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12/07/2025

🚫 THIS FACEBOOK ACCOUNT IS NO LONGER ACTIVE ‼️

02/08/2025

To our dear friends, followers, and supporters:
If you have noticed a lack of activity here lately, well... so have we. We believe the time has come to no longer take on donations. It has been an amazing and eye-opening experience to have built and worked on this program for the past 5+ years. We thank you all for your interest, participation, and donations. Our remaining funds will be donated in the spirit in which they were given. They will be transferred to the 501(c)3 organization Shatterproof to aid in their work against substance misuse and addiction. We encourage you to continue to work locally and make connections.

"So the opposite of addiction is not sobriety. It is human connection." -Author Johann Hari

Sincerely,
the team at LOLCA

02/01/2024

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09/05/2022

08/31/2022

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rainbow-fentanyl-drugs-dea-warning-children/

What is often called "rainbow fentanyl" has been seized by law enforcement agencies in 18 states just this month, the DEA reports.

06/21/2022

Truth! Be kind to yourself. 💜🙏🏻

05/24/2022

Steven Tyler putting his sobriety first. You’ve got this this! 🙏🏻💜

As many of you know, our beloved brother Steven has worked on his sobriety for many years. After foot surgery to prepare for the stage and the necessity of pain management during the process, he has recently relapsed and voluntarily entered a treatment program to concentrate on his health and recovery.

We are truly sorry to inform our fans and friends that we must cancel our first set of Las Vegas Residency dates this June and July while he focuses on his well-being.

We will continue our 2022 dates starting in September, and we’ll let you know any further updates as soon as we can. We are devastated that we have inconvenienced so many of you, especially our most loyal fans who often travel great distances to experience our shows.

Thank you for your understanding and for your support for Steven during this time.

If you purchased your tickets via Ticketmaster, you will be refunded and will receive an email shortly with details, otherwise please contact your point of purchase for information on refunds.

05/24/2022

https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/health-insurers-mental-health-substance-use-coverage-hhs-labor-parity/617664/

Though progress has been made, compliance with parity laws is still patchwork in the U.S., even as COVID-19 continues to throw disparities in health access into sharp relief.

05/11/2022

Thanks Adrienne! 

Opioid Pop Quiz for Parents and Children: True or False?
 
1. My children would never do drugs.
FALSE. No one’s excluded from this conversation- no group is immune from the adverse effect of opioids.
 
2. Opioids are illegal.
FALSE. Opioids include prescriptions like codeine in Tylenol #3 or Vicodin and illegal drugs like he**in and fentanyl.
 
3. Pain management is just one way to be at risk for an opioid overdose.
TRUE. Many situations lead to opioid overdose, not just addiction to pain medicine. Young people also use social media to buy medication believed to be Adderall or Percocet.
 
4. Fentanyl is used by physicians.
TRUE. Pharmaceutical fentanyl was developed for the pain management and is 50-100 times stronger than morphine. A lethal dose is 2 mg compared to 30mg of he**in.
 
5. Overdose numbers are exaggerated to scare people.
FALSE. 100,000 died of a drug overdose in 2020 and 3 in 4 deaths involved an opioid and in most cases, fentanyl.
 
6. Talking about drugs with children encourages experimental use.
FALSE. Talking about buying medication from Snapchat may save your high school or college student’s life. We talk about helmets and sunscreen so why not drugs?
 
7. I haven’t talked to my kids about opioids because I don’t know what to say.
TRUE. Look for opportunities like a story on the news. Natural entry points give rise to meaningful conversation.
 
8. There’s nothing to do after someone overdoses from opioids.
FALSE. An overdose doesn’t have to equate to death. Look for a breathing emergency: struggling to breathe, breathing less frequently or slowly with a snoring/gurgling noise. The person may also look pale or blue with blue nail beds or lips.
 
9. There is medicine to counteract an opioid overdose.
TRUE. Naloxone is an FDA-approved medication to counteract an opioid overdose. It’s available over the counter- injectable or nasal spray. Purchase and keep on hand because you never know when it will be needed.
 
10. Naxolone cannot harm someone.
TRUE. If you mistakenly administer it to someone who is NOT actually experiencing an opioid overdose, there is no harm.

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05/10/2022

MAY 10: NATIONAL FENTANYL AWARENESS DAY

https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=6C4DD0BB-AB81-486A-AB76-2FB40918D0C7&fbclid=IwAR0uR3h9eTy86qtUcFtSm-xDChHoB8ksc4mDwKWGo1U-5K32FtqJa5ZWHtQ

Washington—Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) last week led a group of their colleagues in introducing a Senate resolution designating May 10, 2022, as National Fentanyl Awareness Day. Overdose deaths have skyrocketed in recent years, largely due to the influx of....

03/13/2022

SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER:

Did you know that addiction is classified in the DSM-5? It’s a mental illness that lives in the brain stem: the same brain stem that serves a critical role in regulating certain involuntary actions of the body, including heartbeat and breathing. Addicts feel that they need their drug of choice (DOC) the same way they feel they need to breathe.

Did you know that our society treats addiction as a moral issue and pawns it off on law enforcement to “control”? The average stay in jail being 365 days or less. Where addicts are left to detox alone ?

Did you know the detox process can be violent and result in death if not monitored by medical professionals?

Did you know the addict is many times released, and at that time, their serotonin levels are at their lowest, leading to a high crime rate and a higher chance in relapse. It’s a pun to say that this is criminal but that’s exactly what this really is ....criminal.

It takes an average of 14-16 months of sobriety for an addict’s brain to balance serotonin levels to that of a neuro-typical brain. Did you know that?

Did you know that most insurances will only pay for 30 days of treatment for an addict? Please get mad about that. I’m begging you ...get mad about that.

Did you know that 136 people die everyday from opioid overdose? That’s one person every 10.58 minutes. By the time you’re done reading and processing this post, someone will have died from an opioid overdose.
Someone’s child.
Someone’s spouse.
Someone’s parent.
Someone’s brother/sister.
Someone’s friend.
Someone’s aunt/uncle.

Let that sink in.

Did you know that the two biggest factors that “make” an addict are
(1) Genetic Predisposition and (2) Childhood trauma. There’s not that “one hit” or that “one decision” that will make an addict. You never really know who is or is not an addict before they ever even pick up. It’s NOT a moral problem. I repeat, addiction is NOT A MORAL PROBLEM.

Just for a minute let’s take this in a little bit of a different direction. Did you know that the BRCA gene for breast cancer has a 5-10% genetic predisposition rate? People every day undergo testing and life changing surgeries to avoid it but addiction genetic predisposition is over 50%.
O V E R 5 0 %. Let that sink in.
You still think addiction is a moral problem? A parenting problem?
Too bad there isn’t a surgery to remove addiction huh ?

If there’s one thing an addict would say….it’s that they’re still in there. (I know because I’ve asked.) The person that you knew and loved is still in there.

They are not their disease.

THEY ARE NOT THEIR DISEASE.

Addiction is a disease. Much like diabetes. It has to be monitored everyday. For the rest of their lives. And it’s HARD. It takes support and unrelenting diligence. Like cancer in that it can always reoccur.

The blaming needs to stop. We need to do better.
The paradigm needs to change.
Insurance benefits needs to change.
Public awareness needs to change.

Period.

The next time you hear someone say “ they have a choice “ or you hear others refer to addicts as “ a junkie“ start by educating them because that really is how this works.

You can make a difference you can change things. It starts with educating yourself and then spreading that knowledge one person at a time. Please I beg you join me in this.

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Be a part of the change! 💜💜💯💪