Tulalip community celebrates ‘wellbriety’
The celebration of sobriety, or wellbriety, has occurred every so often amongst the local recovery community at Tulalip for years.
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Kevin
Oct 3, 20181 min read
Ever hear of Veterans Treatment Court?
Watch these short stories from Harnett County. Good work CAN help transform lives. Release of video of the Harnett County Veterans...
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Kevin
Jul 16, 20181 min read
Drug Courts on the Front Lines In War on Opioids
Written by Bill Schiffner, Contributing Editor Courts Today Magazine June / July 2018 Pages 26-28, 32 New hi-tech solutions on display...
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Kevin
May 5, 20183 min read
ADDICTION REHAB IS BROKEN. CAN TECHNOLOGY FIX IT?
Written by Zachary Siegel Published on WIRED l BackChannel l 04.01.18 My time in rehab for an opioid addiction left me humiliated and...
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Kevin
May 1, 20182 min read
May is Mental Health Month!
Mental health is essential to everyone’s overall health and well-being, and mental illnesses are common and treatable. So much of what we...
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Kevin
Apr 25, 20182 min read
Here's What Really Happens to Your Brain When You Drink Too Much Alcohol
Written by AMANDA MACMILLAN Health l April 24, 2018 Some of the effects, like slurred speech and loss of balance, can be very obvious....
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Kevin
Apr 23, 20182 min read
RecoveryTrek Announces Launch of Faces & Voices of Recovery Data Platform – (RDP)
Many have observed the power of a story of personal recovery from substance use disorder, but it can be difficult for organizations to...
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Kevin
Apr 19, 20182 min read
Addiction experts have new tools, tough challenges
Written by Rich Lord Pittsburgh Post-Gazette April 15, 2018 [ASAM: 49TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE: Innovations in Addiction Medicine & Science]...
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Kevin
Apr 5, 20182 min read
RecoveryTrek has grown from a small home-based business to a national firm
Written by Sandra J. Pennecke Photo by Eric Lushner March 26, 2018 Helping people get back to work From a spare room in his home in 2011,...
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Kevin
Mar 21, 20181 min read
[VIDEO]: A NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBE IS USING TRADITIONAL CULTURE TO FIGHT ADDICTION
By Zeke Spector, March 15, 2018 [Vice News] A year and half ago, Gabe Stewart stood in tribal court pleading guilty to felony charges...
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Kevin
Mar 20, 20181 min read
Native American Communities Need Help with Opioid Crisis: Senator Fights for More Funding
Written by Victoria Kim, March 20, 2018 [The Fix] According to the CDC, Native Americans had the highest overdose death rate of any race...
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Kevin
Mar 13, 20181 min read
Senate bill seeks to increase number of opioid treatment professionals
By Dave Kovaleski, March 13, 2018 [Life Science Daily] New legislation recently introduced in the U.S. Senate seeks to bolster the number...
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Kevin
Mar 7, 20181 min read
CDC REPORT: 30% rise in ER visits for opioid overdoses
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Vital Signs Report: 03/06/2018 Overview Emergency department (ED) visits for opioid* overdoses...
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Kevin
Mar 6, 20181 min read
Is Marijuana Legalization Tied To An Increase In Pedestrian Deaths?
By Kelly Burch, 03/02/18 [The Fix, thefix. com] States where the adult use of marijuana was legalized had an uptick in pedestrian traffic...
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Kevin
Mar 5, 20183 min read
WHO KNEW? THE SECRETIVE FAMILY MAKING BILLIONS FROM THE OPIOID CRISIS
WRITTEN BY CHRISTOPHER GLAZEK, OCTOBER 16, 2017 [Esquire Magazine - esquire. com] You’re aware America is under siege, fighting an opioid...
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Kevin
Mar 3, 20181 min read
Learn to love your brain during Brain Awareness Month
March 2, 2018 [Southern Illinois University News - news.siu . edu] CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Your brain is essential to everything you do, and...
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Kevin
Mar 3, 20182 min read
iTeam investigation prompts change in approach to purchasing gift cards for drug court
Written by KALLIE CART, Thursday, March 1st 2018 [Charleston, WV - WVAH Eyewitness News Website: wvah .com] CHARLESTON, WV. (WCHS/WVAH)...
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Kevin
Feb 28, 20181 min read
F.D.A. to Expand Medication-Assisted Therapy for Opioid Addicts
By SHEILA KAPLAN, FEBRUARY 25, 2018 The New York Times In an effort to encourage new treatments for opioid addiction, the Food and Drug...
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Kevin
Feb 27, 20182 min read
A Nasal Spray That Shoots Nanosized Opioids to the Brain May Help People Avoid Addiction
Written by Ed Cara, February 02, 2018 [Gizmodo] As doctors and scientists struggle to turn the tide of the opioid crisis, which killed...
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Kevin
Feb 26, 20181 min read
Five major psychiatric disorders have overlapping patterns of genetic activity, new study shows
By Amy Ellis Nutt, February 8, 2018 [The Washington Post] Certain patterns of genetic activity appear to be common among five distinct...
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