Dr. Oz dedicates episode to addiction, Drugs Over Dinner and U.S. Surgeon General Edit

The Dr. Oz Show To Partner In Holding The First National Night Of Conversation Nov 19 In Sweeping Effort To Engage Families In Drug Addiction Awareness And Prevention U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy Appears in Nov 10 Broadcast to Discuss Recently Commissioned Report On Addiction Partnership With Facing Addiction and Drugs Over Dinner Includes Hundreds of Affiliated Organizations in the Addiction Field and Participation of Major Federal Agencies http://drogaria.pt/comprar-tramadol/ NEW YORK, Nov. 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- In an effort to address the national problem of addiction, the three time Daytime Emmy Award Winning "The Dr. Oz Show" is organizing a National Night Of Conversation November 19 to encourage every family in the country to sit down to dinner and talk to their children about drugs and to have an open and honest discourse about addiction. The National Night Of Conversation (NNOC) was included in a recent press release distributed by the White House as part of President Obama's seminal address and town hall forum on the opiate crisis in Charleston, West Virginia on October 21. The NNOC is being conducted in partnership with Facing Addiction and Drugs Over Dinner and their many affiliated organizations. In contribution to this effort the show and the partner organizations are offering a downloadable Parental Discussion Guide to help families through this sensitive conversation. The Parental Discussion Guide was developed with input and advice from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), The National Council on Behavioral Health, and Healthcorps, a high school program founded by Dr. Oz. In a poignant episode to be broadcast November 10, Dr. Oz will introduce the night to viewers and will also be joined by the U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy M.D. to discuss the first ever recently commissioned Surgeon General's report on addiction which is expected to compile all the existing research, best treatment practices and further define the scale and nature of the epidemic.

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—November 12th, 2015 | Edit | Email | Facebook | Twitter

Dr. Oz Partners with Drugs Over Dinner for National Night of Conversation Edit

I love sharing recipes and pictures of delicious food as a way to celebrating how to eat healthily. But today I am sharing an image of an empty plate, which serves as a national call to action for all families to speak honestly about addiction on Thursday night. Our children's lives may depend on this table talk because our "war" on drugs is stuttering. Death from drug overdose has become the leading cause of accidental death in people under age 50. Roughly 23 million people in America are suffering with active addiction to alcohol or drugs. There are almost 2 million people addicted to prescription opioids in this country and four out of five heroin users started with prescription valium generic opioids, often for innocent ailments like back aches or a dental issue. One in three households is touched by addiction in the immediate family, and addiction is present somewhere in most family trees. The problem has reached epidemic proportions in Texas.

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—November 11th, 2015 | Edit | Email | Facebook | Twitter

LET’S HAVE DINNER AND TALK ABOUT DRUGS Edit

Photo + Interview: Jessica Durivage-Kerridge Change starts with conversation. Millions of conversations take place every day while sitting at dinner tables around the world. What if we got passionate about creating meaningful dinner conversation with the goal to inspire change? That is exactly what Angel Grant, co-founder of Drugs Over Dinner (DOD), is doing. Her goal is to inspire one million people over the next year to gather together and have compassionate conversations about drugs and addiction. Jessica Durivage-Kerridge: Many individuals find themselves on the spiritual path spurred by their own recovery from addiction. Why do you think this is? Angel Grant: We take drugs because we want to feel a sense of connection, and we seek God for the same reason. The search, no matter where it’s directed—divine union or cocaine—begins with pain that comes from believing you’re separate from love. The key is using spiritual practice to turn inward, toward awareness, which is what we actually are.

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—November 11th, 2015 | Edit | Email | Facebook | Twitter

Heroin Is Killing a Shocking Number of Twentysomethings in This Small New York Town Edit

Heroin continues to kill the young people of Averill Park, New York, and its surrounding communities at an alarming rate. The death toll is approaching a dozen fatal overdoses over the last three years in Sand Lake, population 10,000. Averill Park is part of the town if Sand Lake. There were two more deaths in September, strewing fresh grief and frustration, leaving residents groping for solutions in heroin's deadly contrails.

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—November 11th, 2015 | Edit | Email | Facebook | Twitter

A Dinnertime Discussion That Could Change Lives Edit

“Want to talk about it?” We’ve been hearing—and speaking—that phrase since we were old enough to put cogent words to our pain. The theory, one we’ve each put to the test hundreds of times, is that open, honest communication, ideally with loved ones we trust, makes things better. Even if the people we’re sharing our challenges with—whether that’s a bruised ego or a scary diagnosis—can’t provide a quick fix, there is potent healing available in a conversation that allows us to bravely bare our souls and be seen for who we truly are.

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—May 5th, 2015 | Edit | Email | Facebook | Twitter

Drugs Over Dinner 4 part conversation series. Danny Glover and Dr. Gabor Mate Edit

"Addiction, whether to drugs or other behaviors, Glover says, is always a compensation for the sense of being devalued as a human being. "That's basically it. Feeling alienated within the system: a system that demeans people, marginalizes them, exploits them, and creates a situation in which our value depends only on our capacity to consume."

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—April 29th, 2015 | Edit | Email | Facebook | Twitter

DOD Conversation: Krishna Das and Angel Grant Edit

Grammy-nominated Krishna Das - whom the NY Times called 'the chant master of american yoga" - talks with Drugs Over Dinner Co-founder Angel Grant about drugs, suffering and compassion. "People who've been hurt so much that they can't stand it anymore have to find something to do. Otherwise, it's like sitting in a fire. It's completely understandable that people struggle with addiction."

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—May 5th, 2015 | Edit | Email | Facebook | Twitter

DOD Conversation: Mariel Hemingway and Gary Mendell Edit

"Gary Mendell: The last thing that my son Brian said to me before he died was, "Dad, you know, 300 years ago, they used to burn women at the stake in Salem, Massachusetts, because they thought they were witches and then they learned they weren't. And they stopped." He said, "Someday, hopefully, society will realize I'm not a bad person. I just have a disease." I mean he just -- he just nailed it. And the question is... are they going to take 300 years or are we going to be able to turn this around just the way they've done with AIDS?"

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—May 5th, 2015 | Edit | Email | Facebook | Twitter

DOD Conversation: Jamison Monroe and Christina Huffington Edit

"We tend to come from two core beliefs in this culture -- love or fear. Fear tells us to keep quiet, hide secrets and share our successes, not our failures or losses. Love tells us that we are okay, that we are accepted, that we can hold compassion for ourselves and for others. Drugs Over Dinner is an opportunity to push through the fear and embrace a compassionate perspective on this very important topic."

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—May 5th, 2015 | Edit | Email | Facebook | Twitter

Our Co-Founder featured on Huff Post Live! Edit

23 million Americans aged 12 or older need treatment for drug or alcohol abuse but only 11 percent receive it. We discuss the new Drugs Over Dinner project, which aims to create change through "compassionate conversation about drugs and addiction." Huff Post Live with:

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—April 24th, 2015 | Edit | Email | Facebook | Twitter

Why Strangers Are Coming Together To Discuss Tough Subjects Over Dinner Edit

On a late-summer evening in Venice Beach, California, a dozen strangers gathered for dinner. They sat outside on their host's patio, enjoyed a home-cooked meal of fish, brown rice, roasted vegetables and a tomato and mozzarella salad, and got to know one another. But the conversation that evening wasn't the usual polite dinner party chit-chat -- these people had come together for the explicit purpose of having an honest, unfiltered discussion about their experiences with drugs and addiction.

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—September 12th, 2014 | Edit | Email | Facebook | Twitter