July 14, 2020 • Vol. 7., No. 46
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Gov. Cuomo cuts aid for recovery services
July 11, 2020 - The sudden, 31% reduction — in payments being made Thursday and Friday to localities that send the money to private, nonprofit treatment providers – will further strain a mental health care network... more@AuburnPub
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B.C. invests $16 million in recovery beds
July 10, 2020 - “We are working at full speed to stem the tide of these dual crises and connect more people to the treatment and recovery services they need.” ... $13.5 million will go towards increasing the number of treatment and recovery beds by 50 to 70 over the next three years. more@CityNews1130
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Why Mexican Cartels Are Shooting Up Drug Rehabs
July 10, 2020 - The roses that lie in the dry dirt outside the ‘Road to My Recovery’ rehab center are still fresh. They fell from the gates of the impoverished drug project on the outskirts of the small Mexican city of Irapuato... more@Vice
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RuPaul bonds with TV contestant over sobriety: ‘I wouldn’t be here today’
July 11, 2020 - RuPaul opened up about his path to sobriety during an emotional moment ... “It’s a real, real gift,” RuPaul said of sobriety. “You can honor that gift by shining, sewing and cooking.” more@Today
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Demi Lovato Saved Herself
July 7, 2020 - Lovato says, “I had to learn the hard way from ignoring my needs and wants for so many years.” She didn’t even know what those desires were. Self-destructive behavior was, Lovato says, “just doing something because I didn’t know what to do.” more@Bustle
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Elon Musk’s ‘Terrifying’ MINI Brain Chip Cures Addiction? - July 11, 2020 - Billionaire owner Elon Musk recently introduced more information about its upcoming latest project, the Neuralink brain chip. This brain implant is said to retrain the brain cells that may even cure depression and addiction. more@TechTimes
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Heroin addict reaches out to News 4 for help WATCH by the way inmate number one givesby the way inmate number one please please today todayHallelujah this is July 10, 2020 - When our Trouble Shooters followed up 10 days later, Gina was struggling on a street corner and quickly losing hope. She told News 4 she had been addicted to heroin for 4 years and that she just wanted to feel normal again. Her husband Miguel was also hooked on heroin... more@News4SanAntonio
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Rufus Wainwright is sober, battle-hardened and wrestling with the demons
July 8, 2020 - Rufus Wainwright was 3 years old, playing in the pool at the Chateau Marmont. The famous West Hollywood hotel was “kind of a dump” in those days, and a quasi-home to troubadours like Leonard Cohen and Wainwright’s parents, Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle. more@WashingtonPost
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Trial Confirms Antipsychotics Damage the Brain WATCH - July 6, 2020 - A new study published in JAMA Psychiatry ... Researchers found “widespread” cortical thinning in those who took the drug versus those who took a placebo. more@MadInAmerica
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‘Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo’ WATCH
July 11, 2020 - While serving time in San Quentin (one of the most dangerous prisons in the country), Trejo fought for survival as well redemption. He became a boxer during those dark days he successfully completed a 12-step rehabilitation program that changed his life... more@Hola
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Elle King Talks Isolation, Sobriety and Self-Repair
July 10, 2020 - “Elle King: In Isolation” her first new music release since 2018 — finds the wrenching emotive singer still haughty and bawdy, yet clean-and-sober and vulnerable ... Now, I’m happily in love with someone I met unexpectedly — we’re together 10 months.more@Variety
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Center on Addiction Changes Name to...
July 10, 2020 - Following its merger with Partnership for Drug-Free Kids in 2019, the Center on Addiction announced this week that it is rolling out a new name, brand identity and website. The organization will now be known as the Partnership to End Addiction. more@PsychCongress
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International Trade Dealers WATCH
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Three things Amazon Prime series ‘ZeroZeroZero’ gets right about the cocaine trade WATCH
July 11, 2020 - The cinematography is stunning, and so is the series’ accuracy. Episode 1 takes viewers to northern Mexico as 5.5 tons (5,000 kilograms) of cocaine in sealed pucks are being hidden in the bottom of cans of chilis. Even though the cocaine has made it as far north as Monterrey – less than three hours’ drive from Laredo, Texas, it was going to Italy. more@OSUNews
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Johnny Depp diagnosed with ADHD, depression and chronic substance abuse
July 8, 2020 - Ms. Wass read out notes from Depp’s physician, Dr Kipper, which stated the actor had a history of taking drugs including oxycodone and aderol for ADHD. She read that Depp had been diagnosed with “primary dopamine imbalance, depression, chronic substance abuse disorder, nicotine addiction.” more@Mirror
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Talking with, not at... WATCH
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Pink Opens Up About Marriage Counseling WATCH
June 22, 2020 - “I got a lot of shit for telling people that Carey and I have been in couples counseling with Vanessa,” the singer said during their conversation. “It’s the only reason that we’re still together,” she explained. more@HuffPost
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I quit boozing when I was too drunk to hold my baby as hubby hosed vomit off me July 9, 2020 - Victoria stopped drinking during her pregnancies, but old habits crept back and after she’d given birth she’d start drinking again, despite vowing to continue her sober streak. more@TheSun
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Increase in indecent exposure cases related to drug activity, police sayJuly 10, 2020 - Narcotics detectives have been following up on complaints of recent drug activity, and made three arrests while monitoring a hotel room ... the arrests were related to the possession of Phencyclidine, commonly known as PCP, a psychoactive drug that was once used as an anesthetic. more@CaptialGazette
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Chabad Intown Offers Hope and Recovery
July 8, 2020 - Rabbi Eliyahu Schusterman addresses a need in the Jewish community with Jeff’s Place, promoting the message of hope and recovery and the concept that people suffering from addiction don’t have to struggle alone.
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Recovery Centers of America Appoints Two Leaders as New CEOS July 7, 2020 - Michael Ogden MPH, BAP, has been named the new CEO of Recovery Centers of America in Earleville, Maryland ... Kat Stevens, LHMC, will be the new CEO of RCA at Westminster Massachusetts. more@DailyAmerican
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$3.5 Million for Addiction Services at Adventist Loma Linda University July 6, 2020 - To be awarded over five years, the grant will create a pipeline of addiction medicine specialists trained in treating addictions as part of the federal Addiction Medicine Fellowship program, which helps patients regardless of their socioeconomic status. more@AdventistReview
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Kentucky’s Challenge Against Involuntary Commitment - July 9, 2020 - Over the past decade, civil commitment laws have taken off—an unfortunate consequence of the evolving national conception of addiction as a “disease.” ... committing people with substance use disorders... @FilterMag
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Popular diabetes medication recalled
July 9, 2020 - The U.S. FDA in May had asked companies to voluntarily recall metformin. The FDA had recalls from Teva Pharmaceuticals, Marksans Pharma Limited, Apotox Corp. and Amneal Pharmaceuticals. Now, Lupin Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Granules Pharmaceuticals, Inc. too! more@PennLive
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Bad Wolves frontman Tommy Vext talks about sobriety in ‘Sober’ WATCH
July 10, 2020 - The song ‘Sober’ is the bands second single released off the album N.A.T.I.O.N. Vext talks about how he hopes this single inspires others struggling with sobriety to reach out for help. more@Fox44News
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American Rehab Chapter Three: A Venomous Snake LISTEN - July 11, 2020 - After building a small fortune, Synanon’s megalomaniac leader turns the revolutionary rehab into a violent cult, with mass sterilization, a paramilitary group and a rattlesnake in a mailbox. more@RevealNews
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Jonathan Sackler, Co-owner of Purdue Pharma dies
July 6, 2020 - His company is seeking bankruptcy protection as part of an effort to settle nearly 3,000 lawsuits brought against it that blame the company for sparking the opioid crisis that has killed more than 400,000 Americans company... more@NYTimes
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Study links addictive smartphone use to altered brain activity - JULY 12, 2020 - This behavior has been frequently referred to as ‘smartphone addiction’. Recent research has highlighted behavioral similarities between excessive smartphone use and other addictive disorders, such as Internet Gaming Disorder,”... more@PsyPost
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15 deadly overdoses in 72 hours reported in one county - July 12, 2020 - Ohio - Dr. Ortiz said families and friends of those who use, should check on their loved ones and carry naloxone. more@ABC6
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Ukeireru: Japanese Mindset May Be Happiness Key
July 12, 2020 - Ukeireru means much more than self-acceptance. It means acceptance of our relationships in our families, in school, at work and in our communities. It means accepting others ... very often in Japan silence is used to communicate with others far more effectively than words. more@Forbes
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Coronavirus disrupts Addiction treatment
JULY 6, 2020 - Some people requiring drug or alcohol rehab have stayed away for fear of contracting COVID-19. Marvin Ventrell, CEO of the National Assn. of Addiction Treatment Providers, said many of its roughly 1,000 members saw their patient numbers fall by much as 40% to 50% in March and April. more@LATimes
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