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Apps Engineered to Deliver Hits of DopamineIt's no secret that people seem addicted to their mobile devices. It turns out that this is no accident as industry leaders have taken gamification to new levels - ensuring that users will get a constant drip of dopamine pleasure from each interaction. Gabe Zichermann, ... Read More
NFL Player Recalls How Opioids Came to Dominate His LifeRandy Grimes, a former NFL player with Tampa Bay, spoke recently at the Macomb County OperationRx’s Community in Crisis conference outside of Detroit. Grimes said he started using opioids midway through his career as a center with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the ... Read More
Talented actor relapsed and died after being sober for two decadesPhilip Seymour Hoffman had worked hard to create a loving home for Mimi O'Donnell and their three children. But in the end, his long struggles with addiction proved to be too much for the talented actor to handle. The first sign was when he suggested ... Read More
Encouraged by Narcan initiative, city officials eye safe needle sitesSince July, the city has handed out 19,000 packs of Narcan across Philadelphia — more than triple what it handed out all last year. They call it “flooding the zone.” And it’s saving lives in Kensington, even as the city projects 1,250 overdose deaths ... Read More
Chris Herren shares story of his struggles with addictionIn the midst of today's opioid crisis it's not that surprising to hear that members of a high school football team were dosing with OxyContin before games. After being caught and forced to forfeit the season, what did surprise high school principal Mike Salatel ... Read More
Fentanyl labs spring up South of the BorderNo longer content to watch Chinese producers send highly lucrative fentanyl to the US, Mexican traffickers are starting to build their own fentanyl labs. This week, US Attorney General Jeff Sessions drew attention to the growing fentanyl production in Mexico and urged that ... Read More
Fentanyl dealer in Brooklyn tied to overdose deathBrooklyn drug dealer Johnnie (Nut) Monroe is heading to prison after being tied to the fentanyl overdose death of a young mother. Judge Brian Cogan sentenced the drug trafficker to a full 97-month term. Earlier this month, Cogan sent the convicted ringleader of the ... Read More
Police Raid In Columbus, OH Finds Massive Cache of Pure Fentanyl It's difficult to overstate how deadly fentanyl can be - just a few grains will kill an unsuspecting user. So when police in a Columbus, Ohio raid found 4.5 pounds of the illegal opioid, it literally had the potential to kill the entire city. However, ... Read More
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