Melissa Etheridge, celebrity friends raise $1 million for push for emerging opioid treatments

Melissa Etheridge, celebrity friends raise $1 million for push for emerging opioid treatments

Heartbreak led to a mission. That sparked the creation of a foundation, since that’s something you build upon, and then she asked some friends to help her. When Grammy Award-winning rocker Melissa Etheridge took the stage at the Vea Newport Beach on Thursday, Oct. 30, she shared her story of loss, her passion for alternative treatments for opioid addiction and, of course, her music. And the intimate, inaugural Rock Jam in front of 136 people – i…