Opioid Crisis Can This Pharmacy Chain Be Found Responsible For the Opioid Crisis? State attorneys in Florida say pharmacy chain Walgreens ignored red flags that signaled the pharmacies were contributing to the opioid crisis. Walgreens stores in the Tampa area had abnormally high numbers of opioid prescriptions and pills distributed, prosecutors say. Walgreens attorneys say the company was misled by pharmaceutical companies like Purdue Pharma about the potency of the drugs.
LX Demi Lovato's No Longer ‘California Sober': The Writer Who Popularized It Explains What It Means Demi Lovato recently shared that they’ve moved on from being “California sober” to full sobriety. Here’s what that means and where the term originated.
Opioid Crisis This Point-and-Click Game Helps Reduce the Stigma of Addiction Dr. Lynn Fiellin of Yale Medical School and LX News host Tabitha Lipkin talk about reducing the stigma of addiction using a video game. Fiellin helped develop PlaySmart, a point-and-click game catered to older teens that simulates life choices around opioid use.
addiction How to Talk to Kids About Drugs When ‘Lean' is All Over Hip Hop Tracks Many hip hop songs normalize opioids and other drugs, a fact that is left out of public health approaches to the opioid epidemic, says Kaiser Health News reporter Chaseedaw Giles. At the same time, many people are unaware of side effects like withdrawal – which could be solved with public health messaging that looks to the culture and incorporates it.
addiction recovery How an Austin-Based Beverage Company Is Helping People Recovering From Addiction Wes Hurt was in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction when he came up with his latest business idea — a beverage company that would help people who were also recovering from addiction. Clean Cause, based in Austin, Texas, now donates half its profits to supporting people in recovery. It also employs them.
gambling addiction The Hidden Addiction: Why Online Gambling Surged During the Pandemic Lockdown While the pandemic closed many casinos last year, the rise of legal online betting gave gamblers easy outlets to pursue this addictive activity during lockdowns. And the stress and anxiety of the pandemic drove many problem gamblers even deeper into addiction. NBCLX storyteller Ngozi Ekeledo explores why the “hidden addiction” has become an even bigger problem during the isolation of...
addiction recovery What Does It Mean to Be ‘California Sober'? The artist Demi Lovato used the term “California sober” in a recent song and interview about their recovery. The term popularized by writer Michelle Lhooq refers to an addiction recovery without 100% abstinence from all substances – usually, continuing to use marijuana.
porn These are the Signs You Could Be Suffering From a Porn Addiction In the midst of the pandemic a growing number of Americans turned to their laptops and let their fingers do the walking... to the nearest porn site.
porn Porn and the Pandemic: From PornHub to OnlyFans, COVID-19 May Have Changed Sex Work Forever As pandemic restrictions tightened in 2020, the amount of porn people were watching at home surged right at the same time the professional porn industry was slowing way down. So performers and fans flocked to new porn platforms — particularly OnlyFans, where amateurs and professionals alike earn subscription income by posting adult content. Meanwhile, job losses are sending more people...
addiction recovery How a Fitness Community Called The Phoenix Is Helping Members Recover From Substance Abuse Scott Strode is the founder and executive director of The Phoenix, which is a recovery organization that uses fitness to help those suffering from drug and alcohol addiction to find strength and community. He joins LX News to explain how the coronavirus pandemic is making his programs more important than ever.
