by The Mental Health Blogger | Dec 17, 2021 | Addiction, Mental Health Issues, Oklahoma
Sarah Stitt: Hope led me out of survival mode, and a better Oklahoma also starts with hope “I was a teenager when I first understood that the drug addictions and mental health issues that affected my home were anything out of the ordinary. “I didn’t know...
by The Mental Health Blogger | Nov 23, 2021 | Addiction, Stigma, Suicide Prevention
Artist Wayne Brezinka Hopes Cobain Portraits Sparks Talk About Substance Abuse, Stigmas The pandemic has brought renewed focus on mental health and substance abuse. Two friends are talking about these issues and taking on the stigmas involved. “I gather. I collect....
by The Mental Health Blogger | Nov 17, 2021 | Addiction, Oklahoma, overdose
Drug overdose surges amid COVID lockdowns; more deaths in one year than ever before According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 100,000 Americans died of drug overdoses during the 12 months following the COVID-19 lockdowns, the most...
by The Mental Health Blogger | Nov 3, 2021 | Addiction, Substance Abuse
The last gift Mark and Shana McKenzie got to buy for their daughter Hannah was a headstone for her grave. “As our only child, she was our only world” Mark McKenzie said. “Everything we did revolved around Hannah.” McKenzie addressed a group of...
by The Mental Health Blogger | Oct 19, 2021 | Addiction, Criminal Justice, Oklahoma
Humphrey Hopes to Change Corrections System and Update SQ780 “Addiction is a disease,” he said. “It’s a health issue. That’s the paradigm shift. Up until 2016, we put people in prison and we punished people who battle addiction and...
by The Mental Health Blogger | Oct 1, 2021 | Addiction, Substance Abuse
Justice Department News Releases Mentions Oklahoma 19 Times An alleged drug kingpin charged with directing a continuing criminal enterprise and organizing and directing at least three separate methamphetamine conspiracies in Oklahoma and Missouri was arrested this...
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