The number of states with medicinal and, now, recreational marijuana laws is – no pun intended – growing. It’s therefore not surprising that with greater availability to pot, the number of people using it has spiked. Despite new state laws an avalanche of criticism and the numerous negative side effects of weed and cannabis, the […]
The rise in prescription opioid and heroin abuse creates countless problems for healthcare professionals, law enforcement, drug abusers themselves, and society. It’s a complex issue that continues to claim lives and now it’s branching out to other drugs like Xanax and Norco. Unfortunately, Fentanyl, a painkiller 100 times more powerful than morphine, is showing up […]
Overprescribing prescription painkillers, such as Oxycontin, Hydrocodone, Percocet and any other number of other opioid medications created an epidemic of addiction and overdoses that communities across the nation continue to battle. While health care experts and legislators search for a solution to the issue, others are focusing on ways to manage different types of pain […]
In the midst of the opioid overdose epidemic, a new study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) finds both Suboxone and Naltrexone equally effective in treating addiction to heroin and prescription painkillers. An estimated 300,000 people have died since 2001 as a result of opioids, making it the leading cause of death […]
In September, one of the country’s largest prescription providers, CVS Health, announced its plan to combat the epidemic of fatal opioid overdoses. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, nearly 65,000 people died in 2016, largely because of prescription painkillers and fentanyl-laced heroin. To put the opioid-related death toll in perspective, more Americans died […]
The Trump Administration declared the crisis of opioid and heroin overdoses a national emergency in August this year. As it turns out, though, identifying an emergency doesn’t necessarily mean the government is quick to take any action. In fact, a Washington Post investigative report shows just how the government is making the situation worse, while […]
As the nation comes to recognize drug abuse and addiction as a public health issue rather than a moral failing or lack of character, harm reduction strategies have leaped to the forefront. These tactics are taking on new forms and making advances that save lives. One new strategy available now takes the form of test […]
Earlier this month, President Trump announced plans to declare a national emergency in lieu of the nation’s crisis of opioid overdose deaths. According to a recent survey, opioid-related fatalities now kill 142 Americans every single day. Just two days earlier, however, on August 8, Trump said his administration’s approach to battling the addiction epidemic would […]
There’s good news and bad news. The number of prescriptions for opioid painkillers, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is in decline. Since 2010, the peak of opioid prescriptions, the agency tracked a 41 percent decrease. However, the analysis also revealed the prescribing rate is still three times higher than in […]
It is a mammoth understatement to say life is hard, even if it’s true. No one skips through it without some type of challenge, be it financial, physical, professional, personal, medical, mental or any combination thereof. So it might not be surprising to learn that major depressive disorder is the leading cause of disability in […]
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