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You don't want to miss this. November 3, 2020 • Vol. 8., No. 11 [Advertise]( Mail ]( [Visit our website]( [And it isn't other drugs]( This Addiction Treatment Works. Why Is It So Underused? Oct. 27, 2020 - “I’ve been to a lot of rehabs, and there were no incentives except for the idea of being clean, some of us need something to motivate us — even if it’s a small thing — to live a better life.” The treatment is called contingency management, because the rewards are contingent on staying abstinent. [@NYTimes]( [33 years more than the Sackler Family]( Woman who ran pill mills gets 33 years in prison October 22, 2020 - “This defendant reaped millions of dollars in personal profits by operating destructive opioid pill mills in multiple states, inflicting lasting harm on multiple communities,” ... distributing over 11 million tablets of oxycodone, oxymorphone, and morphine. [more@Local10]( [No one will notice but you]( Why pandemic is inspiring many to give up alcohol Oct. 25, 2020 - Despite reports of many regressing into unhealthy consumption patterns amid the pandemic, some have seen it as an opportunity to make healthier lifestyle choices, including abstaining from drink. Another reason to be concerned about alcohol consumption during a pandemic — namely, alcohol can have a negative effect on the immune system. [more@Salon]( [Childhood CANCELLED]( Signs Of Screen Addiction In Kids Oct. 29, 2020 - Apart from online lectures and assignments, there might be times when your child spends hours on the screen. There might not be a particular reason for them to strain their eyes as much. Their subconscious brain controls their actions. [@Moms]( [WHY?]( U.S. Is ‘Facing A National Mental Health Crisis’ [LISTEN]( - Oct. 26, 2020 - Dr. Vaile Wright is senior director of healthcare innovation at the American Psychological Association and one of the report’s authors. She joins host Peter O’Dowd to discuss mental health in America. [more@WBUR]( [The Three Deathsketeeers]( School board candidate and friends charged in $18 million pill scheme - Oct. 5, 2020 - Over 9 years, Capistrano issued prescriptions for more than 524,000 doses of hydrocodone, 430,000 doses of carisoprodol, 77,000 doses of alprazolam and 2 million doses of promethazine with codeine. [more@JacksonSun]( [MEDIA: Book Suggestion]( Crystal Waltman earns national award for ‘Quitting to Win’ - Oct. 30, 2020 - “Quitting to Win” is about Waltman’s triumph over tragedy story through sports, spine surgery, addiction and sobriety. Crystal Waltman battled alcoholism for over 25 years, starting at the age of 14, and exposes her raw and honest life into her book. more@AZBigMedia [SHUGGIE BAIN]( Illuminating look at lives in poverty and alcoholism Oct. 31, 2020 - When Hugh “Shuggie” Bain is five years old, his drunk mother Agnes calmly sets fire to the curtains in their room and clings to him as they burn ... Author Douglas Stuart’s debut is a relentlessly grim portrait of working-class life in 1980s Glasgow, a city gutted by Thatcher’s Austerity policies. [more@StraitsTimes]( [Stick with the Winners!]( Q&A with Chet Hower of Hower Lodge October 30, 2020 - “I feel blessed to live in the age where recovery is possible.” I am sober since 2-18-96. Surrender to the principles within the 12 steps and practice of them in my daily life have saved me from a life of servitude and set me on the path my creator intended for me. [@eBulletin]( [CVS says: "NO WAY"?]( It’s Time to Stop Recommending Antidepressants for Depression - Oct. 26, 2020 - Researchers conclude that the harms of antidepressants outweigh any benefits. Researchers assert that while antidepressants show statistically significant differences when compared to placebo, the effect itself is so small as to be clinically meaningless. [@MadInAmerica]( [Living the good life]( Scott Darlow Chats His New Single & Sobriety [WATCH]( - Oct. 28, 2020 - They spoke about the story behind the song and Scott’s decision to give up alcohol. The chat took a funny turn when they spoke about Christmas trees - the REAL ones! [more@TripleM]( [New Yorker by Ronan Farrow]( When Justice Department lawyer exposed the agency’s secret role in drug cases, intelligence community retaliated. Oct. 30, 2020 - “Everyone in the building knew this was crap,” one law-enforcement official told me. “What they were doing was bullshitting.” McConnell and Padden also raised their concerns with C.I.A. and F.B.I. officials, who defended the concealment. [more@NewYorker]( [A Tail of Hope]( The Dog Who Saved Me Oct. 2020 - When I had nothing left, I still had my dog … at a total rock bottom in my life … my black-and-white Pit Bull, Brayson, saved me on a daily basis. [more@TheBark]( [It's about time]( In the Pandemic, a Shifting Ballot Debate on Legalizing All Drugs Oct. 26, 2020 - A proposed solution on the ballot next week would be one of the most radical drug-law overhauls in the nation’s history, eliminating criminal penalties entirely for personal use amounts of drugs such as heroin, methamphetamine and cocaine. [more@NYTimes]( [Recovery is not against the law!]( Residents go to court against rehab house Oct. 28, 2020 - Residents meet in Roanoke near a house used as a recovery residence by Pinnacle Treatment Services. After the city allowed it to be established. More than 30 homeowners appealed the decision... [more@RoanokeTimes]( [Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson?]( California sheriff’s department to pair therapists with deputies Oct. 24, 2020 - ...deputies responding to mental health 911 calls generally transport people to the local emergency room to speak with a therapist. Now, dispatchers will assign calls related to mental health, substance abuse, or homelessness to a deputy and a mental health professional who are paired up in a patrol car...[@KMOV]( [Mourning Never Ends]( Juice WRLD’s Mom Recalls Her Son’s Addiction Oct. 27, 2020 - A year after Juice WRLD’s sudden death at the age of 21, his mom is opening up about her son’s struggles and how they might help others who are feeling the same way. “It was devastating,” Carmela Wallace told ABC 7... [@Billboard]( [Trying to stop the madness]( Keys for Successful Warm Hand-Offs with Stimulant-Using Patients Oct. 29, 2020 - We know all substance use disorder patients experience stigma, but I believe there is an additional stigma associated with stimulant use disorder because of the erroneous belief that stimulant use is—and I’ll say this in quotes—“not really addictive”...[@PsychCongress]( [Education Matters]( Michigan’s first public recovery high school opens [WATCH]( - Oct. 26, 2020 - The Michigan Department of Education says about 2,000 students in southeast Michigan, leave or are kicked out of school for drug and alcohol use. The school is for teens who are struggling with drug or alcohol addiction. The plan is to open doors in January 2021. [more@NBC25News]( [Families Matter]( My Drug Addiction Almost Cost Me My Kids! Oct. 29, 2020 - These days, Leah Messer is sober and healthier than ever, and she’s finally opening up about her past substance abuse issues. Quite understandably, she was afraid of the ways in which such an admission would be used against her.[@HollywoodGossip]( [Don't blow your brains out]( Motivation to seek cocaine is driven by elegant cellular communication Oct. 28, 2020 - In other words, the cocaine is changing brain structure and function, especially in D1-medium spiny neurons, to motivate the animal to seek more cocaine. Better understanding how drug reminders change neuronal structure by altering brain signaling will be crucial to developing effective therapies to avoid relapse. [more@EurekAlert]( [Stool Pigeons?]( Man caught with heroin told officers that he was birdwatching Oct. 29, 2020 - Officers responding to a report of a suspicious car around 5:30 p.m. spoke with 29-year-old Ryan Lenihan, of Bourne, who claimed to be birdwatching, according to Wareham police. [more@WHDH]( [Homegrown Terrorism]( Oregon Sees 70% Increase in Overdose Deaths Oct. 30, 2020 - Of opioid-involved deaths, the data shows that fentanyl and heroin continue to be the drugs most frequently involved. Fentanyl-involved deaths accounted for almost 40 percent of total overdose deaths in May 2020. [more@KQEN]( [Soldiering On]( Former candidate Chris Taylor talks about his addiction [WATCH]( Oct. 30, 2020 - The war veteran survived Afghanistan, but one of the biggest fights of his life has been against drug addiction. Taylor almost lost his life after overdosing on Heroin right in the middle of an energetic congressional race, in which he was trying to unseat current congressman Rep. Tom O’Halleran. [@ABC15]( [Ask for directions already!]( Addiction Symptoms and Treatment for Professional Men - Oct. 28, 2020 - One of the issues professional men have with addiction is a complete reluctance to ask for help. There are many reasons that contribute to this resistance. [more@SobermansEstate]( [by Ken Druck Ph.D]( Don’t Resort to Catastrophic OR Wishful Thinking about this Election Nov. 1, 2020 - It’s one thing to hope for the best. We can pray for, visualize, and have faith in a good outcome as our nation prepares for the presidential election. Or, we can live in fear that the deep divisions that have shattered our families, friendships, communities, government and nation will spill out into the streets... [more@GoodMenProject]( [Do you know the way to San Jose jail?]( Sober Living Manager Arrested on Suspicion of Multiple Sexual Assaults  Oct. 26, 2020 - San Jose police say Justin Abraham Lopez, 32, assaulted at least four people, including at least one woman while he worked at Hope’s Sober Living Facility. These homes offer residents a drug-and-alcohol-free environment. Unlike rehabilitation centers they are unlicensed by the California Department of Health and Human Services. [more@SanJoseInside]( [ONLINE MEETINGS AVAILABLE HERE. 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