Data for the 2017 Monitoring the Future Survey (MTF), which polls eighth, 10th, and 12th graders about illicit drugs, alcohol and tobacco use annually, came out last month. The big picture is positive overall with teens using fewer illicit opioids, such as prescription painkillers, though […]
With so much chaos in world politics – scandal piled on an accidental ballistic missile warning – it’s all too easy to overlook the fact that 2016 made history as the nation’s deadliest year ever for drug overdose deaths in the United States. according to […]
It’s easy to forget that not every country in the world approaches issues of drug abuse and addiction as if it were a war. In fact, federal and state laws on illegal drug use in the United States seem uncompassionate at best and barbaric at […]
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 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 […]
As November comes to an end and the holiday season swings into full gear, the list of party invitations begin to pile up. There are the office parties, neighborhood-block parties and any number of friends and family that take pride in throwing their annual ugly-sweater […]
The Food and Drug Administration approved a new weapon in the fight against opioid use disorder (OUD) at the end of November. Buprenorphine extended-release injection is a once-a-month injectable form of buprenorphine, a medication used in treating people with moderate to severe opioid addiction. “Given the […]
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 […]
In the midst of the opioid overdose epidemic, a new study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) finds bot 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 […]
It’s not uncommon for some people, especially on the weekends and around the holidays, to party a bit more and hit the bed after a night of drinking alcohol. When this happens, most people find they’re dragging the next day, both physically and mentally. They […]
