Solitude Studies 11/27/17 – Lawrence Hartman is nearing the end of a 10-year prison term on fraud charges. He is scheduled to be released in January 2021. CONTINUED @ Forbes
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It’s What Freud Dreamt About VIDEO Nov. 20, 2017 – Ruth Ann Rigby, who has worked with Capstone for about four years, said after she decided to become sober nearly 20 years ago, she decided to help people overcome their addictions. CONTINUED @ WAPT.com
Beat the Odds VIDEO Nov. 24, 2017 – A mother beat the odds, beating drug addiction, and now manages a business … This is the busy season in the candle business. “We are in 11 retailers throughout central Indiana… CONTINUED @ WTHR.com
More from Gabor November 9, 2017 – …Maté was an infant when the Nazis invaded Hungary, and his family’s flight from Budapest took what he considers to be a lifelong toll on him. In the light of the Holocaust, his mother… CONTINUED @ ThriveGlobal.com
Choice or No Choice Nov. 20, 2017 – New research suggests you can do it the way most treatment-seeking addicts in the state do — by undergoing a medically-supervised “detoxification” that’s difficult, expensive and highly prone to failure. CONTINUED @ LATimes.com
Pain Relief? Nov. 21, 2017 – Emergency room visits for non-fatal, self-inflicted injuries surged in recent years among US girls and young women, especially those between the ages of 10 and 14 … Young people have higher rates of nonfatal self-inflicted injuries, according to Mercado. CONTINUED @ WTVR.com
Very Successfully November 21, 2017 – Pharmaceutical companies made billions promoting the aggressive prescribing of opioids. Now they’ll make billions from treating the consequences of overprescription … Analysts estimate that the follow-on opioid market is worth at least $3 billion a year. CONTINUED @ HuffingtonPost.com
Morphine Malpractice NPR AUDIO Nov. 26, 2017 – “I had every single symptom in the book,” Herzog says. “And there was no recognition by these really professional, senior, seasoned doctors at Boston’s finest hospitals that I was going through withdrawal.” … Herzog’s story is one doctors are hearing more and more. “We have many clinicians prescribing opioids without any understanding of opioid withdrawal symptoms,” says Dr. Andrew Kolodny… CONTINUED @ NPR.org
Thank God for Alcoholics Anonymous Oct. 27, 2017 – Nearly half of all meals eaten in this country are now eaten alone. Teenagers and young millennials are spending less time just “hanging out” with their friends than any generation in recent history, replacing real-world interaction with smartphones … the average American now spends less than four minutes a day “hosting and attending social events,”… CONTINUED @ NYTimes.com
TeleVision Intervenes Nov. 27, 2017 – A&E starts a new season of docuseries Intervention with a two-hour premiere Tuesday, Jan. 2. The season will follow interconnected stories of addicts and their families suffering from opioid addiction. Living in the affluent Atlanta suburbs known as “The Heroin Triangle,” the families highlight the desperate need for support. CONTINUED @ Broadcasting
Ya Think? Nov. 22, 2917 – These are risks that are not inherited, and mostly the result of behavior that can be changed, like…not eating enough fruits and vegetables, drinking alcohol and, most importantly, smoking… CONTINUED @ CBSNews.com
Expert Conversation Nov. 23, 2017 – Some 77 million Americans are personally affected in some way by the opioid epidemic, and at least 91 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose. During this special episode, The Takeaway dives deep into the crisis. Here’s what you’ll find: CONTINUED @ WNYC.org
Finally, Rigorous Honesty from an Attorney November 22, 2017 – I will proudly tell my story to anyone who will listen. I will hold myself out as a recovering alcoholic to everyone I know. I will be honest when asked about having a drink, explaining I do not drink because I’m a recovering alcoholic. I will identify myself in public so that the still-suffering alcoholic may come across me and want to hear more about the promises of sobriety. CONTINUED @ AboveTheLaw.com
American Death March VIDEO Nov. 22, 2017 – Heroin(e) is a powerful film that follows the stories of three women in Huntington, West Virginia, who are battling the opioid crisis on its front lines. Drug addiction is so common in Huntington, the “overdose capital of America,” that it’s weaved into the fabric of everyday life. CONTINUED @ BillMoyers.com
Catching Up November 21, 2017 – n the first six months of this year, the number of black overdoses upticked to 23 percent. But the vast majority of overdoses remained white. Why? Among the reasons, according to the National Institute of Health, is that doctors are less likely to prescribe opioid painkillers to blacks than whites, for the same ailments. CONTINUED @ 10TV.com
Emergency Call November 21, 2017 – Self-harming behaviors like ingesting poisons, cutting and overdosing on drugs are strong indicators of suicide — the second-leading cause of death among people between 10 and 24 years old in 2015 …Twenge points to smartphones, which crossed the 50 percent threshold of ownership in late 2012, around the same time when teen depression and suicide began to rise… CONTINUED @ WashingtonPost.com
Semantics? Is your child’s use of electronics an addiction or bad habit? July 21, 2017 – In her quest to find out what makes people happy (and write a book on the matter), comedian Paula Poundstone discovered that the digital era surely complicates things… Is the digital era dooming younger generations, surrounded by devices practically from birth, to addiction? … “Every once in a while, I’ll get a parent who tells me that if they try to take away their kid’s device, (the child) might get violent.” … “Plenty of parents say their kids are addicted. I’d say most just…
There’s a highly successful treatment for opioid addiction July 20, 2017 – The Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, which Hansen works for, exemplifies the debate … But in 2012, Hazelden announced a big switch: It would provide medication-assisted treatment. READ MORE @ Vox.com
Synthetic cannabis: New Zealand police issue warning after spate of deaths GREAT VIDEO July 21, 2017 – In July alone there were at least seven deaths in Auckland which appear to be linked to the use of synthetic cannabis but police said the problem was nation-wide. READ MORE @ TheGuardian.com
Ending American Abusing Opioids Will Take Years July 13, 2017 – Regulations intended to restrict illicit use of painkillers may have inadvertently boosted heroin use, because it’s cheaper and more obtainable than painkillers such as OxyContin (oxycodone) and Vicodin (hydrocodone). “Many people who otherwise would have been using prescription opioids have transitioned to heroin use,” the report noted. READ MORE @ Philly.com
Texoma doctor arrested by federal agents VIDEO July 11, 2017 – “This doctor is one of the best pain management doctors in this area, the man does not deserve what is going on,” Brian Lawrence said. Brian Lawrence has gone to Dr. Howard Gregg Diamond for his chronic pain the last eight years … “What I was told today, Dr. Diamond won’t be back here, they’ll be a new doctor next Tuesday. I don’t want to see a new doctor, I want to see the doctor I’ve been seeing,” Lawrence said. READ MORE @ KXII.com
Feds: Delray rehab owner billed $58 million for urine tests Eric Snyder was arrested on Tuesday and released on $250,000 bond. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for August 1. Bond was set at $200,000 for Fuller. Snyder is one of the many drug treatment operators exposed in a two-year Palm Beach Post investigation. READ MORE @ MyPalmBeachPost.com
Philip Morris’ campaign to subvert the world’s anti-smoking treaty July 13, 2017 – Philip Morris International Inc is waging a secret campaign to subvert the World Health Organization’s anti-smoking treaty, which was designed to save lives by curbing tobacco use, a Reuters investigation published today reveals. In one of the largest-ever tobacco industry leaks, internal Philip Morris International documents seen by Reuters… READ MORE @ Reuters.com
Big McKesson Shareholder, Governance Experts Say the Opioid Crisis Should Have Cost the CEO Some Bonus Pay July 10. 2017 – He took home $639 million in total compensation in the last decade alone, according to company filings. In 2010, he made roughly $398,000 a day. His house in the hills of Orinda, Calif., went on the market last year for $22.5 million; realty photos of the place showed a four-car garage harboring Ferraris. His $97.6 million in total earnings for the 2017 fiscal year… READ MORE @ Fortune.com
When Big Pharma Spends, Research Isn’t No. 1 July 14, 2017 – The high costs of their products are justified because the proceeds generate money for crucial research on new cures and treatments. It’s a compelling argument, but only partly true… READ MORE @ NYTimes.com
‘We have the best pills’: Ecstasy shaped like the head of DONALD TRUMP on sale July 16, 2017 – Produced in Amsterdam, the pink and orange pills contain dangerously high levels of MDMA, the Star on Sunday reported. One website, which offers 1,000 of the pills for £1,200, cashes in on the President’s famous catchphrase, with the line: ‘Trump makes partying great again. READ MORE @ DailyMail.co.uk
Lawyer, Addict, Body July 15, 2017 – …his voice mail messages and texts had become meandering soliloquies that didn’t make sense, veering from his work travails, to car repairs, to his pet mouse, Snowball…In my shock, I didn’t see the half-filled syringes on the bathroom sink, or the spoon, lighter and crushed pills….One of the most comprehensive studies of lawyers and substance abuse was released just seven months after Peter died. That 2016 report, from the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation and the American Bar Association, analyzed the responses of 12,825 licensed, practicing attorneys across 19 states…Brian Cuban, a lawyer in…
‘Addiction angel’ Alicia Palermo-Reddy shares harrowing stories July 16, 2017 – Alicia Palermo-Reddy, a Staten Island nurse, is known as the “addiction angel” for helping hundreds of families dealing with opioid addiction. These are stories of two of the people she’s encountered. READ MORE @ NYDailyNews.com
Life-Altering Realities of Sex and Love Addiction July 14, 2017 – As Gwyneth Paltrow’s character jokes in the 2014 film Thanks for Sharing, when she learns the guy she is dating is a sex addict, “Isn’t that just something guys say they’re doing when they get caught cheating?” READ MORE @ Glamour.com
Black Lives Didn’t Matter When A Drug Epidemic Hit White America, Addiction Became A Disease VIDEO July 10, 2017 – The scorn and dehumanization of the crack epidemic has been replaced by empathy and rehabilitation … It was easier for lawmakers, pundits and the like to separate themselves from the crisis, as nearly all of them were white and well-off. The crack epidemic almost exclusively impacted people of color living in poor neighborhoods—it was a problem of another world. READ MORE @ HuffingtonPost.com