WEEKEND | July 9-12, 2021 | Vol. 8 | No. 46 | Since 2013
Opioid addiction apps sharing sensitive data with third parties - July 7, 2021 - The report studied 10 opioid treatment apps available on Android: Bicycle Health, Boulder Care, Confidant Health. DynamiCare Health, Kaden Health, Loosid, Pear Reset-O, PursueCare, Sober Grid, and Workit Health. These apps have been installed at least 180,000 times, and received more than $300 million in funding from investment groups and the federal government. more@TechCrunch
Robert Downey Sr., Filmmaker and Provocateur, Is Dead at 85 - July 7, 2021 - “Putney Swope,” a 1969 comedy about a Black man who is accidentally elected chairman of a Madison Avenue advertising agency, was perhaps Mr. Downey’s best-known film. “To be as precise as is possible about such a movie,” Vincent Canby wrote in a rave review in The New York Times, “it is funny, sophomoric, brilliant, obscene, disjointed, marvelous, unintelligible and relevant.” more@NYTimes
Conservatorship: Mental Health Care’s Last Resort
June 29, 2021 - In Britney Spears’s testimony last week she said, she had been financially exploited, forced to take lithium and prevented from removing her birth control device — was to many a shocking revelation, for others, though, the reaction was one of recognition. more@NYTimes
My Sister Died of an Overdose. Defunding the Police Might Have Saved Her!
June 28, 2021 - My little sister Keeley died of a heroin and fentanyl overdose in February 2020, just as the pandemic was beginning to descend on the United States. Keeley was the mother of a young child. She was pregnant. She was 29 years old. more@TruthOut
U.S. sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson out of event at Tokyo Olympics after failing drug test
July 2, 2021 - The 21-year-old standout, who was expected to contend for a gold medal, tested positive for marijuana at the U.S. Olympic Trials in June. On Friday, Richardson accepted a 1 month ban, retroactive to June 28, for failing the test. @YAHOO Sports
Law mandates social media influencers disclose photo editing - JULY 1, 2021 -Editing photos plays into “social insecurity, bad conscience, low self-esteem” and “contributes to body pressure,” the Norwegian Ministry of Children and Family said. The law aims to put particular emphasis on how women are portrayed in society and how it contributes to insecurities. more@TheHill
My Lonely Quest to Change How We See Addiction
by Stanton Peele
June 9, 2021 - "Peele has created a very different kind of addiction book—a memoir of his tumultuous career in the addiction field interwoven with his personal life story. “Stanton is a true pioneer of addiction research and theory. His ideas must be reckoned with by anyone who is serious about understanding addiction.”
— Maia Szalavitz, Author more@Amazon
Post-Pandemic Stress is Real
June 30, 2021 - “It’s not like somebody put a period on the sentence, and we’re done with this pandemic. We really don’t know what’s ahead,” said stress management expert Dr. Cynthia Ackrill, an editor for the magazine Contentment... more@CNN
THE AGE OF SUPERABUNDANCE
June 19, 2020 - Technological change is vastly outpacing our species’ ability to adapt to an endless barrage of stimuli. This discrepancy in modulation has exploded our levels of teen depression and social chaos. Accelerating every day, hoping the fuselage holds together as we approach the sound barrier. more@ProfGalloway
MÖTLEY CRÜE’s NIKKI SIXX Celebrates 20 Years of Sobriety - July 2, 2021 - The 62-year-old MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist credited his mental tenacity with helping him live his life without drugs or alcohol. “Some people will try and kick you in the nuts, steal your money, stab you in the back, guaranteed to let you down, sabotage yer life, not believe in you and gossip that you’ll never make a day without drugs or alcohol. more@Blabbermouth
Andy Dick Arrested With a Deadly Weapon WATCH
June 29, 2021 - The L.A. Police Department said on Tuesday, June 29, that the 55-year-old star was taken into custody on Saturday at about 4:45 p.m. PT on North Mansfield Ave. in Hollywood. He was arrest for felony assault with a deadly weapon. Dick was released from jail on Tuesday after posting the $50,000 bond. more@USMagazine
The War on Drugs Comes to the Doctor's Office
June 30, 2021 - Joshi prescribed Ashley buprenorphine ... Untreated mental health conditions can play a role in drug addiction that is often overlooked, so Joshi set Ashley up with a psychologist through a telehealth service. more@TruthOut
Danny Trejo opens up about being typecast — and close call with the Mexican Mafia
JUNE 29, 2021 - Trejo got his break in the business after visiting a film shoot in 1985 to help... more@LATimes
Sobriety Challenges: ‘To Say It’s Been Easy Would Be a Lie’ WATCH - June 30, 2021 - She shared a candid video about her struggles. Cheryl Burke shared some details about the sobriety challenges she’s experiencing these days. In particular, a recent vacation in Hawaii brought up a lot of triggers for her, the Dancing With the Stars pro explained in a YouTube video. more@Self
‘Choose to live’: Dan Carden’s emotional speech about alcohol addiction WATCH
July 1, 2021 - An MP has fought back tears as he revealed his alcohol addiction twice nearly killed him amid the pressure of trying to hide his sexuality. “It took me a long time to admit that I was struggling with my mental health and alcohol addiction – actually it took repeated interventions from the people who really loved me,”... more@TheGuardian
‘Stay in the soul’: treatment program a lifeline for men
June 29, 2021 - The spiked gold collar around therapy dog Pepper’s neck is the shiniest thing in sight in the meeting hall at Soul’s Harbor on a muggy Wednesday night in May. The shelter for homeless men with substance abuse issues shows its age, but that matters not a whit to the 60-odd men seated on a hodgepodge of chairs in the concrete building. more@DallasNews
This rabbi was addicted to opioids
June 29, 2021 - To Perice, breaking down the stigma associated with addiction and potentially inspiring someone to get help was worth the risk. And perhaps most important, letting his congregation in on this part of his past is vital to how he views his role as a rabbi. more@JTA
Opioid crisis is the setting of thriller ‘Crisis,’ a sober look at the drug epidemic
June 30, 2021 - And it can affect a grieving mother and recovering addict (Evangeline Lilly) who becomes a self-styled vigilante/private detective in an effort to find out who is ultimately responsible for the death of her seemingly strait-laced son. more@NOLA
The Duchess of Cambridge becomes patron of addiction recovery charity - June 24, 2021 - The charity empowers people to break the cycles of addiction or crime to move forward with their lives. Action on Addiction, one of Kate’s first ever patronages, merged with The Forward Trust in May to meet the increased demand for help during the Covid-19 crisis... more@YahooNews
Couple’s YouTube channel helps addicts with recovery WATCH - June 28, 2021 - “Hey, guys, welcome back to Choosing Recovery. I’m Olivia. I’m Scotty.” Those few words have become a source of strength and solace for many. “I’m so glad you're able to join me today. This was such a blessing.” @WWNYTV
Why Aren’t More People Taking Medication for Alcohol Use Disorder? - June 30, 2021 - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved four medications for treating alcohol use disorder (AUD) since 1949, but they are rarely prescribed or used. more@VeryWellHealth
The WHO alcohol-pregnancy warning for childbearing women overlooks men, as usual WATCH
June 21, 2021 - The recommendation was met with immediate backlash after it was released on June 15. “It is extremely disturbing to see the World Health Organization risk hard-won women’s rights by attempting to control their bodies and choices in this way,”...
Man pursues dual passions: Restoring cars and helping people in recovery
June 30, 2021 - “He’s been like a father to me,” the 29-year-old Portsmouth native said. “If it weren’t for him, I’d be dead. The lifestyle I was leading, there’s no doubt I’d be dead, guaranteed. I didn’t even know sober living existed until I met him.” more@Dispatch
All-Star Pitcher CC Sabathia Reckons with the Toll of Alcoholism - July 2, 2021 - Sabathia earned a $1.3 million signing bonus as a first-draft pick for the Cleveland Indians in 1998, but he didn’t know how to take care of himself. Scouts with radar guns started coming when Mr. Sabathia was a high-school freshman. more@WSJ
Rhode Island first state to pilot safe drug injection sites
July 1, 2021 - Rhode Island may become the first state to authorize so-called harm reduction centers where people dealing with addiction can take heroin and other illegal drugs under the supervision of medical professionals. more@WPRI
Cheryl Burke reveals she attended her first AA meeting more than two years after becoming sober WATCH
July 2, 2021 - Dancing With the Stars’ Cheryl Burke is struggling with her sobriety and ‘confessed’ that she ‘feels like drinking again’ in a revealing new YouTube video. The 37-year-old feels it is empowering to be able to ‘confess’ the challenges of staying sober and told GMA that she wanted to speak out before ‘God forbid I relapse.’ more@DailyMail
Paramedics answer more than 70 non-fatal overdoses in two days - July 2, 2021 - Toronto paramedics have seen a major spike in opioid-related overdose calls in the last two days. On Wednesday, June 30, they attended 41 suspected non-fatal OD calls. more@Toronto
BRIBERY SOUNDS SO QUAINT
Two Treatment Providers Charged
July 3, 2021 - Two Philadelphia addiction treatment providers face criminal charges for allegedly bribing recovery homes for referrals and forcing patients into substandard care.
IS NO PLACE SAFE?
Eleven overdose at Florida Behavioral Health center
July 3, 2021 - Eleven people, two adults and nine juveniles, were taken to a hospital Sunday following overdoses at a behavioral center near Orlando, officials said.
Orange County Fire Rescue said paramedics responded to a call about a girl possibly overdosing Sunday night...more@Orlando