Harvard Students Call on University to Dename Sackler Buildings at Art Museum's ‘Die-In’ audio

April 21, 2023 - Harvard students and organizers staged a protest and “die-in” at the Harvard Art Museums Thursday to condemn the University’s connections to Arthur M. Sackler and his family, whom they charge with enabling and profiting from the opioid crisis. Click@TheCrimson

Most Americans Turn to Addictive Coping Methods During Crisis video

April 19, 2023 - Notably, even those who have actively sought mental health care are turning to the aforementioned habits to cope as a result of medication failure or other ineffective treatments. 94% — agree that these addictions could also be covering up underlying mental health issues. Click@NYPost

Local Students Take Up Fight Against Fentanyl video

April 16, 2023 - The use of fentanyl among young people has increased by more than 200% in the last 5 years, A group of elementary students from High Tech Middle Mesa raised money to send a strong message to other young people about the dangers of fentanyl. Click@NBCSanDiego

6 Forms of Fentanyl Found on Ohio Streets

April 14, 2023 - The Ohio Narcotics Intelligence Center said powder, tablet, chalk (pictured above) roc, black tar and gum have all been reported to contain fentanyl mixed with other substances. Click@Cleveland19

Teen Accidentally Bought Heroin-Laced Vape video

April 13, 2023 - A Mom is warning parents to be vigilant after her son was unknowingly sold heroin-laced vape cartridges on the black market. She said her son was losing weight, acting paranoid and slipping away. “It seemed as if he was there, but he wasn’t there,” she said. “I just thought he’s gonna die. Something’s wrong with him.” @King5

Poison Center Warns of ‘gas station heroin’ video

April 20, 2023 - “It’s a little different than heroin, but in higher dose it goes into the same receptors in the body that heroin does, and that is a danger,” Dr. Ruddy Rose said. It seems most likely in most cases that it is to be used as a narcotic or opiate substitute,” Rose said. Click@NBC12

Mobilize Recovery Mobilizes iHeartMedia & Facebook to Support Ending Overdosing in America - Macklemore Performs Sept. 19, in D.C.

April 17, 2023 - Mobilize Recovery will require attendees to fill out an application due to increased volume of participants and the unbridled growth of the Mobilize Recovery movement (with free admission to those who are accepted to participate. The event is from Sept. 17-19, when Macklemore performs. Click@Newswire

Some Treatment Centers Turn Big Profits by Scaling Back Care April 20, 2023 - His father had already received bills from BRC Recovery totaling about $150,000 to cover McKegney’s treatment for addiction to the powerful opioid fentanyl, according to insurance statements. Click@WashTimesHerald

OPINION: Florida’s Marchman Act Works Best

By Joe Considine

April, 24, 2023 – Passage of California’s CARE Court law to reform California’s Mental Health Services Act, efforts in the State of Washington, and possibly in New York City, promise help for the tragic number of the unhoused among us. What I would like to see more of, though, is recognition of the tens of millions of people afflicted with substance use disorders ... Click@AddictionRecoveryeBulletin

OPINION: Compulsory Arrest Could Help Homeless Addicts April 15, 2023 - Author Jared Klickstein was once one of the thousands of homeless drug addicts living on the streets in Los Angeles. Sick, a criminal and likely heading for overdose and death, Klickstein realized that the only way he could get sober was to... Click@NYPost

‘Single Drunk Female’ Exploring Emotional Sobriety and That ‘Breakfast Club’ Mini-Reunion audio

April 20, 2023 - The first season is physical sobriety. The second season is emotional sobriety. We wanted to talk more about what happens when you’re sober and you think that you have everything figured out. And when you stop going to meetings... See Ally Sheedy and Molly Ringwald. Click@HollywoodReporter

Was Everyone at Chez Panisse High on Cocaine? 

April 10, 2023 - We called up the mostly retired chef Jeremiah Tower, now 81 photo 1975), to unpack the first installment of his newsletter, drug use in restaurants. “Well, it was the ’70s, for God’s sake. I was working 90 hours a week. I would be on the road by 6 a.m. to go to the markets, then I’d cook lunch, then I’d cook dinner.” Click@BonAppetit

How Former Child Star Overcame Addiction video

April 16, 2023 - The 63-year-old California man became famous as a six-year-old curly-haired redhead when he was cast in the 1960s TV series “Family Affair,” which ran on CBS for five seasons. John Whitaker later appeared in multiple Disney films throughout the 1970s and gave Jody Foster her first onscreen kiss... Click@YouTube

Workers Say Opioid Crisis Driving Push to Unionize Ben & Jerry’s Scoop Shop video

April 17, 2023 - “I think it would be nice to have better training for how to deal with situations that come up from the opioid epidemic and the unhoused community around here. I think sometimes we are just thrown into stressful situations and expected to think on our feet and that can be a little scary,” said shift manager at Ben and Jerry’s. @WCAX

How To Prevent Your Kids From Abusing Alcohol

April 13, 2023 - No, the answer isn’t to let them drink in the safety of your home, research says. Substance abuse expert Jessica Lahey rolls her eyes when parents justify underage drinking by arguing that in most European countries, the legal age is 18 and drinking starts younger. Click@Today

Elementary Students Hospitalized From Eating Marijuana Gummies video April 14, 2023 - Four Putnam County elementary school children required medical attention after consuming marijuana gummies on campus, according to a Facebook post from the school. Jenkins Elementary School in Interlachen said that around 12:45 p.m., a student became ill after taking a gummy. Click@News4JAX

The Forgotten Drug Trips of the Nineteenth Century

April 24, 2023 - For the philosopher William James, inhaling nitrous oxide was critical research for his theory of consciousness. The poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, was increasingly dependent on opium, a “free-agency-annihilating Poison,” as he called it, which sapped his will and made him despondent. Click@NewYorker

Black Pregnant Women Unfairly Tested for Drug Use

By Roni Caryn Rabin

April 14, 2023 - Hospitals are more likely to give drug tests to Black women delivering babies than white women, regardless of the mother’s history of substance use, suggests a new study of a health system in Pennsylvania. And such excessive testing was unwarranted, the study found: Black women were less likely than white women to test positive for drugs. Click@AddictionRecoveryeBulletin

These OTC Drugs Can Be Habit-Forming

April 15, 2023 - What is the difference between misuse, dependency, and addiction?

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The Addiction Podcast with Joanie Sigal video

April 13, 2023 - Ken Makimsy Middleton is obsessed with helping people build the best versions of themselves. Ever since he experienced a tremendous turnaround from an entrepreneurial endeavor when he gave up alcohol on November 10th, 2018.@YouTube

Sam Quinones on the Fentanyl Crisis video 

April 16, 2023 - Journalist and author Sam Quinones talked about the fentanyl crisis in the U.S. and the role played by Mexico in addressing the problem. Click@C-SPAN

Americans Spend More on Weed Than Chocolate video 4/20/23 - CNN Senior Data Reporter Harry Enten spends this April 20th looking at the amount of money Americans spent on legal marijuana in 2022. The number tops other recreational indulgences like chocolate... Click@CNN

Porn ‘Completely Ruined’ Young Men’s Boners

April 20, 2023 - Gianfranco Martinez said porn “completely ruined my life” before he quit watching. “I wasn’t really motivated to actually pursue a real relationship or even talk to women because I was getting my fix [through porn],” he told The Post. Click@NYPost

Exposing Methadone Clinics’ Cruelty

April 14, 2023 - Swallow THIS: A Documentary About Methadone and COVID-19 is currently on tour nationwide. Marilena Marchetti and I made the film to expose the pervasive, hidden culture of cruelty in methadone clinics—and how pandemic reforms were too little, too late, and frequently ignored. Click@FilterMag

Bella Hadid Celebrates 6 Whole Months of Sobriety Video April 20, 2023 - Supermodel Bella Hadid is celebrating a milestone with her fans. She shared on Instagram that she has not had alcohol for the past six months ... Hadid joins other celebrities, including Chrissy Teigen, Drew Barrymore and Cheryl Burke, who have all been open about their road to sobriety. Click@ABCNews

Biden Promised Opioid Watchdog Billions, Then Feds Ghosted Him April 20, 2023 - Early in President Joe Biden’s tenure, his administration promised to play a key role in ensuring opioid settlement funds went toward tackling the nation’s addiction crisis. But, No federal employee holds the title of opioid crisis accountability coordinator. Click@NPR

Mint Flavored Vape Damages Lungs the Most 

April 15, 2023 - The vape-market has sky-rocketed in popularity, with mint flavours especially in demand among the 2.5 million young people who are smoking e-cigarettes. “Many people, especially youth, erroneously assume that vaping is safe, but even nicotine-free vaping mixtures contain many compounds that can potentially damage the lungs. Click@DublinLive

John Mulaney Says He ‘Didn’t Know the Nasal Swab Hurt’ Until He Got Sober video

April 20, 2023 - The former Saturday Night Live writer, had previously said he started drinking at the age of 13 and later abusing drugs such as cocaine, Xanax, Klonopin, Adderall, Percoset and Ritalin in the days before he checked into rehab. Click@People

Why Coca-Cola Still Makes Cocaine audio 

March 2, 2023 - An unassuming set of buildings in Maywood, New Jersey, less than 10 miles from Manhattan, holds a surprising secret: It’s what might arguably be called the cocaine capital of the US. Here, a chemical company manufactures cocaine legally, with special permission from the U.S. government. Click@Eater