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Will the New CDC Painkiller Guidelines Reduce the Risk of Addiction? Author: Shernide Delva In an effort to curb what many consider to be the worst public health drug crisis in decades, the CDC has issued a series of guidelines and restrictions intended to reduce the abuse of prescription painkillers. On... Learn More

Over 90% of People Who Overdose on Painkillers Continue Using Author: Shernide Delva It turns out a brush with death is not enough to keep addicts from continuing to use. A recent study reveals that 90% of people who overdose on painkillers continue using despite their near-death overdose experience. The... Learn More

HBO Documentary Captures Cape Cod’s Heroin Epidemic Author: Shernide Delva A new HBO documentary focuses on Cape Cod’s heroin epidemic. In a recent interview, director and Oscar winner Steven Okazaki elaborated on the documentary which premiered on Monday. Cape Cod, a town known more for its seafood,... Learn More

Could a Heroin Vaccine Really Work? Author: Justin Mckibben Heroin and other opiate abuse and addiction have been described as a plague across the country. Deaths from overdose have been deemed an outbreak, and the issue with trying to put an end to the suffering has... Learn More

How the Internet Affected the Heroin Epidemic Author: Justin Mckibben It seems most of the nation has finally had their eyes opened to the reality of the situation, there is a very real heroin epidemic in America. This is a sometimes inconspicuous but still intense illness that affects... Learn More

New Zip Lock Bag Destroys Drugs Author: Justin Mckibben Prescription drug abuse is easily one of the biggest health concerns facing Americans today. Prescription painkillers and other narcotic medications have made a vast contribution to the overdose epidemic, and experts in the area of drug addiction... Learn More

U.S. Heroin Epidemic Now Rampant Among Baby Boomers By Cheryl Steinberg The thing about drug addiction is that it affects all people, across gender, socio-economic, age, and ethnic lines. And that’s becoming more and more apparent as a heroin scourge spreads the nation. First, we wrote about how... Learn More

Indiana Declares Emergency to Break the Ban on Needle Exchange Programs Author: Justin Mckibben This past February there was news from state health officials that changed all optimism regarding the decline in prescription drug abuse and heroin in southeastern Indiana, informing us that at least 26 people in the region were diagnosed... Learn More

Fentanyl Adding More Fatalities to Heroin Epidemic Author: Justin Mckibben As if we didn’t already have enough problems presented to us by the opiate epidemic, it seems that drug dealers have gone a step further and doctored up their dope in an attempt to cut corners, and... Learn More

Talking About Death May Save a Life Author: Justin Mckibben How many ways can the message get put out there- that Americans are killing ourselves off (both intentionally and unintentionally) in record numbers every year with drugs? How many people are still blind to the fact that... Learn More

Resurgence in the Heroin Epidemic By Cheryl Steinberg A recent surge in fatal heroin overdoses in a short period of time around Boston has prompted police departments across Massachusetts to educate residents about the resurgence in the heroin epidemic. The month of March isn’t even... Learn More

Quadrupled Death Rates of Heroin Overdoses Author: Justin Mckibben The opiate epidemic has been a pretty regular topic of discussion recently, with both a growing awareness of the issue touching all communities instead of just poor and urban areas, and concerns of the focus of the... Learn More

Will the New CDC Painkiller Guidelines Reduce the Risk of Addiction?

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