Women Reporting ‘Ozempic Breasts’ 

May 1, 2024 - Ozempic has already been linked to a host of bizarre bodily changes — including sagging skin and sunken-in cheeks. But now women are reporting a side effect dubbed ‘Ozempic breasts’ — which is when their boobs either shrink or balloon in size.

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How To End Your Addiction to Sugar

May 2, 2024 - “Excess sugar has very addictive properties,” says Rhian Stephenson, nutritionist. “It activates opiate receptors, then we experience a surge of dopamine, which lights up the reward and pleasure centers in the brain—these are associated with addictive behavior activated by things like gambling and cocaine.” CONTINUE@Vogue

Homeboy Industries’ Father Greg Boyle, Receives Presidential Medal of Freedom video

May 3, 2024 - “Father Greg Boyle, who has changed countless lives as pastor of a disadvantaged Catholic parish in Los Angeles ... through your pioneering gang intervention programs,reminds us the power of redemption and rehabilitation and our obligation to those who have been condemned or counted out,” said President Joe Biden. CONTINUE@ABC7

U.S. to Reclassify Marijuana, Easing Restrictions video April 30, 2024 - Since 1971, marijuana has been in the same category as heroin, methamphetamines and LSD. President Joe Biden directed the Department of Health and Human Services in October of 2022 to review marijuana’s classification. Federal scientists concluded that... CONTINUE@NBCNews

Reality of Teens and Weed

May 11, 2024 - Frequency of use was another risk factor for psychosis, such as weekly or daily use, with those using the drug daily at elevated risk for serious psychiatric problems such as psychosis. Those who use other addictive substances in addition to marijuana, such as tobacco & alcohol, have a greater risk..MORE@PsychologyToday

Treatment Center Billed Taxpayers for 203 Hrs. of Work by One Employee in Single Day undercover video

May 1, 2024 - They accuse the company of improperly billing taxpayers for phone calls with clients, falsely billing group activities as if they're a series of individual interactions, and overstating the times spent on van rides to and from recovery treatment. Evergreen’s David Backus says the company’s billing practices are legal. CONTINUE@KARE11

Johnson and Johnson to Pay $6.5 Billion for Talcum Powder Ovarian Cancer Lawsuits

May 1, 2024 - The company announced that it still intends to defend itself amid the ongoing lawsuits, while simultaneously working to garner approval and support for the proposed settlement. In 2021, J&J was ordered to pay a $2.12 billion award to 22 women who claimed their ovarian cancer was caused by asbestos in ... CONTINUE@People

Amneal Pharma Cops to $270,000,000 in Opioid Payment May 3, 2024 - Amneal Pharmaceuticals reached an agreement to pay $92.5 million in cash and provide $180 million worth of naloxone nasal spray, an overdose treatment medication, to resolve lawsuits by U.S. states, local governments and Native American tribes. CONTINUE@KFGO

Billy Idol: ‘I’m Not the Addict That I Was’

May 1, 2024 - “I really started to think, ‘I should try and go forward and not be a drug addict anymore. Idol, 68, recalled. “It took a long time, but gradually I did achieve some sort of discipline.” He's candid about his past struggles...” CONTINUE@ET

John Mulaney Recalls Lorne Michaels Warning Him About John Belushi: “John Didn’t Want To Die” audio

May 1, 2024 - Mulaney recalled how Michaels invoked John Belushi, who died in 1982 at 33 after struggling with addiction. While in rehab, Mulaney received a call from Michaels. “He goes, ‘I knew John Belushi for seven years ... CONTINUE@Deadline

Priscilla Presley’s Son Navarone Details Addiction Struggles ET Video May 1, 2024 - Navarone Garcia is opening up about his struggles with drug addiction and how he’s sharing his story to help the younger generation with the aid of Michael DeLeon, founder of Steered Straight Inc. “It started with weed in high school and, by the time I was 16, 17 ... CONTINUE@ET

Whoopi Goldberg On How She Became a Drug Addict video May 2, 2024 - Ms. Goldberg has admitted cocaine was “kicking my a**” as she hit rock bottom in the 1980s when recreational drug use in Hollywood was at a high. The Oscar-nominated star is open about her past her new memoir, Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me. CONTINUE@TheSun

Anne Hathaway Reveals Why She Got Sober video

Mar. 26, 2024 - “I knew deep down it wasn’t for me,” she admitted. “And it just felt so extreme to have to say, ‘But none?’ But none. If you’re allergic to something or have an anaphylactic reaction to something, you don’t argue with it. So I stopped arguing with it.”

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DEA Exempts Ayahuasca for Religious Use for Church April 29, 2024 - An Arizona-based nonprofit has reached the first federal settlement that will exempt ayahuasca from the United States Controlled Substances Act (CSA), allowing it to import the psychedelic substance and use it for religious purposes. The Church of the Eagle and the Condor (CEC) announced the news on April 22. CONTINUE@FilterMag

Alec Baldwin Opens Up About 39 Years of Sobriety

May 1, 2024 - In an interview for Our Way With Paul Anka and Skip Bronson podcast, the 66-year-old actor looked back on his struggle with alcoholism and substance abuse, which he previously addressed in his 2017 memoir, “I discuss it every now and then when it makes sense. I’m 39 years sober. I got sober Feb. 23, 1985.” CONTINUE@ET

Tom Holland Reveals He’s Been Sober for Over a Year video only May, 2024 - Actor, Tom Holland, reveals he’s been sober for over one year now. Tom quit drinking alcohol in January 2022 as a part of “dry January,” which sparked his sobriety journey of a year and a half. CONTINUE@ET

Boy Woke Up with Rabid Bat Attached to His Neck video

May 2, 2024 - A Kentucky boy woke up with a rabid bat attached to his neck. The boy’s family — who lives in Midway — took him to the emergency room for treatment. Public health officials said it can be easy to overlook a bat bite, because their teeth are so tiny. 

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Worker Found in Boss’ Bathroom 9 Hours After Fentanyl Overdose video May 1, 2024 - His family says he struggled with addiction for years, but they continue to ask why he went unnoticed for so long after his death. “I was supposed to meet him that night at 10:30, and we were gonna go eat and spend time together. And I never received a text. I never received.” CONTINUE@NewsChannel9

50 Drug Overdoses in One Day In Austin, Texas

April 30, 2024 - Christa Steadman, ATCEMS public information officer, said officials suspect the “outbreak” is due to “a new batch in town” likely from the same source or same couple of sources due to the similarities of symptoms among patients. Overdose patients range in age from 20s to 50s. CONTINUE@ABCNews

FDA Approves Over-the-Counter Sales of Narcan

May 1, 2024 - In a move that health experts say may reduce the number of fentanyl deaths, the FDA has approved over-the-counter sales of Narcan nasal spray -- a medication that rapidly reverses fentanyl overdose. That means you can get it without a prescription, and there are some places that distribute it for free. CONTINUE@KPXI

Out of the Darkness

May 3, 2024 - Ravaged by addiction and at rock bottom, mother of two credits long night of prayer in abandoned shack for leading to her recovery. It was a desperate plea crying out from a dark and dreary place. After 20 years of addiction... CONTINUE@LeaderCall

How Ozempic Left This YouTuber In ‘absolute agony’

May 3, 2024 - An influencer revealed that she suffered a diarrhea ‘storm’ and ‘absolute agony’ while taking the blockbuster weight loss drug Ozempic. Jaime French, a 33-year-old internet personality in St Louis, Missouri, started taking a generic form of semaglutide - the active ingredient in Ozempic... CONTINUE@DailyMail

Forced Treatment Causes More Harm Than Good May 1, 2024 - Timothy Christie, the regional director of ethics services for the Horizon Health Network, said it’s very problematic from an ethics perspective to have a program that could cause harm and not know how to effectively evaluate it since we don’t know what success looks like when there is no cure for addiction. CONTINUE@CBC

Angry Outbursts Can Cause Massive Heart Attack

May 2, 2024 - The Journal of the American Heart Association, concluded that anger might indeed damage the heart by compromising blood vessel function. “This study offers a biological plausibility to that theory, that anger is bad for you, that it raises your blood pressure, that we’re seeing impaired vascular health.” CONTINUE@TheNews

5 Best Supplements for Healthy Aging video

April 28, 2024 - “It would be wonderful if we all ate all our fruits and vegetables and our whole grains and our lean proteins and got everything that we needed from the food supply, but unfortunately, our food supply is sometimes not the highest quality either,” she says. “So we could be doing a lot of the good things ... ” CONTINUE@Fortune

Walker Hayes Talks Sobriety and New Album ‘Sober Thoughts’ Today Show Video

May 2, 2024 - Country music singer Walker Hayes joins Hoda & Jenna to open up about his journey to being 8 years sober as told in his new album “Sober Thoughts.” Hayes also shares his new collaboration with Athletic Brewing Co. for a new non-alcoholic beer called Fancy Like. CONTINUE@Today

How I Learned to Safely Taper off Psychiatric Drugs

May 3, 2024 - When I was able to grasp the situation I was in, a feeling of overwhelming panic immediately set in. It was not a desperate need for narcotics, but exclusively the fear of not having access to my Lyrica and Zyprexa, the immediate cessation of which I had come to fear more than death itself. CONTINUE@MadinAmerica

Why Chattanoogans Are Choosing Sobriety

May 3, 2024 - Over the years, I have noticed the need for more drink options steadily rising,” says Selenna Taylor, a bartender at Southside Social. “Southside Social offers several options for people who wish to remain sober. You can have the same genuine experience without the consumption of alcohol.” CONTINUE@TimesFreePress

Overcoming Impostor Syndrome as an Overnight Success April 29, 2024 - “Impostor syndrome is rooted in a fear of being discovered as inadequate,” explains Dr. Louise Stanger, a renowned interventionist and expert on behavioral health. “Those who experience it often attribute their achievements to luck, timing, or...Howard Schultz admitted to Imposter Syndrome) CONTINUE@WomanWorld

The Rise and Fall of DARE

May 1, 2024 - DARE was not only ineffective by its own standards, but potentially counterproductive. Young people continued saying yes to drugs, despite the weekly DARE class that taught them to say no. CONTINUE@FilterMag