That was a crazy week ... and so much more!

New You Can Use Watch Joni Mitchell's First Performance in 20 Years - "Both Sides Now"July 24 The Newport Folk Festival [video]( July 24, 2022 - Joni Mitchell, who hadn’t performed live since 2013 until earlier this year, made a surprise appearance for a full set today (July 24) at the 2022 Newport Folk Festival. [more@YouTube]( [View Full eBulletin Here]( July 26, 2022 | Vol. 9 | No. 50 | Since 2013 [Home](     [Fan Mail](   U.S. Announces $1.2 Billion Healthcare Crackdown Tied to Telehealth July 2022 - Prosecutors said the schemes intended to bilk Medicare out of $1.2 billion, though the actual losses are closer to $440 million. [more@Yahoo](   New Approach to Opioid Addiction July 18, 2022 - Methadone, buprenorphine and extended-release naltrexone – But the federal regulations, red tape, wildly varying state policies and social stigma associated with addiction pose significant hurdles to access, preventing many people from getting the help they want and need... [more@UCINews](   ‘Group Inc.' Doubles Down on Telehealth with App to Treat Opioid Addiction July 19, 2022 - Groups integrated with a variety of vendors including Zoom, Stripe, HelloSign and Redox. “Unifying all of these technologies on one simple platform that integrates in real time with a clinician dashboard... [more@HealthcareITNews](     Doctor Faces Lawsuit Alleging He Caused Opioid Addiction July 22, 2022 - The doctor, Ajeeb John Titus, MD, has been accused by former patient Carl Graves of prescribing at least 7,400 oxycodone pills and 1,700 amphetamine pills between 2016 and 2020. [more@MedPageToday](   Ken Burns Film Explores Youth Mental Health [video]( Jun 27, 2022 - Awareness of mental health across all spectrums of the population has been growing after years living in the pandemic. But there are particular concerns about the youngest generations. They are explored in Ken Burns’ film, “Hiding in Plain Sight: Youth Mental Illness,”... [more@PBS]( At McShin Foundation, Father Tells Family’s Story of Addiction [audio]( 18, 2022 - “I was living the ‘American dream.’ At 50 years old, I had a family, a nice house and a successful business — I was on top of the world.” All changed on Oct. 4, 2016, when he got a phone call saying his 23-year old son, Seth, had died from a heroin overdose. Tragedy would strike once again...[@StarExponent](   Chrissy Teigen Celebrates 1 Year of Sobriety: “I Feel Really Good” [video]( July 29, 2022 - The video shows Teigen smiling and exploring Carcassonne with her husband, John Legend, and their two kids, Miles and Luna, but the caption is all about her relationship with drinking and the decision to give it up. [more@PopSugar]( Macklemore Does Step One [video]( July 22, 2022 - The song, a collaboration with Australian singer-songwriter Tones and I, touches on pivotal experiences in his life, including his 2020 relapse. He has been in recovery since 2008, when his father helped get him into treatment after years of drug and alcohol abuse. [more@People](     Florence Welch Says Sobriety Was ‘Lonely’ ... at First [video]( 20, 2022 - “In terms of navigating being in the public eye, I think sobriety is the best thing I ever did,” the English singer-songwriter, 35, said on the podcast.[@People]( Cornell Alum Recounts Addiction and Imprisonment in New Memoir July 19, 2022 - In her senior year – just a few credits shy of graduation – [Keri Blakinger]( of ’14 was arrested with six ounces of heroin in a Tupperware container. She plead guilty to criminal possession of a controlled substance and spent 21 months behind bars. [more@Cornell]( On July 23, 2011, Amy Winehouse Joined the Tragic 27 Club [video]( 23, 2022 - On this day in 2011, the world shook with the news of Amy Winehouse’s death. 11 years later, the star is just as relevant as ever, and fans around the world are still playing her music and remembering the icon that was Amy Winehouse. [more@HITC](     Vicky Pattison Tells of Alcoholism Fear in New Documentary July 16, 2022 - This realization comes ahead of the release of her new documentary, Vicky Pattison: My Dad, Alcohol and Me. She hopes the film will “bring more sunlight to alcoholism” and tackle “the stigma surrounding it” [more@RTE](   DEA in Miami Warns of Synthetic Drug Mass Overdose Events [video]( 18, 2022 - According to the DEA, there have been synthetic opioid mass-overdose events (three or more overdoses occurring close in time and at the same location) in at least three Florida counties over the last 2 weeks. [more@ABCNews]( Music Mogul Master P Opens Up About Daughter’s Fatal Overdose [video]( 22, 2022 - In his first in-depth TV interview since his daughter’s fatal overdose, music mogul and entrepreneur Master P opens up to “CBS Mornings.” He shares how her death set him on a mission to spread awareness about mental health and substance abuse. [more@YouTube](     Why Addiction Is Not a Disease  July 21, 2015 - Through the vivid, true stories of five people who journeyed into and out of addiction, a renowned neuroscientist and former addict Marc Lewis explains why the “disease model” of addiction is wrong. [The Biology of Desire]( makes a convincing case that addiction is not a disease. [more@Amazon]( Psychedelics Will Play a Big Role in American Life July 18, 2020 - ‘There will be a medical industry providing psychedelic therapy,’ the author and professor, Michael Pollan predicts. Inside his morning routine. “I find laughing on Monday morning really important, and the news doesn’t make you laugh anymore, so I watch Stephen Colbert. [more@WSJ]( At-Home Ketamine Therapy Shows Mental Health Benefits July 21, 2022 - Several sessions of at-home ketamine therapy supported by telehealth are a safe and effective way to treat moderate to severe anxiety and depression, a new study found. At-home therapy using ketamine tablets that dissolve under the tongue could make ketamine therapy more accessible.  [more@Healthline](     Online Addiction Studies Certificate Alleviates Counselor Shortages July 19, 2022 - The Addiction Studies CTS provides students wherever they live with the online coursework needed to apply for a Licensed Addiction Counselor license. With the training complete, graduates are fully employable, and can apply for their license after completing 1,000 supervised hours working in the field. [more@UMT](   Happy Birthday Tom Robbins! Now 90 Years Old! July 19, 2022 - Timothy Leary, Barbara Hershey and Leonard Cohen are all hanging out with the writer. Nearby a gold record given to him from the Doors. [more@LAConnerWeeklyNews](     Man Walks into Bar and Pours Himself $50 Shot              July 19, 2022 - One man took last call to the next level when he allegedly walked behind the counter of a closed restaurant at Universal’s Volcano Bay water park in Orlando, Florida, and poured himself a '[drank'](         The Transformative Potential of Psychosis July 21, 2022 - The idea that “madness” can be transformative and a catalyst for growth may seem absurd in the dominant biomedical-psychiatric paradigm which favours the language of pathology. Yet theorists such as R.D. Laing and John Weir Perry viewed psychosis as a crisis that has potential transformative value... [more@MadinAmerica]( Want to Quit Smoking? Cessation Products Can Help July 21, 2022 - Nicotine is a highly addictive chemical compound present in a tobacco plant. Tobacco products are addictive because they contain nicotine. Nicotine keeps people using tobacco products, even when they want to stop. [more@FDA]( Walker Hayes Loves To Write ‘Drinking Songs’ Despite His Sobriety [video]( July 22, 2022 - A year ago when the song was released in the midst of the pandemic, Walker and his eldest daughter Lela Hayes took to TikTok with a dance challenge for fans, and it went viral. “It was wild. It was something we did for fun. [@HollywoodLife]( ‘POWERLESS’ Vicky Pattison Reveals Heartbreaking Reason She’s Not Had Kids Yet video July 21, 2022 - VICKY opened up about her struggle with alcohol and said she was “scared” to have kids who felt “broken” like her. “The thing that comes out of it, is this fear that you have that you’re going to become your dad.” [more@TheSun]( NEW BOOK American Cartel-The Battle To Bring Down the Opioid Industry! [video]( 8, 2022 - Scott Higham and Sari Horwitz are Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporters for The Washington Post. They give behind the scenes detail about their definitive investigation of how some of the nation’s largest corporations created and fueled the opioid crisis. [more@YouTube]( Suicide Hotline # 988 Gets Over 96,000 Calls During First Week [video]( 24, 2022 - The number of people reaching out was up 45% from the week before the transition and up 66% from the same time last year.[@ABC7Chicago]( K.D. Lang sings Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah K.D. 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