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How Long Does it Take To Rewire Your Brain From Addiction?
- March 06, 2024
Chronic drug and alcohol use severely impacts the brain not just during the using episode – but for long after. Drugs impact how we feel and function and our ability to sustain recovery. When individuals stop using drugs, the brain doesn’t immediately recover. So, how long does it take to rewire your brain from addiction? ...
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Chronic drug and alcohol use severely impacts the brain not just during the using episode – but for long after. Drugs impact how we feel and function and our ability to sustain recovery. When individuals stop using drugs, the brain doesn’t immediately recover. So, how long does it take to rewire your brain from addiction? ...
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Report finds fentanyl leading cause of overdose deaths, doubling annually
- December 12, 2018
Fentanyl is still king of killers when it comes to drug overdoses in the United States, but another drug is combined with it in 70 percent of deadly overdoses. U.S. federal data show that overdose deaths caused by fentanyl have almost doubled every year from 2013 to 2016 and that fentanyl combined – knowingly or ...
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Fentanyl is still king of killers when it comes to drug overdoses in the United States, but another drug is combined with it in 70 percent of deadly overdoses. U.S. federal data show that overdose deaths caused by fentanyl have almost doubled every year from 2013 to 2016 and that fentanyl combined – knowingly or ...
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DEA agent charged with helping cartel in Chicago
- December 11, 2018
Fernando Gomez, a former Evanston, Ill., cop and current agent for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, was arrested at the DEA office where he worked on Tuesday morning, charged with conspiracy to smuggle both guns and drugs. Gomez, age 41, deliberately joined the DEA from the Evanston police force to work clandestinely with a Puerto ...
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Fernando Gomez, a former Evanston, Ill., cop and current agent for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, was arrested at the DEA office where he worked on Tuesday morning, charged with conspiracy to smuggle both guns and drugs. Gomez, age 41, deliberately joined the DEA from the Evanston police force to work clandestinely with a Puerto ...
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Investigators look at price fixing for 300 generic drugs
- December 10, 2018
Investigators following up on a lawsuit that began in 2016 are now looking into allegations that 16 pharmaceutical companies conspired to fix the prices of generic drugs. The brouhaha started with an antitrust lawsuit two years ago filed by several U.S. states, including Connecticut over just two drugs. Allegations in the expanding investigation include the ...
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Investigators following up on a lawsuit that began in 2016 are now looking into allegations that 16 pharmaceutical companies conspired to fix the prices of generic drugs. The brouhaha started with an antitrust lawsuit two years ago filed by several U.S. states, including Connecticut over just two drugs. Allegations in the expanding investigation include the ...
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RAND Study recommends implementing prescription heroin sites in U.S.
- December 06, 2018
Santa Monica think-tank Rand Corp. published a study this week saying that supervised heroin injection sites where addicts shoot up under supervision and the use of heroin in treatment could help stem the tide of opioid addiction and overdoses in the United States. So-called HAT, or “heroin-assisted treatment,” and carefully supervised sites similar to those ...
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Santa Monica think-tank Rand Corp. published a study this week saying that supervised heroin injection sites where addicts shoot up under supervision and the use of heroin in treatment could help stem the tide of opioid addiction and overdoses in the United States. So-called HAT, or “heroin-assisted treatment,” and carefully supervised sites similar to those ...
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Over 84 Italian mob members arrested in European cocaine bust
- December 06, 2018
Police in four different European countries arrested 84 people this week in a coordinated crackdown on the Italian mafia, which has been involved in global cocaine smuggling. Those arrested, authorities said, are tied to the ‘Ndrangheta mob, based in Calabria, in the toe of the Italian boot. Experts say it is a far more powerful ...
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Police in four different European countries arrested 84 people this week in a coordinated crackdown on the Italian mafia, which has been involved in global cocaine smuggling. Those arrested, authorities said, are tied to the ‘Ndrangheta mob, based in Calabria, in the toe of the Italian boot. Experts say it is a far more powerful ...
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Dennis Quaid admits to using 2 grams of cocaine daily in the past
- December 04, 2018
Actor Dennis Quaid said in a media interview that he used two grams of cocaine every day during the 1980s. Quaid, 64, told The Sunday Times newspaper the story, saying he used the drug every day and then drink alcohol afterward to moderate the effects. Then he had what he calls a “white-light” experience, where ...
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Actor Dennis Quaid said in a media interview that he used two grams of cocaine every day during the 1980s. Quaid, 64, told The Sunday Times newspaper the story, saying he used the drug every day and then drink alcohol afterward to moderate the effects. Then he had what he calls a “white-light” experience, where ...
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JAMA study warns of dangerous opioid Dental prescriptions for young people
- December 03, 2018
A new study warns that opioid painkillers prescribed by dentists – particularly after young people have their wisdom teeth removed – can lead to drug addiction and abuse. The study was published Dec. 3 in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine. It notes that dentists haven’t received the level of public scrutiny or opprobrium that other ...
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A new study warns that opioid painkillers prescribed by dentists – particularly after young people have their wisdom teeth removed – can lead to drug addiction and abuse. The study was published Dec. 3 in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine. It notes that dentists haven’t received the level of public scrutiny or opprobrium that other ...
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$50 million donated by Bloomberg Charities to help fight the opioid crisis
- November 30, 2018
Bloomberg Philanthropies has pledged $50 million to assist ten states battling the ongoing epidemic of opioid addiction in the country. Multi-billionaire Michael Bloomberg, a former mayor of New York City, who set up the philanthropy, broke the news of the donation on Nov. 30, saying the money will be spent over three years. In making ...
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Bloomberg Philanthropies has pledged $50 million to assist ten states battling the ongoing epidemic of opioid addiction in the country. Multi-billionaire Michael Bloomberg, a former mayor of New York City, who set up the philanthropy, broke the news of the donation on Nov. 30, saying the money will be spent over three years. In making ...
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16 U.S. postal workers busted in Atlanta for delivering drugs
- November 29, 2018
Authorities sentenced sixteen United States Postal Service workers to federal prison for their roles in delivering drugs while carrying mail in the Atlanta area. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia, the postal carriers distributed cocaine in packages of about two kilograms in return for bribes from drug dealers that ...
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Authorities sentenced sixteen United States Postal Service workers to federal prison for their roles in delivering drugs while carrying mail in the Atlanta area. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia, the postal carriers distributed cocaine in packages of about two kilograms in return for bribes from drug dealers that ...
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