Tag: addiction

NYC delivering methadone to addicts with coronavirus

New York Metropolis well being employees have begun delivering free methadone to opioid addicts amid the coronavirus disaster — sparking outrage from officers who known as it “disgusting” and a “recipe for catastrophe.”

This system was introduced Tuesday by town’s Well being Division, which mentioned it started with a “tender launch” final month and was increasing the initiative by reducing the age of eligibility from 65 to 50.

“Methadone is a life-saving medicine,” Well being Commissioner Oxiris Barbot mentioned in a ready assertion.

“New Yorkers who take methadone and get sick from COVID-19 mustn’t have to decide on between getting their medicine and defending their well being or the well being of others.”

Video

Federal laws beforehand barred dwelling supply of methadone, however the COVID-19 pandemic led to an emergency loosening of the foundations for addicts who’ve examined constructive for the illness, present signs or are at excessive threat in the event that they get contaminated, the Well being Division mentioned.

Groups of two employees every have been specifically educated and will likely be outfitted with masks, hand sanitizer and disinfecting wipes to soundly make about 1,300 curbside deliveries a month to addicts’ properties and taxpayer-funded accommodations, the Well being Division mentioned.

Individuals will obtain a minimum of seven days’ price of methadone, an oral ache reliever that’s used to forestall withdrawal signs in addicts who’re enrolled in remedy packages.

Click on right here for extra from the New York Publish.

December 25, 2024
HHS publicizes $3B to deal with pandemic-related psychological well being points, substance use

The American Rescue Plan funding will go to dam grant packages, with $1.5 billion every allotted to the Neighborhood Psychological Well being Providers block grant program and Substance Abuse Prevention and Remedy block grant program. The funding follows on $2.5 billion introduced in March, in keeping with a information launch.

“The COVID-19 pandemic and the corresponding financial disaster have been particularly devastating for Black, American Indian, Alaska Native and Hispanic communities, who’re experiencing a disproportionate variety of COVID-19 infections and deaths in addition to higher-than-average unemployment charges,” an HHS launch reads. “Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) populations have skilled elevated stigma and hate on account of COVID-19 anti-Asian rhetoric, which is impacting the behavioral well being of AANHPI communities.”

600,000 KIDS AGES 12-15 RECEIVED COVID-19 VACCINE, CDC SAYS

The HHS cited the CDC’s preliminary figures on overdose deaths, almost 90,000 such deaths within the 12 months ending final September, marking 20,000 greater than the 12 months prior. That toll is the best variety of overdose deaths ever recorded in a 12 months since the opioid epidemic started within the Nineteen Nineties, The New York Instances reported.

Nationally, the CDC has attributed the nationwide improve in overdose deaths to disruptions to day by day life brought on by the pandemic in addition to road formulations laced with the highly effective painkiller fentanyl.

HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra additionally introduced a brand new Behavioral Well being Coordinating Council (BHCC), which is able to intention to “facilitate collaborative, progressive, clear, equitable, and action-oriented approaches to addressing the HHS’ behavioral well being agenda” and “is comprised of senior management from throughout the Division.”

INDIA DAILY CORONAVIRUS DEATHS HIT GLOBAL RECORD HIGH

“Behavioral well being is a precedence for the Division of Well being and Human Providers. The COVID-19 pandemic has made clear the necessity to make investments assets in our nation’s psychological well being and tackle the inequities that also exist round behavioral well being care. That is why we’re making this historic funding in psychological well being and substance use companies,” mentioned HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra within the launch. “As well as, this nationwide downside requires Division-wide coordination to deal with the problem. That is why I’m convening the Behavioral Well being Coordinating Council to work throughout HHS to facilitate collaboration and strategic planning as we implement our behavioral well being agenda.”

Dr. Rachel Levine, assistant secretary for well being, famous a “startling rise in psychological well being and substance use issues in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.”

“We all know a number of stressors in the course of the pandemic – isolation, illness, grief, job loss, meals instability, and lack of routines – have devastated many People and offered the unprecedented behavioral well being challenges throughout the nation,” she mentioned. “Addressing the COVID-19 psychological and behavioral well being impacts on susceptible and disenfranchised populations are among the many high priorities of the Biden-Harris Administration. Establishing a brand new Behavioral Well being Coordinating Council will guarantee the suitable prioritization and pointers are in place to supply pathways to prevention, intervention, therapy and restoration companies.”

Fox Information’ Frank Miles contributed to this report.

Kayla Rivas is a Well being reporter and joined Fox Information in April 2020.

December 14, 2024
Meghan Markle raises issues about social media, says it is an ‘dependancy’ for some customers

The Duchess of Sussex closed her private social media accounts in 2018 earlier than rejoining Instagram utilizing a joint account together with her husband, Prince Harry. Nevertheless, the married couple suspended their Sussex Royal account on the finish of March amid their choice to step again as senior members of the British royal household.

Each Markle, 39, and Prince Harry, 36, have lately mentioned the significance of being sort on-line and utilizing social media moderately.

Throughout Fortune’s Most Highly effective Girls Subsequent Gen Digital Summit on Tuesday, she stated, “I’ve numerous issues for those who have develop into obsessive about it [social media].”

MEGHAN MARKLE HONORS RUTH BADER GINSBURG WITH SPECIAL MASK, SHIRT

“People who find themselves hooked on medication are referred to as customers and people who find themselves on social media are referred to as customers,” Markle advised the outlet. “There’s something algorithmically that’s in there that’s creating this obsession that I believe could be very unhealthy for lots of people.”

She added: “’I’ve numerous issues for those who have develop into obsessive about it and it’s so a lot part of our day by day tradition for therefore many individuals that it’s an dependancy.”

Markle’s feedback about social media use and drug dependancy echo the Netflix documentary “The Social Dilemma,” which compares the 2 experiences.

“As you’re on the market constructing your model, as you might be on the market partaking with pals on-line, simply take heed to what you’re doing,” she continued. “Perceive that it isn’t restricted to that one second—that you’re creating an echo chamber for your self.”

MEGHAN MARKLE WANTED TO BE ‘THE MOST FAMOUS PERSON ON EARTH,’ CLAIMS ROYAL AUTHOR LADY COLIN CAMPBELL

Meghan Markle worries social media customers have gotten hooked on apps.
(Getty Pictures)

Markle then revealed she hasn’t been on social media since 2018 and stated her earlier Sussex Royal account was run by “the institution,” referring to the Royal Household.

“We had [an Instagram account] by the establishment and our workplace that was within the U.Ok. However that wasn’t managed by us that was an entire workforce,” the previous “Fits” star declared.

Markle added: “For my very own self-preservation, I’ve not been on social media for a really very long time. I made a private option to not have any account, so I don’t know what’s on the market, and in lots of ways in which’s useful for me.”

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex used to have a joint Sussex Royal Instagram account earlier than stepping again as senior members of the royal household.
(Chris Jackson/Getty Pictures)

MEGHAN MARKLE SAYS BEING ‘THE MOST TROLLED PERSON’ IS ‘ALMOST UNSURVIVABLE’

The Duchess of Sussex lately referred to as herself the “most trolled individual” and admitted that it was “nearly unsurvivable” to cope with critics.

November 27, 2024
Jana Kramer’s husband Mike Caussin celebrates his restoration amid intercourse dependancy battle

The 33-year-old former NFL participant is working onerous at his intercourse dependancy restoration and collectively they highlighted how far he is come on his journey.

“As an addict I carry lots of disgrace. Others who share an analogous illness can relate. We hardly ever like to talk about it, not to mention acknowledge it,” he wrote in an announcement shared on Kramer’s Instagram account.

“However this Thursday I rejoice essentially the most sober 12 months of my whole life. I’ve had my stumbles and falls during the last 4 years on this program however this 12 months has lastly been totally different,” Caussin described.

JANA KRAMER REVEALS SHE HAD SOME ‘FLINGS AND FLIRTS’ WHILE SEPARATED FROM HUSBAND MIKE CAUSSIN

The daddy of two revealed he would not have been profitable in his restoration “with out lastly permitting myself to lean into others, lean into my spouse and lean into God.”

He hopes his tumultuous path can assist and encourage others who’re struggling.

Mike Caussin and Jana Kramer celebrated his sobriety whereas recovering from intercourse dependancy.
(Rodin Eckenroth/WireImage)

“As human beings and particularly as males we are able to be taught to be susceptible, we are able to permit others to assist us after we want it,” Caussin wrote. “So, perhaps going into this new 12 months we are able to all lean into one another a bit extra. It’s our selection whether or not we need to stay divided or collectively. So, provided that selection, why would you need to be divided? We’re all totally different and that’s what makes us the respiration miracles we’re. Let’s select to embrace that in 2021.”

JANA KRAMER REVEALS ’24-HOUR RULE’ SHE USES TO REBUILD TRUST IN HUSBAND MIKE CAUSSIN AFTER CHEATING DRAMA

Caussin and Kramer, 37, married in Could 2015 however break up in September 2016 after his dishonest got here to gentle. They later reconciled and renewed their vows in 2017 after Caussin obtained remedy for intercourse dependancy.

Jana Kramer and husband Mike Caussin have come a great distance since he cheated and was handled for intercourse dependancy.
(Getty)

The athlete relapsed in March 2019. Kramer defined on their podcast, “Whine Down,” that whereas Caussin “wasn’t bodily out of the wedding” on this case, he nonetheless did “one thing he mustn’t have achieved.”

Then at first of 2020, Kramer obtained a direct message from somebody on social media accusing Caussin of dishonest once more. He denied being untrue and the 2 spoke about having belief points on their podcast.

“It sucks that I’ve achieved what I’ve achieved previously to create that in a relationship proper now,” he defined. “My hope is that years down the road, if one thing like this occurred once more, she’d be capable of convey it to me and we’d nearly be capable of, like, chortle about it as a result of there’s that a lot belief within the financial institution. However I didn’t fault her in any respect for questioning me for nonetheless attempting to determine this stuff out.”

The couple has two youngsters, Jolie Rae, 4, and Jace Joseph, 2.

November 16, 2024
Lamar Odom reveals what helped him deal with addictions: ‘I’m feeling wonderful’

The previous basketball professional, 41, has battled substance abuse previously, significantly fighting cocaine and intercourse addictions. When he and Khloe Kardashian break up, Odom famously went on a four-day bender and was discovered unresponsive in Las Vegas, having has quite a few strokes, seizures and two cases of his coronary heart stopping.

Since then, the star has put within the work to get better, together with utilizing the artificial substance ketamine to assist maintain him on monitor.

“I went to rehab and did another issues, however ketamine got here into my life on the proper time,” he informed “Good Morning America” on Monday. “I’m feeling wonderful.”

LAMAR ODOM A DEADBEAT DAD WHO WON’T PAY CHILD SUPPORT, LAWSUIT SAYS

Lamar Odom revealed that he makes use of ketamine to deal with his addictions. (Picture by Mary Clavering/Younger Hollywood/Getty Pictures)

Odom added: “I’m alive. I’m sober. I’m blissful.”

Ketamine is a ache medicine with hallucinogenic results in line with the Drug Enforcement Company (DEA). It’s additionally used as a fast-acting anesthetic by the US Meals and Drug Administration (FDA).

UNRELEASED LAMAR ODOM DOCUMENTARY TO EXPLORE HOW PSYCHEDELIC DRUGS HELPED THE BASKETBALL STAR

Well being officers are at present discovering that small doses of the medicine, which grew to become a celebration drug within the Nineteen Eighties, may be useful in treating a myriad of situations like dependancy, despair, post-traumatic stress dysfunction and extra.

Like many others, Odom makes use of very small doses with hour-long results that curb needs for medicine.

Lamar Odom’s addictions reached a breaking level when his relationship with Khloe Kardashian ended. (Picture by Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic)

“I don’t get up seeking to do strains … or waking up in a park place or feeling unfulfilled,” he defined. “When Kobe [Bryant] handed away, you already know, the outdated Lamar, that’d have been each excuse on the earth for me to go get excessive, [but] doing medicine didn’t even enter my thoughts.”

“I don’t assume I’ll cease it,” he stated of ketamine. “I don’t need to attempt to cease to be nice. If I’ve greatness within me, I need to attempt to get it out.”

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER

Odom’s use of the drug will probably be chronicled within the documentary “Lamar Odom Reborn,” which airs on YouTube, MTV Dwell and different social media platforms on Might 20.

November 16, 2024
Demi Lovato reveals she was legally blind following her 2018 overdose

In an upcoming documentary “Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Satan,” which premiered Tuesday at SXSW, the 28-year-old singer will get candid like by no means earlier than about her battle with dependancy, her sexual id and what occurred throughout the night time she overdosed in July 2018 and was rushed to the hospital.

In a brand new interview with the New York Occasions forward of the four-part YouTube documentary’s official launch on March 23, Lovato says she awakened within the intensive care unit with harm to her eyesight.

“It was fascinating how briskly I tailored,” she informed the outlet. “I didn’t depart myself time to actually really feel unhappy about it. I simply was like, how do I repair it?”

DEMI LOVATO SAYS SHE WAS SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BY HER DRUG DEALER THE NIGHT SHE OVERDOSED

Lovato revealed in her June 2018 single, "Sober," that she had relapsed after six years of sobriety. She was hospitalized in July for overdosing on an unconfirmed drug simply days earlier than she was set to start a string of stay performances.
(AP)

Waking up legally blind meant Lovato struggled to do on a regular basis actions, similar to studying a ebook. The outlet notes that she “handed the time catching up on 10′ years value of sleep, enjoying board video games or taking a single lap across the hospital flooring for train.”

She was left with blind spots and checked out her cellphone utilizing her peripheral imaginative and prescient. She additionally used voice notes to kind, the report particulars.

Based on the Occasions, Lovato suffered “three strokes, a coronary heart assault and organ failure” because of the overdose. The strokes brought about mind harm.

DEMI LOVATO SAYS ENDING ENGAGEMENT TO MAX EHRICH OFFERED A ‘HUGE SIGN’ ABOUT HER SEXUALITY AS A QUEER WOMAN

Due to the harm to her eyesight, Lovato can now not drive. The outlet notes that she describes one of many signs as “resembling sunspots.”

Singer Demi Lovato particulars particulars of her July 2018 overdose within the upcoming YouTube documentary ‘Dancing with the Satan.’
(Reuters)

Since surviving the overdose, Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande’s supervisor, Scooter Braun, signed Lovato onto his group. His objective, he informed the outlet, is for the troubled songstress to “stay a contented life.”

Within the final 12 months, Lovato additionally turned engaged to her ex Max Ehrich throughout quarantine. The engagement lasted a couple of months, with the celebs calling it quits in September.

“This final 12 months supplied me a lot self-growth and was so useful to my non secular evolution,” Lovato mirrored.

Additionally detailed within the documentary is the horrifying night time she was transported to the hospital in July 2018. Throughout that night time, she reveals she was sexually assaulted by her drug vendor.

DEMI LOVATO CELEBRATES HER CHANGING BODY AFTER ACCIDENTAL WEIGHTLOSS: ‘I DON’T COUNT CALORIES’

The “Anybody” singer says that when she awakened in a hospital, medical professionals requested her whether or not she’d had consensual intercourse.

Demi Lovato introduced her engagement to Max Ehrich final summer time. The 2 known as it quits in September.
(Getty Photographs)

“There was one flash that I had of him on high of me. I noticed that flash and I stated ‘Sure,’” the pop star stated. “It wasn’t till a month after the overdose that I noticed, ‘You were not in any way of thinking to make a consensual resolution.’”

Based on the star’s buddy Sirah Mitchell, Lovato was given heroin “laced with fentanyl” that July night, and the vendor “ended up getting her actually excessive and leaving her for lifeless.”

“After they discovered me, I used to be bare, blue. I used to be actually left for lifeless after he took benefit of me,” Lovato claims.

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER

Sadly, the alleged encounter with the drug vendor wasn’t Lovato’s first non-consensual sexual incident, she says.

“Once I was an adolescent, I used to be in a really comparable scenario,” she reveals within the docuseries. “I misplaced my virginity in a rape.”

“Each instances have been textbook trauma re-enactments, and I actually beat myself up for years which is why I had a very exhausting time coming to phrases with the actual fact it was a rape when it occurred,” Lovato says.

If you happen to or somebody you realize is affected by abuse, please contact the Nationwide Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-4673.

Fox Information’ Nate Day contributed to this report.

Melissa Roberto covers leisure at Foxnews.com. You may attain her at Melissa.Roberto@fox.com.

October 14, 2024