February 4, 2020 • Vol. 7., No. 23
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Software Co., Practice Fusion, Pushed Opioids to Doctors in Secret Deal with Drugmakers January 29, 2020 - Practice Fusion, was paid by a major opioid manufacturer to design it in an effort to boost prescriptions for addictive pain pills — even though overdose deaths had almost tripled during the prior 15 years ... The software was used by tens of thousands of doctors’ offices. @Bloomberg
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Super agent Leigh Steinberg has made quite a comeback
Feb. 1, 2020 - As far as comeback stories go, there are few better than the one being authored by sports agent Leigh Steinberg. Steinberg also was promoting his blue-chip client currently in the NFL: Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who won the Super Bowl and is on the verge of becoming the highest-paid player in the NFL, perhaps at $40 million per season. @BostonGlobe
Experience, Strength and Hope Awards honoring Leigh Steinberg, March 19, in LA. Tickets Here
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District Attorney will no longer prosecute people for possession of buprenorphine January 29, 2020 - It’s also in keeping with Krasner’s broader policy on drug possession. His office has begun dropping possession charges for people who can show they’re in a treatment program. @Inquirer
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My family was ripped apart by addiction and mental illness WATCH - January 27, 2020 - It was 2008 when Sarah found out her husband was using heroin. “He had gone into the bedroom …there was this strange snoring sound…” She found him blue in the face and chest ... called 911. “The paramedics asked ‘what did you take?’ and Kevin answered ‘heroin.’ That was how I found out,”... @GMA
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Investors Taking Wait-and-See Approach to Addiction Treatment Sector January 31, 2020 - After years of robust activity, data from the fourth quarter of 2019 suggests investors are taking a wait-and-see approach to the addiction treatment industry. “There are still deals getting done, but some of them are distressed opportunities that investors are picking up,” Taggart tells BHE. @PsychCongress
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American Addiction Centers borrows $10 million from lenders Jan. 20, 2020 - The Brentwood-based company’s lenders have agreed to loan AAC up to $12 million, $10 million of which has already been funded ... American Addiction Centers, operates nine inpatient facilities, 24 stand alone outpatient centers and four sober-living facilities across the U.S. @BizJournals
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Anne Elizabeth Lapointe: Helping Others, a Passion and a Mission - January 31, 2020 - In 1982 the Maison Jean Lapointe was born in Old Montreal. Elizabeth Anne Lapointe, daughter of the famous singer, visionary and actor, is now the CEO and continues the work of his father with the fierce determination that inhabits help all those who knock at their door... @RegardsDeFemmes
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‘Joker’ Proves the Power of Empathy WATCH
Jan. 2020 - Bradley Cooper, “Take prob-ably the most famous villain and say, ‘Okay, what if we humanize this person? Let’s see what could be possible causes for who he becomes, and where can we, as a community and a society, find our own way to see how this could happen and how this could be remedied?’” @Variety
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‘Dark’ Pee-wee Herman Reboot Where He’s an Alcoholic
Jan. 31, 2020 - The Safdie Brothers. Who better, then, to take Pee-wee Herman—the comical protagonist with the red Schwinn bicycle from your strange but PG-rated childhood favorites Pee-wee’s Playhouse and Pee-wee’s Big Adventure—to dark new depths? @Vice
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Reach one, teach one WATCH
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Book on human trafficking helps woman confront her own addiction WATCH
Jan. 31, 2020 - For more than two decades Nancy Yarbrough Banks has helped free women from the bonds of sex trafficking and addiction. Now, her book, “The Exodus, Where New Beginnings Happen.” is giving people hope. @TMJ4
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Women of ‘Guest House’: Featured in New Documentary Jan. 27, 2020 - Filmmakers Hannah Dweck and Yael Luttwak were living in D.C. when they first heard about the nonprofit headquartered in a cozy house ... After attending a community yoga class hosted by Guest House, they began learning more about its history. @WAMU
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Anger in America - new remedy emerges: Compassion
Jan. 30, 2020 - The movement also aims to define the difference between empathy — the ability to put ourselves in someone else’s shoes, in situations positive or negative — and compassion, which includes the motivation to do something to ease suffering. @WashingtonPost
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Q&A with Tim Ryan
February 2, 2020 - A tireless activist in today’s drug crisis, Tim Ryan is no stranger to addiction–or to the stigma that comes with being an addict. Tim helps break down barriers so that communities, corporations, families, and individuals can implement lasting change in the addiction crisis. @AREB
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Man lights joint in court while facing marijuana charge
January 29, 2020 - Barry Boston was talking about how marijuana needed to be legalized when he reached into his pocket and pulled out what appeared to be a rolled marijuana cigarette. He placed it in his mouth, then pulled out a book of matches and lit it. @WSMV
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Addiction psychiatrist accused of using cocaine, marijuana with patient - Jan. 28, 2020 - According to court records, a detective met with the patient, who claimed to have a video of 37-year-old Rajeev Singh Billing, an addiction psychiatrist, using cocaine... @ABC15
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Lungs 'magically' heal damage from smoking Jan. 29, 2020 - Your lungs have an almost “magical” ability to repair the cancerous mutations caused by smoking - but only if you stop ... The effect has been seen even in patients who had smoked a pack a day for 40 years before giving up. @BBC
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The dangers of digital crack
January 29, 2020 - Our phones are the needle, and social media, the drug. And that drug has never been easier or more accessible... But, just like its drug counterpart, it is filled with illusions and dangers. @VailDaily
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For first time in 4 years, US life expectancy rises — a little
Jan. 29, 2020 - For decades, U.S. life expectancy was on the upswing, rising a few months nearly every year. But from 2014 to 2017, it fell slightly or held steady. That was blamed largely on surges in overdose deaths and suicides.
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January 28, 2020 - Why addictions to certain foods can be so difficult to overcome. Addiction therapist breaks down cause, effect of food addictions. @ClickOnDetroit
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Yale doctors take on opioid addiction - Jan. 30, 2020 - D’Onofrio and Fiellin are building on their success. In September, they won a $25.5 million lead grant to develop programs for opioid treatment using buprenorphine... @Yale
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Andrew Zimmern celebrates 28 years of sobriety Jan. 29, 2020 - Andrew Zimmern attributes his recovery and happiness to a higher power and friends who helped him along the way. But before he achieved fame and fortune, he struggled with severe addictions... On Tuesday, he shared a moving post of gratitude honoring his 28th year of sobriety... @Today
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It's a Family Affair WATCH
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Keyshia Cole Shares Video, Reveals Mom Checked Herself into Treatment Facility WATCH
January 29, 2020 - Keyshia Cole’s mother, Francine “Frankie” Lons has been battling drug addiction for years in spite of several rehab stints... This time around, her daughter is optimistic that with her own initiative, it would achieve better results. @AmoMama
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Artie Lange announces 1-year sobriety - Jan. 31, 2020 - “I’m one year clean today,” Lange, 52, tweeted. “No deep thoughts to share. Just #Gratitude.” ... The New Jersey native completed rehab in September, nearly four months after he was arrested at an Essex County halfway house. @NYDailyNews
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You Remember Jessica Simpson, Right? Wrong
Jan. 29, 2020 - The singer and fashion mogul is ready to talk about sexual abuse, addiction, dating John Mayer and everything else ... When Jessica Simpson walks into a room you’re surprised by three things... @NYTimes
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Exhibition after recovery from alcoholism reignites love of art
Jan. 30, 2020 - “I stopped tattooing about six years ago due to anxiety and depression and becoming an alcoholic. I completely lost my ambition and love for creating art I have been alcohol free now for one year and nine months and I've regained my love for art.@IsleofThanetNews
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Magazine editor Dan Peres on his harrowing Vicodin addiction
Feb. 1, 2020 - Peres was all alone when he accidentally dropped a few Vicodins beneath a Waldorf Astoria urinal. “Does the five-second rule count for piss-soaked drugs?” ... While in Los Angeles for a spot on TV’s “Politically Incorrect,” he traveled to Tijuana and smuggled 1,000 Vicodin... NOW, “My sobriety is as important to me as fueling the addiction was all those years ago.” @NYPost
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Why My Friend Silvio Horta’s Life and Death Matter
Jan 28 2020 - He also opened up to me about his struggles with alcoholism and some other addictions. I related because I’d had my own struggles in the past ... This was in 2011, shortly after his show Ugly Betty had ended. I didn’t know anything about meth other than... @Advocate
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Rapper Lexii Alijai, 21, died of accidental overdose
JAN. 28, 2020 - The Minnesota native Alijai – born Alexis Alijai Lynch – died due to “mixed fentanyl and ethanol toxicity” and her death was ruled accidental.
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“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.” —Plato
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Demi Lovato delivers all-time great version of national anthem WATCH
Feb. 3, 2020 - Talk about excelling in high pressure situations. For her first public performance since her 2018 overdose, Demi Lovato performed before millions of television viewers at the 2020 Grammy Awards in January. As a follow-up, she performed in front of a much, much bigger worldwide television audience when she sang the national anthem on Sunday before the San Francisco 49ers faced off against the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl in Miami. @EastBayTimes
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On Netflix - True story! WATCH
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He Avenged His Son’s Murder—And Exposed the Opioid Crisis in America WATCH
Feb. 03, 2020 - Schneider isn’t a household name, but Netflix’s new four-part docuseries The Pharmacist (premiering Feb. 5) will make it one. Dr. Jacqueline Cleggett was a pioneer in the “pill mill” business, in which shady doctors opened clinics from which they sold prescriptions for cash... @TheDailyBeast
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