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News You Can Use [View Full eBulletin Here]( Aug. 9, 2022 | Vol. 9 | No. 52 | Since 2013 [Home](     [Fan Mail](   How The Pharmaceutical Industry Operates Like A Deadly Drug Cartel audio you won’t believe August 2, 2022 - In the new book, American Cartel, Higham and co-author Sari Horwitz make the case that the pharmaceutical industry operated like a drug cartel, with manufacturers at the top; opioid wholesalers in the middle; and pharmacies at the level of “street dealers.” [more@NPR](   Congress Should Pass Democratic Bill to Legalize Cannabis August 1, 2022 - The evidence is overwhelming against having a patchwork legal system where some states promote the sale of marijuana and others still criminalize it. [more@USAToday]( Big Pharma’s Crime: Profits From Addiction August 5, 2022 - New Hampshire’s attorney general, John Formella, has launched a lawsuit against Walmart, Walgreens, CVS, RiteAid and other pharmacies for failing to track opioid prescriptions and for failing to take action against possibly unnecessary excessive opioid prescribing. [more@Workers](     The Most Brutally Honest Films About Addiction August 2, 2022 - Many times, we will watch a journey through addiction that ends with recovery. In other cases, there is no happy ending to the film, and the characters are either destroyed or right back to where they started. [more@MovieWeb](   Why Our Brain is Wired to Be Unsatisfied...all the time Aug. 5, 2022 - The “paradox of choice” is a way of thinking that leads to unhappiness. More options to choose from equal less satisfaction with the choice you ultimately make because you’re always left wondering what could have been. [more@HealthDigest](     Startup Wants to Use Magic Mushrooms to End Alcoholism Aug. 6, 2022 - We looked at all the different research out there and found a lot of promise with psilocybin.” But, there’s an alternative solution that’s ready to burst onto the market that might raise some eyebrows: psychedelic drugs...[@DailyBeast](   Is Social Media Use a Form of Dissociation? August 5, 2022 - What if, instead of people becoming “addicted” to social media – as users often characterize their excessive engagement – they’re actually dissociating? [more@TheConversation](   Highly Processed Food Linked to Fast Cognitive Decline Aug. 1, 2022 - Eating highly processed foods like instant noodles, sugary drinks, white bread, crackers, cookies, fried snacks, ice cream, candy, soda, hot dogs and other processed meats or frozen meals linked to a faster rate of cognitive decline. [@NBCNews](     Scottish Prisons Aim To Get Prisoners Off Drugs including Methadone [video]( July 22, 2022 - “We need to get people off heroin and methadone.” One governor told me the biggest problem in prisons is that we’re doling out what is effectively a drug in methadone. “I think people have languished on it for too long.” ... even their documents are photocopied to prevent narcotic soaked paper being smuggled in. [more@ITV]( Vaping Causes Higher Risk of Severe COVID-19 Complications, Including Death July 26, 2022 - “In general, people who smoke or vape tend to have a higher prevalence of other health conditions and risk factors that could play a role in how they are impacted by COVID-19. [more@Newsroom]( Recognizing Pre-Addiction Aug. 3, 2022 - Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and two other prominent thinkers in the addiction treatment field recently proposed the term “pre-addiction” to describe mild-to-moderate substance use disorder. [@PsychologyToday]( Florida Nurse Lied About Alcoholism While Applying for License From Sober Home Aug. 1, 2022 - Kavscak got her license in April 2021. But, Kavscak went through a “five-day medical detoxification, 45 days of residential treatment, three weeks of partial hospitalization and three months of intensive outpatient treatment with sober living treatment. [more@MiamiHerald]( The Chemical Imbalance Theory of Depression is Dead Aug. 2, 2022 - The paper provides a summary of other summaries that confirm there is no evidence to support the idea that depression is caused by disturbance of the brain’s serotonin system. [more@TheGuardian](     SpeakerTunity® Offers Lists 800 Recovery & Addiction Treatment Centers For Speakers and Authors Aug. 3, 2022 - This is the first time speakers and authors with an important message and mission that serves people in recovery will have an easy, simple resource to access when sourcing speaking opportunities. [more@ExpertClick]( OPINION: Recovery is Beautiful, Recovery is Hard, Choose Life Over Addiction Aug. 2, 2022 - First, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Vicki Church and I refer to myself as a grateful recovering addict with over eight years. [more@Goerie]( Perfectionism May Be Risk Factor for Severe Alcohol Use Disorder Aug. 2, 2022 - Alcohol use disorder is a mental health condition characterized by an impaired ability to stop or control alcohol use despite its negative social, health, or occupational impacts. [more@Healthline](     Lady Antebellum Postpones Tour To Support Charles Kelley’s Sobriety Aug. 4, 2022 - “We’re proud to say that Charles has embarked on a journey to sobriety. So, right now in order to be the healthiest, strongest and most creative band we can be, Lady A will take some time off." [more@PageSix](     Low Addiction Risk with Medical Use of Ketamine Aug. 4, 2022 - For the past ten years or so, ketamine has been prescribed to treat the depressive symptoms of people who are resistant to conventional treatments. Its action has the advantage of being very rapid: its effect is felt a few hours after the first dose. [more@Newswire]( She Gets Sober – But Can’t Remember Most Of Her Life’ July 31, 2022 - Claire Moorhouse, 46, is known to her over 23,000 Instagram followers for breeding Irish Wolfhounds and White Swiss Shepheard Dogs – more recently she’s also started using her platform to speak about her struggles with alcohol. [more@DailyStar](     The Most Important Part of Recovery — The Most Difficult to Access [audio]( Aug. 4, 2022 - Part of the reason people fighting the disease of addiction relapse, end up in the correctional justice system, or die is that they need a comprehensive recovery plan that is difficult to access without money. [more@GPB]( Doctor Prescribed Drugs with ‘reckless abandon’ Given 15-years Aug. 30, 2022 -The “I am absolutely innocent” doctor has been sentenced to prison. The daughter of one of the five people whose deaths the government alleged were the result of Kraynak’s prescription practices gave emotional testimony about the impact of her loss. [more@PennLive]( Scientists Warn The Human Mind Is Not Meant to Stay Awake Past Midnight Aug. 4, 2022 - The authors of the new hypothesis use two examples to illustrate their point. The first example is of a heroin user who successfully manages their cravings in the day but succumbs to their desires at night. [more@ScienceAlert](     Here’s How Alcohol Speeds Up Aging Aug. 3, 2022 - Analysis findings indicated that heavy alcohol drinkers and those with alcohol use disorder (AUD) were significantly more likely to have shorter telomeres — an essential part of our chromosomes linked to aging and the onset of various health concerns. [more@Healthline]( Sovereign Health Ordered to Pay $45 Million to Health Net Aug. 2, 2022 - The jury took about a day to decide that Sovereign/DD and its erstwhile CEO Tonmoy Sharma acted with “malice, oppression or fraud,” and that Health Net proved Sharma violated the Racketeering Influence and Corrupt Organization Act. [more@OCRegister]( Alda Merini: “Mad Poet” or “Poet of Joy”? Aug. 5, 2022. - “Many gave a name to my way of life,” Merini wrote in a 1985 poem, “and I was only an hysteric.” In another “You go to the mental asylum to learn to die / Nobody brushes my hair as well as the wind”… [more@NYTimes]( "'BetterHelp' is absolutely trying to destroy the mental health world" Aug. 7, 2022 - Some shared their own experiences with BetterHelp, while others said that they were all for gobbling up “slander” on TikTok regarding the platform. Then there were those who said that their experiences with BetterHelp therapists weren’t positive. [more@DailyDot](     [Home](       [Fan Mail]( [Visit our website]( [Send us your Comments,](mailto:ahbra@writersintreatment.org) [Compliments or Complaints](mailto:ahbra@writersintreatment.org) [Facebook](  [Twitter](  [Instagram](  [Linkedin](  [Youtube](   Addiction Recovery eBulletin | PO Box 1745, Studio City, CA 91614 [Unsubscribe {EMAIL}]( [Update Profile]( | [Constant Contact Data Notice]( Sent by ahbra@writersintreatment.org powered by [Trusted Email from Constant Contact - Try it FREE today.]( [Try email marketing for free today!](