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Author: Justin Mckibben All across the country local divisions of the Drug Enforcement Administration are attempting to match the pace by commissioning innovative ways of raising awareness and educating the general public. New policies, including making emergency overdose medications like... Learn MoreMassachusetts Granted $400,000 to Fight Prescription Drug Abuse
Author: Justin Mckibben Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and his administration officials announced last month that the Massachusetts Department of Public Health has been awarded a 2 year $400,000 federal grant to help combat prescription drug abuse. Governor Patrick had already declared opioid... Learn More3 Reasons Drug Fear Mongering is Dangerous
Author: Justin Mckibben The 'War on Drugs' is not something that anyone would say should be taken lightly. It is true that addiction to drugs and alcohol is a dangerous disease, and it is true that it has affected the... Learn MoreThe Link Between Mexican Drug Cartels and the US Heroin Epidemic
Along the U.S. – Mexico border, authorities seized a record amount of heroin: 2,162 kilos last year, up from 367 kilos in 2007. This is an indication of an alarming and fast-growing trend: Mexican farmers and Mexican drug cartels are... Learn MoreThe True Cost of the Heroin Epidemic
When we discuss the ‘true cost of the heroin epidemic,’ we’re not talking about fiscal dollars, although that is a factor in this latest chapter of American tragic history. We’ve reported on the toll heroin is taking all over the... Learn MoreAre The 10 States with The Worst Prescription Drug Abuse Just a Crackdown Away from Heroin Epidemic?
Heroin is a hot topic in the news as of late. That’s because it’s experiencing a boom in use, adulteration (and therefore altering its potency), and overdose fatalities – all mainly due to states’ crackdown on the prescription painkiller epidemic.... Learn MoreIn the News: White House Drug Czar Calls For Increased Naloxone Availability
Gil Kerlikowske, former Seattle Police Chief, says that law enforcement, alone, won’t solve the problem of fatal drug overdoses and that the Obama administration will focus on prevention and treating addiction. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WASHINGTON —February 11, 2014 White House “drug czar,”... Learn MorePhilip Seymour Hoffman and The Heroin Overdose Epidemic
[caption id="attachment_9352" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Image credit: KDKA[/caption] A deadly batch of heroin has been making its way across the nation. The deadly heroin, rather a hybrid of heroin and another potent opioid drug called Fentanyl, is leaving a path of... Learn MoreIn the News: Heroin Deaths Spike at the Jersey Shore
Already among the highest in the state, overdose deaths from heroin and prescription drugs in Ocean County, N.J. more than doubled in 2013. And, although we’ve only marked off 16 days of 2014, there have already been three fatal overdoses.... Learn MoreHistory of Drugs: Heroin
In 1898 a German chemical company launched a medicine they called heroin. A hundred years later and we now we have a feared and dangerous street drug. In 1863, Friedrich Bayer (1825-76) started up a factory to use new chemical... Learn More
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