Drug, Alcohol and Mental Health Treatment
Former NBA star pulled over for DUI, enters rehabDennis Rodman, the colorful and well-known NBA star, was pulled over for DUI charges this weekend and now is in rehab. As reported in US Magazine, Rodman checked into an alcohol rehabilitation center on Wednesday, January 17, days after getting a DUI. Rodman’s agent, ... Read More
Author challenges current opioid treatment paradigmAs the opioid crisis continues to plague every demographic across all 50 states, unfortunately the current treatment paradigms remain stubbornly stuck in outdated preconceptions and approaches. Writing in the NY Times, author Maia Szalavitz challenges current ... Read More
Framingham hit by wave of overdosesThe footprints that fentanyl-laced heroin leaves behind are easy to see on the map, marking a grim cluster of overdose and death. Authorities in Framingham, Mass. are looking at such a map this week as a bad batch of heroin makes it way through the area. As reported by ... Read More
Driver high on drugs sends car flying into buidlingThe image of a white car hanging from a 2nd floor building in Santa Ana this week was very unsettling, to say the least. Incredibly, both the driver and the passenger in the car were able to escape the car with minor injuries. As surveillance video surfaced from ... Read More
Pamela Knight shares her struggles with addictionShe was a model high school student, but behind the scenes Pamela Knight was drinking heavily. Then later, in her 20s, she began using cocaine on the weekends. As reported in The Advertiser, after her second son, Connor, was born in 1993 things began to spin out of ... Read More
Potent New Opioids Raise AlarmInvestigators in Georgia have confirmed the first death brought on by a dangerous cocktail of drugs known as "Gray Death." Gray Death is a combination of several opioids, including heroin, fentanyl, carfentanil -- sometimes used to tranquilize large animals like elephants -- and a ... Read More
Queen of Hip Hop Shares Abuse and Addiction StrugglesMary Jo Blige has won 9 Grammys and sold more than 75 million albums. She has also struggled with addiction throughout her career. Recently, she shared her struggles with The Hollywood Reporter. Blige said: "People just let you do what you want to do, because ... Read More
Unique program provides addiction support behind barsPrisoners across the country are suffering from addictions and receive little to no help getting clean, so they often relapse once they get out of jail. Now a unique approach in Tennessee is providing a different model. Called "A Shot At Life", prisoners are given ... Read More
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