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Invisible People TV

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 20:19:39 -0400

I lost track of how I stumbled on this website. It appears to be one man's effort to tell the stories of people who find themselves homeless in America. The title of the website comes from a story…

Branding Bud

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:19:54 -0400

Thom, the ever present connoisseur of branding and marketing, came across the below web page displaying a variety of ideas on how to market marijuana, were it to become a legal money making…

Similarities found between drug seeking and food seeking behaviors

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:38:18 -0400

Obese people and drug addicts may have something in common.

A new University of Buffalo study found obese people's eating habits are similar to a drug addicts' patterns.

When researchers gave snacks…

S.I.P. vs. GULP

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:51:14 -0400

Remember the story about a homeless alcoholic in Reno who racked up hundreds of thousands of dollars in trips to the emergency room, ambulance rides and contact with the the criminal justice system?…

War, while on drugs

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:03:16 -0400

The below URL will take you to a blog with a little history lesson in the Wars on Drugs. Not the one you're thinking about but rather the part drug taking took in some military excursions. The topic…

Methadone in Malaysia

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:15:50 -0400

Below is an interesting story on methadone treatment in Malaysia. From the U.S. Dept. of State Website: "Malaysian legislation provides for a mandatory death penalty for convicted drug traffickers. …

An Irrelevant Argument

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 08:09:20 -0400

There's nothing new in this New York Times article. The only controversial issue reported seems to be the "potency" topic. I know the pro-legalization advocates claim a more potent marijuana is not…

Addiction Medicine Needs Influx of Doctors

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:56:04 -0400

Many of us have probably heard of the ASAM (American Society of Addiction Medicine) but this is a newly formed Board (2007). They saw that there was a desperate need for more doctors of different…

Pregnancy, ETOH and the EU

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:59:45 -0400

I'm posting all this not that I think many or even any of you can get to the below described conference but I think its good to know what our EU neighbors are doing. I also found the statistics for…

LGBT Tx in VT

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:34:21 -0400

This is great to hear. I LOVE Vermont!

Bennington Banner, Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:15 PM PDT
Retreat offering new LGBT treatment option http://www.benningtonbanner.com/ci_12750794?source=rss_viewed
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Incarceration Generation

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:36:39 -0400

"Among those born in 1990, one in four black children, compared with one in 25 white children, had a father in prison by age 14. Risk is concentrated among black children whose parents are…

Militia go door to door selling Recovery in China

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:32:45 -0400

This is a very interesting feature on how one community in a remote area of China just outside the infamous drug producing "Golden Triangle", developed an unusual addiction recovery plan for a large…

Peter Pan Syndrome

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:58:57 -0400

There's a saying in 12-step groups "It's not for those who need it but for those who want it." Perhaps that message is most true for young adults ages 18 to 25.

I've been running a group for parents…

Bi-polar and Schizophrenia Believed to Be Biologically Related

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:19:38 -0400

I wonder if this is moving along the lines of a spectrum disorder such as Asperbers in regard to Autisim. Now we have Bi-polar II and Bi-polar perhaps at one end with schizo-affective and…

One stop shopping...

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:26:06 -0400

Is this a matter of Scottish frugality, making mental health care more accessible or just a bad idea?

What I enjoyed most about this story were the comments following it. Be sure to scroll down to…

Black box warning for Zyban

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:16:09 -0400

Psych Central, Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:20 AM PDT

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that it is requiring manufacturers to put a Boxed Warning on the prescribing information for the…

Drug use is Health Concern in Portugal: What a concept!

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:11:14 -0400

Run for Recovery

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:09:08 -0400

I think we've all known that exercise is a great way to relieve stress and stay sober but it's nice to see someone in Recovery actually organizing a group and business around it. Perhaps it's time…

Sober and Still Serving

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:14:39 -0400

Below is an excerpt from today's (6-24-09) NY Times "Dining and Wine" section. It's a story I haven't seen anywhere else before and sorely needed. Kudos to Kim Severson, the author, for tackling a…

Heroin kills on Long Island NY

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:29:48 -0400

This is some very powerful stuff including a video of a mom speaking out about losing her daughter to heroin.
Newsday
Across Long Island, thousands of people, some barely in their teens, are…