December 31, 2019 • Vol. 7., No. 18
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Doctors Prescribe More of a Drug If They Receive Money
Dec. 20, 2019 - The financial interactions include payments for delivering promotional talks, consulting and receiving sponsored meals and travel ... Thirty-eight of the drugs have yearly costs exceeding $1,000 per patient ...
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More Neighborly Love WATCH
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Once ravaged by crack and alcohol, she pays it forward to the homeless WATCH
December 23, 2019 - That gives her street credibility among the trash piles, cynicism and hopelessness in Los Angeles County, where there are 58,936 homeless people ... Georgia Berkovich is director of public affairs at the Midnight Mission. @CNN
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Opioid Deaths Rise When Auto Plants Close - Dec. 30, 2019 -Research found 85 percent more deaths among those of prime working age in places where car factories closed compared with where they stayed open. @NYTimes
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A Neuroscientist Explains What Sugar Really Does to Our Brain
Dec. 25, 2019 - We love sweet treats. But too much sugar in our diets can lead to weight gain and obesity, Type 2 diabetes and dental decay. We know we shouldn’t be eating candy, ice cream, cookies, cakes, drinking sugary sodas...
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Inside the Crackdown on Rehab Clinics That Became Piss-Scams Dec. 19 2019 - Last month, addiction recovery mogul Ali Ahmed pleaded guilty in Miami federal court to conspiring to defraud Aetna, Cigna, and other insurers of $21 million for rehab services in Davie...@Vice
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‘They’re My Safe Place’: Children of Addicted Parents, Raised by Relatives
December 26, 2019 - She was 9 when her father was murdered, a scared girl who had contemplated suicide, who waited outside as her parents got high … when her mother spiraled deeper into opioid addiction, her aunt and uncle took in her and her brothers. @NYTimes
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Why I Stopped Calling Myself an Alcoholic - Dec. 29, 2019 - Holly Whitaker is the author of Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice Not to Drink in a Culture Obsessed With Alcohol and the founder and CEO of Tempest. “On my first day of sobriety, desperate for just one person to tell me it would all be okay...” @Time
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“Being honest may not get you a lot of friends, but it'll always get you the right ones.” John Lennon
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Opinion: Getting High in America WATCH
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How Drugs Finally Won The War on Drugs in the 2010’s WATCH - Dec. 29, 2019 - ...once legalization goes into effect in Illinois on Jan 1, 2020, the city of Evanston will use tax revenue on cannabis to fund reparations for black residents. Yes, there are ongoing arrests for cannabis and deep racial disparities among those detained, but the change in the trend line is profound. @NBCNews
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Alcoholism doesn’t confine me any longer – or define me either
Dec. 29, 2019 - I’d passed out mid-bingeing on Richard Curtis films and whisky an hour or so before. My shoulders screamed in agony, my mouth was dry and gasping, my head was pounding. I put my feet on the floor and faceplanted the carpet... @TheGuardian
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Recovery from Addiction: “You Have to Want It” December 22, 2019 - New Hampshire’s opioid crisis is among the worst in the nation ... Over the past year, the state has rolled out a referral and treatment program, providing access for people seeking addiction treatment. But how is it being used by patients... @LaconiaDailySun
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Purdue Pharma Owners Laugh All The Way To Bank WATCH
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Men with drug or alcohol addiction are ‘up to seven times more likely to commit domestic violence’ December 23, 2019 - Alcohol is known to trigger aggression, which is thought to be down to its effect on the brain, according to Drinkaware. Less was known, however, about the “direction and magnitude” of the violence. @Yahoo
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In 2019, the Legal Fight Over Opioids Unraveled Into Confusion and Infighting
December 26, 2019 - The legal fight over who will pay to clean up the addiction crisis dissolved into confusion and infighting. “I don’t know if there’s a clear road map,” said Adam Zimmerman, a professor at Loyola Law School and expert in opioid litigation. @NPR
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How to quit vaping for good: 8 tips from addiction experts
December 27, 2019 - The first thing you should do when you want to stop using nicotine is to make others aware of your goal and get a support group, even if it’s just one person. @CNET
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Hospital admissions for gambling addiction have doubled in UK December 28, 2019 - “[But] the gambling industry...must take the blame for this increase and ensure a fair amount of its profits help its customers who may suffer from addiction. “ The NHS says it is committed to opening 14 new problem gambling clinics... @iNews
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24 Compelling News Stories From 2019 WATCH
December 21, 2019 - A new generation of nonprofit newsrooms are working to rebuild journalism that serves the public interest. Mother Jones investigated...addiction rehab centers and showed how they were preying on addicts to pull in insurance money. @BuzzFeedNews
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After My Daughter’s Overdose, My Family Vowed to Fight the Opioid Epidemic December 25, 2019 - Where do I begin, my Victoria. She was my oldest child, big sister to six, and is missed every single day. I remember the day she was born, I never imagined that I would be burying a child. @SheKnows
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Beyond the Bubble Gum Bandit: How one man overcame his addiction - Dec. 25, 2019 - Heavily addicted to drugs, McAuliffe was so desperate for money, he stole candy machines. It wasn’t the sticky bubble gum he wanted. It was the coins inside the machines. @AJC
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Cannabis-related psychosis, addiction, ER visits for young users on the rise
December 23, 2019 - While it was once doubted as an addictive substance, treatment professionals now say they are seeing more adolescents and young adults with cannabis use disorder. Often starting in their early teens, many graduate to daily use. @Inquirer
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Family Celebrates Sobriety and Togetherness at Christmas WATCH Dec. 25, 2019 - A Massachusetts mom and daughter who have been to hell and back are getting the most priceless gift of all– a Christmas together. “For four or five years I wasn’t here because I was either using or in treatment. I couldn’t stop using drugs,” said Kaitlin Harvey. @CBSBoston
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‘It only took one pill’
Dec. 23, 2019 - The road to Paul Little’s addiction began during a hard day at work. He took one pill to ease a headache, which turned into nine-month habit. “I got up to 20 to 30 Percocets a day,” the former Air Force doctor said. “I was eating them like M&Ms.” @WashingtonPost
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Heartwarming moment - son gifts father first pair of Jordan sneakers for Christmas WATCH
Dec. 26, 2019 - My Dad has been locked Up 90% of my life,’ the user said in the Tuesday tweet, adding that his father has also ‘battled drug addiction 70% of his life.’ @DailyMail
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Prison is Not Forever! WATCH
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McShin Foundation "Hope Dealers" Documentary WATCH
Fall 2019 - Follow this inspirational story about the start of the McShin Foundation Recovery Program, founded by John Shinholser (pictured) at the RSW Regional Jail in Front Royal, VA @YouTube
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5 female inmates in a Philly-area jail overdosed on heroin on Christmas Day December 29, 2019 - about 10:30 p.m. guards found the inmates collapsed and unresponsive...the scene as a “disaster.” It wasn’t clear how the heroin was brought into the prison, but staff suspect a visitor sneaked it in during holiday visits... @Inquirer
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The Bahá’i Faith and Views on Alcohol - 2019 - The Bahái religion was founded in 1844 by Baháulláh, who was born in Tehran, Iran. His name is Arabic for “Glory to God,” and upon Baháullah’s birth in 1817, he was deemed a divine messenger. There are presently 5 million members of the Bahái faith ...
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New LEGO-shaped MDMA prompts overdose fears ahead of Australia New Year’s Eve
Dec. 27, 2019 - A new strand of MDMA which is shaped like a LEGO block contains triple the common dose, according to medical experts. Warnings have been issued ahead of New Year’s Eve by NSW Health after the seizure of the party drug in the state’s far north... @7News
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Mobile addiction treatment center battles stigma, shame, and rising overdoses
Dec. 28, 2019 – In South Philadelphia — where opioid overdoses are rising — physicians from the University of Pennsylvania are prescribing free treatment from a van. @Inquirer
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Pastor Creates Sober Bar for Recovering Addicts
December 29, 2019 - When Billy Pfeiffer moved to Owensboro more than two years ago, he brought his fight against addiction with him. That personal battle eventually led Pfeiffer, also known as Pastor Billy P., to open a sober bar (also known as a temperance tavern.) @USNews
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In ink and flesh, tattoo tells story of addiction
December 28, 2019 - Mike Oakhem was just 18 years old when he first lost a friend to an overdose. “We were just kids, skateboarding in the street, and the next thing you know people are overdosing left and right ... people are dying.” @WickedLocal
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A Drug to Curb Meth Addiction?
December 27, 2019 - Kentucky researcher Linda Dwoskin dedicated her life’s work to studying the brain. As a pharmacologist, she focuses on substance use disorders and how stimuli — or drugs triggering addiction — can hijack the brain... @freethink
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Fatal overdose at a St. Paul ‘sober home’ sheds light on unregulated industry
DECEMBER 30, 2019 - Sober homes can play a vital role, but critics say oftentimes they’re just a bed and a trigger for relapse. @StarTribune
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