Out, out, brief candle! Farewell Matthew Perry and many other stories...

The Truth Shall Set You Free. [View Full eBulletin Here]( Oct. 31, 2023 | Vol. 11 | No.12 | Since 2013 [Home]( Mail]( NYPD Officer Allegedly Sold Fentanyl and Heroin While On Duty Oct. 21, 2023 - She was working desk duty at an NYPD facility while arranging the meetings and negotiating prices to sell “kilogram quantities of narcotics,” the feds alleged. [READ@NYPost]( Opioid Crisis Is Worse Despite Congress’ $20 Billion Effort To Stop It  Oct. 22, 2023 - The SUPPORT Act also gave states the option to use federal Medicaid funds to cover up to 30 days of services for people with opioid use disorder in mental health institutions, an exemption to a 1965 law prohibiting addiction treatment in large mental health institutions. [READ@YahooNews]( Rite Aid, CVS and Walgreens To Close More Than 1,500 Stores Due to Crime, Whose Crimes? Oct. 23, 2023 - Rite Aid said it will close 150 of its 2,100 US locations after they filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier this month. The pharmacy chain has been unable to settle hundreds of lawsuits that accused them of overprescribing opioids and has struggled to keep up with competitors. [READ@DailyMail]( Matthew Perry Passes at 54 Oct. 29, 2023 - “This is a heartbreaking day.” Mr. Perry was well known to American television audiences, featuring in over 200 episodes in all 10 seasons of “Friends,” the hit NBC show that followed a group of friends and their journey as young professionals living in Manhattan. [READ@NYTimes]( Matthew Perry's 'Friends' Offer Touching Tribute To Deceased Cast Mate Oct. 30, 2023 - Courtney Cox, Matt LeBlanc, Jennifer Aniston, David Schwimmer and Lisa Kudrow released a joint statement honoring their longtime co-star.. [READ@HUFFPOST]( ‘Friends’ Creators, and Many More Remember Matt Perry: “It Still Seems Impossible” Oct. 30, 2023 - Selma Blair, Shannen Doherty, Alyssa Milano, Justin Trudeau, Morgan Fairchild, Maggie Wheeler, Paget Brewster and Warner Bros. Studios are among those in Hollywood remembering [Friends]( Matthew Perry, [Hollywood Reporter]( How Much Caffeine Is Too Much? Oct. 27, 2023 - The deceased student’s parents allege the company does not adequately warn consumers about the beverage’s high caffeine content. Had they done so, the parents said that their daughter, who had a known heart condition and strictly avoided energy drinks, would have never bought the drink. [READ@TheMessenger]( The True Story and Criminal Case Behind ‘Pain Hustlers’ Oct. 27, 2023 - Pain Hustlers stars Chris Evans and Emily Blunt as two employees at a fictionalized pharmaceutical company who cut legal corners and take a hard sell approach to make money off a dangerously addictive drug, and soon find themselves in too deep as they get swept up in a criminal conspiracy. [READ@AOL]( Going Sober at 24 Has Dramatically Changed My Life [video]( Oct. 26, 2023 - Now I wake up in the morning early, fresh, not feeling anxious or sick or anything. I get to go out and enjoy my day.” Social media app TikTok has billions of videos under the hashtags #sober and #soberlife. Emily said social media had played a big part in her journey. She set up a community group called Sober Gals for women who are sober or sober curious to connect, which has nearly 600 members. [WATCH@AOL]( Getting Sober Was The Hardest And Most Rewarding Thing I’ve Ever Done Oct. 23, 2023 - “I walked out of jail on day one physically shaking, humiliated, angry, unstable, underweight, separated from my husband, and seriously scared. So incredibly scared. Scared to drink. Scared to start over. Scared to be sober. Scared to fail. Scared to stay married. Scared to get divorced. [READ@LoveWhatMatters]( I Was Drinking 5 Bottles of Wine Every Day [video]( Oct. 22, 2023 - At the age of 25, she moved to Europe after a breakup and her drinking spiraled further out of control. Dubbed “Wild Katie” by friends, the fun quickly turned into a problem and at 26 she was forced to admit how much of a problem the drinking had become. [WATCH@Newsweek]( Program Encourages Drug Treatment Over Arrest is a Success [video]( Oct. 23, 2023 - Gloria Branch has been coming to Thresholds for twice weekly therapy sessions since July. Branch, 71, is in recovery for drug addiction and believes she’s turned a corner. “As long as I still work my tools and do what I’m supposed to do, things are looking great for me,” she said. [WATCH@WTTW]( What Science Says about Social Media Addiction Oct. 25, 2023 - “Meta has harnessed powerful and unprecedented technologies to entice, engage and ultimately ensnare youth and teens,” the states said in their lawsuit filed in federal court. “Its motive is profit.” “The internet is a giant hypodermic, and the content, including social media like Meta, are the psychoactive drugs.” [READ@NYTimes]( Nan Goldin on Vaping, Orgasms, and Greek Myths Oct. 24, 2023 - “One of the greatest things she ever told me was that she was lucky enough to experience an orgasm as both a boy and a woman,” Nan Goldin says with a grin, of her late friend, Greer Lankton, as we chew Nicorettes in the office of Artists Space. [READ@InterviewMag]( Learning to Live Life in Recovery [video]( Oct. 25, 2023 - When 23-year-old Ali McEwen thinks back to being a teen, “Life was good.” She has memories of spending time with her family and engaging with people at a local milkshake shop. Those fulfilling connections are a driving force in her life, again, thanks to a treatment court. [WATCH@CNO]( How Getting Sober Helped Dolphins Coach Achieve NFL Dream [video]( Oct. 22, 2023 - Mike McDaniel has had many notable moments during his news conferences since becoming head coach of the Dolphins in 2022, but perhaps his most important came during the 2023 offseason. “The obsessiveness that I have with it (is) probably when I became sober.” That was the first time McDaniel spoke about his sobriety and battle with alcoholism. [WATCH@SportingNews]( News Anchor Tells His Story of Addiction To Students Oct. 25, 2023 - More than 60% of teenagers have abused alcohol and 50% have misused drugs. About 10% of Texas teens are likely to have used drugs in the last month. Counselors at the school asked KWTX News 10 Morning Anchor Pete Sousa to speak to students and share his story. Sousa battled drug and alcohol addictions for years. He abused alcohol and drugs throughout high school and college. [READ@KWTX]( Nick Saban Explains Why He Quit Drinking Years Ago Oct. 26, 2023 - Nick Saban’s days of smoking and drinking are long behind him. The Alabama legend stopped by “The Pat McAfee Show” Thursday and the conversation turned to Nick’s approach to drinking and smoking. After beating Tennessee, Saban chewed on his victory cigar. [READ@OutKick]( L.A. Model Nichole Coats’ Cause of Death: “cocaine and ethanol toxicity” Oct. 24, 2023 - Her body was found by family members when they came to check on her after she failed to return their calls and texts. Earlier this month, Mooney’s sister, Jourdin Pauline, said their family was still searching for answers weeks after her death. Mooney was 2 months pregnant at the time of her death.[@People]( From Drug Addiction to Graduation [video]( Oct. 25, 2023 - Camille McComas’s dramatic turnaround is an inspiring story of grit and determination. Five years ago, she was a slave to crystal meth. “I was lost in that addiction a good number of years,” she said. Then came the Fourth of July 2019, the day she learned she was pregnant. [WATCH@HawaiiNewsNow]( America’s Adderall Shortage ‘is driving ADHD patients to use METH’ as Britney Spears’ ex says he feared she’d overdose Oct. 23, 2023 - “I can’t get my medication. I need to find something to help me function.”’ It comes as Britney Spears’ ex, Adnan Ghalib, recently said he feared the pop star would overdose on Adderall back in 2008. [READ@DailyMail]( ‘Love U 4-Ever’ — Lives Broken by Drug Addiction [audio]( Oct. 18, 2023 - I felt strong emotions. Heartbreak. Pain. Guilt. Anger. Emotions — Words I had none. Just tears, resulting in cries of pain. I withdrew from the world the best I could, but since over-doses were'nt as prevalent then, the story made local TV news, and was on the front page news. [LISTEN@IndependentTribune]( Why Drug Abuse Treatment Is Never ‘one size fits all’ [NPR audio]( October 24, 2023 - Few people are untouched by addiction. It cuts across age, socioeconomic status, gender and race, and has been with us for all of recorded history.  [LISTEN@WGBH]( Pharmacist and Clinic Owner Get Prison for $6M Pill Mill Scheme Oct. 26, 2023 - The prescriptions often were issued to individuals paid by drug dealers to pose as patients, and the pills ultimately were diverted to the illegal market. From May 2018 to Aug. 2019, the Sunnyside Medical clinics made approximately $5.4 million from the sale of the prescriptions of these drugs. [READ@KTTN]( Dating While Sober audio October 25, 2023 - Historically, dating has been deeply entwined with going out for a drink. But what happens if one of the two dating parties has opted for a life of sobriety? What are the pros and cons of replacing substance use with romance, or what is the effect of infatuation on the brain? [LISTEN@REASON.com]( Man Shares Getting Off Drugs Road to Recovery [video]( Oct. 24, 2023 - Ricardo Chavarria is no stranger to this lifestyle. “I’m not going to lie, I used to like to get high,” said Chavarria. Ricardo said when he was 14 years old in high school, it started with marijuana and quickly escalated to harder drugs. He played football and basketball and admitted to using drugs before school and even during halftime during his games. [WATCH@KGNSTV]( The Never Ending Cycles of My Eating Disorder Oct. 2023 - I was seven years old. My grandma scooped food onto my plate. It took so much effort just to eat the very little I had taken: a little spoonful of rice and some Dinendeng, a vegetable stew, a staple Filipino dish. [READ@InTheRooms]( White Patients More Often Than Black Patients to be Given Opioids for Pain in ER Oct. 27, 2023 - White people who visit hospital emergency departments with pain are 26% more likely than Black people to be given opioid pain medications such as morphine. [READ@TheConversation]( Government Warns of Hidden Ingredients in Arthritis, Pain Products Oct. 25, 2023 - Over-the-counter drugs such as loratadine(Claritin) or acetaminophen (Tylenol), supplements do not need FDA approval. A product promoted for pain relief, contains dexamethasone and piroxicam. AK Forte, also sold for joint pain and arthritis, contains diclofenac, dexamethasone, and methocarbamol not disclosed on the label. 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