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Marcel Gemme

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Covers:  Substance Abuse, Recovery, Addiction, Mental Health, Rehabilitation, Senior Care, and Technology.
A Licensed Drug & Alcohol Treatment Specialist. Drug Education and my journalism. Musician and composer. @_Addicted_Org. muckrack.com/marcel-gemme-1.
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From Prevention to Recovery with Marcel Gemme

From Prevention to Recovery with Marcel Gemme

Apple Podcast — Mental Health Podcast · Series · From Prevention to Recovery is a video podcast that explores substance use prevention, recovery, and community impact through honest conversations with professionals and people with lived experience. ...
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Breaking the Cycle: How One Expert is Guiding Families Through Addiction

Breaking the Cycle: How One Expert is Guiding Families Through Addiction

theaddictionpodcast.com — Today we're joined by Marcel Gemme, a Drug and Alcohol Treatment Specialist (DATS) and a distinguished member of NAADAC, the Association for Addiction...
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Expert on substance abuse prevention warns of link between abusers, attempted suicide

Expert on substance abuse prevention warns of link between abusers, attempted suicide

MetroWest Daily News — An essential part of suicide prevention, especially amid ongoing drug overdoses, is recognizing the link between suicide and substance use disorders.
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Expert on substance abuse prevention warns of link between abusers, attempted suicide

Expert on substance abuse prevention warns of link between abusers, attempted suicide

MetroWest Daily News — An essential part of suicide prevention, especially amid ongoing drug overdoses, is recognizing the link between suicide and substance use disorders.
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Drug education remains essential and beneficial as New Jersey celebrates 4/20 day - AOL

Drug education remains essential and beneficial as New Jersey celebrates 4/20 day - AOL

Aol — New Jersey parents should choose informal times to have conversations with kids about cannabis, and should not make a big thing about it.
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The Nordstrom Half-Yearly sale continues: Shop our editor-approved picks - up to 50% off

The Nordstrom Half-Yearly sale continues: Shop our editor-approved picks - up to 50% off

Aol — We may earn money from links on this page, but commission does not influence what we write or the products we recommend. AOL upholds a rigorous editorial process to ensure what we publish is fair, accurate and trustworthy.
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Drug Education Series

Drug Education Series

amazon.ca — Visit Amazon's Drug Education Series Page and shop for all Drug Education Series books. Check out pictures, author information, and reviews of Drug Education Series
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Is The Overuse Of Prescription Drugs In America An Epidemic?

Is The Overuse Of Prescription Drugs In America An Epidemic?

blunt-therapy.com — The overuse of prescription drugs in America has risen to epidemic proportions. But are Americans really overmedicated? Here's what the current research says.
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GEMME: COVID-19 may be around for years. How will seniors stay safe? - Winchester Sun

GEMME: COVID-19 may be around for years. How will seniors stay safe? - Winchester Sun

The Winchester Sun — The COVID-19 pandemic has ravaged seniors across America, causing more death in this demographic than any other age group. Hit particularly hard have been those who live in nursing homes, assisted living facilities and retirement communities. There has been a multitude of extraordinarily tragic reports coming from different states about outbreaks with many confirmed cases ...
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What happened to the Drug Epidemic?

What happened to the Drug Epidemic?

Baltimore Post Examiner — The COVID-19 pandemic has made the last month some of the most unusual times in many people's lifetimes. It's affected all of us in some way, whether it be financially, educationally, health-wise, or just in our day to day lives. But amidst this emerging public health crisis, many people have forgotten about public health enemy number one, addiction.
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Marcel Gemme: Harm-reduction vs. rehabilitation, what both aim to solve

Marcel Gemme: Harm-reduction vs. rehabilitation, what both aim to solve

Lompoc Record — Rehabilitation: This process aims to get the individual off of all drugs. Though it may implement the first school of thought, mentioned above, to help someone through the preliminary part of the rehabilitation process, it usually preaches abstinence. The focus is more heavily on life skills and handling underlying issues, rather than manipulating brain chemistry.
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America's forgotten epidemic

America's forgotten epidemic

The Wilson Times — Before COVID-19, substance abuse was the most significant public health emergency in America for over a decade. Our country poured massive amounts of funding into prevention and treatment programs, ...
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What makes seniors more at risk

What makes seniors more at risk

Altoona Mirror — Since the COVID-19 pandemic began in China, we've known that older people have the highest mortality rates of anyone should they contract the virus. As the illness has progressed and infected America, we've learned in even more detail about this. We now know that 13.4% of patients who are 80 and older die because of COVID-19.
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Coronavirus Could Impact People with Addiction - Health Journal

Coronavirus Could Impact People with Addiction - Health Journal

The Health Journals — Unless you've been living under a rock, you're probably aware of the COVID-19 pandemic. It's all over the news, social media, and is dominating most conversations we have. But what isn't being talked about is how specific populations may be affected by the virus, particularly those struggling with substance abuse.
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Addiction, stigma, and COVID-19 - Troy Daily News

Addiction, stigma, and COVID-19 - Troy Daily News

Troy Daily News — Stigma is a mark of shame or disgrace, and people who struggle with addiction are already very familiar with this. It can perpetuate an endless cycle, where the drug user takes more drugs to cope with these feelings, thus furthering their addiction and inevitable stigma.
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Coronavirus and illicit drug use

Coronavirus and illicit drug use

Garden Island Hawaii — As people are overwhelmed with the flood of information and media attention that's come with the coronavirus, or COVID-19, many are concerned about if and how they will survive. Others may be experiencing another set of emotions, perhaps a skepticism or mild frustration with what may seem to be an overreaction due to media sensationalism.
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What Will Happen to Drug Treatment During a Pandemic?

What Will Happen to Drug Treatment During a Pandemic?

Fairfax County Times — We're in uncharted waters right now. With the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, spreading rapidly through America there are a lot of situations that we just don't know how to handle. And treatment for substance abuse is one of them. America is in the middle of a drug epidemic and consumes more drugs than anywhere.
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Living as an Older Adult Amid a Pandemic | The Healthcare Guys

Living as an Older Adult Amid a Pandemic | The Healthcare Guys

Health Care Guys — Health problems seem to be part and parcel to aging, but we're currently seeing a new type of health risk with COVID-19 which definitely applies to older Americans. The virus has reached pandemic proportions and in the United States is only beginning to ramp up. Many people are frightened, and this includes our older generation.
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What Does COVID-19 Mean for Senior Living? - Health Journal

What Does COVID-19 Mean for Senior Living? - Health Journal

The Health Journals — It can be challenging to stay up to date with all the developments of the spread of COVID-19 through America. It's happening rapidly and is of significant concern to our senior citizens. From what we know about COVID-19, is that as we go further up in age, we see more substantial risk and higher mortality.
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Addiction, Stigma, and COVID-19 By Marcel Gemme

Addiction, Stigma, and COVID-19 By Marcel Gemme

SitNews — Stigma is a mark of shame or disgrace, and people who struggle with addiction are already very familiar with this. It can perpetuate an endless cycle, where the drug user takes more drugs to cope with these feelings, thus furthering their addiction and inevitable stigma.
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Risk for contracting COVID-19 likely increases with illicit drug use

Risk for contracting COVID-19 likely increases with illicit drug use

Iowa City Press-Citizen — As people are overwhelmed with the flood of information and media attention that's come with the coronavirus pandemic, many struggling with substance abuse
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What is rock bottom?

What is rock bottom?

The Wakulla News — You hear this term a lot, particularly in the field of substance abuse. It's a low point. The lowest of lows, where the person is supposed to decide to turn their life around. Unfortunately, if the person doesn't use it as motivation to get better, they find an even lower point.
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Social Network of Care

Social Network of Care

Recovering Self — Technological advancements over the past ten years have transformed the way people handle their problems. Our society has undoubtedly changed, and the most common form of communication is shifting, from face to face, to "Face to Facebook". There are many claims of what this phenomenon is doing to our society.
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The Truth About Prescription Drugs In America

The Truth About Prescription Drugs In America

www.blunt-therapy.com — Our nation has a drug problem. But it might not be the one you're thinking of.
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