by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/steve-carell-timothe-chalamet-true-story-family-struggling/story?id=58934190 Comment; Addiction IS a disease, there are other aspects of it, but it’s truly an illness. ByPAULA FARIS, CLAIRE PEDERSEN, AUDE SOICHET ALLIE YANG Nov 5,...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-28/more-americans-die-from-overdoses-and-suicide-than-diabetes Comment; Wow! Lethality of addiction & suicide (so often linked) is worse than diabetes?!? That’s amazing & terrifying! Michelle Cortez How...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.bmj.com/content/362/bmj.k2562 Comment; Further evidence of the lethal nature of the disease of addiction and the need for an enlightened approach to this disease. Jessica Y Ho, assistant professor1, Arun S Hendi, assistant professor Abstract Objectives To...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/10/16/656900971/npr-poll-rural-americans-are-worried-about-addiction-and-jobs-but-remain-optimis Comment; An overview of what rural Americans think according to an NPR poll. It covers a lot more than just economy &...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.asam.org/about-us/about-asam/asam-in-the-news/asam-weekly-editorial-comment/2018/10/22/addiction-policy-and-unintended-consequences? Comment; Dr. Haning raises interesting points regarding roots of addiction, but if this were 100% accurate we should NOT...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://thriveworks.com/blog/experience-addiction-withdrawal-sobriety/ Taylor Bennett Many don’t fully understand what it’s like to experience addiction, from developing the illness, to going through withdrawal, to working towards recovery. But it’s important we try...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jul/28/demi-lovato-sober-recovery-addiction-mental-health Jean Hannah Edelstein Lovato has received accolades for her role as a mentor for young people with mental health challenges. Photograph: Chelsea Lauren/Rex/Shutterstock...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/10/dining/addiction-recovery-restaurant-dv8-kitchen-kentucky.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosvitals&stream=top Priya Krishna A Kentucky couple realized that restaurants have an...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/02/magazine/money-issue-insys-opioids-kickbacks.html BY EVAN HUGHES ILLUSTRATIONS BY FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLAMAY 2, 2018 INSYS THERAPEUTICS PAID MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO DOCTORS. THE COMPANY CALLED IT A “SPEAKER PROGRAM,” BUT...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/congress-members-soften-their-approach-on-addiction by Kimberly Leonard. President Trump spoke in New Hampshire in March, unveiling more of his plan to combat the nation’s opioid crisis. His blueprint contains...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.asam.org/resources/publications/asam-weekly/asam-weekly-editorial-comment This week, the dominant theme in the addiction literature is opioids; so we concede to that topic primacy, for this issue. As one Hilo, Hawaii resident reminded me, all volcanic...
