December 10, 2019 • Vol. 7., No. 15
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Six drug companies subpoenaed in federal opioids probe
November 27, 2019 - ...opioid manufacturers Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, Teva Pharmaceutical, Johnson & Johnson and Amneal Pharmaceuticals, McKesson and AmerisourceBergen have acknowledged receiving subpoenas...@WashingtonPost
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Let’s Talk: Addiction & Recovery Podcasts with William Cope Moyers LISTEN
Hear what leading addiction and recovery experts are talking about—addiction trends, topics and challenges as well as research, practices and advances that point the most promising way forward.@HazeldenBettyFord
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"If your plan is for 1 year, plant rice. If your plan is for 10 years, plant trees. If your plan is for 100 years, educate children." —Confucius
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Tufts Removes Sackler Name
December 5, 2019 - In a move aimed at distancing the institution from the pharmaceutical dynasty with which it has been closely tied for 40 years, Tufts removed the Sackler name from five facilities and programs. @NYTimes
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7 Heroin Users Die From Flesh-Eating Bacteria Dec. 5, 2019 - They were among nine people admitted between Oct. 2 and Nov. 24 to county hospitals with the condition after injecting black-tar heroin, a dark, sticky drug that often contains impurities from crude processing methods. @NYTimes
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Chronic disease prevention could ease opioid crisis
Dec. 5, 2019 - “Chronic disease is associated with pain. Pain is associated with opioid use,” she said. “So, we thought, let’s look at that and put some numbers behind the association.” One in four U.S. adults is living with at least one chronic disease... @UGA
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Inside Paracelsus Recovery, the Drug Rehab for the World’s Super-Rich - Dec. 5, 2019 - Saudi royalty, politicians, Russian oligarchs, business tycoons, trust fund kids and A-list celebrities have brushed their teeth in this marble bathroom and slept on this suede bed while confronting addictions to everything from cocaine to Xanax. @Vice
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Artist's Corner - Domenic Esposito Domenic Esposito is an artist and activist living in the Boston area. As an artist and social activist, the purpose of his work is to create haunting, sometimes dark but always memorable sculptures symbolic of injustices to humanity within our society. Recently embarking on his most ambitious, personal and controversial project with the creation of the Opioid Spoon, an eight hundred pound, ten foot metal replication of a simple household utensil modified for use as a tool to cook and inject opioids. @AREB
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Lil Mo Celebrates Beating Opioid Addiction: ‘Glad I Let The Toxic Go’ DECEMBER 4, 2019 - " I never thought I could get off opioids," the singer wrote in a post on Tuesday. Mo added, "But I did!!!!!" Noting that she'd often pop "30 plus" pills..."but now I'm glowing. Clean Bitch, inside and out..." ..@Essence
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The Decade Drug Overdoses Killed Nearly Half A Million Americans - December 6, 2019 - The epidemic has overtaken both car crashes and gun violence as leading causes of deaths nationwide, and it now causes far more deaths every year than AIDS did at its peak. Maybe someone you knew or loved. @BuzzFeedNews
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Detox Units Closing at All 11 NYC-Run Hospitals
DEC. 2, 2019 - The detox units provide a fully-staffed 24-hour-a-day operation where patients can go through the difficult process of weaning themselves off drugs and alcohol under the supervision of doctors and nurses specially trained to deal with withdrawal.@TheCity
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Demi: “Don’t believe the rumors” - December 5, 2019 - 16 months after Demi Lovato’s near-fatal relapse, she was accused of being “selective” with her sobriety, allegedly by smoking weed and drinking margaritas, on the Perez Hilton podcast. @HollywoodLife
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Shocking number of children show signs of smartphone addiction - December 07, 2019 - one in four children and young people who own a smartphone display what mental health experts call “problematic smartphone usage,” which can be further described as “behaviours linked to smartphone use that resemble features of addiction.”@WashingtonExaminer
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Separate and Unequal WATCH
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Crack vs. Heroin: Drug wars’ racial double standard WATCH
December 8, 2019 - America’s views on addiction may have softened because of the terrible toll of the opioid epidemic, but the country is still plagued by stark racial disparities in drug enforcement. @APP
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Ron Leibman, Tony and an Emmy winner: ‘Angels in America,’ ‘Where’s Poppa?’ and ‘Friends,’ Dies at 82
Dec. 6, 2019 - He won a Tony and an Emmy and also stood out in ‘Slaughterhouse-Five,’ ‘The Super Cops’ and ‘Norma Rae.’ Leibman, a native New Yorker who also played Rachel’s (Jennifer Aniston) nasty, no-nonsense father on Friends...@HollywoodReporter
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Pussycat Dolls Reunite, Reveal Battles with Bulimia, Alcoholism - November 30, 2019 - “The lifestyle is not normal,” she said. “You’re drinking champagne in the morning ... The singer also confessed that she was suffering with bulimia and didn’t feel able to open up to her bandmates about it... @TooFab
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5 sobriety support groups that aren’t AA - Dec. 2, 2019 - The spiritual 12-step program encourages members to admit they’ve lost power to alcohol and to turn their lives over to a higher power. While historically successful and community-driven, not everyone finds a home with AA. @CNET
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Being of service at holiday time
Dec. 5, 2019 - The holidays, for some, are the happiest times of the year, while for others its the hardest. Greg Moore, executive director of Homeward Bound, strives to help people struggling with homelessness and addiction. @KJCT8
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One patient got 17K pain pills
Dec. 4, 2019 - Morris “Moishe” Starkman overprescribed opioids at his Bordentown practice, giving cursory examinations to patients before prescribing them large amounts of the drugs... More@NJ
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Hopeless alcoholic decides to sober up after seeing a shocking picture of himself
Dec. 1, 2019 - Gene Davies could barely recognise himself when staring at a selfie of a man with two black eyes, bloated face and blood-matted hair. The 47-year-old struggled with alcoholism for decades (that) cost him several jobs, relationships and his marriage. @Mirror
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Poll: 24% of Hollywood Assistants Driven to Increased Substance Use DECEMBER 3, 2019 - Around one in four assistants said the entertainment industry’s working conditions have prompted them to increasingly use drugs, alcohol and other substances ... Hollywood survey of over 1,500 support staffers shared exclusively with Variety. @Variety
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Letting Go of the Thief: “A Ninety Day Journey Inside the Thoughts of an Alcoholic. by Pamela D Pesta
Just Published: Welcome to the chaotic thrashing of a mind, pulsating with intoxication. Spend a few moments in the whirlwind of shame, guilt, and utter desperation. The thief will shrewdly expose... @Amazon
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The History of OxyContin
DECEMBER 3, 2019 - Starting in the early 1990s, internal emails and other documents describe Purdue’s preparation for the opioid’s launch in 1996, its plans for targeting OxyContin to non-cancer patients with chronic pain, and the company’s aggressive tactics...as the opioid epidemic took hold. @StatNews
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Center owner gets 10 years in prison, must pay $24 million
Dec. 6, 2019 - Four former drug addicts who preyed on alcoholics and drug users to scam insurers out of $20 million came to federal court on Friday to convince a federal judge that they had atoned. @PalmBeachPost
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Available Now at Your Local 7-11 WATCH
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Kratom is widely available despite warnings of addiction, risks WATCH
December 7, 2019 - “It (kratom) really fits in with alcohol, marijuana and tobacco. It’s legal, so it’s really easy for kids to get a hold of...” Said Dr. Marvin Seppala chief medical officer at the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation...@USAToday
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Medication-Free Treatment in Norway - Dec. 8, 2019 - The staff have also seen the benefits that can come from patients getting down to lower doses. ... the Tromsø ward is creating change in psychiatry much in the manner that a stone dropped into a pond creates an outward ripple of waves.
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Sometimes it makes sense to jail addicts - Dec. 7, 2019 - In a recent editorial, the New York Times claimed that relapsing shouldn’t be a crime because addiction is a disease. The Philadelphia Inquirer similarly referred to the practice in a huge headline as “punishing addiction.”@CommonWealth
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Dopamine Fasting: the Newest Tech Trend?
DECEMBER 9, 2019 - Dopamine fasting includes avoiding most activities that one would find distracting or pleasurable...eg. Facebook, Instagram, Netflix, hyper-palatable foods like pizza … This pleasure-void limits your exposure to quick bursts of dopamine—now, so you can feel more pleasure later... @MindBodyGreen
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Brad Pitt reflects on alcoholism, past mistakes, with Sir Anthony Hopkins December 03, 2019 - Sobriety has been a good thing for Brad Pitt and Sir Anthony Hopkins. The “Legends of the Fall” stars reunited for the December issue of Interview magazine...to discuss their struggles with alcoholism..@Interview
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