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Drug Dangers PSAs Shown in Movie Theaters By Cheryl Steinberg New York State is trying something new when it comes to educating people about the dangers of drug use: it’s releasing Public Service Announcements (PSAs) to be shown in movie theatres across the state. In efforts to... Learn More

‘Anthony’s Act’ Fighting for Addicts Right to 90 Day Rehab [caption id="attachment_14740" align="aligncenter" width="465" class=" "] (This content is being used for illustrative purposes only; any person depicted in the content is a model)[/caption] Author: Justin Mckibben One terrible reality of drug or alcohol addiction is that not everyone... Learn More

Speculations of Drugs in Death of Wayne Static [caption id="attachment_14444" align="aligncenter" width="274" class=" "] Photo Via:www.commons.wikimedia.org/[/caption] Author: Justin Mckibben This weekend the rock and roll world was dealt another tragic loss of a talented and inspiring musician, and sadly with so little known about the detail, his death... Learn More

Experts: Painkillers More Harmful Than Helpful By Cheryl Steinberg The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) has recently issued a warning about taking powerful painkillers to treat pain conditions not associated with cancer conditions. According to the AAN, which issued their new position statement in the... Learn More

Synthetic ‘Cloud 9’ Causing Serious Controversy Author: Justin Mckibben Synthetic drugs have become a considerably relevant issue in recent years, with everything from the drug Kratom to Spice, these chemical cocktails are designed to fly under the radar while being solicited to teens as a quick... Learn More

The Three Deadliest Drugs Just So Happen to Be Legal By Cheryl Steinberg In case you didn’t know, the legalization of certain drugs and the prohibition of others rarely has to do with actual science. So, for example alcohol, tobacco, and prescription drugs are all legal. They are also the... Learn More

Narcan-like Drug for Cocaine Overdose in Development By Cheryl Steinberg Chang-Guo Zhan, who is a pharmaceutical sciences professor in the United Kingdom, is working on the first FDA-approved drugs to treat both cocaine overdose and cocaine addiction. Currently, there is no approved treatment for cocaine overdose, which... Learn More

Deadly Drug Combos: Alcohol and Painkillers Author: Justin Mckibben Drug abuse and addiction is pretty well known as a deadly issue that stands on its own, and it may seem more obvious that mixing different dangerous narcotics can be a serious mistake, but one thing that... Learn More

What it Means to “Step Over Bodies” in Early Recovery Author: Justin Mckibben That more depressing cliché saying you might hear in recovery, whether in the rooms of 12 Step meetings, in rehabs and halfway houses, or even from therapists and sponsors is a little morbid, sometimes effective, and an... Learn More

Rhode Island CVS to Offer Narcan Without A Prescription Author: Justin Mckibben The CVS Pharmacy empire has been around for years providing medications to people across the nation, and they just recently announced that it would offer the opiate ‘antidote’ Narcan without a prescription at all of its 60... Learn More

Addict Logic [caption id="attachment_13426" align="aligncenter" width="378"] wifflegif.com[/caption] Author: Justin Mckibben As a recovering alcoholic and drug addict, it is funny to talk about how insane my logic used to be, and how I could justify so many ridiculous things in my life... Learn More

7 Signs Your Drinking/Drug Use Has Stopped Being Fun looks like fun, huh? By Cheryl Steinberg There’s a difference between recreational use and full-on addiction. Those of us who realize this also know that drinking and using drugs isn’t necessarily fun. Here are 7 signs your drinking/drug use has stopped... Learn More

Drug Dangers PSAs Shown in Movie Theaters

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