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News Articles: substance abuse

Physicians who admit to mental health or addiction issues typically are required to share more details and submit to scrutiny such as monitoring or periodic drug tests.

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  • Mental Health

Doctors face huge stigma about mental illness. Now there's an effort to change that

Doctors have long dealt with perceived threats to their careers if they are open about mental illness and addiction. Now about two dozen states are changing licensing forms to lessen the stigma.

February 07, 2024
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  • Priyanka Dayal McCluskey
A U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration badge. The DEA issued an alert warning of a "sharp increase in the trafficking of fentanyl mixed with xylazine" on Monday.

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  • Health

What to know about xylazine, the drug authorities are calling a public safety threat

The veterinary tranquilizer has been linked to a growing number of overdose deaths across the country, especially in the Northeast. It's often combined with fentanyl, but can't be treated with Narcan.

March 21, 2023
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Patricia Hopkins is superintendent of a rural school district in Maine's Kennebec County, which signed on to a lawsuit against opioid companies. She hopes the settlement funds will allow her to hire more social workers to help children whose families have been affected by the opioid crisis.

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  • Health

States differ on how best to spend $26B from settlement in opioid cases

The cash represents an unprecedented opportunity to derail the opioid epidemic. But with countless groups advocating for a share of the pie, the impact could depend heavily on geography and politics.

November 24, 2022
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  • Aneri Pattani

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  • Health

In 'Dopamine Nation,' Overabundance Keeps Us Craving More

Psychiatrist Anna Lembke's new book explores the brain's connection between pleasure and pain. It also helps explain addictions — not just to drugs and alcohol, but also to food, sex and smartphones.

August 25, 2021
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  • Terry Gross
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River Edge Loses $6 Million As Calls For Help Surge During Pandemic

River Edge provides behavioral health services to people in Middle Georgia. Services could be cut if revenue fails to return to pre-COVID-19 levels. 

May 14, 2021
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  • Liz Fabian

Countering E-Cigarettes, Alcohol Use Among Children

In this week’s Medical Minute, Dr. Joseph Hobbs, chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University,...

April 27, 2020
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  • Drew Dawson
Jeff Breedlove of the Georgia Council on Substance Abuse joined "On Second Thought" to explain how quarantine may lead to new addictions or relapses. "We have to make sure we're putting our recovery first, as we process this other pandemic," he said.

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  • News

Staying Sober In Isolation: As Quarantine Threatens Recovery, Connection Becomes Crucial

Many people are finding social distancing difficult or lonely. Those challenges can become compounded for people recovering from substance abuse...

April 17, 2020
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  • Virginia Prescott and
  • Emilia Brock

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  • Health

Study: Construction Workers Hit Hard By Opioid Crisis

Opioid addiction does not discriminate. It affects families and communities at every socioeconomic level and in every region in Georgia. "On Second...

January 28, 2019
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott and
  • La'Raven Taylor
An Atlanta nonprofit is using running to help the homeless and those at risk of becoming homeless.

Running Program Helps Atlanta Homeless

An Atlanta nonprofit is using running to help the homeless and those at risk of becoming homeless. Participants agree to train three times a week with...

September 28, 2018
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  • Ellen Eldridge

On Second Thought For Monday, April 23, 2018

What does it mean to have an awakening? For Christopher Paul Curtis , it meant finding his calling in his 40s. After working for more than a decade in...

April 23, 2018
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