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Deadly Overdoses Increased in 2020

Federal Guidelines Increasing Access to Suboxone

Stimulus Check Brought a Round of Relapses

MHA Nation Rehab Program in North Dakota Boasts 90% Success Rate

Kansas Treatment Owner Indicted for Drug Trafficking

Osceola County Florida Gives Seized Cash To Treatment Programs

Helping the Children of Addicted Persons This Season

New York Expands Mobile Treatment

Iso, a Dangerous New Synthetic Opioid Causing OD’s

North Dakota Treatment Funds Run Dry

Fentanyl Overdoses Common During COVID-19

Mental Health, Addiction Services Struggle To Stay Open

Benzos and Psychiatric Patients

Medication-Assisted Treatment Adjusts to COVID-19

Man Walks Across Mississippi for Meth Addiction Awareness

People With Eating Disorders Often Addicted to Exercise

NYC Treatment Dr. Accused of Prescribing Ketamine, Abusing Addicted

Benefactors Sponsor Sober Home Stays in NH

Options for Quitting Vaping

Alcohol Deaths Climb in England After Tax Decrease

The Benefits of Home Detox

Rehabs That Allow Smoking – A Necessary Component of Harm Reduction

Purdue Pharma Lawsuit Settlements Will Be Monumental

Buprenorphine is Under-Prescribed Due to Hurdles, Mistrust

Addiction Epidemic Fueled By Opioid Prescriptions

There is a Gene That Predicts Marijuana Addiction

Days After Landmark Settlement, Insys Files Bankruptcy

Is Compulsive Video Game Playing a Disorder?

Insys Found Guilty of Criminal Charges: Now What?

Can Vaping E-cigarettes Cause Seizures?

PA Treatment Network Accused of Fraud Conspiracy

People in Recovery Often Have Serious Diseases

Addiction Counselor Creates App To Save Lives

FDA Accuses Opioid Distributor of Shipping Illegitimate Products

Benzodiazepines: The Silent Addiction Epidemic

Scientists Are Building a “Library” of Street Drugs Like K2 and Spice

Virginia Police Partner with Peer Recovery Specialists

Resources for Recovery During the Holidays

Recovery Coaches Work to Fill Treatment Gaps

Prison Medication-Assisted Treatment Program Leads to 60% Decrease in OD’s

Amphetamine-Related Hospitalizations Jumped 245% in 7 Years

MATADOR Jail-Based Treatment Gains National Recognition

New Trend? Street “Xanax” Pills Contain Synthetic Cannabinoid

Meth is Becoming a Crisis in America, Too

FDA Takes Action Against E-Cigarette Vaping “Epidemic”

In UT, “Parents with Children Program” Helps Addicted Keep Kids

Patient Brokering to Become Criminalized in Illinois

Philadelphia Creates 24-Hour “Treatment Center”

Narcan Inventor: “This is a crisis of absolutely epidemic proportions”

In Nations Capital, Over 250 K2 Overdoses in 10 Days

Is This Study the Key to Understanding Alcohol Addiction?

NY Judge Upholds Opioid Lawsuit Judgement

What is the Alternatives to Opioids Law?

Boston Sober Home Owner Faces 28 Criminal Charges

Pharma Companies Wined and Dined Doctors for More Sales

Google Quietly Adds Tools to Help Fight Addiction

Poisoned Fake Pot Has Killed 3, Sickened 112

Surgeon General Urges People to Carry Naloxone

KD/Katie: Concoction Made of Bug Spray is Dangerous and Deadly

Trump’s New Opioid Plan Includes Research for Vaccines

Testing Overdose Victims for Designer Drugs Would Save Lives

Family First Prevention Services Act Funds Help for Vulnerable Families

“JUULing” is the New Smoking for Teens: What You Need to Know

Dangerous “Street Benzos”: Flubromazolam and Etizolam

Fentanyl Often Arrives in US via Regular Mail Service

In Florida, Angel’s Recovery Co-Founders Found Guilty

Unlicensed Addiction Work Camps Accused of Food Stamp Fraud

Doctors’ Scam Ignored Urinalysis, Endangered Lives

Vivitrol Proves Effective For Long-Term Opioid Cravings

NIMBY: In VA, Recovery Housing Battles Community Backlash

Medication Assisted Treatment Works, Says FDA

Sober Dorms Give College Students Community

Record Amount of Fentanyl Entering US

Charle St: Powerful Drug Rehab in Costa Mesa, California

CARES: NJ’s Community Approach to Help Addicted

Luxury Treatment Center Problems Highlight Need for Regulations

Trump Administration Stalls on Opioid Commission’s Call to Action

Addiction Commission Issues Recommendations to Combat Opioid Epidemic

Gray Death: Deadly Cocktail Drug Hits US Streets

Acryl Fentanyl: New Street Drug Deadlier than Predecessors

Addiction Services Vary Greatly Based on Location

Fake Recovery Housing is a Nationwide Problem

Pain Management Research Shows Opioids Don’t Necessarily Help

States Declare Opioid Addiction a State of Emergency

WV Votes to Use Opioid Lawsuit Money on Treatment Beds

New Drug Commission Announced At Opioid Crisis Listening Session

AA Meetings Santa Monica: Too Many To Count

Fatal Opioid OD’s Increased 30 Percent When Using Anti-Anxiety Drugs

Sober Home Scandals Shine National Spotlight on Regulation Needs

Palm Beach Task Force Raids More Sober Home Owners

Gay and LGBTQA Friendly AA Meetings in Orange County, CA

Naloxone Auto Injecter Price Has Increased 680% in 3 Years

Dog on the Roof – Militant Alcoholics Anonymous Group in Anaheim, CA

Dr.’s Criminal Background Illustrates Florida’s Lax Treatment Regulations

The City of Orange Alcoholics Anonymous Has the Right Meeting for Just About Anybody

2017: New State Laws Enacted to Curb Addiction, Overdose Deaths

AMB-FUBINICA: Dangerous Drug Marketed as Synthetic Marijuana

AA Meetings Orange County, CA – Anaheim

The Importance of Outreach Calls

Costa Mesa Detox Center’s Future in Jeopardy After Inpatient Death

Surgeon General Issues Call to Action on Addiction

White House Aims to Enforce Mental Health Parity Laws

Addiction and Children: Kids Need Help, Too

New Synthetic Opioid “Pink” Has Already Killed 80 People Nationwide

Major Insurer Removes Pre-Authorization for Lifesaving Addiction Drugs

Kratom: A “Magic Pill” to Cure Addiction?

Communities are Using Narcan to Fight Overdose Deaths

The Pacific Group of AA in Southern California and Clancy Imislund

LA and Orange County AA Meeting Locators

Health Net and Others Aim at Stomping Out ACA Fraud and Abuse