October 29, 2019 • Vol. 7., No. 9
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Reckitt Benckiser to pay millions for inflating price of opioid treatment
Oct. 25, 2019 - The $700 million settlement between the federal government and states with U.K.-based Reckitt Benckiser Group revolves around allegations that the company kept the price of Suboxone, an opioid addiction treatment drug, artificially high... More@TheHill
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Meth, not fentanyl, driving overdose deaths in western US
October 25, 2019 - In the majority of states west of the Mississippi River, methamphetamine was the most common drug implicated in drug overdose deaths. “We have to recognize that the drug problem isn’t the same across the entire U.S.,” Hedegaard added.
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Capitalism want us to be addicts
Oct. 19, 2019 - But what happens when marketing becomes active manipulation? More precisely, what happens when companies use science and technology not only to refine our pleasures but to engineer addictive behaviors? More@Vox
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High Costs Of Addiction Treatment And Questions Over Efficacy LISTEN
Oct. 28, 2019 - This hour discusses topics of drug addiction that some listeners may find disturbing or offensive. The high cost of addiction care. Is it a rehab racket? We ask the Vox reporter who investigated.
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Lena Dunham Opens Up About Addiction @Friendly House Gala OCTOBER 27, 2019 - “Being sober in life is hard,” Lena Dunham told Variety. “But being sober is the first step to facing all the things that made you want to hide in the first place.” More@ChicagoTribune
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CLEAN Cause Raises $7M
Oct. 24, 2019 - Speaking with BevNET, CLEAN Cause founder and CEO Wes Hurt said the round was entirely financed by private individuals from the Austin, Texas area, where the nearly five-year-old brand is based.
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Flea Had a Wild Life. Then He Joined Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Oct. 24, 2019 - He’s just written his first book, a memoir called “Acid for the Children” that’s out Nov. 5. In it he recounts how he took up bass guitar, learned to thumb and finger-pop its strings and formed a band with three high-school buddies...
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Filter Mag. Is Taking the “Free Methadone” Message to a Recovery Crowd
Oct. 29, 2019 - On Sat, Nov. 2 at 1 pm, Liquid Handcuffs is screening at the Reel Recovery Film Festival in New York City- A panel hosted by Filter will discuss the issues raised. Photo: Marilena Marchetti & Helen Redman Tickets available HERE. More@FILTER
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Being Sober Can Be Scary WATCH
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Ben’s Sobriety Setback at Halloween Party? WATCH
OCTOBER 27, 2019 - Ben was leaving La Peer Hotel in West Hollywood for the Unicef Masquerade ball. He clearly has trouble walking and uses the SUV to steady himself. He’s struggled with his sobriety and repeatedly gone to rehab... More@FoxNews
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Ben Affleck admits relapse: “It happens, it's a slip”
OCT. 28, 2019 - “It happens, it’s a slip, but I’m not going to let it derail me,” Affleck told cameramen Sunday morning when he was outside what was said to be ex-wife Jennifer Garner’s house. More@LATimes
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“Being honest may not get you a lot of friends, but it will always get you the right ones.” —John Lennon
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Kelly Osbourne parties sober at Halloween bash October 25, 2019 - I didn’t think I could do anything if I wasn’t drunk or high, because I was scared of everything. I let it get the better of me. Now seeing that I don’t need that and my life is better .. I don’t have any drama in my life. More@DailyMail
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Let Them Eat (newcomer) Chips WATCH
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Demi Lovato channels Marie Antoinette WATCH
Oct. 25, 2019 - Demi Lovato says she feels ‘renewed’ after baptism in Jerusalem ... She also included a shot of the entire look, although her blonde wig was arguably the best part of the costume. More@GMA
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Senators Take Aim at ‘Sober Home’ Scams
October 24, 2019 - ...members of the Senate Finance Committee sought advice from government officials and advocacy groups in preventing “unscrupulous” recovery clinics from exploiting patients with substance use disorders and cheating insurers out of millions of dollars.
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Opinion: Goodbye DARE — more schools are embracing realistic drug education
OCTOBER 26, 2019 - It was the mid-90s, DARE was run by police officers... They informed us that using drugs would surely ruin our minds, turning us into glassy-eyed zombies, hopelessly addicted and headed for jail. . We pledged never to use drugs. More@Salon
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How we got here: Perfect storm led to deadly opioid epidemic
Oct. 23, 2019 - Meanwhile, responding to criticism that pain was often undertreated, the Joint Commission, the nonprofit accrediting body for medical institutions, around 2001 began referring to pain as “the fifth vital sign,” urging medical providers to be more active in asking patients about pain and treating it. More@GazetteNet
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Filmmaker: adults can help digitally obsessed teens
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Basketball star, Chris Herren shares his story of addiction WATCH
Oct. 24, 2019 - Herren is a legendary high school basketball player in the 1990’s in his home state of Massachusetts ... Herren says he has been clean for 11 years and tours the country to educate young people and parents about the dangers of drug addiction.
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See THE FIRST DAY- New York, Nov. 1st IN PERSON: Chris Herren and director Johnathan Hock - TICKETS HERE
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Sober but Unsafe?
October 21, 2019 - Jeffrey’s House, an organization that manages four sober houses in the city of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, has been rigorously defending itself against the city’s attempts to make sure they have sprinkler systems in place. More@NonprofitQuarterly
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Advice to Families Coping With Psychiatric Problems
October 21, 2019 - My 50 Tips to Families Based on 50 Years of Experience. 1. It is completely natural to blame yourselves for the psychiatric troubles of your loved one, but most often it’s neither rational nor helpful.
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Wants it, not needs it... WATCH
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Lala Kent Celebrates “Exciting” Yet “Humbling” First Year of Sobriety WATCH
Oct. 22, 2019 - Lala went on to talk about Alcoholics Anonymous and its co-founder, the late Bill Wilson. “I am a friend of Bill W., which you will never know how much this program means to me, has given me new life,” Lala said. “I always say, if you don’t need to be sober, I wouldn’t recommend it. More@EOnline
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Mexico’s Drug War is Addiction, and Its Rehabs are Terrifying
Oct. 25 2019 - Before he got off heroin, in the bonafide rehab center called A New Vision that he now helps run, he was interned in one of the thousands of clandestine, unregulated drug treatment centers around the country, known as anexos. More@Vice
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‘You are not alone’: Archbishop of Canterbury reveals he sought help for depression
Oct. 18, 2019 - Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Thought for the Day slot before a mental health conference at Lambeth Palace in London on Friday, Justin Welby said: “Last year I realized I was depressed. I have a daughter who has been very open about her experiences of depression...More@TheGuardian
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70% Opioids Taken For Non-Medical Reasons Come From Family, Friends
October 25, 2019 -Safe disposal of medication can help prevent drug addiction, overdose and death. Prescription drugs that are abused often come from a familiar medicine cabinet. “A subset of the opioid deaths that are not getting the same amount of public attention are those interaction deaths,”... More@CBSLocal
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Lamar Odom on Sex, Drug Addiction and Possible Return to Basketball WATCH
Oct. 25, 2019 - Odom’s career and health went downhill after his split with Khloe Kardashian in 2015. Since then, his life reportedly revolved mostly on drugs and sex. But now, the former NBA/reality-TV star is now willing to reveal all about his addictions and future plans.
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Why the U.K. Isn’t Having Problems with Vaping WATCH
Oct. 24, 2019 - Vaping related illnesses are on the rise, and it appears to be related to a black market of THC vapes. WSJ’s Daniela Hernandez sat down with doctors and experts to understand what’s happening with the outbreak. More@WSJ
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Ryan Hampton, Recovery Advocate, Speaks at Spotlight
Oct. 28, 2019 - Centerstone Executive Director for Illinois John Markley says Hampton able to captivate an audience. For 10 years Ryan Hampton lived with an opioid addiction.He’s over 3 years into recovery and has become a nationally recognized advocate for addiction recovery. More@WSIU
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‘Shame,’ ‘fear,’ ‘stigma’: Recovering addicts address meth abuse in ‘Crystal City’ (Screening in NY, Sun. Nov. 3, info HERE) Oct. 26, 2019 - A month after Terrence Crawford came out as gay in 2013, he met up for the first time with a man he met on a gay dating app. Unbeknownst to him, it would also be the first night he would use crystal methamphetamine... More@NBCNews
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Time to remove the stigma of anxiety, depression and mental illness OCTOBER 25, 2019 - As suicide rates continue to climb and depression remains the single greatest cause of disability in people ages 15-44... More@MiamiHerald
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‘BoJack Horseman’ takes us on a trip through BoJack’s history with alcoholism
Oct. 25, 2019 - “If you’re checking into rehab more than once”, BoJack rants. “Either you’re a lost cause ... or this is just an industry that profits off of repeat customers, so maybe they don’t have your best interests at heart.”
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Meth devilishly hard to kick
October 26, 2019 - “Kick meth? Are you kidding?” “When it’s got you, it’s got you,”Roche a 20-something who sleeps in the streets, said. “I have about 10 friends who are dead from smoking this ... and someday that will probably be me.” More@SFChronicle
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Kanye West admits he’s been addicted to pornography since the age of five October 26, 2019 - Kanye West has blamed a copy of Playboy magazine he saw when he was just five years old for developing a “full-blown addiction” to pornography. The father-of-four added that God helped him beat the addiction. More@DailyMail
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More kids and some preteens should get weight-loss surgery
OCTOBER 27, 2019 - Even some severely obese preteens should be considered for weight loss surgery, according to new recommendations. The guidance issued Sunday by the American Academy of Pediatrics... More@StatNews
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Is it safe and legal to travel with CBD? Not always.
OCTOBER 25, 2019 - There is confusion about what CBD really is. “While CBD is a component of marijuana (one of hundreds), by itself it does not cause a ‘high.’” Yet, A 69-year-old woman was arrested in April at Disney World ... More@LATimes
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The Age of Addiction: How Bad Habits Became Big Business
2019 - “Is limbic capitalism the tail that wags the dog? Is it a vital cog in a larger and more complex machine? Courtwright offers a powerful and compelling history of the changing forms of pleasure and addiction over the long span of human history.“The delight I took in reading this book can perhaps best be expressed by saying that I read it end-to-end in two sitting... More@Amazon
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Rats Trained to Drive Little Cars
OCT. 24, 2019 - Six female and 11 male rats were trained to drive the car in rectangular arenas up to 4 square metres in size. They were rewarded with Froot Loops when they touched the steering bars and drove the car forward. More@BoingBoing
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