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One City Sees 174 Overdoses in 6 Days [caption id="attachment_20242" align="aligncenter" width="405"] (This content is for illustrative purposes only; any person depicted in the content is a model)[/caption] Author: Justin Mckibben The number of overdose deaths in our country are already at a staggering rate, increasingly troubling by... Learn More

Overdose Deaths in America Higher Than Ever Author: Justin Mckibben This is the kind of thing it is hard enough to read… and even more difficult to write. I have written several articles in the past year about the outbreak of overdose deaths in America. I’ve written... Learn More

New Ad Blames Opiate Epidemic on President Obama Author: Justin Mckibben Let me begin with throwing a bit of personal opinion out there and say this story is just too ridiculous in all honesty. It isn’t even funny how off-base and basically offensive this campaign ad that I... Learn More

“Predator” Heroin in Pittsburgh Pushes Overdose Epidemic to Next Level Author: Justin Mckibben The overdose epidemic in America is at full throttle and blazing a serious trail with no signs of stopping in the immediate future. A disheartening abundance of live continue to be lost as the nation’s leaders and... Learn More

Should a Heroin Overdose Be Considered a Homicide? Author: Justin Mckibben Every four minutes, someone dies from addiction to alcohol or drugs. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) the leading cause of injury related death in 2013 was drug overdose (drug poisoning), and some... 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

Annual Overdose Deaths will Reach 50,000 by 2017 Author: Justin Mckibben America, not to mention a good chunk of the rest of the world has been experiencing a grave increase in drug related issues, including overdose deaths. In America it has been stated that prescription painkiller overdoses have... Learn More

Staten Island Hands Out Narcan Kits to Combat Overdose Author: Justin Mckibben Recent data shows a drastic decrease in overdose in 2013, though it still remains remarkably high over-all as an issue in America. Staten Island is the so-called overlooked borough of New York City that has been despairingly... Learn More

Could Medical Marijuana Reduce Drug Overdose Deaths? Study Says Yes By Cheryl Steinberg A new study reveals that access to medical marijuana appears to already have saved thousands of lives over the past few years by reducing accidental overdose deaths from prescription painkillers such as Vicodin, Percocet and OxyContin. According... Learn More

Is Ohio Having a ‘Heroin Emergency’? I’m a recovering addict/alcoholic from Columbus, Ohio. It's not all corn fields and farms. I live in South Florida now, but I bleed Scarlet and Grey. I personally abused opiates in Ohio for years, and I know people who have... Learn More

In 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 More

One City Sees 174 Overdoses in 6 Days

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