Psychiatrist Sentenced in Federal Pill Mill Case WATCH – Shrinking from Responsibility – Jan. 14, 2021 - A federal prosecutor explained this case was different than other high-profile pill mill cases in the Middle District, acknowledging there was insufficient evi... Read More...Articles of InterestBig PharmaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsSlider
As Overdoses Compete with Covid-19 Deaths, Feds Make It Easier to Prescribe Addiction Drugs While we all gently weep – Jan. 16, 2021 - On Thursday, HHS officials did just that: physicians are no longer required to have a waiver to prescribe buprenorphine — just a DEA registration that nearly every doc... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediabuprenorphineCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseRecoverySlider
2,000 Arizonans Overdosed on Fentanyl in 2020 WATCH – OD Ideation? – Jan. 1, 2021 - That’s the grim, unfortunate reality of the drug, that Roy and Wendy Plunk know all too well. “I mean, I’m never going to be the same, you know? Part of my heart is gone... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylinterventionJan 12 2021Mental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdose
Doctor’s Secret Pill Ring Leaves His Patients Dead Prisoner of greed – Jan. 2, 2021 - Li would later become known as a notoriously reckless supplier of lethal drugs — the first doctor in New York state to be convicted of killing his patients with pills. For ... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 12 2021opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
How President Biden Can Save Lives By Slowing America’s Overdose Crisis OPINION by Ryan Hampton – Dec. 31, 2020 - Recovery works — I’m living proof — but it requires community-based, long-term support. Connections, whether with friends and family, support groups or other types of ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 12 2021Mental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdose
Pharmacists Say Walmart Ignored Opioid Sales Red Flags Death for sale on aisle 5 – Jan. 3, 2021- When Ashwani Sheoran showed up for early morning shifts at pharmacies in rural Michigan wearing his white Walmart smock, he often found customers waiting, desperate fo... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 12 2021opioid crisisopioidsOverdosePurdue Pharma
What Everyone Got Wrong About the Opioid Epidemic WATCH – Disease model flawed – Jan. 4, 2021 - The original formulation of OxyContin didn’t create the opioid crisis, argues psychiatrist Sally Satel, and removing it from the market didn’t make the problem go ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 12 2021opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
Delaware Using Opioid Manufacturing Fee For Addiction Relief WATCH – A disgraceful one cent – Dec. 31, 2020 - Revenue from a bill passed back in 2019 is now being used to prevent opioid overdose deaths in Delaware. It’s also being used to provide addiction treatment services.... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 05 2021opioid crisisopioids
EXCLUSIVE! Is This 55-Year Old Antiviral Drug the Cure For Covid-19? The Doctor's Opinion August 31, 2020 - In October 1966 Stine Labs, a division of Du Pont pharmaceuticals, developed and released the drug Symmetrel (Amantadine). It had proven to be effective preventi... Read More...Alcohol AddictionBig PharmaCoronavirusJan 05 2021
‘Kid of the Year’ Made App to Diagnose Prescription Opioid Addiction And the children shall lead us... – Dec. 3, 2020 - GR: My pop-culture news is actually MIT Tech Review. I read it constantly. I think that’s really where inspiration strikes: hearing about all these amazing... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionCoronavirusDec 29 2020Drug Abuse and AddictionInterviewopioid crisisopioidsRecoveryRecovery Advocate
Nutrition Science Has Deep Ties to The Food Industry Big Pharma Meet Big Food – Dec. 26, 2020 - “This study found that the food industry is commonly involved in published research from leading nutrition journals,” researchers write. “Where the food industry is... Read More...Big PharmaDec 29 2020diet sodaDrug Abuse and AddictionEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionlife expectancyObesity
Walmart Fueled Opioid Crisis Always Low Prices – Dec. 22, 2020 - “As one of the largest pharmacy chains and wholesale drug distributors in the country, Walmart had the responsibility and the means to help prevent the diversion of prescript... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 29 2020Drug Abuse and Addictionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue Pharma
Staten Island doctor admits to prescribing opioids in return for sexual favors Creep of the Week – Dec. 9, 2020 - He took particular interest in his younger patients who were struggling with substance abuse and prescribed them powerful narcotics in exchange for sexual favors, officials said. ... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 15 2020Drug Abuse and Addictionopioid crisisopioids
McKinsey Apologizes For Helping Purdue ‘Turbocharge’ Opioid Sales Too little too late – December 9, 2020 - In one internal email sent in July 2018, a McKinsey executive appears to acknowledge the growing legal risk faced by Purdue Pharma over its opioid business. “It prob... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 15 2020Drug Abuse and Addictionopioid crisisopioidsOverdosePurdue Pharma
World’s most prestigious consulting firm proposed paying CVS rebates for OxyContin Overdoses As the Rich Get Richer, The Poor Get Dead – Nov. 27, 2020 - When Purdue Pharma agreed last month to plead guilty to criminal charges involving OxyContin, the Justice Department noted the role an unidentified consul... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 1 2020Drug Abuse and Addictionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue Pharma
Purdue Pharma Pleads Guilty As Guilty as Josef Mengele – Nov. 24, 2020 - Purdue Pharma pleaded guilty Tuesday to three criminal charges, formally admitting its role in an opioid epidemic that has contributed to hundreds of thousands of de... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 1 2020Drug Abuse and Addictioninterventionopioid crisisopioidsoxycontinPurdue Pharma
Mariah App, reveals haunting link of Met’s Sackler Wing to opioid crisis Exposing the Truth – November 7, 2020 - The billionaire Sackler family is known for donating millions of dollars to museums and cultural institutions around the world. The Mariah App, however, ca... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionNov 10 2020opioid crisisopioidsoxycontinPurdue Pharma
My Drug Addiction Almost Cost Me My Kids! Families Matter – Oct. 29, 2020 - Many of her more painful memories involved her addiction to opioids and other painkillers. At one point in the book, Leah recalls a rock bottom moment in which she did heroi... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionMental HealthNov 3 2020RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
School board candidate charged in $18 million pill scheme Three Deathsketeers – Oct. 5, 2020 - Former Jackson Madison County School System board candidate Dr. Tameka Noel was among 49 people arrested Thursday for allegedly participating in an $18 million “pill mill” s... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionNov 3 2020opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
It’s Time to Stop Recommending Antidepressants for Depression CVS says: “NO WAY”? – Oct.26, 2020 - Antidepressants, once hailed as the definitive treatment of depression, have suffered significant blows to their reputation. Recently, a change in the UK’s NICE (National I... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionDrug Abuse and AddictionMental HealthNov 3 2020
Woman who ran pill mills gets 33 years in prison 33 years more than the Sackler family – Oct. 22, 2020 - Investigators say Hofstetter initially worked at a pill mill in Hollywood owned by three of her co-defendants. As law enforcement shut down hundreds o... Read More...Big PharmaDrug Abuse and AddictionNov 3 2020opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue Pharma
Walmart: Opioid Villain? The Curious Case of a Deep-Pocketed Defendant Scumbag Millionaires – Oct. 23, 2020 - Walmart has been tightening its policies on filling opioid prescriptions, according to its “opioid stewardship initiative” – not just questioning particular scripts, but ... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionOctober 27 2020opioid crisisopioidsOverdose
Government urged to sell cocaine and ecstasy in pharmacies All taxes go for free rehabs? – Oct. 19, 2020 - Transform’s campaign for legalising the three drugs is backed by the former president of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos. He has publicly stated that only through legalisat... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionOctober 27 2020RecoveryRehab
Sackler Family Makes $8B Opioid Deal for 100,000’s Deaths. No Jail Time. Crime Pays – Oct. 21, 2020 - The controversial settlement, valued at more than $8.3 billion, would restructure Purdue Pharma, which entered bankruptcy last year. Going forward, the company would operate as a public t... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionOctober 27 2020opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaRehab
Opioids in America, Part 1: Background of an epidemic Euphoria & Greed – Oct. 10, 2020 - People who have achieved sobriety from other substances can easily fall into opioid addiction. On Sept. 21, actor and comedian Dax Shepard released to the public that ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaDrug Abuse and AddictionOctober 20 2020opioid crisisopioidsOverdose
Doctors funneled opioids in Texas pill mill LISTEN – Do no harm and or get caught – Oct. 5, 2020 - Two doctors and five pharmacists are among 49 people who federal law enforcement authorities in Dallas publicly alleged last week had participated in an $18 mill... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaDrug Abuse and AddictionOctober 13 2020opioid crisisopioids
Heart Infection Projected to Kill One in Five Who Inject Opioids Collateral Damage – Sep. 30, 2020 - The study authors behind the model projected mortality risks based off of behaviors like frequency of injection use and risky practices, like equipment sharing and skin hygi... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionOctober 13 2020opioid crisisopioidsOverdose
Gabapentin Misuse Inside of Treatment and Recovery Settings Freelapse anyone? – Oct. 8, 2020 - OBJECTIVE: Gabapentin, an anti-convulsant medication used to treat seizures and neuralgia, is also prescribed off-label for the treatment of substance use disorders and withd... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionOctober 13 2020RecoveryRehab
FDA says anti-anxiety medications highly addictive: But is the warning too late? Asleep at the wheel – Oct. 7, 2020 - The FDA estimates that 92 million benzodiazepine prescriptions were dispensed from U.S. pharmacies in 2019. In addition, an estimated 50% of patients in 2018 took benzodiazepin... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionOctober 13 2020
Purdue Pharma Family to Keep Its Billions Billions and Billions – Oct. 4, 2020 - With the launch of OxyContin, in 1995, Purdue unleashed an unprecedented marketing blitz, pushing the use of powerful opioids for a huge range of ailments and asserting that its... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionOctober 6 2020oxycontinPurdue Pharma