Addiction and mental health issues continue to be a problem for our nation’s veterans. As we observe another Veterans Day, a 24-hour period when we celebrate the efforts, sacrifices and unmatched contribu...
Warning: This Piece Contains Spoilers Todd Phillips’ “Joker” was supposed to make you sick to your stomach; the film has grossed close to a billion dollars worldwide because of its ability to do j...
We all knew this day would come….robots are taking over in the best possible way. Researchers at USC claim that AI (yep…robots) can map what qualities of our favorite songs give us the warm-and-fuzzies…an...
The holidays are stressful for everybody. There’s always family drama. If you’re not in the same area, you have to make travel plans. There’s always that one cousin that gets on your nerves. Even if every...
It’s been over two years since rapper Lil Peep died from drug overdose. His mother is now suing his management in a case that can have a lasting impact on drug use in the music industry. The 21-year-old Lil P...
This Saturday, October 26, marks the next National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) established this event in 2010 to curb prescription addiction across the country. Na...
Drug makers AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health, Teva and McKesson will pay a combined $260 million to Ohio’s Cuyahoga and Summit counties. The settlement is the latest in a series that have put drug makers on...
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court heard an important LGBTQ workers’ rights case. It looked at whether federal laws barring sexual discrimination protect gay and transgender employees. The Court’s ruling...
Pet-friendly Drug rehab has become increasingly common in the behavioral health landscape. As we discover, more and more, the significant therapeutic value of our relationships with our dogs, cats and other com...
In the most recent example of the severity of opioid addiction in sports, Eric Kay, a public relations employee and Director of Communications for the Los Angeles Angels, recently came forward and admitted that...
In the first major lawsuit against a pharmaceutical distributor in the State of Tennessee, Herbert H. Slatery III, Nashville’s Attorney General, announced that due to its role in contributing to the severity ...
As Recovery Unplugged observes World Mental Health 2019 alongside the global community, we wanted to take the opportunity to discuss the clear and undeniable correlation between addiction and mental illness, an...
Last night CNN’s This Is Life with Lisa Ling examined the scope, origins and impact of benzodiazepine (benzo) addiction in America. The piece takes a raw an unflinching look at the benzo withdrawal experience...
On October 1st, the 23rd anniversary of when he was elected to the National Academy of Medicine, Google honored the late Dr. Herbert Kleber with a Google Doodle and article highlighting the numerous achievement...
There’s never been a better time than today to get clean. The city of Nashville agrees, which is why hundreds of people in recovery came out this past Saturday, September 28, to have a festive, drug- and alco...
This September marks the 30th anniversary of National Recovery Month, an event established and sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to raise awareness about the di...
As overused as the phrase may be, there’s no denying that a picture really is worth a thousand words. This can be especially true for those in recovery whose lives have drastically changed from the circumstan...
It can be difficult to find shows or movies about addiction that offer honest and authentic messaging. Whether it’s the depiction of how substance use disorders begin, the wreckage that it leaves trailed behi...
Recovery Unplugged VP of Business Development Joseph Gorordo has certainly been making the rounds as of late. Last month millions saw him on A&E’s Addiction Unplugged and this month, he could be found at ...
Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery says he’s content with Purdue Pharma using Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to pay out a $10 billion settlement the company reached with his and 28 other states in a...
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