Tag: Addiction

From the Crack House to the State House: Woman Overcomes Addiction and Prostitution Through God’s Love

Plagued by intrusive bad thoughts, a Maryland teen turned to drugs and sex amid the women’s liberation movement of the ’70s to escape from herself. Selling herself on the streets of the U.S. capital to pay for her daily crack cocaine, guilt and shame overcame her. It was only after becoming reacquainted with God that…


Doctors Weigh in on the Right Way to Stop Prescribed Opioids

Opioid addiction and the illness and death associated with the misuse of these drugs is a growing health crisis. Last year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) made headlines with news that 2021 saw an unprecedented number of overdose deaths from opioid use.   Although these drugs can offer relief for people with chronic…


PREMIERING NOW: Ben Cort: The Truth About the Marijuana Industry and the Terrifying Effects of High-Potency THC

This episode will premiere on Tuesday, Nov. 22, at 7:30 p.m. ET. “Ten years ago … the idea of physical addiction to cannabis was absolutely laughable. That people would be having psychotic episodes, and then psychotic breaks, just from THC? It was unfathomable.” Ben Cort is the CEO of the Foundry Treatment Center and author…


Ben Cort: The Truth About the Marijuana Industry and the Terrifying Effects of High-Potency THC

“Ten years ago … the idea of physical addiction to cannabis was absolutely laughable. That people would be having psychotic episodes, and then psychotic breaks, just from THC? It was unfathomable.” Ben Cort is the CEO of the Foundry Treatment Center and author of “Weed, Inc.: The Truth About the Pot Lobby, THC, and the…


PREMIERING 7:30PM ET: Ben Cort: The Truth About the Marijuana Industry and the Terrifying Effects of High-Potency THC

This episode will premiere on Tuesday, Nov. 22, at 7:30 p.m. ET. “Ten years ago … the idea of physical addiction to cannabis was absolutely laughable. That people would be having psychotic episodes, and then psychotic breaks, just from THC? It was unfathomable.” Ben Cort is the CEO of the Foundry Treatment Center and author…


Female Sports Broadcasting Trailblazer Lifted From Addiction by God, Now Lifts Others, Starts Movement

As a child, Rachel Baribeau was heartbroken when she learned her dad was not her biological father. Convincing herself she must be unlovable, Baribeau succumbed to cocaine addiction and for years led a double life: working as a successful sports broadcaster by day, and junkie by night. It would be the voice of God that…


‘Nothing Safe About Handing Out Opioids’: Filmmaker of Documentary on Crime and Addiction in Vancouver

Vancouver Is Dying, a documentary released by independent journalist and city resident Aaron Gunn, has garnered over 2 million views since it premiered on Oct. 7. The one-hour film highlights the overdose crisis, increasing crime, public disorder, and homeless situation in Vancouver, and in particular, criticizes what Gunn calls government “failed policies that have ravaged…


Helping Addicts Avoid Rock Bottom Without Enabling

We live in an age of addiction. Drug and alcohol abuse has been on the rise for decades. And in the past few years, the number and severity of such addictions have made a dramatic rise. And it isn’t just drugs. Experts point to disturbing rises in other compulsively destructive behaviors, such as porn addiction,…


God Helps Retired Running Legend Dick Beardsley Overcome Massive Injury, Loss, and Addiction

Runner Dick Beardsley was no stranger to the media limelight at the peak of his running career. A marathon record-holder, he became an inspiration to many in the world of sporting. But the toughest marathon he would ever face was after his retirement when a series of accidents and addiction to prescription painkillers sent him…


Zuckerberg’s Metaverse a Gateway to ‘Transhumanism’, Gettr CEO Warns

Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse will encourage people to distance themselves from reality and devote more time to the virtual world, says Gettr CEO Jason Miller. Miller, who founded Gettr in July 2021 in response to censorship from incumbent social media services, said Meta’s endeavours to create a virtual world is an attempt by the tech giant…