Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Thank you in advance for reading what Summer's dad has to say.
I've got my daughter back

My nightmare began when my beautiful daughter, my baby girl, started taking a drug prescribed by a doctor. I guess after some time the prescription wasn't strong enough to satisfy so she turned to other various drugs. My beautiful daughter was being taken hostage by this terrible demon.

As a father I tied to confront and to fix the issue but I probably made things worse. Soon my daughter hated me and wanted nothing to do with me. It was the worst feeling that I have ever had. It was the most helpless feeling that I have ever experienced. 

My pastor explained that it was a spiritual battle and she would have to hit rock bottom before she would get help. I prayed the hardest prayer, "God do whatever it takes."  I wanted my daughter and my grandchildren back.

Finally I got a call. It was 2:30 in the morning. I was expecting the call to be worse. I was relieved that she was calling from jail, not the hospital. My pastor had told me about Teen Challenge and helped Summer apply. She was quickly accepted.

In two weeks Summer was at Teen Challenge. What I have seen in her life is all my prayers answered and more! Never did I expect the transformation that we have experienced. I have my daughter back, the kids have their mother back and God is at the center of it all.

Since she graduated she's lived with us and is taking classes. This girl is on fire for God and wants to help so many. Thank you to all who support Teen Challenge, you've given me my family back.


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Will you join with us? Your gift will provide training for staff, curriculum for students to learn God's Word, and help assure that every person who comes to Teen Challenge has the opportunity to meet Jesus and find a new life - drug free! Thanks in advance for giving.

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October 13, 2017
Working Together to Defeat the Opioid Epidemic (Opinion)
THE HILL (09/13) – As partisan battles rage in Washington at the onset of the new administration, a struggle in our own communities quietly, and lethally, continues. You might not see it on CNN or in your Twitter feed, but I am reminded every time I drive past the Levittown-Fairless Hills Rescue Squad in my hometown, where a grim tally shows the number of drug-related overdoses and deaths just in that community. Read more
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Gene That Influences Nicotine Dependence Identified
SCIENCE DAILY (10/10) – A DNA variant -- located in the DNMT3B gene and commonly found in people of European and African descent -- increases the likelihood of developing nicotine dependence, smoking heavily, and developing lung cancer, according to a new study led by RTI International. Read more
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Testimony on the Federal Response to the Opioid Crisis
NIH (10/05) –  ..."Right now we're spending $116 million a year on opioid use disorder research; we need to ramp that up by a factor of four or five if we're going to fully put our foot on the accelerator for this, [although] I am not quite sure where that funding would come from." Read more
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The SASSI Institute is conducting a validation study to develop an updated version of our adolescent screening questionnaire. Our aim is to provide practitioners with an effective tool to address the public health epidemic of adolescent prescription opioid, other prescription drug abuse, and SUD more generally. Register to participate online.
All Massachusetts Social Work Students Will Learn About Drug Addiction Under New Agreement
MASSLIVE (10/10) – Beginning this fall, all students are learning about drug addiction as part of their core curriculum. "What you want to be assured is that your students will graduate understanding that this is a serious problem” said Francine Vecchiolla, dean of the School of Social Work at Springfield College. Read more
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Behavioral Treatments Increase Brain Activity Related to Cognitive Control
NIH (10/05) – Behavioral treatments for substance use disorders (SUD) affect brain function in ways that may help patients stay the course in recovery despite relapse triggers and impulses. In a recent study supported by the NIDA, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and contingency management (CM) increased brain efficiency in regions that coordinate cognitive control. Read more
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Some Experts See Opioid Addiction Stemming from Prescriptions as a Medical Error
90.9 WBUR (10/10) – On April 17, Katie Herzog checked into a Boston teaching hospital for what turned out to be a nine-hour-long back surgery. The 68-year-old consulting firm president left the hospital with a prescription for Dilaudid, an opioid used to treat severe pain, and instructions to take two pills every four hours, as needed. Herzog took close to the full dose for about two weeks. Then, worried about addiction, she began asking questions. Read more
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Marijuana Use Is Associated With an Increased Risk of Prescription Opioid Misuse and Use Disorders
NIH (09/26) – New research suggests that marijuana users may be more likely than nonusers to misuse prescription opioids and develop prescription opioid use disorder. The study was conducted by researchers at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health, and Columbia University. Read more
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The Science of K2
ARKANSAS TIMES (10/05) – …When Paul Prather, who is leading UAMS' K2 study, first attempted to get funding to study synthetic cannabinoid toxicity, even some scientists reviewing the proposal were confused. Everyone thought of synthetic cannabinoids and K2 as squarely in the realm of "fake marijuana," Prather said. Read more
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To Save Opioid Addicts, This Experimental Court is Ditching The Delays
NPR (10/05) – …The necessity for a special opiate court underscores the crippling severity of the nation's drug overdose and addiction crisis, which killed some 64,000 Americans from February 2016 to February 2017, according to preliminary data from the CDC. The big difference here is speed. Read more
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One in 12 Doctors Accepts Opioid-Related Payments from Drug Companies
ADDICTION NOW (10/10) – One in 12 doctors and approximately 1 in every 5 family medicine physicians have accepted payments related to opioids from pharmaceutical companies, according to the first national study on industry payments involving opioids. Read more
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EEG Indicates That Cocaine Relapse Vulnerability Peaks 1 to 6 Months Into Abstinence
NIDA NEWS (09/28) – This research: Suggests that electroencephalography (EEG) may provide an objective measure of cocaine-addicted participants’ vulnerability to cue-induced relapse. Indicates that the period from 1 to 6 months of abstinence is a time of increased vulnerability to cue-induced relapse to cocaine. Read more
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California Governor Signs Law to Make Drug Pricing More Transparent
NPR (10/10) – California Gov. Jerry Brown defied the drug industry Monday, signing the most comprehensive drug price transparency bill in the nation that will force drug makers to publicly justify big price hikes. Read more
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Opioids On Trial: Can Lawsuits Help Fix The Addiction Crisis?
89.3 WFPL (10/02) – …Beshear doubled down on a commitment to sue other opioid manufacturers and distributors. He claims they owe the people affected by the addiction crisis. “I’m not looking for punishment, I’m looking for responsibility,” he said. “And if those companies won’t take responsibility, then I’m going to see them in court.” Read more
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Cannabis Consumption Increases Violent Behavior in Young People in Psychiatric Care
SCIENCE DAILY (10/06) – A new study on cannabis use that involved 1,136 patients (from 18 to 40 years of age) with mental illnesses who had been seen five times during the year after discharge from a psychiatric hospital demonstrates that sustained used of cannabis is associated with an increase in violent behavior in young people. Read more
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-Working Together to Defeat the Opioid Epidemic
-Gene That Influences Nicotine Dependence Identified
-Testimony on the Federal Response to the Opioid Crisis
-All Massachusetts Social Work Students Will Learn About Drug Addiction Under New Agreement
-Behavioral Treatments Increase Brain Activity Related to Cognitive Control
-Some Experts See Opioid Addiction Stemming From Prescriptions as a Medical Error
-Marijuana Use Is Associated With an Increased Risk of Prescription Opioid Misuse and Use Disorders
-The Science of K2
-To Save Opioid Addicts, This Experimental Court is Ditching The Delays
-One in 12 Doctors Accepts Opioid-Related Payments from Drug Companies
-EEG Indicates That Cocaine Relapse Vulnerability Peaks 1 to 6 Months Into Abstinence
-California Governor Signs Law to Make Drug Pricing More Transparent
-Opioids On Trial: Can Lawsuits Help Fix The Addiction Crisis?
-Cannabis Consumption Increases Violent Behavior in Young People in Psychiatric Care
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