Lessons From The Life Of A Black Man Pt 2: Politics, Science & Miseducation About Addiction
Channel: Black Power Media
Date: 2021-09-15

Part 2 in my discussion about the conversations Abdus wanted to have about his life that he was working on the courage to share fully but ran out of time to get to. So I will do it for him.

Creative Commons License: MUSIC "Dial-Up" by Mani Draper

Co-Occurring ( or co-concurrent) Disorders: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/conditions/co-occurring-disorders

2019 The National Survey on Drug Use and Health:
https://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/reports/rpt29392/Assistant-Secretary-nsduh2019_presentation/Assistant-Secretary-nsduh2019_presentation.pdf

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine report on Death Rates Rising Among Middle-Aged and Younger Americans; Report Recommends Urgent National Response:
https://www.nationalacademies.org/news/2021/03/death-rates-rising-among-middle-aged-and-younger-americans-report-recommends-urgent-national-response

Reagan Moves Against CETA Jobs: https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/03/03/Reagan-moves-against-CETA-jobs/3050643110342/

CETA CUTBACKS LEAVING THOUSANDS UNEMPLOYED: https://www.nytimes.com/1981/04/11/us/ceta-cutbacks-leaving-thousands-unemployed-budget-targets-last-eight-articles.html

Deinstitutionalization: A Psychiatric Titanic: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/asylums/special/excerpt.html

TIMELINE: Deinstitutionalization And Its Consequences: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/04/timeline-mental-health-america/

Contras Amply Funded Despite Congress’ Ban: Reportedly Got $88 Million From 1984 to ’86, Half Coming From Private, Foreign Sources: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-02-01-mn-502-story.html

The Contras, Cocaine, and Covert Operations: https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB2/index.html

Is Crack More Addictive Than Coke? We Asked Experts: https://www.webmd.com/connect-to-care/addiction-treatment-recovery/cocaine/is-crack-more-addictive-than-cocaine

The Neurobiology of Cocaine Addiction: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2851032/

What options are available to treat cocaine addiction?: https://drugpolicy.org/drug-facts/cocaine/treatment-options-cocaine-addiction

Addiction Treatment Denied For Many, Study Finds: https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/addiction/news/20190604/addiction-treatment-denied-for-many-study-finds

She spent more than $110,000 on drug rehab. Her son still died.: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/9/3/20750587/rehab-drug-addiction-treatment-sean-blake-opioid-epidemic

John Kelly: Treating Addiction as a Chronic Disease: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe7fAFPGNAk

Falling out
A generation of African American heroin users is dying in the opioid epidemic nobody talks about. The nation’s capital is ground zero: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/local/opioid-epidemic-and-its-effect-on-african-americans/?itid=lk_inline_manual_5

Fentanyl: where did it all go wrong?: https://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/features/fentanyl-go-wrong/