UNCHAINED MELODY – June 16, 2022 – In a video seen by The Post, she told the crowd: “My life is a little bit kind of down right now. You’re pulling me up. so thank you. “I’m so proud of this movie, I really am … To be honest, I haven’t really left my house for the last two years unless it has to do with my children, so to get me to leave like California and fly to Memphis and be here, aside from coming to visit my [son’s grave, at Graceland], it’s a big deal.” The Post…
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READ MORE BOOKS – June 16, 2022 – 7 tips to quit smoking weed Want to know how to quit smoking marijuana? Dr. Streem shares these strategies to help you kick the habit: 1. Treat underlying problems “Whenever you try to change an unhealthy behavior, think about how the behavior started in the first place,” advises Dr. Streem. “Addressing any underlying reasons why you started that behavior is key to successfully changing the habit.” People often turn to marijuana to alleviate: Depression.General or social anxiety.Low appetite.Social pressure.Sleep problems.Stress or trauma. Cannabis may provide temporary relief, but it doesn’t treat the…
STAYING CLEAR – June 16, 2022 – The materials present: A factual and concise overview of exactly what drugs are, how they work and what they doTheir street namesThe long- and short-term side effects of the most commonly abused substances. As to getting through to children and teens on this crucial subject, Truth About Drugs booklets and videos are presented in youth-friendly terms. And they hear about drugs from those who lived through addiction and survived to tell their stories. Foundation for a Drug-Free World also offers interactive Truth About Drugs courses designed for anyone to learn this information at…
VIDEO – MUSICAL INTERLUDE – June 2022 – PhillySound on Soul Train presents: “Ain’t No Stopping Us Now” by McFadden & Whitehead Listen to more from Philadelphia International Records. more@YouTube
VISUALS OVERLOAD – June 15, 2022 – Though Martinez-Herbert didn’t quite understand what was going on, the acts she saw for the first time were appealing enough to launch an addiction that today, at age 24, she’s just overcoming. “It stole my childhood,” she says. “It distorted my view of everything.” A generation ago, it took some finagling for a child to see verboten X-rated material, filching a magazine from a parent or sneaking peeks at a movie on TV. Now, innocence can disappear with the click of a button or a tap on a cellphone. Studies have shown the…
WELL IT AIN’T VODKA – June 15, 2022 – Question: Heart started in Seattle, but had to go up to Canada for a minute. Did your time in Seattle or outside the states during a formative time for your music affect your songwriting? Answer: Oh, yes, it really did. When I first started writing songs, it was up in Vancouver, BC, and we were living out in the country. So our first songs, “Magic Man” and “Crazy On You” and “Dreamboat Annie,” and all those songs on the first record were all written up in the woods in Canada.…
TOO LITTLE! TOO LATE!! – June 15, 2022 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Dr. Rahul Gupta, Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), issued the following statement regarding the CDC’s release of provisional drug overdose death data, which show 107,622 predicted overdose deaths in the 12-month period ending in December 2021. “It is unacceptable that we are losing a life to overdose every five minutes around the clock. That is why President Biden’s new National Drug Control Strategy signals a new era of drug policy centered on individuals and communities, focusing specifically on the actions…
VIDEO – ALL BETTER NOW – June 16, 2022 – He’s definitely Better Now. Post Malone candidly opened up about some of the lowest points in his life during his painful battle with alcoholism after finding global fame. And if it hadn’t been for his fiancée, the rapper doesn’t think he’d be the man he is today. During a new interview on SiriusXM’s “The Howard Stern Show,” the rapper — whose real name is Austin Post — opened up about his past struggles with booze. “I am responsible now,” the “Rockstar” hitmaker revealed. “It was to a really rough…
PRONOUNS ARE FREE – June 17, 2022 – This was no Master Plan to go from big lesbian at BBC Entertainment to a transmasc, nonbinary, intersex in West Hollywood. Well, not mine. Every year in sobriety, I have challenged myself to Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway,and this started very small in 2001. I took a “tea commitment” at a recovery meeting — my social anxiety, after detox and during nine months of residential rehab, was so severe I couldn’t make eye contact. By 2014 I was up to the dizzy heights of skydivingas my annual challenge. I…
ADAM NIMOY IS REALLY DOWN-TO-EARTH – June 17, 2022 – Adam Nimoy was born during the Eisenhower administration to Leonard and Sandra Zoberblatt Nimoy. He attended the University Elementary School, a “lab school” run by UCLA, where he was the subject of numerous psychological experiments. Experimentation continued at UC Berkeley in the form of mind-altering substances. In a state of mental confusion, Nimoy attended Loyola Law School. After seven years of law practice, in a moment of mental clarity, Nimoy left the legal field to study filmmaking. After directing forty-five hours of network television, Nimoy’s directing career ended due in…
IF YOU AIN’T GOT THE DOUGH RE ME – June 11, 2022 – Amson, retired after 25 years of working in the Yukon’s alcohol and drug treatment system, spoke with the News on May 20. He is disenchanted with the increasing institutionalization of a system that was once designed to support people in recovery. In the mid 1980s, Amson sobered up in the Crossroads treatment centre, a non-profit started by a group of recovering alcoholics. Afterwards, he started working in the doublewide trailer that served as the Yukon’s detox centre in the 1980s, which housed 20 clients and had…
PLEASE SHARE THE GIFT – June 10 marks the anniversary date since the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), “an international fellowship of men and women who have had a drinking problem.” The organization was founded in 1935 by Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith. more@YouTube
BUD and BUDS – June 13, 2022 – U.S. adults in treatment facilities evaluated for 30-day substance use patterns during 2019 cited alcohol and cannabis as principal drugs and psychiatric issues as one of their main problems, according to a study published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. “Approximately 81,000 persons died of a drug overdose during May 2019 to May 2020; excessive alcohol use contributes to an estimated 95,000 deaths per year,” Akadia Kacha-Ochana, MPH, of the CDC, and colleagues wrote. “Persons with a substance use disorder are at elevated risk for overdose and associated harms.” Researchers aimed…
TOO LITTLE TOO LATE – June 15, 2022 – Dr. Rahu Gupta also acknowledged the growing power of Mexican drug cartels and other international narcotics gangs that “operate seamlessly across borders and cooperate with remarkable efficiency.” According to government officials, the cartels now contaminate much of the illicit drug supply in the United States with fentanyl, driving the latest surge of fatal overdoses. Until recently, most street opioids — including heroin and black market pain pills — were made from chemicals extracted from poppy plants. Fentanyl, by contrast, is produced using industrial chemicals, which means it’s cheaper to make,…
VIDEO – SILVER LINING – June 15, 2022 – “I was so lost and I was addicted to cocaine,” Cooper shared. “Will took that risk of having that hard conversation with me in July of 2004 and that put me on a path of deciding to change my life. It truly was Will Arnett. he is the reason.” He also noted how “grateful” he is to have started the journey before he reached. The “Silver Linings Playbook” star said between 29 to 34 he worked hard at sobriety and has had an ongoing journey of self-acceptance thanks to therapy. “Quite…
COUPLE SAVING SOULS – June 15, 2022 – “I introduced myself, welcomed her, and she got defensive, snobby and bitchy right away. I just kept saying, ‘We just want to tell you what we need,’” Borovitz recalled. Rossetto replied, according to him, “Well if you’re so smart, when you get out, you can come help me.” Sure enough, when he was released from prison in 1988, Borovitz walked into Beit T’Shuvah. Though they seemed an unlikely pairing, together they ended up saving thousands of lives through Beit T’Shuvah. During their three decades at the center, they provided a number of…
POISON IN EVERY PUFF – June 11, 2022 – While the exact messaging printed on cigarettes could change, Bennett said the current proposal is: “Poison in every puff.” Bennett also revealed expanded warnings for cigarette packages that include a longer list of smoking’s health effects, including stomach cancer, colorectal cancer, diabetes, and peripheral vascular disease. Canada has required the photo warnings since the turn of the millennium, but the images haven’t been updated in a decade. Rob Cunningham, senior policy analyst with the Canadian Cancer Society, said he hopes the warnings printed directly on cigarettes become popular internationally, just like…
SO MUCH POTENTIAL – June 13, 2022 – Model and social media influencer Cooper Noriega, who obtained 2.8 million TikTok and 599,000 Instagram followers with a series of posts exploring his day-to-day life in Los Angeles, has died at 19. The star, who frequently collaborated with the likes of Nessa Barrett and Jordan Huxhold, was found dead on the 500 block of North First Street in Burbank, Calif., on Thursday, June 9, 2022. What happened to Cooper? Cooper garnered popularity thanks to his work as a content creator. He was close with ex-Sway House members like Jaden Hossler and Josh…
VIDEO – NO MORE MR. NICE GUY? – March 1, 2022 – In this video Gabor Mate tells us how we all have this sense of betraying ourselves when we are not truly who we are , we know if we are being ourselves or not. Some people have this voice or feeling inside that they are betraying them selves. Thats why the body also speaks to us when we are not being authentic. The body whispers , talks and then screams for you to stop. The “blocks” we have on our way are the most loving part of…
MUNCHIES ARE ALL FROM WHOLE FOODS – June 13, 2022 – Marijuana has the potential to worsen delirium in dementia patients, experts say. “The psychoactivity, or the high that cannabis causes, is another potential concern for older adults, especially those at risk for confusion and dementia,” warns Harvard Health. “These days, with the ability to buy cannabis in medical dispensaries, there is more control over the types or strains of cannabis that one can buy and consume, and it is easier to avoid the high by controlling the dose and by keeping the THC content low. Strains that are…
VIDEO – NOTHING BUT HEARTACHE – June 14, 2022 – It was the first time the Bluegrass State surpassed 2,000 drug overdose deaths in a single year, said Van Ingram, executive director of the state Office of Drug Control Policy. The state’s rising death count mirrored the nation’s escalating overdose epidemic. Last year, for the first time, more than 100,000 Americans died of drug overdoses over a 12-month period, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with about two-thirds of those deaths linked to fentanyl and other synthetic drugs. In Kentucky, fentanyl was identified in nearly…
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VIDEO – OPIATES STAR IN NON-FICTION TRAGEDY – 2022 – In writing Dopesick, showrunner Danny Strong spent months researching to create a story that reveals how opioid addiction affects individuals and families, throwing their lives in to chaos, all in service of enriching one corrupt family. more@FYC
IT’S A PROCESS – June 7, 2022 – Part of the success around naloxone distribution, access and training is the – albeit slow – reduction in stigma surrounding the overdose reversal agent. Years ago, much more controversy surrounded the medication. When Dahlem worked at a homeless shelter as a nurse practitioner in 2013, they did not have any naloxone, nor were any of the staff trained to use it. Several clients at the shelter overdosed at that time. “At that point, we didn’t even think about distributing naloxone, we just wanted to have it at the clinic to respond…
SCIENCE IS REAL – June 8, 2022 – The study’s first author, who performed many of the experiments, is Reesha R. Patel, PhD, a former postdoctoral researcher in the Roberto lab. Alcohol is by far the most used and abused recreational drug. According to the 2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, nine million men and more than five million women in the United States have an alcohol use disorder (AUD), which is defined as an inability to control alcohol use despite its negative impact on the user’s health, social life and/or employment. Drug treatments, talk-therapy and support group-based…
87 LOOKS LIKE A LONG SHOT – June 8, 2022 – “Gbenedio used his pharmacy as a pill-mill to supply highly addictive narcotics to drug dealers and drug addicts,” U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia Ryan Buchanan said in a news release Wednesday. “His greed exacerbated the opioid epidemic that continues to plague our community.” Buchanan said the investigation began after the Georgia Drug and Narcotics Agency conducted a routine inspection at Better Way Pharmacy in Mableton, which Gbenedio owned. Authorities noticed that many of Gbenedio’s customers were driving from out of state to get prescriptions filled.…
IT WORKS IF YOU WORK IT – June 9, 2022 – With a newfound desire to make changes in their lives, individuals must make what are often difficult decisions. In CBT, we support individuals in making decisions by doing a cost-benefit analysis. The cost/benefit analysis helps elucidate the relative positive and negative elements of engaging and not engaging in a particular action. By conducting a cost-benefit analysis, individuals gain clarity about the things they value. Accordingly, individuals may make decisions about people with whom it is in their interests to associate, which places to frequent to further their goals, and…
VIDEO – NEVER STOP TRYING – June 8, 2022 – “I think everybody should learn from this because substance use is a very important topic. We want to make sure that people understand how this not only affects them physically, but mentally and socially, how it will affect other people around them.” The series is a collaboration with the SEED program: Students Empowered to End Dependency, a local nonprofit dedicated to opening the door for conversations about addiction through storytelling. There are currently students from 15 different schools across the state participating in the SEED program. David Packhem is the…
NOT WORTH IT – June 9, 2022 – This leaves many drinkers mistakenly assuming a moderate average level of consumption is safe – regardless of drinking pattern. Previous studies have tended to focus on teenagers and students but most binge drinking occurs among older individuals – with prevalence rising. Research on adult alcohol consumption and its effects usually looks only on a person’s average level, which masks heavy sessions. more@YahooLife
MORE KAFKA THAN HITCHCOCK – June 7, 2022 – I drove to the Stony Brook Southampton Emergency Room. After a nurse took my vitals and asked if I had had anything to eat or drink (I had not), Dr. Michael Ameres asked me a series of questions. Aside from dizziness, there were no other symptoms. A battery of tests followed: blood, urine, Covid, EKG, head CT scan, chest X-rays. Everyone involved was polite and efficient. The tests seemed necessary and much appreciated by this puzzled patient, even if the results were not shared with me. The dizziness kept me glued…