Addiction in the Media

President Obama Issues Memorandum to Combat Opioid Epidemic Author: Shernide Delva President Obama is continuing his efforts to combat the growing opioid epidemic. Just this week, Obama issued a memorandum designed to combat the opioid epidemic in the forms of prescription drug abuse and heroin use. The goal... Learn More

Fighting For Compassion Over Stigma of Addiction [caption id="attachment_18071" align="aligncenter" width="416"] (This content is being used for illustrative purposes only; any person depicted in the content is a model)[/caption] Author: Justin Mckibben Led by the grassroots organization Families for Sensible Drug Policy there has swelled up from... Learn More

Do Depression and Burnout Symptoms Overlap? [caption id="attachment_18058" align="aligncenter" width="426"] (This content is being used for illustrative purposes only; any person depicted in the content is a model)[/caption] Author: Shernide Delva If you’re one of the 70% of Americans who hate their job, you probably are... Learn More

Bernie Sanders Rejects $2700 Donation From CEO Who Raised Drug Price [caption id="attachment_18038" align="aligncenter" width="343"] (This content is being used for illustrative purposes only; any person depicted in the content is a model)[/caption] Author: Shernide Delva Back in September, there was an article about Martin Shkreli, the 32 year old founder... Learn More

Childhood Brain Injuries Linked to Adult Alcohol Abuse in Women Author: Shernide Delva Growing up, maybe you were athletic or maybe, like me, you were just plain clumsy. Either way, if you suffered a concussive bump on the head as a child, you could be at a higher risk to... Learn More

Would Lowering the Drinking Age Increase High School Dropout Rates? [caption id="attachment_17889" align="aligncenter" width="426"] (This content is being used for illustrative purposes only; any person depicted in the content is a model)[/caption] Author: Shernide Delva Could lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18 lead to increasing the high school... Learn More

Thailand’s “Vomit Temple” Offers Free Treatment for Drug Addicts Author: Shernide Delva There’s a temple called Wat Thamkrabok in Thailand that operates as a no-cost drug rehabilitation center. The temple, run by Buddhist monks, has garnered the name “Vomit Temple” and it’s not for the faint of heat. Every... Learn More

How Improv Can Transform Your Life after Recovery [caption id="attachment_17833" align="aligncenter" width="471"] Cody Withrow, co-founder of I Am Improv, performing on stage.[/caption] Author: Shernide Delva For many of us, the idea of stepping onstage and being asked to perform without a script sounds terribly frightening. However, as an... Learn More

Oli Sykes of Bring Me the Horizon on Recovering From Addiction Author: Justin Mckibben Music has power, to some of us it is the heartbeat and life-blood of our lives. Music is the diverse and intrinsic translation of the world we love into a variety of voices and tempos that decorate,... Learn More

Why Some Keep Smoking Cigarettes after the First Try and Others Don’t Author: Shernide Delva There’s a new study that explains why people continue to smoke cigarettes after their first try. As a non-smoker, this researched sparked my interest. I've been known to ask my friends that smoke why they picked up... Learn More

No Prescription Required: CVS Expands Access to Naloxone Author: Shernide Delva CVS is stepping up to reduce the staggering number of opioid related deaths by making the anti-overdose drug Naloxone (or Narcan) easily accessible. We’ve talked how theirs a push to put the drug in the hands of... Learn More

Sports Are Shifting Our Perception of Mental Illness [caption id="attachment_17636" align="aligncenter" width="442"] (This content is being used for illustrative purposes only; any person depicted in the content is a model)[/caption] News outlets around the world are buzzing away about Australian Football League (AFL) star Lance “Buddy” Franklin. Arguably... Learn More

President Obama Issues Memorandum to Combat Opioid Epidemic

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