Does Tik Tok Kill Kids? Robert Downey Jr. makes a movie...and way more

NEWS YOU CAN USE Dec. 6, 2022 | Vol. 10 | No. 17 | Since 2013 [Home]( [Fan Mail]( [View Full eBulletin Here](   Lust For Life: The Dopamine Addiction Nov. 29, 2022 - The happy hormone. The reward centre. A neuromodulatory molecule. Whatever name you may know it by, there’s no doubt that you’ve experienced the rush of dopamine that comes with indulging in activities you love. Sex, eating good food... [Click@Epigram.com]( Marijuana Use Soars Among Young Adults Nov. 28, 2022 - Twenty-six percent of people ages 18 to 29 — a group that includes older members of Generation Z and younger Millennials — smoke marijuana, up from 17% in 2015... [Click@NYPost]( TikTok’s Viral Challenges Keep Luring Kids to Their Deaths Nov. 29, 2022 - ...The boy had watched Arriani climb atop a toy chest, wrap a metal dog leash around her neck and hook the buckle to the wardrobe door hinge. Now she was hanging 2 feet from the ground, kicking and desperately scratching at her neck ... They were playing a game, he said, like they saw on TikTok. [Click@Bloomberg](     Drugs Killed 8 Friends, One by One [audio]( Dec. 2, 2022 -Beginning with Jackson’s death that day, a group of at least 16 young men and women who grew up together in this small, North Carolina city would succumb to overdoses of opioids and other drugs over nine year. “It was like a generation that went to war didn’t come back.” [Click@WashingtonPost]( Brilliant Documentary Shows Recovery Process of Family Full of Drug Addicts [video]( Dec. 1, 2022 - “Our American Family” shines a light on how a family battled and overcame substance use disorder for one year. [Click@Yahoo](   Fifteen Years of Insanity’: How Robert Downey Jr. Made Peace With His Maverick Father [video]( Nov. 29, 2022 - Robert Downey Sr put his son in wild underground movies and gave him access to drugs. So what happened when Downey Jr finally turned the cameras on his dad? He says, only a little sarcastically: “It’s no mystery that Paul Thomas Anderson is probably the son my dad wishes he had had.” [Click@TheGuardian]( Holidays Can Be Challenging for Alcoholics In Recovery  Dec. 3, 2022 - During this time, Linda said she stays sober by “staying close to my AA family by participating in meetings, special social holiday events, phone calls to other members to help them, and reaching out by doing AA service work — like chairing meetings and volunteer work for the fellowship.” [Click@TransylvaniaTimes]( Fentanyl’s Scourge Visible in Los Angeles (warning: graphic images) Nov. 28, 2022 - Fentanyl has become a scourge and is taking a toll on the growing number of people living on the streets of Los Angeles. About a third of the 2,000 homeless deaths between April 2020 and March 2021 were from an overdose. [Click@KTLA.com](     Hunter Biden’s RECOVERY Should Be Acknowledged Nov. 28, 2022 - This left the erroneous impression that Mr. Biden still uses drugs and alcohol. In fact, he has reported that he is sober and in recovery. This is no easy feat. [Click@WashingtonPost]( Noah Cyrus on LP “The Hardest Part,” Recovery From Addiction [video]( Dec.1, 2022 - Noah Cyrus Talks Debut Album “The Hardest Part”, Addiction, Losing Her Grandma & Billy Ray Cyrus... [Click@YouTube]( Mental Health Is Biggest Health Concern Says Surgeon General Nov. 2, 2022 - Dr. Vivek Murthy, US Surgeon General, says the mental health crisis is the biggest concern facing the country because it impacts so many people and different facets of life. He’s on “The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations. [Click@Bloomberg](     Dr Gabor Maté Live in London | The Myth of Normal [LIVE VIDEO]( Nov. 2022 - Illness and trauma are defining how we live. 45% of Europeans suffer high blood pressure, and nearly 70% of Americans take at least one prescription drug. Gabor Maté is a retired physician, bestselling author and renowned speaker, highly sought after for his expertise on addiction, trauma, stress and childhood development. He has written four bestselling books published in nearly thirty languages... [Click@YouTube](   Neuroscientist Explains: Cannabis Users More Likely to Develop Chronic Major Depression Nov. 24, 2022 - Professor Andrew Huberman says weed can negatively affect you if you’re deemed a ‘chronic smoker’, which means you puff on the green stuff more than twice a week. [Click@Unilad.com]( Cannabis For Pain Relief? Review of 20 Studies Provides Sobering Results Nov. 29, 2022 - Our team also observed no significant difference between cannabis and a placebo for reducing pain. [Click@ScienceAlert.com]( Robert Downey Jr. on Addiction: “It took me 20 years to become a person again.” Nov. 30, 2022 - The actor managed to get out of his downward spiral thanks to his father. ‘Sr’, a documentary about Downey’s father that was released on Netflix, talks about what life was like in the family, as his parents were also into drugs. [Click@Marca](     Big Pharma Muscles In On Obesity Gold Rush Nov. 28, 2022 - Eli Lilly valued at $347 billion, is close behind $207 billion Novo Nordisk in releasing a weight loss drug, in a market expected to be worth $50 billion by 2030. Some 40% of Americans have a body mass index of 30 or above. [Click@Reuters.com]( From the High Life to Rock Bottom Nov. 26, 2022 - It is such a strong disease that I could see nothing beyond the next drink. Because I was nothing without it,” Lisa told 60 Minutes. “Someone saying you can’t drink anymore, I’d rather chop my legs off. Who says that?” [Click@9Now.com]( Addiction and Stigmatizing Language Nov. 29, 2022 - How often have you heard people say, “Well, he’s an addict. What did you expect?” In our work, we often hear clients say, “I’m an addict. That’s what we addicts do.” [Click@PsychologyToday.com]( As Overdoses Soar in America, Clinicians are Now Prescribing Addiction More Medicine [video]( Nov. 30, 2022 - Privacy is an important part of the treatment. And so is the medication she prescribes: buprenorphine, which staves off cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms for people who have stopped misusing opioid drugs... [Click@NBCNews.com]( Lawsuit Accuses Entrepreneur of Defrauding Rehab.com Investor Nov. 28, 2022 - The plaintiff is the Ryan N. Rice 2018 Irrevocable Trust, which invested $1.5 million in Nagle’s company in 2019. Nagle’s goal for the business, based in Lutherville, was to create a one-stop website at Rehab.com where users could compare addiction treatment facilities. [Click@DailyRecord]( He Was My Childhood Hero, But He Is Unrecognizable After Many Years Of Drug Abuse [audio]( Nov. 2022 - Once upon a time, actor Shaun Weiss was a successful actor. You might remember him from “The Mighty Ducks” movies. He was in all three of them. Years later, Weiss’s life took a nosedive. He ended up homeless and addicted to drugs. Thankfully, he has made a full recovery... [Click@TipHero]( Overdose Deaths Of Seniors Tripled in Two Decades Nov. 30, 2022 - We’ve got a public health problem coming at our door — these trends have been increasing for a long time now,” said Alexis Kuerbis, an expert on substance use among older adults. [Click@CNBC]( How Hospice Became a For-Profit Hustle Dec. 5, 2022 - At AseraCare, a national chain where Marsha Farmer worked, she solicited recruits regardless of whether they were near death. She canvassed birthday parties at housing projects and went door to door promoting the program to loggers and textile workers. [Click@NewYorker]( Their children struggled with addiction. Now, they’re fighting against the war on drugs Nov. 22, 2022 - Salon spoke with Gretchen Burns Bergman, whose two grown sons who are in long-term recovery from heroin addiction, and Tamara Olt, M.D., who lost her 16-year-old son Joshua to an accidental heroin overdose in 2012. [Click@Salon]( Hilary Phelps Shares Her Effort to Help Others [video]( Nov. 29, 2022 - Michael Phelps’ sister remained quiet about her alcoholism. But earlier this year, Hilary Phelps began sharing in an effort to help others.Phelps said she was 14 when she took her first drink. That drinking increased during her college years, where she swam competitively on a full scholarship. [Click@WBALTV]( We Can’t Overlook Substance Abuse Among Seniors Dec. 2, 2022 - Nearly 1.1 million Medicare beneficiaries are diagnosed with opioid use disorder, and last year 50,400 Medicare beneficiaries overdosed on opioids. That’s in addition to alcohol, which is the most frequently reported substance of abuse for those aged 65 and older, especially among older women. [Click@BostonHerald]( A Military Wife’s Descent Into Meth Addiction—And Her Agonizing Journey [audio]( Dec. 3, 2022 - Lauren St. Pierre had the adorable toddler, the successful husband and a new house by the Army base where he worked. Surgeries bestowed the hourglass figure she had always wanted. On a summer day, Lauren discovered something she wanted more. [Click@WSJ]( National Meth Awareness Day Nov. 30, 2022 - In 2006, then-president George W. Bush issued a proclamation to declare Nov. 30 as National Speed Awareness Day. 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