A lengthy legal battle has been waged by the state against a mother whose newborn was hospitalized for 19 days to treat drug withdrawal. The highest court in the Keystone State this week heard arguments on the divisive matter of whether prenatal drug use counts as child abuse. Attorneys for child protective services framed it… Continue reading Pennsylvania Supreme Court To Decide If Prenatal Drug Use Is Child Abuse
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Prince’s Half-Sister Talks About His Death, Fentanyl
Sharon Nelson says the music icon was just trying to control his pain when he took the fatal dose of fentanyl. First came prescription drugs and heroin. Now, the synthetic opioid, fentanyl, is ripping through the country, killing scores of people who take heroin, cocaine or prescription pills that have been laced with fentanyl. That’s… Continue reading Prince’s Half-Sister Talks About His Death, Fentanyl
Gisele Bundchen Details Panic Attacks, Suicidal Ideation In New Memoir
“I always considered myself a positive person, so I was really beating myself up…I felt like I wasn’t allowed to feel bad.” In an upcoming memoir, Gisele Bündchen reveals that her life as a supermodel was far from perfect, despite how it appeared on the outside. Behind the scenes, the Brazil native, who retired from… Continue reading Gisele Bundchen Details Panic Attacks, Suicidal Ideation In New Memoir
Martin Sheen On Sobriety, Supporting Charlie Sheen
“I think all of us are striving to lead honest lives. That’s a requirement of every human being.” Actor Martin Sheen addressed the many challenges experienced by his son, Charlie Sheen, at a charity event in Los Angeles on September 24. The 78-year-old actor, who currently appears in the Netflix series Grace and Frankie, folded his son’s… Continue reading Martin Sheen On Sobriety, Supporting Charlie Sheen
The Eternal Holiday of the Alcoholic
When you drink constantly, you become numb, slipping down into a sub-life, a waking coma. You become a chaotic ghost that exists almost at one step removed from everything else. The following is an excerpt from Jolly Lad – The Expanded North American Edition, published this month by MIT Press and available here. After I… Continue reading The Eternal Holiday of the Alcoholic
Big Pharma Tries To Slip Benefit Into Senate Opioid Package
“Big Pharma is trying to hijack the bill and turn it into a giant pharmaceutical company bailout,” said Senator Tina Smith (D-Minnesota). Pharmaceutical companies are attempting to inject $4 billion in savings for themselves into opioid legislation being considered in Congress. A package of bills meant to address the opioid epidemic have passed both the… Continue reading Big Pharma Tries To Slip Benefit Into Senate Opioid Package
Overdose Deaths Increase in New Jersey Even As Prescriptions Decline
State attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal says that despite the fatal OD increase “there are reasons for hope.” Opioid overdose deaths in New Jersey increased by 24% last year, even as the number of prescriptions written for opioids fell for the first time in recent years. According to a press release from the state attorney… Continue reading Overdose Deaths Increase in New Jersey Even As Prescriptions Decline
Scientists Used Gambling Monkeys To Try To Figure Out Addiction
The experiment’s goal was to understand which regions of the brain wield influence over decision-making. The behavior of a pair of monkeys with a taste for juice—and gambling—may suggest that risky decisions, from high stakes betting to criminal behavior, is less of a personality trait and more an issue of brain circuitry. Scientists conducted an experiment in… Continue reading Scientists Used Gambling Monkeys To Try To Figure Out Addiction
Views From A Rehab Counselor
No amount of comfort is enough when there is a look of terror on someone admitting to treatment for the first time. “I want to be that little girl!” A woman in her late 40s is sitting in front of me in my office, sobbing as she stares at a black and white picture… Continue reading Views From A Rehab Counselor
Treatment Clinic Beat The Odds To Help Patients During Hurricane Florence
“Some of those nurses were without power, they sustained damage to their homes, but they showed up every day.” When Hurricane Florence swept through the middle of the country, it left behind patients in treatment without access to their possibly life-saving medications. The hurricane brought with it flooding and blocked roads and bridges—putting patients in… Continue reading Treatment Clinic Beat The Odds To Help Patients During Hurricane Florence