The American Holocausters –
June 16, 2018 - Now the Sackler name is front and center in a lawsuit accusing the family and the company they ... Read More...
The Business of Treatment? –
June 11, 2018 - A federal grand jury indicted a Washington County woman on charges of unlawfully dispensing dr... Read More...
Grabbing Them By The Cojones - PHOTO ESSAY –
June 11, 2018 - ON A RECENT April morning, the artist Nan Goldin and around 100 protesters ent... Read More...
Killers on Trial –
June 13, 2018 - The state of Massachusetts is taking a new step in the fight against the opioid epidemic, filing a lawsu... Read More...
Wonder Wonder –
June 12, 2018 - She went on to address her own experiences surrounding mental health. “I have struggled for a long time, bo... Read More...
Good News, Bad News –
June 14, 2018 - One in seven high school students reported misusing prescription opioids, one of several disturbing r... Read More...
Too Much Joy Sticking –
June 18, 2018 - In its latest revision to a disease classification manual, the U.N. health agency said Monday that compulsively playing... Read More...
Brain Damages –
June 15, 2018 - Diego was a 20-year-old college junior who was brought to the emergency room by the police. They were called by his resident ad... Read More...
Good to Know –
June 6, 2018 - On the surface, the behavior of alcoholics and binge drinkers appears very similar: excessive drinking and the inability to contr... Read More...
Not Bluffing Anymore –
June 11, 2018 - The world of poker is replete with stories of great success and massive failure, the game bringing riches and ruin in eq... Read More...
Sugar Babies –
June 11, 2018 - We’ve long known that processed sugar is bad for kids. And yet new data presented this week (June 10) at the American Society fo... Read More...
Splash Mountain? –
June 10, 2018 - The center helps men turn their lives around through a 6-12 month program. Cory Johnson, Michael Byrd, and Mark Parrett say ... Read More...
Tap Here –
June 11, 2018 - This digital age is changing the way people reach out for help. There’s an app for that and “that” means your mental health. Apps fo... Read More...
Female Troubles –
June 14, 2018 - The number of people dying by suicide in the United States has risen by about 30 percent in the past two decades. And while t... Read More...
It’s an Inside Job –
June 1, 2018 - Yale scientists have identified a possible neurobiological home for the spiritual experience - the sense of connection to s... Read More...
For 2 Weeks? –
June 4, 2018 - A nine-year-old girl living in the UK was sent to an addiction rehabilitation program after becoming addicted to “Fortnite,” the ... Read More...
All in the Family –
June 14, 2018 - Decades ago, Rick Dyer, 66, was using 48 to 50 bags of heroin a day. When he finally got sober, it was after experiencing t... Read More...
Because They’re Smarter Than Men? –
June 14, 2018 - Rising numbers of women and over 40s are seeking treatment for cannabis addiction in England and Wales. The... Read More...
Crazy –
June 13, 2018 - A proposed psychiatric hospital in Clive is getting some pushback from potential neighbors who don’t want the facility in their backyar... Read More...
MEDIA: Summer Books –
June 1, 2018 - Even the most modest mystery novel has the dignity of its lineage. It runs from an echt genius, Edgar Allan Poe, through R... Read More...
Clean and Supreme –
June 16, 2018 - After the tragic events of Manchester, with the senseless loss of life and the fear that came from knowing my family was un... Read More...
Corruption on the Rocks –
June 15, 2018 - The extensive government trial was intended to settle an age-old question about alcohol and diet: Does a daily cockta... Read More...
A Hero for Our Times –
June 17, 2018 - “People are dying.” That’s what whistleblower Joe Rannazzisi told 60 Minutes over and over again. “People are dying.” T... Read More...
TV is Addictive Too –
June 11, 2018 - Which is the truest portrait of addiction on screen? There is Nick Cage in Leaving Las Vegas dying in the arms of a prost... Read More...
That Disease Sure Comes in Handy –
June 13, 2018 - A man who pleaded no contest in connection with a hit-and-run crash that killed a pedestrian in a North Hill... Read More...
Tripping the Lights Fantastic –
June 13, 2018 - It’s no surprise that psychedelic drugs such as LSD and ecstasy alter brain function, leading to the drugs’ “tr... Read More...
Betrayal of a Dream –
June 15, 2018 - We hear it all the time, the horrible stories of the addiction: the overdoses, the pain, and the suffering. It’s just one... Read More...
A Little Web Will Do Ya –
June 13, 2018 - Seventeen years ago, Tess Sweet wanted to disappear. Suicidal, addicted to heroin and consumed by shame and rage foll... Read More...
Catch 22 –
June 12, 2018 - More than one-third of American adults may be using prescription medications that can potentially cause depression or increase the ... Read More...
The Results are in... –
On September 21, I was informed that I was being sued by Sovereign Health of California for publishing a link on August 25, 2015’... Read More...
Honoring Jane Velez-Mitchell –
Feb. 27, 2018 – “The ESHA awards are crucial for the recovery community in that they provide a fun way for addiction experts to ... Read More...
