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Will America Keep Jumping from One Drug Overdose Crisis to Another?

American Overdose Epidemics Over the past several years, opioid abuse rates expanded into the current crisis devastating the country with overwhelming overdose death rates. Experts point out that prescription drug abuse made a significant contribution to the beginning of this... Learn More

Florida Passes Emergency Treatment for Opioid Overdose Act Author: Justin Mckibben New legislation is being processed and approved all over America with the intention of irradiating the increasing opioid epidemic, with officials teaming up across parties to participate in the discussion and development of initiatives to put the... Learn More

Three-Pronged Approach in Maine Rids Methadone from Addiction Treatment By Cheryl Steinberg In Bangor, Maine and its surrounding areas, a team has come together with a three-pronged strategy for attacking opiate addiction and one aspect is to get rid of methadone as a maintenance treatment. The approach, which... Learn More

Prescription Pill Crackdown Within the NFL By Cheryl Steinberg A Washington Post survey published in April of last year, found that, of more than 500 retired NFL players, one in four said he team doctors pressured them to take medication they were uncomfortable with taking. Players... Learn More

Detox for Pain Meds After Surgery or Illness Were you prescribed pain meds after surgery or a serious illness? Are you now trying to stop taking the meds, only to find that you begin to feel sick, depressed, and anxious? This is a sign of drug dependence... Learn More

Is Tramadol Safe for People in Recovery? By Cheryl Steinberg I just celebrated two years of sobriety, being clean and sober from all mood and mind-altering substances, save for caffeine and nicotine (nicotine-free now for 6 months). In my addiction, I used and abused anything I... Learn More

Narcan-like Drug for Cocaine Overdose in Development By Cheryl Steinberg Chang-Guo Zhan, who is a pharmaceutical sciences professor in the United Kingdom, is working on the first FDA-approved drugs to treat both cocaine overdose and cocaine addiction. Currently, there is no approved treatment for cocaine overdose, which... Learn More

Heroin Addicted Elephants Kick The Habit Heroin smugglers in the Asian region that lies between China and Myanmar (also called Burma) were using elephants to carry large quantities of heroin. And, it came out later, that they were feeding them opium in order to more easily... Learn More

Are People On Methadone or Suboxone “in Recovery?” I’m just gonna say this right off the bat…a lot of people aren’t going to like what I have to say about this topic. There are those people, myself included, who believe that the use of any mood or mind-altering... Learn More

Long Term Effects of Roxy Addiction Roxicodone is a prescription semi-synthetic opiate with highly addictive properties. With many street names this drug is often referred to as ‘Roxy’s’ or ‘Roxi’ and as a Schedule II narcotic is typically prescribed by doctors to immediately relieve chronic pain, from... Learn More

How to Beat Heroin Addiction If you’re struggling with heroin addiction, the first thing to realize that there is more to it than physical dependence. Sure, that’s a BIG part of it, right now but, if you want to beat your heroin addiction and have... Learn More

In the News: Maine Governor Says Heroin Overdose Antidote Gives Addicts “An Excuse to Stay Addicted” Much like the argument against teaching and promoting safe sex in schools – “if you hand out free condoms, you’re encouraging kids to go have sex” – there’s an argument against making naloxone (the generic name for Narcan) more widely... Learn More

Will America Keep Jumping from One Drug Overdose Crisis to Another?

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