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Oklahoma's new workplace drug testing laws relax employer requirements Published: Sun, May 27, 2012 Workers still have some protections under the new laws. Read More
Oklahoma City paint company celebrates 40th anniversary Published: Wed, May 23, 2012 Joe Cox started the business in 1972, while unemployed after several years working in the paint industry. His three sons also work for the company. Read More
National Prevention Week highlights substance abuse Updated: Tue, May 22, 2012 A Chance to Change Foundation in Oklahoma City calls for more attention and prevention support. Read More
Into action Published: Mon, May 21, 2012 Right now, there are too many people in crisis for me to fill this space with the musing of my own head. It's time for action. Dear Mr. Moyers: You talk all the time about alcoholics or people who use drugs. But what about the rest of us, the family? My mother is drinking herself into a bad, bad situation.... Read More
Oklahoma doctor loses license at hearing Thursday Updated: Thu, May 17, 2012 Bruce S. Gilmore, who practiced internal medicine in Davis, Okla., had his medical license revoked Thursday. Read More
Welfare drug-screening bill is signed into Oklahoma law Updated: Wed, May 16, 2012 Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin signed a measure Wednesday that requires the Department of Human Services to screen welfare recipients for drug use. DHS reports this practice is already used. Read More
Chance to Change Foundation receives$40,000 grant Published: Wed, Apr 4, 2012 The A Chance to Change Foundation is pleased to announce it has received a $40,000 grant from the Oklahoma City Community Foundation and its Access to Health Care iFund grant program. The grant will be used to assist in funding the A Chance to SUCCEED program, which will allow A Chance to Change Foundation to... Read More
Suboxone – The Miracle Drug?: Part II Published: Tue, Apr 3, 2012 In the previous article, we discussed the impact Suboxone has had on opiate addiction treatment. Although Suboxone is a synthetic opiate, it does relieve craving for opiates for the addict who is hopefully involved heavily in NA (Narcotics Anonymous), which is where he will be able to gradually get to the point he... Read More
Suboxone – The Miracle Drug? Published: Mon, Mar 26, 2012 Suboxone is well known to the “opiate-abusing people.” It's a miracle drug for some chronic pain patients who are fortunate enough to get it. Acombination drug of Subutex (buprenorphine) and Naloxone (an opiate blocker), Suboxone was developed in 2002 by Rickett Benckiser pharmaceutical as a drug to... Read More
Red rubber ball Published: Mon, Mar 26, 2012 Let the record reflect: I have a new respect for swag. And it is all because of an innocuous red rubber ball. That's remarkable, because until this week, I disdained swag, even though I never had heard the acronym to describe the "stuff we all get" — you know, key chains and silly plastic magnets and cheap pens... Read More
Much better now to the end Published: Mon, Mar 19, 2012 There are a lot of us out there. A recent national survey by The Partnership at Drugfree.org and the New York Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services asked people this question: "Did you once have a problem with drugs or alcohol, but no longer do?" According to the survey data, 1 in 10 of the... Read More
Mental health program aids convicts in return to society Published: Tue, Mar 13, 2012 TULSA — When Allan Benkosky was 9 and growing up in California, he and some friends were playing with guns. He was shot, and then they were shot, he said. Because of the incident, a parent of one of his friends beat his mother so badly she died from the injuries. "Things went bad ever since," Benkosky said.... Read More
State of Addiction: Former addict now helping others Updated: Mon, Mar 12, 2012 Days into detox, Sue Henson didn't think she was an addict. "I was not prostituting," she said. "I was not stealing. So I thought I wasn't an addict. That's for people who are criminals." When she entered detox, her plan was to get just healthy enough to return to her old habits. She had pre-paid for her... Read More
State Of Addiction: Oklahoma's Prescription For Pain Updated: Mon, Mar 12, 2012 Pain killers like hydrocodone and oxycodone, better known as Lortab and Oxycontin, are killing more than the pain. Pain killers like hydrocodone and oxycodone, better known as Lortab and Oxycontin, are killing more than the pain. There are several bills in the Legislature this session addressing the issue of... Read More
Two illnesses, one debate Published: Mon, Mar 5, 2012 Let's compare and contrast the lives and deaths of Anthony Shadid and Whitney Houston. First, in life, both were enormously successful. For Shadid, a newspaper reporter, that meant the coveted Pulitzer Prize. He won two within six years, covering the conflicts in the Middle East for The New York Times. For... Read More
Whitney's legacy Published: Mon, Feb 20, 2012 Had she lived, Whitney Houston would have been in the second-to-last "class" of baby boomers turning 50 years old. Her death underscores a dangerous dynamic facing this generation as it enters older age. About 77 million Americans were born between 1946 and 1964, the span generally defined as the baby boom... Read More
Stealth bomber Published: Mon, Feb 13, 2012 Sometimes it is the immediacy of the moment's emotions that demands this space, and that's what spills forth right now. The best I can do is just lay it out; if I think too hard, I'll bury it in a neat and tidy column, and you won't know what I'm feeling. Tonight a friend of mine is in the Union Gospel Mission. As... Read More
My hero Mel, twice Published: Mon, Jan 30, 2012 It's not often any of us can claim one hero twice in our lives, and for different reasons. In my life, that's Mel Schulstad. He died this month. He was 93. This past week, I had the honor of offering a eulogy at his memorial service in Everett, Wash. Here is part of what I shared: Col. Lewis Melvin Schulstad... Read More
Back at me Published: Mon, Jan 23, 2012 My most memorable moment with a boomerang as a kid was tossing it in defiance of the large plate-glass window across the street from where I was standing. Mine clearly was not designed for sport; those, if thrown properly, return to the thrower, at least in theory. No, mine flew as the boomerang was originally... Read More
Driving after imbibing is never worth the risk Published: Mon, Jan 2, 2012 For me, the thought of being drunk makes me feel ill to my stomach. I have personally experienced how alcohol abuse can wreak havoc in a family. Only when I learned that red wine had medicinal properties did I start having a glass on occasion. Alcohol abuse ruins families, is a major underlying cause for violent... Read More
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