October 27, 2017 Trump Declares Opioid Epidemic a National Public Health Emergency CNN (10/26) - President Donald Trump declared the opioid epidemic a national public health emergency on Thursday, telling an audience in the East Room of the White House that "we can be the generation that ends the opioid epidemic." ...Trump's move is different from the broad order the President previewed over the last few months. On Thursday, the President directed acting Health Secretary Eric Hargan to declare a public health emergency under the Public Health Services Act -- which directs federal agencies to provide more grant money to combat the epidemic -- not a national emergency through the Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. The difference between the two orders is money and scope. Read more Further reading: Trump Declares Opioid Crisis a ‘Health Emergency’ but Requests No Funds Trump Says Opioids are an Emergency, But It's Not the Declaration Some Were Looking For SAMHSA Reaffirms Efforts to Address the Public Health Emergency on the Opioid Crisis U.S. to Promote Use of Opioid Alternatives to Treat Addiction REUTERS (10/25) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration plans to encourage opioid addicts to use less harmful opioid drugs such as methadone and buprenorphine, a radical shift in policy that could agitate those in the addiction field who believe abstinence is the only effective treatment. Read more Further reading: Remarks from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., as prepared for oral testimony before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Hearing, “Federal Efforts to Combat the Opioid Crisis: A Status Update on CARA and Other Initiatives" The Drug Industry's Triumph Over the DEA WASHINGTON POST (10/15) – In April 2016, at the height of the deadliest drug epidemic in U.S. history, Congress effectively stripped the Drug Enforcement Administration of its most potent weapon against large drug companies suspected of spilling prescription narcotics onto the nation’s streets. Read more Vermont Streamlines Process for Substance Abuse Counselors BURLINGTON FREE PRESS (10/16) – The state has streamlined the process for someone to become a substance abuse counselor as Vermont continues to address the opioid addiction crisis, Republican Gov. Phil Scott says. The changes simplify the educational requirements and relieve professionals from unnecessary documentation, officials said. The new rules also are mostly compatible with other states' rules so out-of-state clinicians can work in Vermont, they said. Read more Why It Took Google So Long to End Shady Rehab Center Ads BLOOMBERG (09/26) – Google LLC doesn’t have anything to do with treating addicts, and the company didn’t send Google contractor named Josh Weum to the National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers conference to talk about helping people get clean. He was explaining how to use Google to cash in on America’s $35 billion addiction treatment market. Read more Narcan Opioid Overdose Spray Is Now Stocked By All Walgreens Pharmacies NPR (10/26) - It has the power to save lives by targeting opioid overdoses — something that kills more than 140 Americans every day. And now Narcan, the nasal spray that can pull a drug user back from an overdose, is being carried by all of Walgreens' more than 8,000 pharmacies. Read more When New Players Learn Slot-Machine Tricks, They Avoid Gambling Addiction SCIENCE DAILY (10/19) – Novice gamblers who watched a short video about how slot machines disguise losses as wins have a better chance of avoiding gambling problems, according to new research. Slot machines present losses disguised as wins (LDWs) which causes people to mistakenly believe that they are winning and continue paying to play. Read more Adolescent Research: Invitation to Counselors: 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. Why Cocaine Cut With Fentanyl ‘Changes the Game’ USA TODAY (10/20) – For the first time, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation scientists have detected fentanyl, a potentially deadly narcotic, mixed in with samples of cocaine. Scientists in Nashville and Knoxville recently found fentanyl in three cocaine samples. The discovery points to the continuation of a disturbing trend. Read more Exposure to Substance Use Prevention Messages Among Adolescents SAMHSA (10/16) – Underage substance use is preventable, and adolescents are subjected to influences that may increase their risk for substance use or protect them from it. Substance use prevention programs are designed to reduce the influence of risk factors and increase the influence of protective factors. Read more Further reading: Protecting Adolescent Drug Users From Long-Term Damage Cannabis is Pleasurable Because it Changes Brain's Reward Center on Cellular Level NEWSWEEK (10/16) – Scientists, behavioral researchers and psychologists have known for years that pot can be addictive. But more research has just been published illustrating just how weed can act on our brains. A group of neuroscientists has studied how “long-term exposure” to the active compound in marijuana could affect the way brain cells are implicated in addiction. They found that the activity of certain neurons they were studying changed over time. Read more Up to 50% Off   Up to 50 % Off NAADAC's New Horizons: Integrating Motivational Styles, Strategies and Skills with Pharmacotherapy Independent Study Course in October - 15 CEs! 50% off for NAADAC Members $116 Only $58!  25% off for Non-Members $155 Only $116.25! FDA Says Benzodiazepine Use Not a Bar to Treatment With Methadone or Buprenorphine for Opioid Addiction ADDICTION TREATMENT FORUM (10/24) - Citing the harms of untreated opioid use disorders, the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says that benzodiazepine use should not preclude the use of medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid addiction with methadone or buprenorphine. Read more Teens Who Vape Higher Doses of Nicotine Are More Likely to Become Regular Smokers UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA NEWS (10/23) – Nicotine is extremely harmful to the developing adolescent brain, USC study finds. Even if it tastes like Gummi Bears and is inhaled as smoke-free aerosol, vaping a higher concentration of nicotine may increase how often teenagers use electronic cigarettes or smoke traditional cigarettes. Read more The Terrifying New Trend in Heroin Addiction VICE (10/18) – But if legitimate prescriptions were ever the chief pathway to heroin—and strong evidence has long existed that they might not be—new research and stories like Lesser's suggest the pathway for people who get addicted to opioids is changing. Just like I did in the 1980s, heroin users in America appear to be increasingly going straight to the street drug, skipping the flirtation with pharmaceuticals. Read more Chronic Alcohol Use Disorder Symptoms Occur Regardless of Social Status PSYCHIATRY ADVISOR (10/10) – Electrolyte disturbances and acid-base disorders are common occurrences in patients with chronic alcohol-use disorder regardless of social circumstances, according to a review published online in the New England Journal of Medicine. Read more Membership Status Membership Expiration Date: Not a Member If you are not a current member, Join Now! Membership Benefits Disclaimer: The Addiction & Recovery eNews is a news service for the addiction profession which aims to give wide coverage to news and to the variety of views and opinions on all aspects of the subjects that are of interest to the profession. 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Table of Contents - Trump Declares Opioid Epidemic a National Public Health Emergency - U.S. to Promote Use of Opioid Alternatives to Treat Addiction - The Drug Industry's Triumph Over the DEA - Vermont Streamlines Process for Substance Abuse Counselors - Why It Took Google So Long to End Shady Rehab Center Ads - Narcan Opioid Overdose Spray Is Now Stocked By All Walgreens Pharmacies - When New Players Learn Slot-Machine Tricks, They Avoid Gambling Addiction - Why Cocaine Cut With Fentanyl ‘Changes the Game’ - Exposure to Substance Use Prevention Messages Among Adolescents - Cannabis is Pleasurable Because it Changes Brain's Reward Center on Cellular Level - FDA Says Benzodiazepine Use Not a Bar to Treatment With Methadone or Buprenorphine for Opioid Addiction - Teens Who Vape Higher Doses of Nicotine Are More Likely to Become Regular Smokers - The Terrifying New Trend in Heroin Addiction - Chronic Alcohol Use Disorder Symptoms Occur Regardless of Social Status

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10-31-17 TWELVE STEPPING WITH SUPPORT FROM SCRIPTURE 

Psalm 39v3 - The more I thought about it the hotter I got, igniting a fire of words.

Step 5: Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.

Get it out into the open! The longer you keep it to yourself the worse it's going to get. Anger, bitterness, and resentments undealt with will keep God away and out of reach of your prayers. They will also affect your body in many negative physical ways.Heart attack, cancer, and ulcers. I still struggle with this step and scripture verse. I have no middle! People, unfortunately, look at me as if I am weak when I just bottle stuff up and hope it goes away. We can only stuff so much in that bottle before it explodes. Not dealing with this inner turmoil gives it strength and before you know it will consume you and take control. Once it has control there will be the only way to break its power! Exposing and dealing with it no matter how difficult it's going to be. Deal with it before it deals with you!Taking it to God will make room for Him to help you sort stuff out! God can be trusted with anything and getting it out will reduce its power and control. God will not only help you sort it out He will give you forgiveness which will bring peace and that makes room for joy and freedom.

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Psalm 103v3 He forgives all my sins and Heals all my disease

The attachment in our last emailing asking TAM members to write to government officials inadvertently got left off the email. Please accept our apologies for the mistake. Find the pdf of the letter along with the text of the original email below! Thank you! Click here for TAM Advocacy Letter TAM would like to capitalize on all of the recent attention given to the opioid epidemic, including the possible coming of a declaration of national emergency, the nomination of a permanent "drug czar" and other stories highlighting affected families.   We have worked with other advocacy groups to form an official position statement of TAM, to be sent to the President and other elected officials in Washington DC.   If you desire, we are asking members to mail a copy of the letter, along with your personal story, to each of the listed officials at the given address. The impact of these officials receiving perhaps thousands of letters within a short time frame cannot be overstated.   You should also send a copy to your own Representative & Senator.   FIND YOUR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MEMBER: www.house.gov/representatives/find FIND YOUR SENATOR: www.senate.gov/senators/contact/senators_cfm.cfm   Please be sure to sign your letter and include contact information for any follow-up correspondence.   Please do not edit this letter in any way, except to add your personal story. Visit The Addict's Mom at: http://addictsmom.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network

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