yourself? @TheAtlantic
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Treating Insomnia in People Recovering from Addiction - January 24, 2020 - Although insomnia is the predominant one, among the sleep problems caused by addiction, we also count circadian rhythm disorder, sleep apnea, and parasomnias. Patients who are in the early stage of their recovery have five times higher chances of experiencing the symptoms of insomnia which can stay around for weeks or months. @LegalReader
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Sackler Family: Escape From New York - January 24, 2020 - Even as the Sackler family tried to reach a settlement on the roughly 2,000 lawsuits that its company, Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, faced last year over its role in the opioid crisis, it appeared to remain very rich. @VanityFair
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Aerosmith honored at MusiCares benefit January 25, 2010 - And the best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.” The band was joined on guitar and vocals by H.E.R. for “Dream On,” and on vocals and blues harp by Alice Cooper and actor/guitarist Johnny Depp... @LATimes
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Billie Eilish’s Video Captures Isolation & Addiction
Dec. 24, 2019 - Billie Eilish, Grammy winning artist, has just turned 18 yesterday and is speedily raising eyebrows and amassing fame. We take a look at her huge success as a breakthrough electropop/alternative artist so far and her latest video ‘Xanny’. @Meaww
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Motley Crue Icon Calls Out ‘Lazy Alcoholic’ Nikki Sixx
January 24, 2020 - “And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing, or situation – some fact of my life unacceptable...@AlternativeNation
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Jessica Simpson in a revealing new book: she was ‘killing’ herself ‘with drinking and pills’ WATCH Jan. 20, 2020 - “I’m a horrible liar,” Simpson said. Her memoir, “Open Book,” details for the first time that she’d been sexually abused by the daughter of a family friend when she was just 6 years old. @GMA
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At 84, Cajun Great Doug Kershaw Still Going Strong Soberly - January 24, 2020 - After years of drug- and alcohol-fueled volatility, Kershaw entered rehab in 1981, then again in 1984. That time, Pam Kershaw said they were through. She relented after getting his written promise: no drugs, no temper tantrums, and no more second chances. @NYTimes
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“We do recover.” Nurse practitioner shares success in beating opioid addiction WATCH - Jan. 23, 2020 - At one time owning her own healthcare clinic, the nurse loved her work and her patients. But after the divorce and death of her husband, a love for an escape came first. Snorting a half a pill turned into 50 to 60 pills a day. If you put a money amount on my drug habit it was about 1800, 2000 dollars a day,” says Barnett. @WATE
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January 2020 - There can be many different pathways to remission. But the mechanisms by which people change are the same. Here’s what’s needed for recovery.
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University of Arkansas! WATCH
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Recovery Advocate Brian Cuban to Speak at Law School WATCH
Jan. 23, 2020 - Join the U of A School of Law for a presentation by Brian Cuban (younger brother of Dallas Mavericks owner and entrepreneur Mark Cuban) attorney and author of “The Addicted Lawyer: Tales of The Bar, Booze, Blow, and Redemption.” He will present “Driven: Tales of Getting Back on the Road” at noon Tuesday, Jan. 28, in the E.J. Ball Courtroom. @NewsUArk
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Drug rehab center with links to Scientology given the go-ahead
January 25, 2020 - A controversial drug rehab centre linked to the Church of Scientology has been given the green light to open its doors in the Meath village of Ballivor. @Independent
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