December 17, 2019 • Vol. 7., No. 16
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Everyone Was In On It WATCH
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Inside the opioid industry’s marketing machine WATCH
Dec. 6, 2019 - Drug manufacturers paid doctors and movie stars to promote more aggressive pain treatment. The companies also created campaigns for their sales forces, tying bonuses to opioid sales and holding contests to reward top earners. @WashingtonPost
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Psychedelic ‘wonder drug’ that can ‘reset the brain’ and ‘turn off’ people’s addictions
Dec. 10, 2019 - A psychedelic drug with the potential to cure addiction is set to undergo human trials in America next year. Psychedelics have long been known to inhibit cravings and help fight addiction... @DailyMail
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Sackler Family Hides $10.7 Billion from Purdue Pharma
Dec. 16, 2019 - ...“The fact that the Sackler family removed more than $10 billion when Purdue’s OxyContin was directly causing countless addictions, hundreds of thousands of deaths, and tearing apart millions of families is... @NYTimes
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FDA blasts Alkermes for underselling the risks of Vivitrol
DECEMBER 11, 2019 - ...it reduces opioid tolerance and leaves its users more vulnerable to opioid overdose for patients who relapse, even at comparatively low doses.
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MLB removing marijuana from list of banned substances
Dec. 12, 2019 - “Going forward, marijuana-related conduct will be treated the same as alcohol-related conduct” for players... @TheHill
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“The further a society drifts from the truth the more it will hate those who speak it.” —George Orwell
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What Is Recovery? by Stanton Peele Dec. 9, 2019 - Nora Volkow seems to be slowly adopting a new view of recovery. Ms. Volkow, Director of the NIDA (National Institute on Drug Abuse) since 2003, made a site visit to one of the killing grounds K&A in Philly @PsychologyToday
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Sackler Family empire behind OxyContin selling overdose cure - December 15, 2019 - The gleaming booth towered over the medical conference in Italy, advertising a new brand of antidote for opioid overdoses. “Be prepared. Get naloxone. Save a life,” Conference attendees were stunned to see the logo: Mundipharma, the international affiliate of Purdue Pharma. @ABCNews
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CrossFit Champion Reveals He Has Been Sober Since He Was 17
DEC. 8, 2019 - Mat Fraser earned the title of Fittest Man on Earth ... He also revealed that he has been sober since he was a teenager, and claimed his sobriety is part of his on-going mission to keep improving. “That’s why I got sober,” he said. “To be better.” @MensHealth
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Artist's Corner - Christian Robertson - December 17, 2019 - Christian Robertson is a Canadian director, writer, producer and health care practitioner. He began work on his first feature film in 2016; writing, directing and co-producing, City At Sea (2019). @AREB
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...the Fairest of Them All
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Lizzo Talks Mental Health Struggles In New Interview
Dec. 14, 2019 - “There’s a lot of anxiety in society. I’ve suffered from it, and it’s awfu l… and now I think there’s a new wave of people just leaning towards seeking joy ... The apex of positivity...” @Inquisitr
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Supreme Court refuses to hear case brought by Arizona against Purdue Pharma’s Sacklers
DEC. 9 2019 - Arizona alleged in its petition that the Sacklers, over their signature drug OxyContin, unlawfully transferred billions of dollars out of their company in order to avoid liabilities. @CNBC
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TED Radio Hour LISTEN with others
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Can Social Isolation Lead To Opioid Addiction? LISTEN
Dec. 13, 2019 - Rachel Wurzman is a neuroscientist and neuroethicist by training. She is also the director of SeekHealing, a nonprofit which implements creative ways to connect people in order to build communities resilient to addiction. @TSPR
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New York numbers show significant drop in opioid overdose deaths WATCH
December 10, 2019 - “New York’s first reduction in opioid overdose deaths in over ten years is an important milestone and demonstrates our work to combat this deadly scourge is working,”... @CBS6Albany
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Charlie Sheen Celebrates 2 Years of Sobriety
December 12, 2019 - “I couldn’t get my daughter to an appointment that she had.” he said. “I was like, ‘Wow, I am not even responsible enough to be available for my children’s needs.’ The next morning I woke up and was like, ‘Today is the day.’” @PopCulture
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Despair, bravery, helplessness...too much death
December 15, 2019 - It was a struggle seven years ago, as more people started to die during the heroin and prescription-painkiller epidemic, to get anyone who’d been through it to talk about it. Often, their parents were hiding, too. @USAToday
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It's All In Your Head WATCH
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Is marijuana linked to psychosis, schizophrenia? WATCH December 15, 2019 - “It is time for Americans to understand there are substantial risks with marijuana,” said Elinore McCance-Katz, the Department of Health and Human Services’ top mental health official.
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The Changing Geography of the Opioid Crisis
DECEMBER 5, 2019 - There is a final and more troubling strand of the opioid epidemic: Places where opioid deaths come from a mixture of prescription opioids, heroin, and synthetic opioids— @CityLab
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Study links soda to early death September 4, 2019 - Participants who drank two or more glasses of soft drinks per day had a higher risk of mortality than those who consumed less than one glass per month. @WashingtonPost
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A Disease Called Childhood: Why ADHD Became an American Epidemic
Intro: In 1987, only 3 percent of American children were diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, also known as ADHD. By 2000, that number jumped to 7 percent, and in 2014 the number rose to an alarming 11 percent... @GoodReads
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It Should Be Everyday WATCH
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Inmates in drug treatment program get special Christmas visit with family WATCH
Dec. 13, 2019 - “It’s awesome! I’m grateful! I’m grateful to be here with my family right now,” said inmate Tiffany Barbee. Barbee is one of 16 women participating in the program. “Drugs put me in a place where I made some bad choices,” Barbee said. @WLKY
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Massachusetts Trying a Radical but Shockingly Simple New Response to the Opioid Crisis
Dec. 9, 2019 - ...the officer makes an abrupt U-turn and pulls over. Through the front window of the cruiser, we see a man in his mid-30s, wearing jeans and a ball cap, head down near a curbside trash can, nodding out.
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April Hartman on Sobriety, Running a Non-Profit, and becoming a headliner
Dec. 13, 2019 - Yeah, I got sober at a rehab in 2014. They had guitars there, and I picked it up, and wasn’t very good, but remembered a few chords, and I realized pretty quickly that I enjoyed it, and it was really fun. @PunkNews
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How to break iPhone addiction
December 9, 2019 - I’m pretty sure just about everybody uses their phone while on the toilet. You might even be reading this on the porcelain throne right now. If so, don’t worry. (I’m not judging you … too much.) @QZ
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Scientists pry apart Ecstasy’s therapeutic, addictive qualities
Dec. 11, 2019 - It may also may make MDMA a good medicine for psychiatry. It’s now in late-stage, multicenter clinical trials as an adjunct to psychotherapy for post-traumatic stress disorder. @MedicalXpress
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New shelter hopes to give addicts with no home and no support a fighting chance
Dec 10, 2019 - “It really is about recovery,” DeActis said. “They can live here for up to four years.” During those four years, participants will have the stability they need to be actively working on their recovery... @CBC
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Juice Wrld’s mom speaks out: ‘Addiction knows no boundaries’- DEC. 12, 2019 - Juice Wrld’s family has spoken out in the wake of his death, confirming the drug addiction issues he’d spoken about in his music. The “Lucid Dreams” performer, real name Jarad Higgins, died early Sunday... @LATimes
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Scientists discover marijuana may have a surprising effect on SPERM - Dec. 15, 2019 - “Low levels of marijuana use could benefit sperm production because of its effect on the endocannabinoid system, which is known to play a role in fertility... @Inverse
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Meek Mill Admits His Opioid Addiction Was Partly to Blame for Starting Beef with Drake
Dec. 14, 2019 - I’ve taken 10 30’s Percocets a day.” Meek also dropped a bombshell, revealing that his drug addiction was partially to blame for his infamous beef with Drake. @HighSnobiety
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Sober Bars Are the New In Thing for Recovering Alcoholics
December 9, 2019 - The interiors look exactly like a traditional pub. Its dark and dingy, filled with wooden shelves of drinks – but this time, they are all non-alcoholic, KEYE reports. To substitute beer and hard liquor, customers can have their fair share of coffee and kombucha, while singing Karaoke, or joining community dinners. @TrueActivist
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Russell Brand celebrates 17 years of sobriety
Dec. 13, 2019 - The comedian, 44, battled addictions to drugs and alcohol but has been clean and substance free since December 2002. The star, who is now married with two young children, shared a note from his family on his social media to mark the milestone. @Yahoo
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Medicating Normal is untold story of what can happen when profit-only medicine intersects with human beings in distress. WATCH 2019 - My quest to understand the pros and cons of drug treatment resulted in searching discussions with my longtime friend, and now filmmaking partner, Wendy Ractliffe. @MedicatingNormal
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Congress MIGHT raise federal age to buy tobacco to 21
December 16, 2019 - The change would make it illegal for anyone under 21 to purchase vape products and e-cigarettes, as well as more traditional tobacco products.
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M.L.B. Updates Drug Policy to Include Opioid Testing
Dec. 12, 2019 - Major league players will now be tested for opioids and cocaine, but violators will be evaluated for treatment programs rather than immediately punished.
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Can We Reverse the Brain Damage That Drug Use Causes?
December 15, 2019 - For example, cocaine can cause microscopic strokes in the brain, creating dead spots among the organ’s neural circuitry. And drug addiction, in part, is defined by its ability to cause long-lasting changes in the brain. @Discover
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Will the youngest victims be left out of opioid settlement?
December 15, 2019 - More than 30,000 babies are born in in the U.S. — about one every 15 minutes with NAS, a cluster of symptoms which include tremors, seizures and respiratory distress. @HMMedia
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