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The word of Whitney Houston’s death spread like wildfire, through tweets, text messages, and telephone calls.  She was only 48 years old, and although the cause of her death is still unknown, whispers of the word ‘drugs’ circulate the air, broadband, and radio waves. As…

Feb 15 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »

Nikki Sixx, A Celebrity Poster Child for Recovery by Eliza Player »

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The news this week has been swamped with the story of Whitney Houston’s death.  As a blogger, I have investigated celebrity addiction, and delved not…

Feb 20 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »

Thinking of Bobbi Kristina by Eliza Player »

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A young woman has to tell her mother good-bye forever today.  As I have watched the media go over all the gory details of Whitney…

Feb 18 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »

Fallout Feared From Ontario’s Restriction of Oxycontin

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The drug companies in Ontario will stop making Oxycontin, in attempts to combat prescription drug addiction in the area.  This drug, as well as its replacement, will also…

Feb 21 2012 / Read More »

Heroin Addicts Suffer in Kabul With Limited Treatment Options

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But, someone wants to change that.  This CBS story tells the story of addicts in Kabul, Afghanistan, and the video accompanying it is heart-wrenching.   90% of the…

Feb 17 2012 / Read More »

Police Find Squatters in a House Full of Syringes

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A neighbor in Albuquerque, New Mexico tips police off, leading police to a house full of squatters, shooting heroin.  According to police, the house was full of syringes,…

Feb 15 2012 / Read More »

Man Brings His 89-Year-Old Mother on Drug Deals

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Two New Jersey men were charged with Neglect of the Elderly, along with various other drug charges.  The police believe that Clinton McComb brought his mother along for…

Feb 15 2012 / Read More »

Afghan Children Used to Smuggle Heroin

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As an addict, I often do not think about the other sides of the drug coin.  I think about fallout for addicts and their families, but I do…

Feb 14 2012 / Read More »
Opium Brides: Casualties of the War on Drugs
Vivitrol…A Potential Wonder Drug to Help Addicts?
Methadone and Counseling by Eliza Player
Woman Arrested for Using Heroin in a Jail Parking Lot
Father Swallows Heroin With Kids in the Car

Florida State Senate $87 Million Cut to Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services

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Are you serious?  The state that is known to have the worst problem with prescription drug abuse, with pill-mills reportedly all over, is proposing a huge cut for…

Feb 15 2012 / Read More »

Educating Physicians About Substance Abuse

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In 2011, a group of doctors pleaded on Capitol Hill that we do something to stop prescription drug abuse.  We have seen this plea before, resulting in crackdowns…

Feb 15 2012 / Read More »

Will Florida’s Crackdown on Pill-Mills Cause a Rise in Heroin Use?

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One sheriff says yes.  According to an article at flaglerlive.com Flagler County Sheriff, Don Fleming, warns that the pill-mill crackdown in Florida will lead to a rise in…

Feb 14 2012 / Read More »

Anesthesiologists Make Up 20% of Drug Addicted MDs

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When I first came upon this article from Ottawa, I wondered if these statistics were merely Canadian statistics.  I dug a little deeper into this story, to find…

Feb 14 2012 / Read More »

Drugs Ordered Online Cause 2 Young Men to Turn Blue

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Two men in Oregon ordered drugs from the internet that they believed to be the designer amphetamine, 2C-E.  Instead, they received a toxic industrial chemical called aniline.  The…

Feb 11 2012 / Read More »
Methadone and Counseling by Eliza Player
DEA Raids 2 CVS Pharmacies in Florida
Presciption Pill Abuse – Mass Senate Takes Aim at Epidemic
Task force urges aggressive action on prescription drug abuse
The War On Drugs Doctor Given 4 Life Sentences For Prescription Drug Trafficking
Educating Physicians About Substance Abuse
Opium Brides: Casualties of the War on Drugs
Should Welfare Recipients Be Drug Tested To Receive Benefits?
Editorial: More States Favoring Drug Court
Celebrities Nikki Sixx, A Celebrity Poster Child for Recovery by Eliza Player
Thinking of Bobbi Kristina by Eliza Player
Doctor Given 4 Life Sentences For Prescription Drug Trafficking
Who Is To Blame For Whitney Houston’s Death? by Eliza Player
The White House Speaks of Whitney Houston

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