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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 533

drug addiction

Hunter Biden, center, accompanied by his mother, US First Lady Jill Biden, left, and his wife, Melissa Cohen Biden, right, walking out of federal court after hearing the verdict, June 11, 2024, in Wilmington, Delaware. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
June 11, 2024, 8:38 pm
Hunter Biden found guilty of all 3 felony gun charges in federal trial
US president says he’ll accept verdict after jury convicts his son for lying on gun purchase form about his illegal drug use
By Randall Chase, CLAUDIA LAUER, Michael Kunzelman, Colleen Long and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
(L to R) John Rothman as Mortimer Sackler, Matthew Broderick as Richard Sackler, Sam Anderson as Raymond Sackler in episode 3 of 'Painkiller.' (Keri Anderson/Netflix © 2023)
August 10, 2023, 4:46 pm
Netflix’s ‘Painkiller’ is mesmerizing drama about Sackler role in ongoing opioid crisis
Premiering August 10 with a cast led by Matthew Broderick, the six-part series zeroes in on the death and destruction wrought by OxyContin on a community in western Virginia
By Renee Ghert-Zand
A teacher leads his students at the Virgin Mary Procession in Haifa, Israel on April 30, 2023. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)
May 3, 2023, 1:39 pm
Daily Briefing May 3: Israel’s growing opioid problem; Haifa’s flag-bearing Catholics
Health reporter Renee Ghert-Zand discusses addiction, and Sheba’s collaboration with Fauci, as religion correspondent Canaan Lidor looks at JFNA in Israel and interfaith Haifa
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Fentanyl-laced fake oxycodone pills collected during an investigation in 2019. (US Attorneys Office for Utah via AP)
April 30, 2023, 2:57 am
Now world’s no. 1 opioid consumer per capita, Israel faces addiction epidemic
New report traces spike in use of fentanyl and similar drugs; experts attribute abuse and addiction to overprescription, lack of understanding, and health system problems
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative: 5-mg pills of Oxycodone, June 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)
January 24, 2023, 8:44 pm
Symposium aims to tackle addiction, stigma in US Jewish communities
Two-day online event includes Narcan training, discussions on recovery, role of Judaism in treatment, as tens of millions of Americans grapple with drugs and overdose deaths soar
By Luke Tress
Illustrative: Fentanyl-laced fake oxycodone pills collected during an investigation in 2019. (US Attorneys Office for Utah via AP)
August 1, 2022, 2:09 pm
Daily Briefing August 1: Fentanyl devastation; did Trump plan West Bank annexation?
US correspondent Jacob Magid on Jared Kushner’s new book and Israel’s move against the PA’s ‘pay-for-slay’; NY reporter Luke Tress on the scourge of opioid overdoses across the US
By ToI Staff
An activist sets up cardboard gravestones with the names of victims of opioid overdose outside the courthouse where the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy case was taking place in White Plains, New York, on August 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
July 27, 2022, 9:28 pm
Jewish communities grapple with addiction as fentanyl crisis ravages US
American Jews have not been spared the devastating fallout of opioid abuse, which claimed 107,000 US lives in 2021, though some still struggle with stigmas while seeking help
By Luke Tress
Rabbi Michael Perice of Temple Sinai in Cinnaminson, New Jersey, shared his story of addiction and recovery with his congregants after celebrating 10 years of sobriety. (Rachael Perice/ via JTA)
July 7, 2021, 2:42 am
US rabbi formerly addicted to opioids uses his experience to help congregants
Rabbi Michael Perice struggled with opening up to synagogue members about his past but thought it best to fight stigmas. Now he’s bowled over by the outpouring of love and support
By Shira Hanau
Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski, Hasidic rabbi and psychiatrist specializing in substance abuse, June 19, 1990, (Steve Christo/ Fairfax Media via Getty Images/ JTA)
January 31, 2021, 11:16 pm
Abraham Twerski, renowned Hasidic rabbi and psychiatrist, dies at 90 of COVID
Prolific author, noted Judaic scholar and recognized authority on substance abuse succumbs to virus in Israel
By Shira Hanau and Ben Harris
A man with a syringe used to inject heroin (iStock)
August 5, 2020, 2:04 pm
Israeli prof blazes trail to help heroin overdosers, says anyone can save a life
David Schwartz says he has shown that the general public can become emergency responders, guided by an app; thinks overdose treatment should become as accessible as defibrillators
By Nathan Jeffay
Jason Isaacs at the British Independent Film Awards in London, Dec. 1, 2019. (Wiktor Szymanowicz/Barcroft Media via Getty Images via JTA)
August 5, 2020, 8:33 am
‘Harry Potter’ star Jason Isaacs opens up about his struggle with addiction
Jewish actor, famous for playing the character of Lucius Malfoy in film series, says he began ‘decades’ of drug abuse when he was still a teenager
By Emily Burack
Author Gabor Mate, and his book, 'Scattered Minds.' (Ebury Publishing UK)
December 21, 2019, 8:49 am
Addictions guru channels survival of the Holocaust into self-help empire
Dr. Gabor Mate’s theories on coping with early-life mental wounds, and strong stress on empathy, have made him a global sensation as he releases his latest book, ‘Scattered Minds’
By JP O’ Malley
ILLUSTRATIVE -- A skeleton of pill bottles stands with protesters outside a courthouse on Aug. 2, 2019, in Boston where a judge was to hear arguments in Massachusetts' lawsuit against Purdue Pharma over its role in the national drug epidemic (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
October 17, 2019, 12:16 pm
Teva, other opioid makers and distributors press for settlement as trial looms
Source says nationwide US agreement could be worth tens of billions of dollars; Israeli manufacturer would contribute some $15 billion in overdose antidotes, treatment drugs
By Mark Gillispie and GEOFF MULVIHILL
The Louvre courtyard and pyramid. (Wikipedia/Alvesgaspar/CC BY-SA)
July 17, 2019, 11:06 pm
Louvre museum removes Sackler name amid opioid controversy
Billionaire family are owners of Purdue Pharma, whose painkiller OxyContin is subject of over 1,000 lawsuits for role in US addiction crisis
By AFP
Illustrative image of teenagers. (iStock)
May 26, 2019, 6:11 pm
Almost one in three Israeli adolescents at risk, report finds
Elem support organization delivers assessment to President Rivlin showing 30% of youngsters having problems involving drugs, alcohol, sexual abuse or violence at home
By ToI Staff
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