One of the most difficult burdens a person coping with addiction faces is the guilt and shame felt from hurting those they love the most. The emotional sting is particularly heartbreaking though when a baby is born addicted to drugs and immediately begins the painful […]
The epidemic of fatal overdoses linked to prescription opioid painkillers has healthcare officials and drug makers scrambling to find a solution. In 2014 alone, 47,055 people died from accidental overdoses. The Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that in more than half of […]
Frustrated with big pharmaceutical companies ability to block or slow down federal initiatives regarding opioid painkillers, several states are considering their own regulations. States, like Massachusetts, Vermont and Maine, have compelling reasons for wanting to pass these regulations. Rates of fatal drug overdoses have been […]
Here’s an interesting fact; addiction is a bipartisan disease. It can and does affect people of all races, ages, genders, religions and, yes, political perspectives. For decades, though, the United States War on drugs has politicized substance abuse and enforced policies that some experts argue […]
March 21 to 27, 2021 It’s important to keep in mind that even run-of-the-mill household items can be used as mind altering drugs. Inhalant substances such as aerosols, paint, glue and solvents – products squirreled away in closets, under sinks and in most American garages […]
There’s hardly a better way for a company to get eyes on its product than buying advertising time during the Super Bowl. The commercials themselves have become an event, with morning news shows and social media platforms listing which spots were the funniest or most […]
Society’s understanding and acceptance of addiction as a complex, chronic, relapsing disease of the brain has slowly begun to take hold. As researchers delve deeper into the neuroscience of drug dependence and alcoholism, the clearer it becomes that addiction is not a moral failing or […]
There’s no denying the surge in heroin abuse and opioid addiction. More Americans die every year from drug overdoses than they do in vehicle crashes. The majority of those deaths can be traced to opioids, both heroin and prescription painkillers. In October 2015, President Obama […]
An explosion of synthetic cannabinoids, going by names like “K2,” “Spice” or “synthetic marijuana,” on the market claim to offer a “legal high.” Manufactured overseas, or in underground backyard labs, these dangerous chemicals are slightly altered enough to skirt federal and state-controlled substance regulations. Synthetic […]
The epidemic of opioid abuse and addiction, which has led to some of the highest accidental death rates in two decades, has just been struck another blow. In August 2015, law enforcement in Calgary, Canada served a search warrant and seized 110 pills. After analysis, […]
