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NEWS YOU CAN USE [View Full eBulletin Here]( June 28, 2022 | Vol. 9 | No. 46 | Since 2013 [Home](      [Fan Mail](   Supreme Court Sides With Pill Mill Doctors  June 27, 2022 - The Court on Monday gave two doctors found guilty of to writing thousands of prescriptions for addictive pain medications another chance to challenge their convictions. [more@Reuters]( New Drugs With High Abuse Potential Most Likely to Be Approved FASTEST June 21, 2022 - Study reveals 27.8% of pain medications with high abuse potential make it all the way through the development process, compared to only 4.7% of medications with lower potential for abuse. [more@NeuoscienceNews]( Pandemic’s Increased Drinking Is Having Disastrous Effects [video]( 20, 2022 - Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital estimated a sharp one-year increase in drinking during the pandemic will cause an additional 8,000 deaths from alcohol-related liver disease, 18,700 cases of liver failure. [more@Boston25News]( HHS Announces $10 Million for Rural Communities to Respond to Surging Fentanyl Overdoses June 17, 2022 - Rural communities are on the frontline of the surge in synthetic opioid overdoses, including fentanyl and fentanyl-laced drug overdoses. This will help rural communities establish new treatment access to connect individuals to medication to treat opioid use. Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) includes medications! [more@HHS](     Five Finger Death Punch’s Chris Kael Always Attends AA Meetings While On Tour June 23, 2022 - “I was in — what? — Düsseldorf and, what was the other city I was looking in? Berlin? And there was, like, two or three in a day. But with our travel schedule, I wasn’t able to fit one of those meetings in, so I just did a couple of online things.” [more@Blabbermouth]( Finding Help for Alcoholism is a Phone Call Away [video]( June 21, 2022 - Alcoholics Anonymous—wants you to know they are there for you. It’s a fellowship of men and women, sharing strength and hope to solve their common problem of alcoholism. They say meetings are welcoming, and things said in the meetings are never shared outside the doors. [more@WTRF]( Brad Pitt Feels ‘safe’ In Alcoholics Anonymous June 22, 2022 - “I’d seen things of other people spilling their guts,” said Pitt. “And that’s just atrocious to me.” He explained his going cold turkey with smoking as a consequence of being unable to smoke in moderation.  [more@USAToday](     The Traumatic Effects of Roe v. Wade Reversal June 24, 2022 - Research has shown that people who are denied abortions are more likely to experience higher levels of anxiety, lower life satisfaction and lower self-esteem compared with those who can obtain abortion services. [more@MarketWatch]( White House Backs Extension of Telehealth Addiction Treatment June 22, 2022 - “Across the United States, fewer than 1 out of 10 people with substance use disorder get the care they need. That is unequivocally unacceptable,” Rahul Gupta, director of the ONDCP, said in a statement. Telehealth provides “a cost-effective way to increase access to care for vulnerable people.” [more@BloombergLaw]( ‘Dangerous’ Electro Convulsive Therapy Disproportionately Prescribed to Women June 19, 2022 - Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is used to treat a range of mental health issues including severe depression, long-lasting mania, and catatonia. However, there are growing concerns the therapy can cause irrevocable memory loss. [more@Metro]( I Went From Policeman to Drug Addict, to Working for the Mafia June 19, 2022 - Without rehab, I would be lying in a graveyard somewhere, with a stone reading: ‘Died age 27’. I could have been in the 27 club without any of the fame or talent. I am a recovering cocaine addict and mafia drugs runner, and 12 years ago, a rehab facility saved my life. [more@Metro](     ‘Wait on your miracle’: Boxer Overcomes Homelessness June 17, 2022 - Five months ago, while Pace was sleeping on a bus stop bench outside of a Tampa Walmart an epiphany came. He called the Salvation Army looking for help. “When I came here that’s when I started thinking positive because the people are positive that work here,” said Pace. [more@ABCNews]( Oscar-Winner Paul Williams Says He Misplaced the 1980’s June 19, 2022 - Williams, who receiveԁ the prestigious Johnny Mercer Awarԁ at the gala, was “increԁibly proԁuctive” in the 1970s, co-writing “Evergreen” from “A Star is Born” with Barbra Streisanԁ in 1991 (winning an Emmy anԁ Grammy in the process), anԁ co-writing “Rainbow Connection,” sung by Kermit the Frog in 1979. [more@PageSix](     Psychiatric Drugs Do Not Improve Disease June 20, 2022 - In his new article in Acta Scandinavica Psychiatrica, Ghaemi writes that disease-modifying treatments, as found in the rest of medicine, are concerned with improving the course of illness and preventing death. But psychiatry’s drugs are ineffective for this purpose—or even harmful. [more@MadinAmerica]( Ty Herndon Calls Crystal Meth ‘A Pandemic of My Soul’ [video]( 15, 2022 - “It was given to me. I ended up not being in control of anything,” Herndon told the outlet, adding, “There was some sexual abuse that happened, that were against my will. I’m not going to say a lot about that right now, because it’s still a work in progress for me. [more@Billboard]( Barbara Bach on Lifestyle with Ringo Starr - ‘We used to get deranged’ [video]( June 25, 2022 - Not everyone knows the star had serious issues with alcoholism. During one blowout, things got so bad that those around Bach “thought she was dead”. The actress has been sober for years since. How did she survive addiction?[@Express]( Ibogaine Isn’t a “Cure” for Addiction—But It Can Be a Useful Detox Tool June 16, 2022 - I did ibogaine and got off opioids and never did them again. That doesn’t mean I was “cured,” I just stopped using opioids. I still had a lot of other things to work on and still am, it’s a lifelong process of healing patterns. [more@FilterMag]( Inmate Overdoses After Man Brings Drugs to Jail June 20, 2022 - An investigation into Cantrell’s death revealed that he overdosed on drugs, believed to be fentanyl, brought in by Perry Steele, 43, who was in jail after being arrested by the Portsmouth Police Department on Saturday on a disorderly conduct intoxication charge. [more@NBC4i]( People Who Practice These 3 Daily Habits Are The Happiest June 20, 2022 - If you are in the process of trying to manifest your biggest dreams of love, success, happiness, or abundance and don’t know where to start, here’s a hint:... [more@YourTango]( Juul e-Cigarettes To Be Ordered off U.S. Shelves June 22, 2022 - Juul has faced heightened scrutiny from regulators, lawmakers and state attorneys general over the appeal of its nicotine products to teenagers. Under pressure, the company in late 2019 had halted U.S. sales of several flavors. [more@Reuters]( Quitting Kratom Is Easy? June 23, 2022 - I didn’t need the Steps to quit heroin. And my recent experience of quitting kratom after nine months of daily use has only cemented my suspicion: We are not powerless over the drugs we use. [more@FilterMag]( Psychosis, Chronic Vomiting: Potent Weed Making Teens Sick June 23, 2022 - But the euphoria eventually morphed into something more disturbing. Sometimes the marijuana would make Elysse feel more anxious or sad. Another time, she passed out in the shower. The oil and waxes she bought from dealers were typically about 90% THC. [more@YahooNews]( Sober Up For You [video]( June 21, 2022 - Love it!! Struggles are real and music has a healing power that is unexplainable! Adam Whitehead first came on to the country music scene with his debut, Outlawed, which made the iTunes charts in 2019. Following his debut release, his album ‘Single Mom’ shot up the iTunes Album Charts at #2. [more@Billboard](   Surprising Group Experiencing Rise in Substance Use Disorder [video]( 23, 2022 - [Adults over]( now have one of the fastest growing rates of addiction compared to other age groups, more people in that group are abusing alcohol and drugs.  [more@Local12]( Rep. Dusty Johnson Works To Fund Nationwide Sobriety Programs June 24, 2022 - He proposed the Supporting Opportunities to Build Everyday Responsibility bill, better known as the SOBER Act. The bill will establish a grant within the office of the justice program at the Department of Justice, allocating 50 million each year... to encourage other states to start sobriety programs. [more@KOTATV]( Excessive Heat Adds To Arizona Opioid Epidemic June 24, 2022 - Brack had been smoking fentanyl for two days straight, according to Ellen, who managed to stop the vehicle from crashing. It was around 4.30pm and boiling outside, almost 108F, and the pickup didn’t have air conditioning. [more@TheGuardian]( Colorado Sees Drop In Life Expectancy June 25, 2022 - The average life expectancy for Colorado residents fell to 78 years in 2021. “The last time life expectancy dropped like this was in 1943, which was the most fatal year of World War II, for the nation,” said Dr. Eric France. [more@CPR]( International Day Against Drug Abuse 2022: All You Need to Know June 25, 2022 - Nearly 275 million people used drugs worldwide in 2020, up by 22 percent from 2010, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. [more@CNBCTV18]( James Rado, Co-Creator of Musical ‘Hair,’ Is Dead at 90 June 22, 2022 - Working with his fellow writer and actor Gerome Ragni and the composer Galt MacDermot, he jolted Broadway into the Age of Aquarius. [more@NYTImes]( BEYOND BELIEF SOBRIETY w/author of  HIGH! Confessions of a Cannabis Addict [VIDEO]( June 2022 - Things could have played out very differently for Leonard Lee Buschel. A powerful combo of early-childhood trauma, temperament, a “professional” opportunity, and luck combined to foster a 27-year drug dealing career that might have gone disastrously wrong... [more@YouTube](   The Annual REEL Recovery Film Festival & Symposium  DON'T GET SMASHED! SMASH STIGMA-EAT POPCORN-SAVE LIVES  A seven-day recovery event showcasing films from first-time filmmakers to experienced professionals. 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