The Wednesday Weekly Addiction + Recovery News Clips - Oct. 11, 2023
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Highlights
National
FDA calls for medication treatment for stimulant use disorders | Top 20 states for per capita alcohol consumption
State and Local
B.C. experts warn lack of support for offenders is recipe for disaster | After decriminalization, Oregon lawmakers consider cracking down on dealers
Studies/Research in the News
New Scientist: Can cannabis be a part of treatment for addiction? | UCSD researchers identify potential treatment for cocaine addiction
Opinion
SLP Insights: A call for Kratom reforms | Wine Spectator mag follows Wine Enthusiast lead with whines about the “neo-prohibitionist” movement
Books and Movies
“Stranger in my own Skin” documentary profiles Peter Doherty’s addiction | In his book “Making It So,” Patrick Stewart opens up about sleeping pill dependency
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National
FDA calls for cocaine, meth addiction treatments
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued draft guidance to facilitate the development of treatments for substance use disorders related to stimulants like cocaine and methamphetamine. As there is currently no FDA-approved treatment for stimulant use disorder, the guidance noted that recommendations were based on “a number of uncertainties” when it came to what the best approach was.
The Hill - Oct. 5, 2023
Rep. Chavez-DeRemer joins bipartisan caucus focused on addiction, treatment and recovery policy
Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) said Thursday she has joined the bipartisan Addiction, Treatment, and Recovery Caucus as a vice co-chair. alongside Rep. Madeleine Dean (PA-04). The caucus, led by Reps. Paul Tanko (NY-20) and Dave Joyce (OH-14), is dedicated to education and raising awareness among lawmakers about addiction – including through a strong focus on expanding access to prevention, treatment, and recovery services.
KTVZ - Oct. 5, 2023
New FDA guidance issued on addiction medicines
No medication is approved to treat addiction to either methamphetamine or cocaine. But the Food and Drug Administration is taking steps to fill that glaring gap in addiction medicine. The agency on Wednesday issued draft guidance that encourages drug manufacturers to develop new treatments that could help treat addiction to meth, cocaine, or prescription stimulants.
Stat News - Oct. 4, 2023
New York loosens laws on Sunday morning alcohol sales with Bills playing in London
The Bills play the Jaguars on Sunday in London, and the 9:30 a.m. kickoff is causing New York State to loosen its laws around selling alcohol on Sunday mornings. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that bars and restaurants will have until Friday to apply for permits to serve alcohol this Sunday morning. The deadline for such applications had already expired, but Hochul decided to make an exception for the Bills game.
NBC - Oct. 4, 2023
20 States that Consume the Most Alcohol per Capita
In this article, we are going to discuss the 20 states that consume the most alcohol per capita.
Yahoo! - Oct. 4, 2023
Internet addiction spectrum detailed in study: Where do you rate?
Scientists from the University of Surrey investigated the association between age and internet usage, finding that youth and internet addiction were linked.
NY Post - Oct. 3, 2023
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State / Local
British Columbia: Addiction, legal experts warn lack of support for offenders is a setup for failure
B.C. experts in law, addiction and mental health said a lack of social support for chronic, repeat offenders is a setup for failure.
Global News - October 6, 2023
Oregon: As addiction crisis worsens, Oregon lawmakers consider ‘hammer’ for dealers
Oregon lawmakers spent the 2023 legislative session nibbling at the edges of the state’s addiction crisis — then many returned home to find streets lined with open drug use, soaring overdoses and polling that makes clear voters are fed up. Now top Democrats have concluded far more urgent action is needed. The answers will come in part from a special committee announced last week, and given a mandate to “seek comprehensive solutions to the drug and addiction crisis.” At least one solution the committee might consider is clear: Making it far easier to convict people for dealing drugs.
Oregon Public Broadcasting - Oct. 5, 2023
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Studies/Research in the News
The surprising ways cannabis can be part of drug addiction treatment
The idea that overcoming addiction means abstaining from all psychoactive substances for good is outdated and misguided - particularly as we learn more about the potential therapeutic uses of cannabis, says Maia Szalavitz.
New Scientist - Oct. 5, 2023
UCSD, Salk researchers identify potential treatment for cocaine addiction
UC San Diego School of Medicine and Salk Institute for Biological Studies researchers have created an atlas of the amygdala, a structure within the brain that plays a crucial role in controlling emotional responses to drugs, it was announced Thursday. Their findings, published Thursday in Nature Neuroscience, helped the researchers identify a potential new treatment for cocaine addiction -- something poorly understood at the molecular level and with virtually no approved pharmacological treatments.
NBC San Diego 7 - Oct. 5, 2023
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Opinion
SLP Insights: Kratom Regulatory Reform
The latest in SLP Insights: Kratomsobriety.com examines the current regulatory environment and calls for further reform for this often overlooked substance.
SoberLiningsPlaybook.com - Oct. 9, 2023
REcovery Elevator Podcast Episode 451: What to Say to Someone Who is About to Drink
We are five weeks into our Q & A series. This week’s question comes from Sarah C. “What can you say to someone, so they don’t drink?” Or how to help someone not drink. Paul gives us some tried and true methods that work and strategies that the Recovery Elevator team believe in. Plus, an interview with Grant who took his last drink on August 10th, 2020.
Recovery Elevator - Oct. 9, 2023
No U.S. “Alcohol Czar” Is Trying to Limit Drinking. Here’s the Truth
No, the federal government isn’t planning to limit you to two glasses of wine a week, but a growing neo-prohibitionist movement is taking a far subtler approach. The anti-alcohol lobby has decided that, rather than help those who drink heavily, all drinking should be discouraged. They dismiss past medical studies as biased and argue that the social benefits alcohol provides—and humans are fundamentally social creatures—are worthless.
Wine Spectator - Oct. 5, 2023
‘I never lived a life I didn’t want to live’: Sly Stone on addiction, ageing and changing music forever
The immeasurably influential, infamously erratic soul star has written an unlikely autobiography. In a rare interview, Stone opens up on drugs, feuds and his treasure trove of unreleased tracks
The Guardian - Oct. 6, 2023
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Books and Movies
Peter Doherty on Drug Addiction Doc 'Stranger In My Own Skin'
Peter Doherty and Katia deVidas on Making Doc ‘Stranger in My Own Skin’ About the ‘Terror and Danger’ of Drug Addiction — and Falling in Love in the Process.
Variety - Oct. 6, 2023
The side-effects of 'addictive' sleeping pills as Patrick Stewart opens up about dependency
Sir Patrick Stewart has revealed he used to depend on sleeping pills to help him get through the stress of his first divorce in his new memoir, Making It So. Stewart said he eventually decided to stop taking the pills when he had a break from filming the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation, but recalled how difficult it was to quit them.
Yahoo! - Oct. 6, 2023
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