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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
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
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
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
Length of time from first use to adult treatment admission Published: Wed, Dec 7, 2011 It goes without saying that to reduce the negative consequences of substance abuse, it is important for individuals who need treatment to receive services as soon as possible. However, the length of time between first use of a substance and entry into treatment for that substance can be substantial. I've been... Read More
A doctor in the (big) house Published: Mon, Dec 5, 2011 The sad story of another superstar's drug-propelled streak into oblivion concluded Nov. 29, when Dr. Conrad Murray was sentenced to four years in prison for his role in the death of Michael Jackson. Of course, nothing will bring back Jackson, who died of a drug overdose administered by Murray in 2009. But instead... Read More
Substance abuse vs. addiction Published: Mon, Oct 10, 2011 * Why do you bother me? I only drink a six-pack of beer a night! * I only use meth on weekends — like, it’s not every day! * I don’t know why the doctor is mad at me just because I took four weeks of Lortabs in 10 days. He gave them to me! These are just a few examples of the many statements I have... Read More
A real imitation Published: Tue, Sep 20, 2011 A long time ago, when I was a newspaper reporter in Dallas, I wrote a story about a drug dealer whose defense when he got arrested was that the substance he had tried to pass off as pot was really just oregano. "The plastic bag was filled with bunk, but it still got him a bunk in the jail," I wrote, poking fun at... Read More
Battling food addiction Published: Wed, Aug 24, 2011 The term “food addiction” has not been commonly accepted by the general public as a true addiction, like alcoholism or opiate addiction. A recent study of “food addiction” was done in Toronto, Canada, at York University using the Yale Food Addiction. The YFAS was the first attempt to categorize FA (food... Read More
Treating addiction seen as long-term endeavor Published: Wed, Aug 17, 2011 “Addiction is about a lot more than people behaving badly,” said Dr. Michael M. Miller, of the American Society for Addiction Medicine. Read More
Bath salts Published: Wed, Aug 10, 2011 I learn something every day in this field of addiction medicine, which never fails to amaze me. Drug addicts and drug abusers, I must admit, are very ingenious at times. A patient opened my eyes recently to “bath salts addiction.” Yes, I said BATH SALTS, otherwise known as “spice and K-2. A Seattle man... Read More
Winehouse, Tony Bennett duet to be charity single Updated: Fri, Aug 5, 2011 LONDON — Amy Winehouse's family says the singer's final recording will be released as a charity single next month. The late singer's father said Thursday the proceeds from "Body and Soul" — a duet with Tony Bennett — will go to the newly established Amy Winehouse Foundation. Mitch... Read More
'My name is Betty' Published: Mon, Jul 25, 2011 To the world, she was the first lady of the United States. To women everywhere, she was a high-profile survivor of breast cancer who inspired in others the strength to persevere. To a tight cadre of the rest of us, she was a "fellow traveler" whose story underscored that addiction does not discriminate and... Read More
Former first lady Betty Ford dies at 93 Updated: Fri, Jul 8, 2011 DETROIT (AP) — A family friend says former first lady Betty Ford has died at age 93. Marty Allen says Ford, whose battles with cancer and substance abuse inspired millions to seek treatment, died Friday. Allen did not say how Betty Ford died. He says he expects the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library to release... Read More
Feds join call to help deal with pill abuse Published: Wed, Apr 20, 2011 With prescription drug abuse now killing more people than car crashes in Florida and 16 other states, the Obama administration is calling on doctors, drugmakers and law enforcement to fight the epidemic. Officials placed particular emphasis on the Sunshine State's notorious pain clinics offering easy access to... Read More
More Than Show and Tellb Updated: Fri, Mar 4, 2011 The other day, President Barack Obama's drug czar stopped by to visit Hazelden's facility in Naples, Fla. Gil Kerlikowske isn't partial to Hazelden, the foundation for which I work. As head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, he visits numerous programs to tout a key component of federal drug policy:... Read More
Ministry to launch faith-based addiction recovery program Updated: Tue, Jan 11, 2011 Substance abuse and addiction are underlying factors in many crimes, and go hand-in-hand with gang activity, domestic violence and other societal ills. Darin Carroll, who says alcoholism and meth addiction fueled a killing that put him behind bars in 1995, believes that a Christ-centered life is the only escape from... Read More
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