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She was trapped in a 'vicious cycle' of addiction, alcoholism. Her recovery story offers hope to others | CBC News

Tara Johansson says she was stuck in a “vicious cycle” of alcoholism and addiction for years. Now, she’s helping others seek recovery in Thunder Bay, which has the highest opioid-related death rate in Ontario. She shared her story with CBC Thunder Bay, and is calling for more support to help others going through similar challenges.

CBC News - 19 minutes ago

£232m cocaine haul hidden in banana shipment at UK port

Daily Express - 44 minutes ago

A Federal Policy Is Complicating How Organizations Battle the Opioid Crisis

Kaiser Health News - 50 minutes ago

More women than men seeking help for crack cocaine addiction at national centre, report finds

Alcohol remains the most common substance for which people seek treatment from the Coolmine Therapeutic Community

Irish Times - 2 hours ago

Hemp ban that could kill Louisiana's THC drink industry delayed by U.S. Senate vote

The Advocate - 14 hours ago

THC drug eliminated nightmares for over a third of PTSD patients in German trial

Stars and Stripes - 18 hours ago

8/9: Sunday Morning

Hosted by Seth Doane. Featured: Saving a candlepin bowling alley; THC tests jeopardize young mothers; writer Gay Talese; actor Tim Curry; protecting the habitat of Venus fly traps; and the world's largest truck stop.

CBS News - 21 hours ago

Can ‘magic mushrooms’ help treat cocaine dependence?

Psychedelic-assisted therapy could open a new path for treating cocaine use disorder, which has no approved medications yet

Scientific American - 22 hours ago

Budget Battle Erupts in Nation's Capital Over Opioid Settlement Money

Kaiser Health News - 4 days ago

Parker's cocaine ban caused by 'contamination from nutritionist'

Independent UK - 4 days ago

Vancouver OKs nearly $5M contract with Cowlitz Indian Tribe for mobile opioid treatment program

The Columbian - 5 days ago

Liberia sacks officials after record cocaine busts worth $336 million

The drug busts have intensified scrutiny of Liberia's narcotics problem, with social media users, political commentators and local media calling for greater accountability from public officials and swift progress in the investigation.

Euronews - 7 days ago

Opioid deaths are down but emergency calls are spiking. Inside the mystery leaving Ontario paramedics ‘flying blind’

Toronto Star - 8 days ago

Nigel Farage Funder George Cottrell's Accountant Co-Invested With Russia-Linked Indicted Cocaine Trafficker

Byline Times - 8 days ago

Authorities burn cocaine worth $336 million in large drug bust

Independent UK - 11 days ago

Pharmacist convicted of illegally distributing 300,000 oxycodone pills in South Florida

Orlando Sentinel - 19 days ago

Payback: Tracking the Opioid Settlement Cash

Kaiser Health News - 1 month ago

Grandmother arrested over £1m cocaine hidden in plantain peels

Evening Standard - 1 month ago

Coast Guard seizes 8,000 pounds of cocaine and offloads it in Florida

Tampa Bay Times - 2 months ago

Florida’s opioid overdose deaths decline

Tampa Bay Times - 2 months ago

Florida’s falling opioid deaths justify more harm reduction options, not less | Column

Tampa Bay Times - 2 months ago

"A Punch in the Gut": After Years of Waiting, Many Opioid Victims Will Be Shut Out of Purdue Settlement

ProPublica - 3 months ago

Are You Waiting for Opioid Settlement Money From Purdue, Mallinckrodt or Endo? Get in Touch.

ProPublica - 3 months ago

Opioid Billionaires: -- The Deceptive Marketing of OxyContin

ProPublica - 9 months ago

Two New Zealanders charged over $13m cocaine haul at Sydney Airport

NZ Herald - 9 months ago

Two Kiwis charged after border officials find 40kg of cocaine in suitcases

NZ Herald - 9 months ago

How Texas Localities Have (and Haven't) Spent Settlement Funds to Fight the Opioid Crisis

Texas Observer - 10 months ago

I've seen the ruined lives behind the cocaine habits of the dinner party set who love to brag about their ethical values, writes HARRIET SERGEANT

Daily Mail - 1 year ago

Heroin addict babies, leeches, dodgy spivs? Come on, nurse - it's meant to be Christmas!

Daily Mail - 1 year ago