June 8, 2021 | Vol. 8 | No. 42 | Since 2013 |
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Parents March To Snapchat’s Headquarters WATCH June 4, 2021 - Drug dealers are targeting kids on Snapchat and other social media platforms. In many instances, they say they’re selling Percocet or Oxycontin, but they’re really peddling a deadly dose of fentanyl. “We aren’t even a representative of a drop in the bucket of how many lives have been lost through purchases through Snapchat,”... |
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California moves towards decriminalizing psychedelic drugs WATCH - June 3, 2021 - “People can have whatever opinions they want about drugs, but the question is, ‘Should we be arresting and jailing people for possessing and using drugs?’ And I think the answer is absolutely no,” remarked state senator Scott Weiner. more@KTLA |
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Woman’s Facebook post goes viral about past addictions WATCH - June 3, 2021 - How about that for motivation? I honestly thought I’d die on a park bench with a needle in my arm. I would’ve never thought my life would look the way it does today. Stop selling yourself short. You don’t know what tomorrow might bring so you might consider starting today. more@10TV |
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Mental illness wrecked his NFL career, now Montee Ball helps others avoid the same fate WATCH May 28, 2021 - Depression, anxiety and alcoholism led to the end of Montee Ball’s NFL career. Now in recovery, he’s mentoring others who are fighting the same battles. |
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Kelly Osbourne: Vicodin at 13 led to heroin WATCH June 3, 2021 - Osbourne said she was struggling with self-esteem issues at the time — having thoughts like, “You’re fat, you’re ugly, you’re not good enough, no one likes you” — and says the meds “silenced” the negativity. more@PageSix |
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America STILL Has a Drinking Problem July/August 2021 - Few things are more American than drinking heavily. But worrying about how heavily other Americans are drinking is one of them. The Mayflower landed at Plymouth Rock because, the crew feared, the Pilgrims were going through the beer too quickly. more@TheAtlantic |
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Science Says: Meditation and Mindfulness Works June 3, 2021 - Is mindfulness just a 21st-century buzzword or a tool with science-backed qualities and benefits? The American Psychological Assoc. defines mindfulness as “a moment-to-moment awareness of one’s experience without judgment.” @TheInertia |
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Army employee reclaims life after alcoholism, suicide attempt - June 1, 2021 - The 56-year-old grew up in the middle class suburbs of Los Angeles; went to Catholic school; married for the first time at age 20, and proudly served for 22 years in the Air Force. He is a recovering alcoholic. more@DVIDSHub |
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Addiction's nightmare in photos June 3, 2021 - From opioids to crack, families have been torn apart by the drug crisis rampaging through the US – as the stark work of these three photographers shows. |
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Tom Latimer on Sobriety and Wrestling With the Past June 4, 2021 - “When I was growing up an alcoholic was a person that was homeless, passed out on a park bench, or begging for change for alcohol. I didn’t realize it’s a broad spectrum.”@ProWrestlingNewsHub |
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Q&A with Bruce Boardman: CEO of Social Model Recovery Systems June 2, 2021 - Bruce Boardman has his career advocating for individuals who have substance use disorders and mental health challenges. He worked in the LA County Department of Mental Health assisting with the development of alcohol and drug services in mental health clinics. He was met with multiple challenges but was able to help the system change to meet the needs of the population. @eBulletin |
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What is Team Downey Productions? June 4, 2021 - Robert Downey Jr. is an American actor and producer, born on 4th April 1965 in New York, USA. He is the son of Robert Downey Sr. also a famous American director and L.C.Downey, an actress. He attended Santa Monica High School but later dropped out to pursue a career in acting. His first on-screen appearance was in his father’s classic cult favorite, ‘Pound’ when he was just 5. more@HITC |
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Brothers say key to success is family support for addicts WATCH - June 3, 2021 - TJ Pass and his brother, David, are using their experiences to not only help those suffering addiction enter into treatment but to remain sober in the long run. Since TJ went down the path of drugs and is now 15 years sober, he’s holding the flashlight for other families across the country, offering hope and education. |
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Clueless star says film kept her ‘on the recovery path’ - June 3, 2021 - “Because I was most concerned about losing my job,” Eliza Donovan said. “So that helped me to stay on the recovery path. While that’s no recipe for true recovery, but it helped stay until I got to the place where I realised that I really wanted my life back.” @Independent |
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California bill would allow supervised injection sites June 3, 2021 - “The choice here is do you want people shooting up on the streets in a dirty situation and dying, or do you want them inside where we can help get them into recovery off the drugs and make sure they don’t die,” Sen. Scott Wiener of Sacramento said. more@KCRA |
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Author Kelsey Darragh On Being ‘Terrified’ She’d Break Her Sobriety During The Pandemic May 30, 2021 - I’ve been sober for two years now. But when the pandemic hit, I was new to the whole thing, and I was terrified. “This is when I’m going to break. I knew I had to overhaul my lifestyle so it was filled to the brim with activities. I set out to find new interests, even solo ones, to fall in love with and tie my identity to.” more@Yahoo |
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New Yorker of the Week: Christian Parker WATCH June 7, 2021 - It’s the kind of party Christian Parker wished had been around when he was in his twenties. “Growing up, I thought that in order to have fun it had to be centered around alcohol,” he remembered. Parker, celebrating 20 years of sobriety, is working to change the narrative and create a safe space for all to enjoy Pride. more@Spectrum |
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Veteran Donates 36 Acres to Build Retreat for Homeless Vets Struggling With Addiction June 3, 2021 - Along with their devotion to one another, Marty Weber and his longtime partner Jeff Poissant shared many things in common. When Poissant passed away four years ago from cancer, Weber could think of no better way to honor their 30-year union than by supporting military veterans in need. more@GoodNewsNetwork |
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Moby Feat. Nelly Furtado “South Side” ca. 2007 |
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County Using Opioid Settlement $ To Help Women Battle Addiction - June 4, 2021 - The funds will come from a 2019 litigation settlement with Johnson & Johnson, where the county accepted $117 million from drug companies to settle federal opioid lawsuits. Cuyahoga County is on track to see more than 700 opioid deaths this year. more@IdeaStream |
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Texas oncologist sentenced to 20 years for role in pill mill scheme - June 4, 2021 - Mr. Capistrano wrote prescriptions for more than 524,000 doses of hydrocodone, 430,000 doses of carisoprodol, 77,000 doses of alprazolam and more than 2 million doses of promethazine with codeine... @BeckersHospitalReview |
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Scottish universities urged to cut ties with Oxycontin’s Sackler family May 30, 2021- Student leaders, drugs campaigners and politicians say the Sackler family’s name should be removed from research and treatment centres run by universities in partnership with the NHS after their firm, Purdue Pharma, was blamed for unleashing prescription painkiller OxyContin in America. @SundayPost |
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Murderous SACKLER family gets off scott free, and keeps their billions LISTEN June 2, 2021 - “The Sacklers are paying $4.275 billion and they very much plan and expect to be done with this chapter.” Appearing before a congressional panel last December, members of the Sackler family said they had done nothing wrong. “The family and the board acted legally and ethically.” more@NPR |
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Amy Winehouse spent £500,000 on drugs & heroin habit May 29, 2021 - It was just after Christmas 2007, and I’d come to the island to help my best friend, Amy Winehouse, get away from drugs. We were on the island as the guests of the singer Bryan Adams, staying in his stunning house surrounded by palm trees, powder-white sand and aquamarine ocean. more@DailyMail |
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Matthew Perry’s Ups and Downs Through the Years May 30, 2021 - A Vicodin addiction led to a heavy amount of drinking. Perry entered rehab for the first time in 1997, spending 28 days at the Hazelden center in Minnesota. Then after two and a half months in a private rehab center, Perry finally was able to finish Serving Sara and return to Friends, as well as focus on bettering himself.@USMagazine |
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"Sound of Metal": An Addiction Movie Without Drugs May 27, 2021 - When I first went to rehab in 2016, I said to the counselors there that I was not interested in 12-step programs. Now, I had never actually been to a 12-step meeting; I didn’t know anyone who had been through a 12-step program... more@TalkHouse |
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Fentanyl use surpasses heroin; horse “tranq” waits in sidelines - June 6, 2021- This new drug, Xylazine, has already become popular in Philadelphia accounting for a third of the city’s drug overdose deaths, according to a report issued in Feb., and local caseworkers are beginning to hear clients talk about it. |
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A Rabbi Walks into an AA Meeting June 5, 2021 - At the core of recovery is acceptance and submission to God, a recognition that we cannot do it on our own, that we rely on God and can only find the strength to endure and persevere if we attach ourselves to Him. In the heart of the meeting, attendees have the opportunity to share. I was blown away by the insight, depth and sincerity of those who opened their hearts. @Aish |
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