Joint Commission Certified...Guilty as Sin?

Addiction Almanac [View as Webpage]( Nov. 2, 2021 | Vol. 9 | No. 12 | Since 2013 [Home](  [Fan Mail]( [WILL SHE DO HARD TIME?]( Woman Accused of Dealing Hard Drugs At Rehab [WATCH]( Oct. 26, 2021 - Sheriff’s Office announced on Tuesday the arrest of a woman who investigators said was dealing opioids at a drug treatment facility. Investigators said Misty Leigh Gilley was selling fentanyl to patients out of the facility, Simply Recovery, and at her home. [more@ClickOrlando]( [IT’S GETTING WORSE]( First Responders Discuss Addiction, Use of Narcan PLEASE [WATCH]( - Oct. 27, 2021 - In 2020, overdose deaths surpassed 93,000 deaths across the country, compared to 72,000 deaths the previous year. Of those deaths in 2019, 70.6% of them involved opioids. [more@KSLA]( [BODIES ON THE SHORE OF DESPAIR]( The New Wave Of Killer Synthetic Drugs Oct. 28, 2021 - 2020 saw a record 93,000 US overdose deaths. We all drank or smoked or ate a little more, so maybe hard drug users also overindulged. But, as Sam Quinones shows in “The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth,” these overdoses are the result of synthetic drugs flooding the market that are cheaper, more potent, and more abundant than ever. [more@BostonGlobe]( [J'Accuse!]( The Joint Commission’s Complicity in the Opioid Crisis Nov. 1, 2011 - Purdue Pharma’s financial support played a critical role in persuading The Joint Commission to develop its initial 2001 pain assessment recommendations. The result was a new vital sign that simply had no business being lumped in with the others. “The real problem with the fifth vital sign ... is it led to very aggressive use of opioids in the hospital setting,” Dr. Andrew Kolodny. [more@AddictionRecoveryeBulletin]( [HE KNOWS WHERE ALL THE BODIES ARE BURIED]( Sam Quinones Foretold the Opioid Crisis, Sounds the Alarm on the Coming Tsunami of Deaths [LISTEN UP]( Oct. 29, 2021 - Quinones’ latest book, “The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth,” is — despite its somewhat upbeat subtitle — an equally distressing read ... He spoke to The Times last week from Nashville, where he now lives, about the current state of addiction, how a new type of meth may explain L.A.’s homeless problem... [more@YahooNews]( [BOOK REVIEW - SIT DOWN TO RISE UP: HOW RADICAL SELF-CARE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD by Shelly Tygielski]( Self-Care Doesn’t Have To Be Selfish Oct. 28, 2021 - Self-care and community care are not in opposition; they’re entwined. “The successful inner journey of me leads towards a collective healing of we,” she writes. It was a lesson she discovered as a single mother dealing with a newly diagnosed health condition. She’d hit a wall and admitted to a few close friends that she couldn’t handle what was on her plate. [more@Time]( [KEPT COMING BACK!]( Kelly Osbourne Filled With ‘Gratitude’ with 5 Months of Sobriety on 37th Birthday Oct. 28, 2021 - The Osbournes alum, who’s been on a social media break since summer, popped on Instagram on Wednesday to share a photo from her birthday festivities. [more@YahooNews]( [FINALLY, GOOD NEWS FROM A PILL]( Cheap Antidepressant Lowers Risk of Covid Hospitalization [WATCH]( Oct. 28, 2021 - The drug might be added to the treatments given to coronavirus patients, and it’s cheap. “A 10-day course of fluvoxamine costs approximately $4.” The drug, sold under the brand name Luvox, is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) most often used to treat obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and depression. [more@CNN]( [BILL W. and DR. BOB HAD TO MEET, YOU CAN CALL]( Online Resources For People Struggling With Addiction Oct. 2021 - One community that has changed since the advent of the Information Age is the recovery community. In 1939 when the first 12 Step program started to formalize its message, the way that recovering people communicated was through letters, phone calls, or the book Alcoholics Anonymous... [more@SingleandSober]( [DON’T TAKE THE FIFTH]( Lawyers, Watch Out for These Five Signs of Addiction! [LISTEN]( - Oct. 26, 2021 - I’m a lawyer who became addicted to prescription opioids, was disbarred and then served 14 months in federal prison for a white-collar crime. Step-by-step, I worked my way through my ordeal. On May 5, 2021, my law license was reinstated by the Supreme Court of the State of New York.[@BloombergLaw]( [SO MUCH SADNESS IN THE WORLD]( Woman Runs NYC Marathon to Honor Deceased Brother Oct. 30, 2021 - Megan Grunlund Wohltjen is a member of a team raising funds for Partnership to End Addiction. Wohltjen grew up in Great Kills with her brother, Samuel Grunlund, who was 27 years old when he fatally overdosed on March 28, 2020, in Delray Beach, Fla. [more@SILive]( [AND SOMETIMES IT DOES]( Duchess of Cambridge Says Addiction Can ‘Happen to Any of Us’ - Oct. 19, 2021 - “Addiction is not a choice. No one chooses to become an addict,” she said. “But it can happen to any one of us. None of us are immune.” Kate, wife of Prince William, stressed that despite addiction’s omnipresence, it is “seldom discussed” as a serious mental health condition in society. [more@CNN]( [MUSIC MAKES A DIFFERENCE]( Remi Wolf’s “Juno” Captures Journey to Sobriety Oct. 27, 2021 - The album includes bold sounds, strong harmonies and thoughtful references. Her song titled, “Anthony Kiedis,” is in direct reference to founding member and lead vocalist of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Other songs name drop actors like Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton. [more@Oracle]( [NOW HIS GOAL IS THE TRUTH]( I Wasn’t Fully Honest With You by Colin Wilson Oct. 25, 2021 - I told myself it wouldn’t make sense, that it wasn’t necessary. But I was lying to myself. The truth is … man, the truth is simple: I was ashamed. Deeply ashamed. I held it close, scared of what people might think of me. The truth is, I was an addict. [more@ThePlayersTribune]( [PAGING DR. SACKLER]( Dentists Still Giving Patients Addictive Painkillers Oct. 21, 2021 - Though most U.S. dentists say non-opioid painkillers effectively manage dental pain, nearly half still prescribe potentially addictive opioid painkillers. [@USNews]( [YOUR DEMISE DELIVERED]( Overdose Deaths at a Historic High, FBI Targets Online Drug Markets - Oct. 26, 2021 - The Joint Criminal Opioid and Darknet Enforcement (JCODE) team, an FBI analyst is examining online marketplaces that have made it possible for users to get potentially deadly drugs delivered! . [more@FBI]( [MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS]( Addiction Expert Joins the Dept. of Psychiatry at NYU Oct. 26, 2021 - Ayana Jordan, MD, PhD, a renowned expert in addiction and other mental health conditions in underserved populations, has joined NYU Langone Health’s Department of Psychiatry. [more@YahooNews]( [ONE GOOD DEED...]( She Lost All Hope, Now She’s Saving Others Oct. 26, 2021 - A childhood of trauma and loss led to unhealthy relationships and a severe substance abuse disorder where she tried everything. Often living on the streets, Hancock went in and out of rehab, but the change never seemed to stick. However, on March 2, 2006, Hancock found hope... [more@Mainstreet-Nashville]( [ME EITHER, BUT HE HAS OVER 110 MILLION YOUTUBE SUBSCRIBERS]( The Tragic Addiction That Changed PewDiePie’s Life Oct. 28, 2021 - After a stunning transformation in the last year, fans began to notice that PewDiePie appeared healthier and happier. While he said at the time that he’d stopped drinking and snacking, the YouTuber didn’t discuss one of the core differences in his life: He’d battled addiction and changed for the better. [more@Looper]( [MALIBU TELL ALL?]( ‘Candid’ Matthew Perry Memoir Coming in 2022 Oct. 29, 2021 - Matthew Perry has turned author: He’s writing a memoir that chronicles his days at “Friends” as well as his struggles with alcohol and prescription medicine. The actor has spoken frankly about his substance abuse. He stayed in rehab twice during the run of the sitcom and said he's forgotten parts of his time on the show. [more@Today]( [MAGICAL HISTORY TOUR]( How the [Young Lords]( Brought the Revolution to Drug Treatment - Oct. 25, 2021 - In front of a wall filled with agitprop posters of Malcolm X, Mao Zedong, and Puerto Rican nationalist Lolita Lebrón, doctors stuck tiny needles into the ears of a woman going through heroin withdrawal ... a [Black Panther]( member who was a trained acupuncturist — and several white doctors who already worked at the hospital, they developed the five-point auricular acupuncture method. [more@Curbed]( [MORE HARM REDUCTION]( Nan Goldin Is No Longer Focused on the Sackler Family Oct. 19, 2021 - “We’re afraid the money will go into policing,” Goldin said. “That money deserves to go to the people that they’ve been harmed and to harm reduction communities.” She cited a case in West Virginia, where the state spent $2 million of its settlement with Purdue to build a police fitness center. [more@FilterMag]( [THE HOOP YOU HAVE TO JUMP THROUGH IS WIDER THAN YOU THINK]( C.D.C. Adds Mental Health Issues To High-Risk Covid List Oct. 28, 2021 - The change, which the agency’s website registered as having occurred on Oct. 14, makes about 85 percent of the adult U.S. population eligible for booster shots. “The door just keeps getting wider and wider,” said Dr. Paul Offit, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and a member of the Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine advisory panel. [more@NYTimes]( [IT’S WHAT WE DO?]( ‘Slap in the face’: Woman Who Lost Son Reacts to Rehab owner Selling Fentanyl [WATCH]( Oct. 27, 2021 - A woman who lost her son to a fentanyl overdose was handing out Narcan to people around Seminole County to prevent an overdose the day after the owner of a rehab center was arrested for selling fentanyl. [more@WFTV]( [THERE IS ALWAYS HELP, SOMEWHERE]( To Help with Family’s Sobriety There Are Many Options [WATCH]( - Oct. 29, 2021 - I spoke with three experts for this story on the topic of addiction. Dr. David Mendez, MD, is an addiction expert with the UCHealth Center for Dependency, Addiction and Rehabilitation (CeDAR) [uchealth.org]. [more@KOAA]( [DELICIOUS SONG AND STORY]( Happy Pill Finds Pop-py Introspection In Songs Born of Sobriety - Oct. 30, 2021 - When it comes to playing music, especially rock and pop, substance abuse and addiction is an occupational hazard. Songwriter Adam Fenton found this out the hard way. Getting high at punk rock shows as a teen led him to a very dark place, and in 2019, Fenton, who’s now 25, entered treatment.[@StarNewsOnline]( [ALL THUMBS. ONLY THUMBS?]( Curb Teen’s Digital Addiction [BETTER WATCH ]( Oct. 29, 2021 - If you’re concerned about teens who seem glued to their phones, well, join the club. But Jimmy Rhoades found ways to help them kick the digital habit.[@YouTube]( [ONLINE this Friday. Over 80 films, 24/7. 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