Single and Ready to Mingle? – May 9, 2019 – Common cleared up any misconception and denied that he’s suffering from sex addiction, adding that he was addicted to the pursuit and beginning phases of a relationship.“I obviously care for the person, but when things got tough and it was time to work through stuff, I wasn’t willing to work through it,” he admitted. Common credited therapy for helping him figure things out and said he’s been able to identify the patterns and communicate better. “It’s also a process and a journey to get to understanding how to be full…
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Both? – May 5, 2019 – Aaron Horn first came across cannabidiol, or CBD, about three years ago in Glastonbury – the town, not the festival. “I found it at this amazing hemp shop, Hemp in Avalon,” recalls Horn, a musician who is now 35. “It’s run by a guy called Free. His last name is Cannabis. He changed his name by deed poll to Free Cannabis.” Horn bought a tube of high-concentration CBD paste – “it comes out like a brown toothpaste, almost” – and it was recommended he put a tiny dot on his finger and pop it…
By David Sheff – March 7, 2019 – In high school in the 1970s, I was one of the millions of American teenagers subjected to lame antidrug campaigns. A police officer came to my school and lectured us about the evils of marijuana, heroin and LSD. My friends and I half-listened; it didn’t bother us much because we were pleasantly stoned. Full Story @ WSJ.com
Even drug dealers have patience – April 23, 2019 – In the face of an “epidemic” rise in tobacco products use among middle and high school students, the U.S. health regulator has been introducing new policies to restrict teen access to such products. Last week, U.S. Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell disclosed plans to introduce a legislation to raise the minimum age for buying tobacco products, including vaping devices, to 21 from 18. Walgreens, which operates 9,560 drugstores across the country, has in the past been pulled up by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for flouting tobacco sale rules…
Honors Tim Leary – May 9, 2019 – Police and prosecutors will treat possession of psilocybin as the lowest priority. “I think today’s outcome really demonstrates that the conversation is going to continue, and the world is ready for it,” said Cindy Sovine, a strategist for the campaign to decriminalize the drug. “Psychedelics are already here. Now we can start to have the conversation about using them mindfully… We’re not talking about legalisation, we’re talking about not putting people in jail,” she added. Full Story @ News.Sky.com
Original Coke – May 8, 2019 – The research team was hunting for ancient artifacts in Bolivia when they came upon a burial site with a number of items, including a bag made from three fox snouts, tablets for grinding plants into powder for sniffing and a crude tube used as a pipe for smoking. “We already knew that psychotropics were important in the spiritual and religious activities of the societies of the south-central Andes, but we did not know that these people were using so many different compounds and possibly combining them together,” Jose Capriles, assistant professor of anthropology…
The High Life – May 10, 2019 – He secured the contraband with fishing nets and chains, submerging it beneath the water with an anchor. As he set sail for the nearest harbor, , waves pounded the island’s rocky inlets and the netting holding the cocaine unraveled. Then the packages started to wash ashore. Now, two types of cocaine were circulating on São Miguel: one was the sort of fine white powder familiar from film and TV shows. The other was in yellowish crystals. “It was euphoria,” Costa said. “You were floating.” A product so valuable in the rest of…
Instructions Not Included – May 8, 2019 – the child discovered $40,000 worth of methamphetamine inside the gift. They didn’t discover the three pounds of the drug inside until the child opened the gift. “They took it and gave it to a young child, who opened the box” and was likely very disappointed, Sheriff’s Investigator Jim Riggs said. After a lengthy investigation in cooperation with the Drug Enforcement Agency, investigators determined the drugs had likely been accidentally mailed to an incorrect address, a tactic often used by drug dealers trying to obtain illegal substances online. Full Story @ KFIam640.com
Addiction Knows No Color, Treatment Does – May 8, 2019 – However, previous national research shows that opioid use disorder occurs at about the same rate in black and white populations. Even as the number of buprenorphine prescriptions written at outpatient clinic visits grew rapidly over the previous decade, the study finds that the percentage of those visits involving black patients fell over time. “We shouldn’t see differences this large, given that people of color have similar rates of opioid use disorder,” says Pooja Lagisetty, M.D., M.Sc. an opioid researcher and internal medicine physician. Full Story @ UofMHealth.org
AA’s Godfather – May 8, 2019 – Hazard had daily sessions with Jung in Zürich over several months, and stopped drinking. However, after an alcoholic relapse during a trip to Africa, Hazard was brought back to Jung as a ‘court of last resort’ in 1928. During this second analysis series, Jung pronounced Hazard a chronic alcoholic, and stated there was nothing more that psychiatry or medicine could do for him. There was just one hope, Jung said: occasionally alcoholics could recover after experiencing some type of religious conversion. However, he cautioned, recoveries due to a life-changing ‘vital spiritual experience’ were…
Tuskegee 2.0? – May 6, 2019 – The device, which is surgically implanted in prisoners addicted to opioids, releases the well-known and widely used drug naltrexone. The drug is used to fight opioid and alcohol addictions by blocking the effects and cravings for such drugs in patients who have been clean for at least seven days. Naltrexone has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration only in the form of daily pills and monthly shots. The naltrexone implants were provided at no charge to the Louisiana correction’s department by California health care company, BioCorRx. She added that although…
Panic Attack – May 10, 2019 – The travel blogger said she wanted to share it to show people the other side of her life, which isn’t documented on Instagram. “I’m posting this not for attention or sympathy, but because I have been given this platform on instagram and would like to do some good with it,” she said. “You guys see most of my life as rainbows and sunshine (cuz no one likes to post the bad parts anyways), however this is my reality. Writing in the caption, the former actress explains she shared the video in a bid…
And Mexico Will Pay for It – May 9, 2019 – Ending prohibition is “the only real possibility” to address the problem. “This should be pursued in a negotiated manner, both in the bilateral relationship with the United States and in the multilateral sphere, within the [United Nations] U.N.,” it explained. The plan put forward by the administration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, often referred to by his initials as AMLO, calls for decriminalizing illegal drugs and transferring funding for combating the illicit substances to pay for treatment programs instead. It points to the failure of the decades-long international…
Too Young, Too Soon, Too Tragic – MAY 11, 2019 – We all loved Lisa very much and are devastated by the loss we all feel, Sheridan’s manger Mitch Clem told People days after her Feb. 25 death. He adamantly asserted she did not take her own life. “The family has unequivocally confirmed that this is not a suicide. Any suggestion to the contrary is absolutely 100% unfounded.” Sheridan had previously been engaged to actor Ron Livingston, best known for his role as Peter Gibbons in the 1999 comedy “Office Space.” The two met while shooting the 2000 independent film…
Guns n’ Smelling Like Roses – May 12, 2019 – In May of 1994 Duff McKagan had a close brush with death when his pancreas exploded. He could have nearly died, but lucky for him his time hadn’t come. This month Duff celebrates 25 years of sobriety. Check out the documentary below from Fuse TV from a few years ago about the incident. Congrats to Duff! Full Story @ GnRCentral.com
A New Integrated Lifestyle – Feb. 20, 2019 – Integrative Life Center co-founders Lee McCormick and Holly Cook will continue to own a portion of the company. Terms were not disclosed. Chapman is a Nashville business veteran, growing Premier from a single property in Nashville to more than 40 cities across the United States during his 15-year tenure as CEO. He stepped down from that post last month, replaced by Premier President Ryan Hunt, but remains a co-owner and chairman. Founded in 2010, Integrative Life Center provides residential and outpatient treatment for substance abuse, eating disorders and mental health disorders,…
Murderer or Monster? – May 7, 2019 – The latest version of the complaint ratchets up the already-intense pressure on Purdue and, particularly, Dr. Richard Sackler, who is accused of describing opioid abusers as “victimizers.” While seven other Sackler family members who own the firm are also named in the lawsuit, he has emerged as an especially controversial figure because of the proliferation of allegations that he orchestrated the fraudulent and reckless marketing of OxyContin — practices that Tong and other prosecutors blame for fueling the opioid crisis in their states. “These emails are far more than a momentary lapse…
Lawyer Up – May 12, 2019 – Her work was outstanding. She excelled in law school and landed a coveted associate position at New York law firm Shearman & Sterling. Her addiction came as a series of compromises: “I’m not an alcoholic; I don’t drink during the day,” she would tell herself until she began coupling her lunches with a few beers. “Ok, well I don’t drink during the morning,” kept up the illusion for awhile. Eventually, her hangovers were so rough that she started drinking in the morning. She found it smoothed her out. When even the alcohol wasn’t…
Money Well Spent! – May 13, 2019 – Businessman Michael Cartwright, left, chairman and co-founder of American Addiction Centers, joins Whitney Curtis, Emily Mckenzie and MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee in celebration of the two May 4 graduates as the first Cartwright-Coakley Scholarship recipients to graduate from the university. Full Story @ WGNSRadio.com
Stick with the Winners! – Co-Founder of Stack 3 Productions, Chip is originally from North Myrtle Beach, SC and is the younger brother of Wheel of Fortune’s famous letter turner, Vanna White. He has more than 30 years of experience in the film and TV business. Chip moved to LA in the early 80’s and spent the next 20 years working for some of Hollywood’s biggest companies. He is also in pre-pro for the indie feature Electric Jesus. He also produces and develops projects under the Stack 3 banner. Q. If you are in recovery, what was your DOC and when…
Obituary: Rehab Queen – MAY 8, 2019 – Born in Estherville, Iowa, and raised in Bloomington, Colleran moved to small towns in Wisconsin — Centuria and Balsam Lake — to raise a family after she married Jim Colleran. In 1988 she began working as a counselor at Hazelden, based in Center City, Minn. Later, she established a treatment program for older adults at Hazelden’s affiliate in West Palm Beach, Fla. “She had to fight for it,” said Brenda Iliff, executive director of Hazelden Betty Ford in Naples, Fla. “There was some ageism in the system.” Iliff said Colleran’s passion for…
That’s Only 6 a Day – MAY 09, 2019 – According to the sheriff’s office offense report, deputies found a large number of prescription pills and pill bottles when they found Milazzo’s body inside her Bonefish Avenue home March 13, 2018. Adam Linhardt, spokesman for the sheriff’s office, said deputies found evidence Farinas prescribed 180 Oxycodone pills a month to Milazzo, “on top of a litany of prescription drugs.” Investigators found cellphone text messages between Farinas and Milazzo where they both discussed sharing pills that Farinas prescribed, and they also talked about meeting to exchange pills, Linhardt said. According to…
Lip Service – May 5, 2019 – Democratic presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar discusses her personal connection to addiction and her new plan to combat it. VIDEO ONLY Full Story @ CNN.com
Titans Gather at UK High Tea – May 13, 2019 – We learned about the excellent work that nacoa.UK is doing is both on the ground and in cyber space, is part of this reaching out effort to educate and advocate. “We’re so proud that over the last few years, the Nacoa helpline has been central to a wider national discussion around children affected by their parent’s drinking and how we can help them”, says Piers Henriques, head of communications, nacoa.uk. “With a group of Members of Parliament, we’ve managed to convince the UK government to put in place money…
Strike a Tweet – May 7, 2019 – “I made a mistake when I gave my older children phones when they were 13,” Madonna, 60, told the fashion magazine. “It ended my relationship with them, really. Not completely, but it became a very, very big part of their lives. They became too inundated with imagery and started to compare themselves to other people, and that’s really bad for self-growth.” Chief among the effects: Smartphones may actually change children’s brains. The National Institutes of Health is in the midst of a $300 million study that’s following 11,000 children over 10 years.…
Just Another Commodity – March 7, 2019 – Call it getting rich while getting high. In an unexpected twist, acts and actions that in past years and places could have gotten you incarcerated — buying marijuana, smoking marijuana, eating marijuana, selling marijuana — are now connected to investments that pad your financial featherbed. “I’m not going to say that I’m for or against recreational drug use … but if you invested in alcohol at the end of prohibition, you’d be doing very well.” With bills in Congress, marijuana legalized in a handful of states, the Hemp Farming Bill, Congress moving…
Free To Be High – May 9, 2019 – Rather than facing incarceration or accruing a criminal record for drug possession, Krasner’s office told Axios on HBO, the goal of a potential new policy — which his office said is not finalized, and does not currently have a timeline for being rolled out — would be to divert drug users to treatment programs or community service participation. Criminalizing drug possession, Krasner said, makes finding a job, buying a home, or receiving a loan for education harder than it needs to be for drug users. Possession of a small amount of…
Needing Treatment for Treatment – May 9, 2019 – (Located in Lemont, Illinois, Timberline Knolls was purchased in 2012 for $90 million by Acadia Healthcare). The author of the article, David Jackson, described allegations by women who said a mental health practitioner named Michael Jacksa assaulted them, adding, “Former patients told police that Jacksa subjected them to rape, oral sex … and fondling beneath their clothes. He faces 62 felony charges.” Mr. Jacksa is currently in county jail. Allegations like these extend beyond Timberline Knolls to across the United States. Cases stem from fondling to the outright rape of patients — carried…
It Gets Better – May 7, 2019 – “You don’t have to wait for it to get worse.” Ferguson opens up about his long road to sobriety and ‘self-imposed’ superstitions in his book ‘Riding The Elephant’… Full Story @ Yahoo.com Riding the Elephant – Available HERE
“Orange” You Glad You Aren’t Going Through Withdrawal – May 4, 2019 – Smith currently receives a twice-daily dose of buprenorphine — more commonly known by the brand name Suboxone. This medication helps people with opioid addiction control cravings and maintain recovery. Smith has been in stable recovery for five years on the medication. Jail officials told her lawyer they were going to interrupt that treatment during her sentence … Research has shown that providing medication treatment in jail and prison can prevent relapse and reduce risk of overdose upon release. A number of jails and prisons around the country…