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Happy Labor Day to all. Hope that everyone enjoys the final holiday of the summer. Have a cookout, enjoy a day by the pool or lake, hang out with friends and family.
And then let's get ready for fall and football.
Hope everyone has a good day!
Happy Labor Day to all. Hope that everyone enjoys the final holiday of the summer. Have a cookout, enjoy a day by the pool or lake, hang out with friends and family.
And then let's get ready for fall and football.
Hope everyone has a good day!
Tags: General musings
Today, I am happy to welcome Mandy Baxter (aka Amanda Bonilla) to my blog. Mandy's new romantic suspense book, One Night More, comes out on Sept. 2. As Amanda Bonilla, she writes the Shaede Assassin urban fantasy series.
Jennifer: Welcome, Mandy! Please tell readers about your upcoming release, One Night More.
Mandy: Thanks for having me on your blog, Jennifer!
Jennifer: This is the first book in your U.S. Marshals series. Can you tell us a little about the series?
Mandy: The U.S. Marshals series focuses on a new hero and heroine in each installment. Each marshal is on a case that the heroine is involved with in one way or another. My poor heroes are torn between duty and love and they try to close out the cases they've been assigned to work on, while protecting the women they've come to love.
Jennifer: What appeals to you about the romantic suspense genre?
Mandy: I'm an action movie junkie! Writing RS is fun because I get to channel my inner action movie star. It's the perfect combination of romance and action!
Jennifer: What inspired you to write the U.S. Marshals series?
Mandy: I'm a huge fan of the series Justified. Not to mention the fact that Timothy Olyphant is yummy! I've always been intrigued by the marshals service so it was a natural fit when I started working on a proposal for a romantic suspense.
Jennifer: What are some of your favorite romantic suspense books/authors and why?
Mandy: There are so many great authors/books out there! I love Julie Ann Walker, Julie James, and Carolyn Crane to name a few. I love their snappy dialog, unique voices, and blend of action and steamy romance.
Jennifer: Have you always wanted to be a writer? What got you started on your writing journey?
Mandy: Definitely! I started writing when I was sixteen. I played with it off and on for a couple of decades. LOL. Then, one day I decided that if I really wanted to be a writer that I needed to sit my butt down and finish something. After I finished my first book, I was hooked. I just kept writing and writing and writing. I doubt I'll ever be able to quit.
Jennifer: You also write urban fantasy as Amanda Bonilla. Will you be writing more books in your Shaede Assassin series?
Mandy: I'm definitely going to see Darian's story through to the end. I'll be publishing a novella in November and book 5 will be out next spring. The series will end at six books, though I've been tinkering with the idea of spin-off books for some of my favorite characters that I can't seem to let go of.
Jennifer: What were some of the challenges of writing in a new genre?
Mandy: It took me a bit to get comfortable writing 3rd person, multiple point of view. I was so used to writing in 1st person that it felt foreign. In the past, my books have had an emphasis on action/plot with romance being secondary. It took me a while to get used to making the romance/sex the primary focus of the story. Not that I'm complaining. Hehe.
Jennifer: What's next for you? What are you working on?
Mandy: I have a pretty full plate at the moment. I'm working on getting the next two books in the U.S. Marshals series ready for publication as well as a PNR series for St. Martin's Press that will be released next year. I'm also plugging away on the Shaede Assassin series. No rest for the wicked! LOL!
Thanks again for having me as a guest on your blog, Jennifer!! XOXO
Mandy Baxter lives in rural Idaho. She's a part-time pet wrangler, a full-time sun worshiper, and only goes out into the cold when coerced. She loves black clothes, pink appliances and thinks junk food should be a recognized food group. In the summer, she can be found sitting by the lake, enjoying the view from her dock.
For more on Mandy's books, visit her website or follow her on Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr.
Mandy is offering a print copy of One Night More. You must be 18 or older to enter/win. The giveaway is open to U.S./Canada residents only. To enter, use the giveaway form below.
Tags: About Books, Guest blogs, On Writing, Romantic suspense
So I thought I would share some books that are waiting in my TBR pile and some others that I am looking forward to that are being released soon. Silly work, getting in the way of my reading time. LOL.
Note: The descriptions are from Goodreads.
Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo
The capital has fallen.
The Darkling rules Ravka from his shadow throne.
Now the nation's fate rests with a broken Sun Summoner, a disgraced tracker, and the shattered remnants of a once-great magical army.
Deep in an ancient network of tunnels and caverns, a weakened Alina must submit to the dubious protection of the Apparat and the zealots who worship her as a Saint. Yet her plans lie elsewhere, with the hunt for the elusive firebird and the hope that an outlaw prince still survives.
Alina will have to forge new alliances and put aside old rivalries as she and Mal race to find the last of Morozova's amplifiers. But as she begins to unravel the Darkling's secrets, she reveals a past that will forever alter her understanding of the bond they share and the power she wields. The firebird is the one thing that stands between Ravka and destruction—and claiming it could cost Alina the very future she's fighting for.
Wake of the Bloody Angel by Alex Bledsoe
Twenty years ago, a barmaid in a harbor town fell for a young sailor who turned pirate to make his fortune. But what truly became of Black Edward Tew remains a mystery—one that has just fallen into the lap of freelance sword jockey Eddie LaCrosse.
For years, Eddie has kept his office above Angelina's tavern, so when Angelina herself asks him to find out what happened to the dashing pirate who stole her heart, he can hardly say no—even though the trail is two decades old. Some say Black Edward and his ship, The Bloody Angel, went to bottom of the sea, taking with it a king's fortune in treasure. Others say he rules a wealthy, secret pirate kingdom. And a few believe he still sails under a ghostly flag with a crew of the damned.
To find the truth, and earn his twenty-five gold pieces a day, Eddie must take to sea in the company of a former pirate queen in search of the infamous Black Edward Tew…and his even more legendary treasure.
Release date: Sept. 2
Lost and broken, Celaena Sardothien's only thought is to avenge the savage death of her dearest friend: as the King of Adarlan's Assassin, she is bound to serve this tyrant, but he will pay for what he did. Any hope Celaena has of destroying the king lies in answers to be found in Wendlyn. Sacrificing his future, Chaol, the Captain of the King's Guard, has sent Celaena there to protect her, but her darkest demons lay in that same place. If she can overcome them, she will be Adarlan's biggest threat – and his own toughest enemy.
While Celaena learns of her true destiny, and the eyes of Erilea are on Wendlyn, a brutal and beastly force is preparing to take to the skies. Will Celaena find the strength not only to win her own battles, but to fight a war that could pit her loyalties to her own people against those she has grown to love?
What's in your TBR and what books are you looking forward to as we get closer to fall?
Tags: About Books, Reading
Note: I blogged about this last week over at Magical Musings but wanted to share it on my own blog as well.
Going to the movies is a summer pastime for many folks. Comedies, action-adventure flicks, snacks. They're all good. And I don't know about you guys, but I certainly enjoy the dark and the air conditioning at the movies after all the bright, hot, humid days. It's definitely a bonus.
Is it just me, but are all the good movies coming out in August this year? I just haven't been all that excited about most of the movies that have come out so far this year.
I've seen tons of trailers, but very few movies have interested me enough to go see them in the theater. Except for Captain America: The Winter Soldier, which was awesome.
But August? It's loaded with movies that I want to see — Guardians of the Galaxy (playing now); The Expendables 3 (releases Aug. 15); and, yes, even Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (playing now).
So what appeals to me about these three movies in particular? They just look like fun. Guardians of the Galaxy looks like a zany superhero movie set in space. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles looks like a zany superhero movie with teenage mutant ninja turtles. And The Expendables 3 stars every action hero who hasn't already been in the first two Expendables movies.
Plus, action movies are my favorite, and all three of these should have plenty of action, especially The Expendables 3. If you've seen the first Expendables movie, you know that the franchise features car chases, fights, and explosions galore.
Plus, it's still summer, and I want to be entertained before we all buckle back down for fall.
What about you guys? What movies are you looking forward to? What's the best movie you've seen so far this year?
Tags: Movies
Note: I posted about this a couple of weeks ago over at Magical Musings, but I thought I would share the post here too.
Every summer, I pick out a TV show to watch. Sometimes, it's a new show that I've heard folks buzzing about. But more often than not, I chose an old TV show — either something that I remember watching as a kid or something that I always wanted to watch and just never had time to.
In previous summers, I've re-watched The A-Team, which was my absolute favorite show as a kid. And yeah, probably as an adult too. LOL. I've also watched all eight seasons of Magnum P.I., which was escapist fun, and I've checked out the first season of Miami Vice, which was way darker and more depressing than I thought it would be.
This summer, I decided to re-watch Saved by the Bell.
As a kid, I loved Saved by the Bell, especially Mr. Zack Morris. I was totally Team Zack from day one. Seriously, Kelly, why did you spend so much time dating Slater? Zack was always so much cooler.
I have fond memories of Zack and the gang and all their hijinks, and I remember a lot of the episodes. Seriously, a lot of them. I don't know if my memory is that good, or I just watched the episodes that many times as a kid. Probably a little of both.
But it's interesting going back and watching the show now. I'll admit that some of it makes me cringe — the bad fashions, the cheesy jokes, how mean everyone was to Screech.
But you know what? I still really like the show. If nothing else, it's a chance to look back fondly on something fun and goofy from my childhood. And I think we could all use a little more fun and goofy in our lives, don't you?
What about you guys? Are there any shows you want to check out or re-watch this summer?
Tags: Television
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He Cannot Win - But It Is Important that Dr. Paul RunsSubmitted by zenpiper on Sun, 05/29/2011 - 12:30
I think we all agree that the USA is in peril, and has been for a long time. We may further agree that the USA is in the hands of dark forces, no longer accountable to the People.
During the 2008 campaign I published quite a few pieces about the CFR (Council on Foreign Relations) and other elitist groups that truly run the country. The president has no real power, and has had none since 1963 - with the possible exception of Reagan, who was limited severely, particularly after he was shot.
Ron Paul has always represented a threat to those in power, seeking to restore power to the People and to the Constitution. Well, it's just not going to happen now. It's too far gone. We have been severely compromised by those whom we trusted. This is nothing new to most of us/you.
But what Dr. Paul CAN do is to - is, like Paul Revere - sound the alarm. He has done this very well about many things - the staggering debt, the FED, the congressional fudging of the facts, and so many other things. By running, as he did in 2008, he will at least be able to bring these messages forth.
Ron Paul is 75 and has a squeaky voice. This is not attractive to many. (Lincoln also had a squeaky voice). It does not count that he is right - in America today. What passes for content is glamor, so Sarah Palin will get the flash cameras, even though she is quite bad. I have no idea who will win the Republican nomination, but it is moot now.
No matter what, Obama will win a Second Term. It's a done deal. The votes are already counted. Voter Fraud has happened since 1998, when Janet Reno commandeered the votes for AG in Dade County. Sorry to disappoint, but the Establishment, the CFR, the Bilderburgers, and the Committee of 300 (look it up) will not allow someone with integrity to win. They could allow it, of course. But they won't.
But he is in the mix. And that is important. He did well in some straw polls and that has been noticed by the Cuban-smoking elite in the Netherlands. They are amused.
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You forgot the "unless"...
I assume we are at least agreed that the goal of our efforts is to elect Ron Paul president. That said...
He cannot win UNLESS his supporters get off their dead ends and actually DO something.
Now this goes beyond rushing off to "vote" in the latest "poll". It's more than making posts on line that say, "Ron Paul WILL win." Wishing for something does not make it so. WORKING for something makes it so.
A Ron Paul win will take tremendous EFFORT, but effort alone will not ensure a win. The effort has to be focussed, directed, targeted. Think of the difference between a military that drops bombs at random locations versus one that focusses 100 aircraft on a single target. Consider the difference between a "dumb" bomb and a cruise missile.
We must be more vigilant about how we spend our time, and how we direct our resources, and to which efforts we direct our energies.
I spent a lot of time working on the 2008 Ron Paul campaign. I saw a lot of excited, energized, positive people doing a lot of things that didn't bring much of a return on their investment of time and money. They felt good about what they were doing - but ultimately, they failed to achieve their goal. They were terribly disappointed when Ron Paul lost.
That's exactly what's going to happen this time UNLESS we learn from our mistakes.
If each of you would register as a Republican, give up two hours a month to go to your local Republican Executive Committee Meeting (REC), become a member and turn that entity's support to Ron Paul, he'd have the delegates he needs to become the Republican Candidate. Believe me, a lot of the people at those meetings just show up for social contact and free cookies. The leaders will be few, and those who have a strongly stated preference for president will be relatively few as well. The REC meetings I've attended reminded me more of a retirement home than an engine of political will. And they LOVED seeing young people join them. Go in, be nice, explain why you believe the future of the country rests on Ron Paul being elected, hob nob, convince, vote, elect, win. It really wouldn't take too many people to change the direction of the RECs, especially since THIS time you can point out that LAST time, everyone said Ron Paul was "crazy" - and he turned out to be RIGHT. We must turn the RECs around.
Keep in mind that NOTHING you do even matters if we do not achieve this goal.
Once the RECs support Ron Paul, the entire power of the Republican Party can be used to elect him president. We must win the nomination for Ron Paul, or nothing more will happen.
Cruising the web, looking for insults to Ron Paul and attacking them may FEEL good, but it's not the best use of your time. Voting in polls is fun - but how does that get Ron Paul more support in the RECs? One of the problems with the internet is that it provides instant feedback. You write something and it's there for all the world to see. Someone else reads it, and they respond. And the falderal goes on.
But in the end, what have you accomplished?
We need a new perspective, one that doesn't focus on immediate results. Step back. Take a long slow breath. Look at the big picture. Evaluate cause and effect. What are the keys to victory?
Before Ron Paul can be elected president, he has to be nominated. Before he can be nominated, he has to have enough delegates. Before he can get enough delegates, he has to have support in the RECs (or whatever your state equivalent is). Before he can get support in the RECs, he needs you to show up and make his case to the other REC members.
It's true. Ron Paul cannot win... UNLESS...
End media prejudice against Ron Paul in 2012.
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Ron Paul has a huge chance to win
Ron should win Iowa and NH the first voting states after that he will be a front runner and should have no probem winning in other states.
Btw Ron is speaking right now to people in Mason City Iowa
that is his fourth trip to Iowa in recent weeks.
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sometimes LL can suck & sometimes LL rocks!
Love won! Deliverance from Tyranny is on the way! Col. 2:13-15
I didn't realize you could
I didn't realize you could see into the future. Thanks now I can help prove you wrong in a little over a year.
Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto. - T. Jefferson rЭVO˩ution
"Everyone wants to live at the expense of the state. They forget that the state wants to live at the expense of everyone." - BASTIAT
why do we have these
why do we have these defeatist posts? Seriously, what good do they do? There have been many times where those who run the world have not been given their way. I suggest those who want to post garbage like this check it at the door. We don't need it here.
Of course he can win!
No offense, but are you nuts? Look at the polls! And we're energized! I assure you, NO ONE is energized for Romney, and Guliani always was a joke.
Integrity means having to say things that people don't want to hear & especially to say things that the regime doesnt want to hear -RonPaul
Far be it from anyone to question the Bilderburgers.
If they've decided RP won't win, it's a done deal.
"Win, Ron Paul, Win"
Per Rocky II...
Mickey, "What's the matter? You shook the hell out of the champion of the whole wide world. You be happy with that."
Rocky, "Maybe we can do better this time."
[later, after Adrian wakes from a coma]
Adrian, "There's one thing I want you to do for me."
Adrian, "Win. Win!"
From that Rocky's slogan was "Win, Rocky, Win".
The sleeping masses have awakened and we say, "Win, Ron Paul, Win!" That should be one of our primary slogans.
This is the kind of intensity we need in this campaign.
Check out this clip from Rocky II:
If the powers that be lose
everything if Ron wins, it stands to be anticipated they will do whatever they have to to make that not happen.
So it is unlikely, but it is not impossible and it is well worth the fight, cause either liberty wins or we are lost to a Fascist dictatorship.
If things cannot be changed at the ballot box, only one thing remains. And that is not preferable.
Front Fell Off
OP needs to get educated.
Ron Paul can win just as James Garfield won..it is not impossible.
President has the power to enforce current existing law..including the u.s. constitution. Congress would get their ship wrecked on Article 1 section 8.Its very possible legally to bind congress...depends on whether its wise or unwise..it would be a matter of deciding how to enforce the u.s. constitutional law upon congress in defense of the citizens liberties.
"The little Engine that could" !!!
If I disappear from a discussion please forgive me. My 24-7 business requires me to split mid-sentence to serve them. I am not ducking out, I will be back later to catch up.
The message has already won
The genie cannot be put back in the bottle. Those who have awakened cannot be put back to sleep. The acceleration is growing, the message is spreading faster and faster.
You are right about the problems we are facing - most people don't understand the powers we are up against. I tend to agree that we need to understand this more before we have a chance to win. The controllers will push their statists candidates in the media, ignore Ron Paul and if that is not enough they will pull out a statist candidate saying the same things as Ron Paul just to confuse the sleeping people and hand Obama a second term.
They also have the Diebold voting machines and the vote fraud to help them if everything else fails. They killed JFK and shot Reagan so why not again? Our movement is still too naive but that is ok. As it becomes even more noticeable how rigged the system is that will just awaken even more people. I believe we have passed the point of no return. Too many people know now and it becomes more obvious by the day.
Saying he can't win is not constructive, but knowing what we are up against is necessary for victory in the end, so thanks for that part.
The waking up manual: http://www.dailypaul.com/168937/the-waking-up-manual-how-to-...
He can win, he will win!!
He can win, he will win!! However, being a history bookworm of sorts, I'll confess that if Dr. Paul wins the nomination, he might have to nominate someone like Cain or somebody who's been in the inside, as the running mate in order to be tolerable. Just remember Reagan's double nomination in 1980 and 1984, with 2 landslide wins!
With Firm Reliance On The Providence of God....
With Firm Reliance On The Providence of God.... Ron Paul can win. Because nothing, nothing, absolutely nothing... nothing is impossible with God!
'With man this is impossible, but with God, all things are possible!'
'If you faith, all things are possible to him who has faith!'
Ron Paul CAN win!
Please remember what God did through our Founders (George Washington and the ragtag Continental army) despite all odds against them!
And please remind yourself what God CAN do through Ron Paul and a ragtag "army" of followers/volunteers/geniuses/etc. who are getting smarter, more passionate, and growing in ranks every day!
Think about it and know Ron Paul CAN win!
Ron Paul 2012
The Champion of the Constitution
At the cross Jesus Christ defeated sin, death, hell, and the new world order.
C'mon boys, let's take the plunder!
Ya..lol, no one figured
Ya..lol, no one figured Daniel would ever beat those lions, either. NO ONE.
Please consider censoring topics that infer that "Dr. Paul cannot win" and the like. Heck, if all the folks that have said that would have supported him we would have HIM in the White House today!
This negative does not belong here and these are likely trolls hired by the PTB to interject it into the campaign! It sucks to see these topics and if the space were devoted to POSITIVE things we would all benefit!
Give us clear vision, that we may know where to stand and what to stand for - because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything.
~ Peter Marshall, US Senate Chaplain 1947
I tend to agree
Negativity has no place in this fight at this time.Let's go with Positive!
If I disappear from a discussion please forgive me. My 24-7 business requires me to split mid-sentence to serve them. I am not ducking out, I will be back later to catch up.
He CAN win.
And he can win by a landslide, but WE must act to spread the message, WE must get involved in local politics, WE must not be the ones saying "He can't win" (leave that garbage to the MSM) WE will effect change when WE realize the power is all in our hands if we would simply wield it. WE the people are legion, they in power are few in comparison. ONE person can make a difference, and that one could be anyone of us and IS ALL of us. Do what you can do, but DO something positive to move us towards our goal. Ron Paul CAN be President, but we the people MUST support him and make it known.
Inspiration rant over :)
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Vote for President Ron Paul 2012
Go Back To Bed !
You're poor opinion is not appreciated here !
Explain Rand Paul becoming a senator
most people with the "evil interests control everything in America" stance usually said the same thing about the Senate, thus so little was tried.
"You underestimate the character of man." | "So be off now, and set about it." | Up for a game?
senator of Kentuky much
senator of Kentuky much different than POTUS
Not much of a difference taylor.
Districts in each state are similar to the way states have their own GOP. Its very hard to get a new senator elected against an former senator..and its very difficult to get as much support within the GOP as senator rand paul received. Ron Paul is going to win the delegates and that is how he will be nominated.
If Ron Paul gets the GOP nomination, the General Election will be unlike anything ever seen in this Country before.
For once, there will be a real dialog and a real debate about substantive issues, and we will see voter turnout like nothing ever witnessed before 60%-65%.
But Obama has no real support from either the left or the right. The Economy will continue to flounder, and Obama will continue to get us deeper and deeper involved in these horrible Wars in Libya, Afghanistan, Yemen, Iraq, and Pakistan. His artificial popularity (due to the Osama story) will soon plummit back down again.
He can't run on a message of "change" again, for he has changed nothing, and spent the last years endorsing the very worst of the Cheney-Bush legacy. The only way that Obama wins is by having another Establishment Republican oppose him -- where there is no policy difference (except on abortion or other fringe issues).
I hate bumping this post
I hate bumping this post because I am absolutely sick of seeing this negative naysaying overtaking this board. So I am making the first post to ask others not to comment and bump up these negative posts and let these posts die a quick death.
Remember when Rand was running and all the negative posts that were saying he can't win and he was a traitor and on and on? One thing is for certain, if he didn't have believers who supported him all the way he couldn't have won. He won and Ron Paul can too.
Sure the media is against him and the neocon Red State weirdos are against him. Those are the loudmouth cretins that would like to influence and shape everything in our lives. So, we need to counter this with positive enthusiasm for our good candidates. We need to be loud and a force to be reckoned with; not 'I know he can't win because we will be beaten back by the powers that be yadda yadda."
Ron Paul is getting a lot of press and media attention both good and bad. He won CPAC, his book is selling well, he is placing well in the polls, getting interviews, large receptions at his speaking engagements, has growing name recognition...he is positioned well and spreading the message to more and more receptive voters. Remember, times are catching up with RPs dire predictions and more newcomers are ready for his message...many people who didn't know about him before or didn't understand his message and warnings but will now. So let's not have 2-5 HE CAN'T WIN statements splattered on this site when they come to research Ron Paul and his support base.

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Hi-Rez - Best New Songs, Albums, & Features
Listen to the best new songs and albums from Hi-Rez as well as features written by the DJ Booth Staff. Last updated on November 12, 2014
Song: DJBooth RapBox Freestyle
We can't say this is as good as the time Hi-Rez made a video for PornHub, but….it pretty much is. For the latest in our RapBox freestyle video series, the Florida emcee takes a little stroll through Brooklyn and... More
Posted 2 weeks ago
Song: White Tiger
Back in June of 2013, Sacramento-based beat crew Hippie Sabotage stepped into the Booth with White Tiger, a vibrant instrumental that won widespread acclaim among our readership. Now, that beat has been repurposed as the... More
Posted 3 months ago
Album: Beautiful Struggle
Other rappers might have more Twitter followers or mixtapes downloads, but Bronx-born emcee Hi-Rez is focused on building a legion of true fans. Fresh off his "F*ck Your Opinion" Tour with Emilio Rojas, the 20-year-old has... More
Posted 6 months ago
Song: Brandon Clark
It's not unheard-of for rappers to release self-titled tracks, but you rarely encounter a joint named after its producer. With that said, it ain't hard to tell why Hi-Rez decided to shout-out Brandon Clark on his... More
Posted one year ago
Song: Never Enough
The last featured single off Hi-Rez' most recent street album found the 18-year-old Fort Lauderdale native in a Race With Time, utterly consumed by his desire to make it in the music game. As it turns out, though, his... More
Posted one year ago
Song: Growing Love
Hip-Hop is no stranger to personification. A classic example would be Common's I Used to Love H.E.R, but for a more recent case look no further than Hi-Rez, who treats Mary Jane, the plant, as if she were a real woman.... More
Posted one year ago
Song: Race With Time
While Hi-Rez hasn't been glimpsed on our pages since February, when he brought us ambitious mixtape inclusion Music in Me, fans shouldn't take that to mean the Ft. Lauderdale representer's been slacking on... More
Posted one year ago
Song: The Remedy
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Rose Misner
Name: Rose Misner
I'm part of: The Saint John YMCA-YWCA
#1 health goal: Reducing my BMI from 67 to about 28. I don't have any co-morbidities and I'd like to keep it that way.
Biggest challenge: Portions. Though I crave more fruit and veggies, I still don't get enough of them.
Biggest accomplishment: Since January 2011, my BMI has gone from 67 to 51 (80 lbs). Now I don't eat after supper and my addiction to potato chips disappeared the day I won a Y membership. I absolutely have to share another. I had set a goal to walk up the steep hill where I live in the spring (about 1K). On January 19th, because I missed my bus from the mall, I decided to try it. This added about 1/2K to my goal and I did it in half an hour!!!
I will continue to Live Right Now by: Controlling my portions, working out while challenging myself at the Y and celebrating milestones with new clothes instead of eating out.
Personal tip for Canadians: Out of shape bodies and minds can get in shape again. Yes it's work, but each victory is a reward - celebrate it!
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Haunting Aerial Photos Of Ferguson The Day After The Grand Jury Protests
Smoldering buildings and burned-out cars sit alongside the memorial for Michael Brown, photographed from above in Ferguson, Missouri, on Tuesday afternoon.
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Published on 11 August 2013 01:39 PM EDT
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While there's an X.Org 7.8 Wiki page that mentions planned features like XWayland integration and video driver hot-plugging, there isn't active work towards putting out the X.Org 7.8 katamari nor specifically on delivering these mentioned features.
Frequently within our forums and elsewhere the
X.Org 7.8 Wiki page
is cited, since it mentions "XWayland integration" as one of the prominent features. While it's a goal of the X.Org/Wayland developers to mainline this support, and for X.Org developers to deliver on the proposed features, it isn't a commitment to deliver them in the next release.
X.Org "katamari" releases have become rare
and less important in the modular world and where distributions are quick to pick up compatible package updates. In terms of the X.Org Server features -- like integrating the XWayland support -- that's up to the xorg-server component release schedule and development work. The X.Org katamari releases just bundle in all of the packages together at one state.
As I wrote in June of 2012,
X.Org 7.8 will not come for a while
. Additional reasons are explained within that article.
Oracle's Alan Coopersmith
as well this weekend in the forums about not to put too much weight into that Wiki page. Alan noted, "many of those todo list items just get copied forward from release to release since they haven't been finished yet, and no one is actively working on making a X11R7.8 release plan. (Maybe we'll discuss one at XDC, if we can find someone to be release manager there.)"
So at next month's
XDC2013 developer event
they may discuss doing X.Org 7.8, but that's not to say XWayland will be part of the release.
X.Org Server 1.15
is what's actively under development but will likely be released in the next month or two. It's unlikely to see XWayland integrated into that server release so it may not even be until early 2014 before seeing the needed support from the mainline code. XMir support also really isn't a target as
Canonical is just patching their X/Mesa packages
for Mir.
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Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders may affect up to 5 percent of U.S. children
There is a new report out this month that suggests that as many as one in 20 U.S. children may have health or behavioral problems related to alcohol exposure before birth. Especially these days, when "everyone knows" not to drink during pregnancy, the numbers are higher than anyone expected.
"Knowing not to drink during pregnancy and not doing so are two different things," especially before a woman knows she is pregnant, said lead researcher Philip May, a professor of public health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Findings from the study were reported online Oct. 27 and in the November print issue of Pediatrics.
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is at the most severe end of the spectrum of conditions resulting from drinking mothers. These conditions include abnormal facial features, structural brain abnormalities, growth problems and behavioral issues. Children on the milder end of conditions resulting from pre-natal alcohol use still suffer from things like impairment in the ability to complete tasks required to do well in school or other behavioral issues.
Knowing this, why would any pregnant woman take even one drink?
Dr. Lana Popova, a senior scientist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and an assistant professor of epidemiology and of social work at the University of Toronto says, "There is no safe amount of alcohol or safe time to drink during pregnancy, or when planning on becoming pregnant. If a woman is unaware of her pregnancy, for whatever reason, she should discontinue drinking immediately upon pregnancy recognition."
The study also found other alcohol factors that contribute to the potential severity of problems children might have. The longer it took a mother to learn she was pregnant, how frequently she drank three months before pregnancy, and the more alcohol the child's father drank, the more likely it was that the child would have negative effects, were part of the findings.
Dr. Popova also cites two contributing factors to these unexpected percentages: a high number of unplanned pregnancies and a need to improve access to effective substance abuse treatment programs for women of childbearing age.
Over the years, we have always regularly received phone calls from pregnant women and it is our heartbreak that we can not help an already pregnant woman detox off of alcohol. So we work very hard to get the word out to women to please, please confront and handle alcohol problems before risking getting pregnant.
As Dr. Janet Williams, a professor of pediatrics at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio observed: "Alcohol is a neurotoxin, and alcohol exposure is the leading preventable cause of birth defects and intellectual and neuro-developmental disabilities. So why is it worth experimenting with your child?"
When it comes to the virulent, deadly ebola epidemic that's dominating the news these days, we're just as nervous as everyone else. No vaccine, no cure, and anywhere from 50 to 90 percent fatality rates.
We're glad the White House is taking the ebola threat seriously by creating a task force to help head off an ebola epidemic getting a foothold here in America. President Obama has hand-picked Ron Klain, the former chief of staff to Vice Presidents Joe Biden and Al Gore, to "coordinate the national response to the deadly virus."
But because of what we do – help people overcome drug and alcohol dependence – we know how widespread and deadly addiction has become in America. By anyone's definition it's an epidemic. And we can't help thinking that more could and should be done to deal with it too.
It may upset some people for us to say this, and it certainly wouldn't be popular coming from any politicians or health officials these days, but statistically, the death count from the current and dreaded ebola epidemic in West Africa is actually trivial compared to the death count from drug and alcohol abuse, both here and around the world.
The hard and true facts are this: More Americans die every month from drug and alcohol related mishaps than have died from the current, dreaded ebola virus epidemic sweeping West Africa. They've been dying here in the US at that rate for decades. And it's not really getting any better.
Here are some numbers to compare – and they're rather shocking:
EBOLA (current outbreak, as of mid-October 2014)
- Deaths in Africa: 4,500 (estimated)
- Deaths in US: 2 (confirmed)
DRUGS AND ALCOHOL (for 2010, latest figures available)
- Alcohol-related deaths in US: 25,692
- Drug overdose deaths in US (not including alcohol): 38,329
- Pharmaceutical drugs: 22,134
- Pharmaceutical opioid analgesics: 16,651
- Illicit drug use: 17,000 (may include some of above events)
- World-wide drug related mortality (from UN): 247,000
Clearly, with drugs and alcohol addiction and deaths, we are dealing with an epidemic of such colossal proportions, one that has been going on for so long, that most people today just don't "get it." It's too big, it's been around too long, it's too familiar – whatever – most people have become kind of numb to the whole thing.
Unfortunately, that includes many lawmakers, the people we elect to guide us and protect us, and allocate sufficient resources to head off dangerous threats to public health. And of course, that has to include the drug and alcohol epidemic that is claiming over 75,000 American lives every year.
When it comes to choosing its victims indiscriminately, drug and alcohol addiction isn't too much different from most viruses including ebola. It strikes people of all ages in all walks of life, and like a virus, it spreads like a contagion – especially among our young people.
Yes, ebola (haemorrhagic fever) is a terrifying disease. It's fatal in an average of 75 percent of cases. It spreads very quickly and there's no effective cure or preventive vaccine. So we strongly support all necessary resources to prevent an actual ebola epidemic here at home.
And let's make this perfectly clear: When we compare the figures for drug and alcohol fatalities to the ebola epidemic, we certainly aren't suggesting that we shouldn't be concerned about the ebola threat. Fact is, we're just as worried as you are that more cases might pop up here in the US before we finally knock it out. And that's plenty scary indeed.
What we are saying, however, is that the ebola epidemic threat is a big reminder of a deadly epidemic already here in America, and it needs more attention and more resources to deal with it. We're saying that our lawmakers and public health officials should step back for a minute and take a look at what we consider the Number One public health epidemic in this country – drug and alcohol addiction.
There have been 2 deaths in the US from ebola. Yet in that same two or three weeks that it took those two very unfortunate people to succumb to ebola, roughly 4,300 Americans died from drug and alcohol related incidents – overdoses, accidents, murders, suicides – the list goes on.
And sadly, tragically, most of them died needlessly, because timely and effective intervention saves lives threatened by addiction. We could have saved them if the right resources – proven workable resources like medical, counseling, legal – had been available and active at the right time.
When you add to these needless deaths the enormous financial, emotional, familial and societal costs, the need for more and better prevention and treatment resources becomes even more evident.
Here at Novus, we certainly aren't political activists – anything but. We're a team of highly trained medical detox specialists who help people break free from dependence on drugs and alcohol. And we do that by using the safest, most comfortable and most modern medically-supervised detox protocols available anywhere. The only 'movement' we're involved in is our own dedicated campaign to help set our patients free. But we always encourage friends and patients to do whatever they can to help spread the word – detox and treatment before it's too late.
If you or someone you care about is struggling with drug or alcohol dependence, don't hesitate to call Novus and get all your questions answered about drug and alcohol detox. We're always here to help.
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A Columbia University addiction research neuroscientist says many of the commonly accepted ideas about substance use, abuse and addiction are just plain wrong.
For example, says Carl Hart, Ph.D., crack cocaine does not create addiction in someone the very first time they use it. Pure crack cocaine and powdered cocaine are chemically identical, and create identical effects on users if the amounts and delivery methods are the same.
In fact, he says, the same is true for any substance – no drug causes addiction the first time it's used. Even if someone wants to use it immediately a second time, it doesn't mean they are addicted, he said.
Speaking at a recent TED Talk, Hart said that 80 to 90 percent of drug users never become addicted at all – including those who try cocaine. He reminded the audience that our last three presidents – Obama, Bush and Clinton – all used drugs when they were younger. "Their drug use did not result in an inevitable downward spiral leading to debauchery and addiction," Hart said. "And the experience of these men is the rule, not the exception."
From a societal perspective, Hart said he has had to learn that drugs and drug addiction are not the cause of crime, violence and gang activity in our inner cities. Raised in a minority, crime-ridden neighborhood of Miami, he was personally involved in drugs and petty crime as a youth. He was constantly told, and thoroughly believed, that drugs were at the source of all the ills in "the 'hood".
"I came from a community where drug use was prevalent," Hart told the TED Talk audience. "I kept a gun in my car, I engaged in petty crime, I used and sold drugs. But I also stand before you today, emphasis on 'also', a professor at Columbia University, who studies drug addiction. And I know what some of you are wondering – 'How in the world did you get from there to here?'"
Hart made it through high school, and credits his joining the Air Force with sparking his interest in higher education. He received a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master of Science degree from the University of Maryland, and earned his Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of Wyoming. Finding a solution to addiction became his mission. He says he chose neuroscience specifically so he could solve the addiction problems in his old neighborhood.
And after more than a decade of research, he has convinced himself and his co-workers that crime, violence and gangs are based on poverty and the lack of opportunities and positive choices. Crime and violence exist independently of drug abuse and addiction, he says.
Many common ideas about addiction are based on old animal research from the 1960s and 1970s, he said, which has not stood up to the test of time. For example, in old research, rodents in cages could access a lever that would give them a shot of cocaine. They immediately began self-administering the drug, and wouldn't stop until they died. This was the "scientific" basis for everything known about cocaine abuse.
Those rodents were never offered an alternative, he said. So Hart's team ran experiments in which the rodents were also offered sweets and sexually active mates as well as the drugs. The results were fascinating. They no longer drugged themselves to death and chose the non-drug alternatives. They favored the sweets and the sexual partnerships more than the drugs.
Encouraged, Hart's team began similar tests on human subjects. Hardened addicts who agreed to take part in controlled lab experiments were offered a free hit of their drug of choice or a small sum of money – $5 in the first round of experiments and $20 in a subsequent round.
The results were surprising, to say the least. More than half of the participants chose the money over the drugs. The experiments showed over and over again that even a majority of hardened coke and meth addicts, not beginners by a long shot, were more interested in an alternative that meant more to them than just getting stoned again.
Modern science and better, more creative research has taught Hart that the drug addiction problems in America will never be improved unless new ideas are brought to the table. Hart proposed three basic steps to begin reducing drug addiction and crime in a meaningful way.
The first is ensuring that employment and better education are available to all. It will require a huge shift in drug policy, but "important, attractive and meaningful 'reinforcers' as alternatives to drug use and abuse" are essential, Hart said.
"My research shows that attractive alternatives can decrease drug use," he said. "Providing viable economic opportunity will go a long way in decreasing drug abuse."
The second is decriminalization of drug possession – treating it like a traffic violation, Hart said. Hart pointed to other countries, such as Portugal and the Czech Republic, where drug addiction and crime have been significantly reduced through these methods.
"Significant portions of their society are not stigmatized, marginalized and unfairly incarcerated. If our goal in the U.S. is to have a legal system that treats everyone fairly, one that's just…we must decriminalize drug possession" and change "selectively enforced" drug laws. For example, racial profiling is rampant in drug enforcement here in the U.S., where 80 percent of cocaine users are white, but 80 percent of people in prison for cocaine possession are black.
"Third, I believe science should be driving our drug policy and drug education – even if it makes you and me uncomfortable. First we should be truthful about it." He pointed to the massive media coverage of the recent rise in heroin abuse and overdose deaths in the country. The actual truth is that 75 percent of so-called heroin overdose deaths involved other sedative drugs, either alcohol or benzodiazapines.
"Rather than just vilifying heroin, the message should be, 'If you're going to use heroin, don't combine it with another sedative!'"
People will always use drugs, Hart says. They always have used drugs. We must learn to live with this fact. Drugs will never be entirely eradicated no matter what approach is taken, and to think otherwise is naïve. Hart said that we already take this approach with other dangerous activities, such as sex, alcohol and even driving.
"I've come a long way since the mean streets of Miami, and even a longer way since the starry-eyed young man who wanted to eradicate drugs as the best way to deal with the drug problem. Today I no longer want to eradicate or eliminate drugs from our society. It would be naïve to think so."
He added that he wants to "keep safe" the countless recreational drug users, the vast majority of drug users, who don't have an addiction problem and who need the truth about drugs and who need real justice.
Hart closed his talk by saying he is dedicated to disseminating the real science about drugs and addiction to the public and he asked the audience to join him in these efforts. "What I know now is that drugs are not the problem. The real problems are poverty, unemployment, selective drug law enforcement, ignorance and the dismissal of science surrounding these drugs."
Hart's book, High Price: A Neuroscientist's Journey of Self Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society, was published by Harper in June 2013. Called a "harrowing and inspiring memoir", it won a PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award.
At Novus, we also believe that 'the drug problem' can best be helped by applying proven advances in science and by sensible adjustments of social policies when needed. Here at Novus, we are dedicated to helping reverse the effects of addiction by using the most modern medical detox protocols available. We know what our role is, and we encourage anyone with a drug problem of any kind to call us any time. We are always here to help.
Categories: Drug & Alcohol Addiction Detox, Drug News
After more than 10 years of hemming and hawing, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has finally lowered the boom on prescription painkillers containing hydrocodone. It's about time, since hydrocodone is among the top killer drugs in America.
The new ruling, which comes into effect the first week of October, 2014, moves a long list of painkillers such as Vicodin and Lortab from schedule III to schedule II, placing them in the same category as codeine and oxycodone. DEA says the long-awaited move is a response to the epidemic of prescription opioid overdose deaths across the country.
"Almost seven million Americans abuse controlled-substance prescription medications, including opioid painkillers, resulting in more deaths from prescription drug overdoses than auto accidents," said DEA Administrator Michele Leonhart. "Today's action recognizes that these products are some of the most addictive and potentially dangerous prescription medications available."
What this means is that patients can only get prescriptions for 3 months tops, after which they must see the doctor for a renewal. In many states, only a physician will be able to write such a prescription, excluding the various categories of medical assistants, technicians, nurse practitioners and so on.
Drug schedules run from I down to V. Schedules II down to V must all have accepted medical uses. Schedule II is the highest potential for harm and abuse, with Schedules III, IV and V having progressively less potential for harm and abuse. Schedule I are controlled substances with no accepted medical use and no accepted procedures for safe use.
Hydrocodone Containing Products (HCPs) usually are hydrocodone in combination with such drugs as acetaminophen, ibuprophen or aspirin. When Congress passed the Controlled Substances Act in 1970, HCPs were listed as Schedule III, but hydrocodone by itself was placed in Schedule II, the class reserved for drugs with a higher potential for abuse than SIII.
Over the past decade, prescription drug abuse overtook abuse of illicit street drugs. There's been no shortage of evidence that the rampant increase in abuse of HCPs has led to thousands of dependencies, abuses, addictions and fatal overdoses.
To its credit, the DEA has been calling for a shift to Schedule II for HCPs for all that time. Surveys from multiple federal and nonfederal agencies, says the DEA, have clearly shown that HCPs indeed have "a high potential for abuse and abuse may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence." The DEA pointed to federal Monitoring the Future surveys of 8th, 10th, and 12th graders, which showed twice as many high school seniors used the Schedule III HCP Vicodin non-medically as used the more tightly controlled Schedule II drug oxycodone and its popular delayed-release version, OxyContin.
Obviously, for those 10 years, other forces have been at work blocking the DEA's attempts to tighten controls. Although they cite medical and financial concerns – tighter controls would make it more difficult for patients to get the pain relief they need and it would be more expensive – no credible study supports the argument.
Here in Florida, the damage done by prescription painkillers containing hydrocodone is no secret and no surprise. According to the state's 2013 Medical Examiners Commission Interim Drug Report, hydrocodone is one of the top half-dozen killer drugs in the state. Deaths from hydrocodone increased 30 percent in the first 6 months of last year over the last 6 months of the year before.
But hydrocodone isn't the state's top killer – that's a distinction reserved for the whole class of drugs called benzodiazapines, with alprazolam (Xanax) and diazepam (Valium) taking the top honors. Almost always, benzodiazapines are found in combination with other drugs, more often than not alcohol.
But any way you look at it, the picture in Florida is a grim reminder of the deadly grip prescription drugs have on the nation. In Florida, prescription drugs represent 78 percent of all overdoses in the state, outpacing illicit drugs like heroin and cocaine. After the benzodiazapines, the drugs that caused the most deaths were alcohol, cocaine, oxycodone, morphine, methadone and hydrocodone.
Hydrocodone is a 'semi-synthetic' opioid, meaning it is part natural and part man-made with chemicals from other sources. The natural part originally came from codeine, but most is made today from thebaine, another, much more toxic derivative of codeine. Codeine is a natural derivative of morphine, which in turn comes from opium, which is made from the sap extracted from the green seed pods of a flowering plant called the opium poppy.
The synthetic part simply means that some chemists started with a natural opioid and then tinkered with it in a lab to create the chemical properties of what is now called hydrocodone. And like almost all the opioid/opiates in our prescription painkillers, it originated in pre-WWII Germany in the 1920s and '30s.
Another interesting thing about hydrocodone is that it is not just used as a painkiller, but also as an antitussive – that is, a cough medicine, often in combination with acetaminophen or ibuprofen.
Maybe the most interesting thing about hydrocodone is that it's prescribed predominantly in the United States and is rare everywhere else. The International Narcotics Control Board says 99 percent of the world supply is consumed here in the States.
And yet another interesting aspect of hydrocodone was the recent approval by the FDA of a new hydrocodone formulation, called Zohydro ER (for Extended Release). The FDA approved it over the objections of its own review panel, which said that if it was approved, it would likely "be abused, possibly at a rate greater than that of currently available hydrocodone combination products" such as Vicodin and all the others. At least 30 states asked the FDA not to approve it, some saying they would ban its sale in their jurisdictions. But after a federal judge overturned Massachusetts' attempt to do so, citing that federal approval trumped state law, the states were forced to accept it.
The bottom line, of course is that the shift to Schedule II for hydrocodone containing products may mean very little in terms of dependencies, addictions and deaths. All one has to look at is the number of fatalities from oxycodone – triple or quadruple that of hydrocodone – and oxycodone containing products are and always have been in Schedule II.
Really, the only good news in all this is the fact that Novus Medical Detox Center has the answer for anyone in trouble with hydrocodone or any prescription or non-prescription opioid. Our medical opioid detox protocols offer the safest and most comfortable detox possible anywhere. Don't hesitate to call Novus any time and get all your questions answered about opioid detox, or detox from any substance.
Categories: Drug Facts, Opiate Addiction Detox, Opiods
Taking opioids while pregnant may increase the chances that your baby will become a substance abuser later in life
Medical scientists in Boston say early exposure to opioids like methadone, heroin, Subutex and opioid prescription painkillers may lead to permanent genetic changes in some infants, and that these changes could increase babies' sensitivity to addictive substances later in their lifetimes.
It's already well known that using opioids while pregnant causes Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) – "cold turkey" withdrawal symptoms – in the newborn infant.
And it's also well known that some infants have a much worse time of this horrible experience than others.
Scientists have theorized for some time that drug-related genetic changes in the mother or baby may explain why symptoms are more severe in some babies than in others. Now, researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC) have completed a study that appears to confirm the theory. But it also suggests an even more important theory – inherited genetic potential for addiction.
First of all, it's known that in opioid users, changes occur to a specific gene called the mu-opioid receptor (OPRM1). Opioid receptors are the targets for opioids in the nervous system, and the OPRM1 gene is considered essential for opioid dependency in adults. The OPRM1 gene also plays an important role in dependence to other drugs of abuse, such as nicotine, cocaine and alcohol.
When opioids or alcohol hit the receptor, the receptor triggers the release of beta-endorphins, which in turn releases dopamine. This is the body's "feel-good" reward system. The final result is more craving for the drug or alcohol, opening the door to dependence and addiction.
For the study, the researchers examined genetic data from 86 infants whose mothers had taken opioids while pregnant. As expected, some of the infants suffered far worse NAS withdrawal symptoms than the others. Their suffering not only was more intense, the babies also needed more medication than the others and their withdrawal lasted longer.
When the babies' genetic information was compared, it was found that the infants who suffered severe NAS withdrawal symptoms had high levels of what's called "DNA methylation" in their bodies. This told the researchers that the OPRM1 gene in those babies had been "silenced" or shut off – the typical effects of dependence. Such changes are also caused by external forces – called "epigenetic" changes – and they're usually permanent.
What appears to be most interesting to the researchers is the distinct possibility that the change in the infant's OPRM1 gene was inherited from the mother's DNA at conception – she passed on the effects of her own opioid abuse to the baby, who was then born with the genetic mutation typical of an opioid, alcohol or cocaine addict.
"What makes these results so intriguing is that these epigenetic* changes could be passed on from mother to child, resulting in these children potentially having future issues and sensitivities around opioid and other addictive substances," said Elisha Wachman, MD, a staff neonatologist at BMC and assistant professor of pediatrics at BUSM.
This is certainly food for thought for women who use and abuse addictive substances such as opioids. It's bad enough to think you've caused your baby days of extreme discomfort. But it's quite another thing to realize that your substance abuse might make your child more prone to substance abuse later in his or her life.
Here at Novus Medical Detox Center, we don't treat pregnant women or babies. This is purely the job of expert neonatologists – specialist pediatricians who care for premature newborns or those with serious illness, including NAS.
What we try to do is to encourage women of child-bearing age to be extra careful to avoid pregnancy while they're using or abusing any addictive substances. But even more important, we urge them to seek help to get and remain sober.
If you're dependent or addicted to opioids and could possibly become pregnant, we ask that you make the all-important decision to get here to Novus for a medically supervised detox before you become pregnant. We are experts at providing safer, more comfortable opioid withdrawal for people who want to recover drug-free lives.
* processes by which inheritable modifications in gene function occur without a change in the sequence of the DNA
If you have teenagers in the house, or pre-teens who are on their way to adolescence, this blog is for you. And if you have teens in trouble with substance abuse, or know of any who are, keep reading, because you're already involved.
Addiction experts and social scientists at Columbia University have reported that substance use and abuse by America's teenagers should not be taken lightly. Rather than treating it as a harmless phase that all teens go through, it should be at the top of our list of adverse social situations.
The massive, 420-page report from the University's National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASAColumbia), says it all by its title: Adolescent Substance Use: America's #1 Public Health Problem. Smoking, drinking, using illegal drugs and misusing prescription drugs "is by any measure a public health problem of epidemic proportion, presenting clear and present danger to millions of America's teenagers and severe and expensive long-range consequences for our entire population," the scientists said. Ignoring or minimizing the problem not only adds to the soaring medical costs of substance use and addiction, it puts the future of America at risk, both socially and economically.
The report details the messages that pervade American culture that promote teen substance abuse, and then it examines the results:
- Widespread impairment of physical and mental health among millions of teenagers because of risky substance abuse
- Countless injuries, suicides, homicides and other fatalities related to substance use
- Risky driving, risky sex, and drug-related violence and crime
- The tragic losses of educational and life opportunities for tens of thousands of substance injured and addicted young people
- The terrible impact on families of the loss of sons and daughters to addiction
- The immeasurably negative loss to America's vital work force
Adolescent substance use is also responsible for "the largest preventable and most costly public health problem in America today" says CASAColumbia. Teen substance abuse itself is costly, but research has shown that almost all adult substance abuse and addiction begins in adolescence:
- Annual costs directly stemming from teen substance use include $68 billion for underage drinking and $14.4 billion for substance-related juvenile justice programs.
- Annual costs to federal, state and local governments for all abuse and addiction are at least $468 billion a year – roughly $1,500 for every single person in America every year – and most of the problems originated in adolescence.
This comprehensive report drew from sources all across the country, including:
- National surveys of 1,000 high school students, 1,000 parents of high school students and 500 school personnel (including teachers, principals, counselors and coaches)
- Analyses of 7 national data sets
- Interviews with approximately 50 leading experts in a broad range of fields related to this report
- 5 focus groups with students, parents and school personnel
- A review of more than 2,000 publications
CASAColumbia say that educators, health professionals and parents need to become more aware of the seriousness of the situation. Everyone needs to learn how to identify at-risk teens, while the health care system needs to provide more and better treatment for kids already in trouble with substance use and abuse. The report is aimed at everyone who has a stake in our future, and is in a position to do something about it:
- Parents
- Health Care Professionals
- Policymakers
- Educators and Community Organizations
- Media
- Researchers
- Teens
The report has a comprehensive list of recommendations for each category of involvement. If you're in this list, you're involved. You can download your own copy of the report here.
Here at Novus, we couldn't agree more with the CASAColumbia recommendations. Novus isn't an adolescent treatment center, but we do deal with dependence and addiction on a daily basis. And it's vital to understand that so many adult patients can trace the beginnings of their substance use problems back to their teenage years.
Picture credit: CASAColumbia
A new scientific study shows that positive persuasion has a far better chance of convincing an addict to avoid risky behavior than negative messages about all the harms and dangers.
Researchers from Wayne State University and Indiana University compared the effects of both types of approach, using volunteers who were both substance dependent and non-substance dependent. The results, published in the journal Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, clearly showed that substance-dependent people respond more rationally to positive persuasion to avoid risky decisions than they do to negatively framed messages.
The researchers tested both groups of volunteers using the Iowa Gambling Task, which measures the ability to resist making unusually risky decisions while playing a card game.
When the risks involved were posed to the substance-dependent participants in negative terms, their ability to make rational decisions and control risky behavior was markedly reduced. But when positive persuasion was used that emphasized the benefits of avoiding risky decisions, the dependent group made obviously more rational decisions to control risky behavior.
Meanwhile, the non-dependent volunteers made rational, less risky decisions regardless of whether the messages were framed positive or negatively.
To back it all up with physical science, MRI brain scans were taken during the experiments of the areas of the brain which are normally active when people are consciously deciding to limit irrational or impulsive behavior.
When negative persuasion was used, the scans of the dependent individuals revealed a marked reduction of activity, which matched the actual risky decisions the participants were making. But with the positive persuasion, their scans showed normal, rational activity, right while they were making sensible, more rational decisions.
Again, supporting the actual decisions taken during the 'game,' the non-dependent group's brain scans showed completely normal activity whether the messages were couched in positive or negative terms.
Given the life-style that most substance-dependent and addicted people have to endure just to survive, it makes sense that they're plenty familiar already with all the negative stuff about their addiction – heck, they're living it every day. And they've developed an efficient survival system of their own to deal with all the bad decisions they know they're making.
Like the airbag in your car, this system is always poised and ready to instantly deploy and absorb any incoming negative energy. Every time you hammer away at them about how bad and wrong they are, how risky and dangerous and harmful their decisions are, how sad and terrible they're making everyone else feel – POW! That mental airbag pops open and shields them from the negativity. They'll say, do or promise anything, and appear any way they think you want them to appear. But it's just air – it's the airbag talking, trying to avoid more incoming negativity.
This research proves what the successful addiction treatment experts have been saying for a long time: to persuade someone who's dependent on drugs or alcohol to stop taking risks with their life, it's better to be up-beat and positive about the benefits of sobriety. Stressing all the bad things about dependence and addiction just drives the addict further down.
Addicted people are still people, nevertheless. They need to be treated with the same respect and care you'd give anyone – especially someone in trouble. They need to see a hand reaching out to help, not raised to hit. Like everyone else in the world, addicts respond to positive messages; it's the negative ones they've learned, the hard way, not to deal with.
Here at Novus, we don't just treat substance dependence and then send people on their way. We treat people, helping them find the positive in their lives and eliminate the negative, under their own control. And we often make lifelong friends, too. Don't hesitate to call Novus if you or someone you love has an addiction problem. We're always here to help.
Categories: Drug News, Novus Medical Detox
If you were to stop someone on the street or at the mall and ask, "Do you know what Suboxone is?", they'd probably give you a blank stare and say, "Not a clue!"
Suboxone is one of the pharmaceutical industry's "blockbuster" drugs that most of America has never heard of. Suboxone has been making $billions ($1.7 billion last year alone) for its maker, Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceuticals of the U.K. Even though it makes more money than Viagra and Adderall, it's virtually unknown to the general public.
But Suboxone is the trade name for a compound of two generic drugs, buprenorphine and naloxone. These drugs are also money makers in the drug industry. Another brand, Subutex, is just buprenorphine by itself. And if you were to ask around about buprenorphine and naloxone, you'd probably get that same blank, questioning stare from most people.
So why haven't most Americans heard about Suboxone? Or buprenorphine or naloxone for that matter? And why should we want know about these drugs anyway?
The first question is easy. We haven't heard about them because they're used mostly in the specialized treatment of opioid addiction. Buprenorphine was approved by the FDA in 2002 to treat opioid addiction. Buprenorphine is an opioid, but its narcotic and euphoric effects are less than heroin or opioid painkillers. Like methadone, it is prescribed to prevent withdrawal symptoms, while the addict comes off the stronger drug and works towards recovery.
That's why buprenorphine and naloxone and compounds of the two like Suboxone are well known to addicts. And they're an integral part of daily life for the addiction treatment community, as well as for law enforcement. If you're not an opioid addict, or a treatment specialist, or in law enforcement, chances are you won't hear about them.
Why should we care about these drugs?
The second question, however, is more important: Why should we want to know about them?
That answer is of deadly importance. Suboxone and buprenorphine on its own are being widely abused. Buprenorphine has become a serious player in the illicit narcotic drug underworld. According to the DEA's national drug testing labs, buprenorphine is in the top three or four most-reported prescription narcotics confiscated by law enforcement across the country. (This includes combination drugs like Suboxone.)
In the Northeastern United States, where oxycodone and OxyContin are miles ahead of all the others, buprenorphine is number two – even ahead of hydrocodone (the biggest killer here in Florida). In the South, buprenorphine is number three and in the Midwest and West it's number four.
A recent article in the New York Times told the story about a 38-year-old carpenter and rock musician who credits buprenorphine (Suboxone) with his recovery from opioid addiction and an attempted suicide. But the article also detailed the overdose death of a 20-year-old who tried buprenorphine with some friends one night, fell asleep, and never woke up. The young man who provided the buprenorphine is serving a 71-month sentence in a federal prison.
Another article, this one in Louisville's The Courier-Journal, says prescriptions for Suboxone and its generic equivalents have soared 63 percent in Kentucky in the past year. The problem is that a huge number of those prescriptions are being diverted to the streets. "Suboxone abuse is huge," a treatment official told the paper.
It's a similar story across the country. That's why everyone needs to know more about these drugs. If we see a Suboxone package or buprenorphine bottle where it shouldn't be – that is, not in a treatment setting – we'll know to take a closer look at what's going on with that family member or friend. Suboxone and buprenorphine are not safe drugs to play around with. Not just weekend drug dabblers, but even serious opiate addicts are suffering from Suboxone and buprenorphine abuse.
Naloxone is important because it saves lives
Naloxone, the other Suboxone component, saves lives every day. It interrupts the deadly effects of an opioid overdose, like bringing the dead back to life. It's in all hospital ERs, it's carried by emergency responders, and in some cities and states, it's available to the public.
If there's an opioid addict or abuser in your family, you must know that the risk of opioid overdose is ever-present. Having a naloxone applicator or syringe handy could save that person's life.
But an even better idea is to get that friend or family member into recovery before any overdose occurs. Why risk a life when you don't have to? And if you or someone you love is already in trouble with Suboxone or buprenorphine, Novus is the place to call, because we are experts in handling buprenorphine and suboxone withdrawal and detox.
Call Novus today. We're here to help.
Categories: Drug Facts, Suboxone
The several million Americans dependent on narcotic painkillers, along with their families, friends and co-workers, are probably giving a little cheer today at some pretty amazing news. Two California municipalities, Santa Clara County and Orange County, have launched lawsuits against five of the largest narcotic painkiller pharmaceutical companies in the world.
The suit, being brought on behalf of the entire state of California, accuses the drug companies of creating the nation's prescription drug epidemic by "waging a campaign of deception" to boost sales of their dangerously addictive painkillers.
Named in the suit are:
- Actavis
- Endo Health Solutions Inc.
- Johnson & Johnson's Janssen Pharmaceuticals
- Purdue Pharma
- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries' Cephalon Inc.
The drugs made or marketed by these companies include most popular brand name painkillers such as OxyContin, Percocet, Percodan, Opana, Duragesic and others, along with many generic narcotic painkillers, such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, fentanyl and others.
Both Orange and Santa Clara counties say they have been seriously impacted by prescription narcotic overdose deaths, emergency room visits and skyrocketing medical costs. The lawsuit contends that the pharmaceutical companies violated California laws against false advertising, unfair business practices and creating a public nuisance.
The LA Times said the 100-page lawsuit uses "sweeping language reminiscent of the legal attack against the tobacco industry." The companies employed tactics similar to those used by the tobacco industry to "conceal their deceptive marketing and conspiratorial behavior."
The suit "alleges the drug companies have reaped blockbuster profits by manipulating doctors into believing the benefits of narcotic painkillers outweighed the risks, despite 'a wealth of scientific evidence to the contrary'", the Times said. The lawsuit claims that the drug companies' marketing practices "opened the floodgates" for such drugs and "the result has been catastrophic." Patients were encouraged to ask doctors for narcotic painkillers to treat common conditions such as headaches, arthritis and back pain. The drug manufacturers promoted narcotic painkillers as safer than they actually are and promised unproven benefits such as improved sleep and quality of life. Such claims are beyond those allowed by the FDA, the suit says. The result, says the suit, is "a population of addicts" which has led to the explosion in heroin abuse and addiction – the same high at a fraction of the cost of illicit prescription painkillers.
The suit also says that in Orange County, there is a painkiller-related death every other day. The county's district attorney told the Times he sees the suit as a matter of public protection, with the "primary goal to stop the lies about what these drugs do."
No methadone on the list
In what we see as an oversight, the narcotic painkiller methadone is missing from the list of drugs, along with the various companies that manufacture and market methadone. Also known as Amidone, Dolophine, Heptadon, Methadose, Physeptone, Symoron and many other names, methadone is associated with more deaths than any other narcotic painkiller. Deaths linked to methadone have at least quintupled since 1999, primarily from its use as a painkiller.
At least some of the responsibility for the methadone catastrophe belongs to doctors who prescribed the drug for pain, without properly cautioning patients about its uniquely dangerous characteristics. Methadone lasts much longer in the body than other opiate painkillers, long after the pain relief has faded. Feeling the return of the pain, patients take more methadone. The result is physical overdose and, all too often, sudden death.
But drug companies are also complicit for not ensuring that doctors themselves have been adequately educated about methadone. And we have to say, that responsibility also extends all the way up to the FDA which has allowed this situation to go on for far too long.
Meanwhile, methadone's widespread use as a treatment for opioid addiction has created a new subclass of "legally" drug-dependent Americans. Unfortunately, many discover, sooner or later, just how tough it can be to get off methadone – even more difficult than the heroin or other narcotic they were previously taking.
Even worse, many of these people can become trapped when their daily methadone dosages become higher than average, something that can happen as time passes. The specialized medical methadone detox program they need for high-dose dependence is frequently difficult to find.
We're looking forward to seeing what becomes of the California law suit. As one of the nation's leading drug detox clinics, Novus Medical Detox Center is on the front lines treating all prescription narcotic painkiller dependencies. And Novus is one of the few detox centers in the country able to accept and successfully treat higher-dosage methadone detox patients.
If you or someone you care about is caught in the methadone trap, call us today. We are here to help.
Categories: Drug News, Methadone, Methadone Addiction Detox
|On average, 2,500 people – seven every day – die every year in Florida from abuse of painkillers, especially oxycodone, OxyContin, hydrocodone and methadone.
Categories: Drug Facts, Drug Overdose


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