OPIOID ABUSE
Deadly Fentanyl Can Now be Found Just About Anywhere
There’s one thing you can be sure of when it comes to the illicit drug market: It always changes. A drug that someone has been using for years could be replaced with a markedly different substance without warning.
Is the Focus on Opioid Fatalities too Narrow?
While the opioid crisis must be addressed on an emergency basis, we must not lose sight of the broader issue of preventing any drug abuse from occurring.
Pill Presses and our Opioid Epidemic
Unless you are a pharmacist or have a company manufacturing drugs or nutritional supplements, you’ve probably never given any thought to the idea of buying a pill press. Yet as the drug trade focuses more on counterfeit prescription painkillers such as Xanax, OxyContin, Roxicodone, the illegal sale and distribution of pill presses has been on the increase.
The Irony of Medication-Assisted Treatment
Treating addiction to one drug by giving a person a second drug is not a new concept. But the question remains, do substitute drugs just give a person a new addiction?
Illicit Fentanyl from China Is Killing Americans
Part II of Why Fentanyl? Why Now? Illicit forms of fentanyl are being imported into the US from China and threatening the lives of opioid addicts. Learn what you can do to help prevent addiction and fatalities from this and other drugs.
Why Fentanyl? Why Now?
If you’re involved in drug rehabilitation or prevention in any way, you’ve heard of fentanyl. You’ve probably heard of fentanyl if all you’re doing is reading the newspaper. For the second time, fentanyl is making headlines by taking American lives by the scores.
Yet Another Young Athlete Lost to an Opioid Overdose
The story of another young college athlete who lost his life from an overdose. Nick Roberts a star athlete at University of Pennsylvania was found dead on campus after an accidental overdose of fentanyl.
The Close Association Between Marijuana and Opioids
A short video casts a whole new light on the relationship between marijuana and opiates/opioids like heroin, fentanyl, oxycodone and hydrocodone.
The Normalization of Marijuana Use in America
Following a decades long campaign and legalization in several states, Marijuana is being “normalized” in the minds of Americans, despite the risks and damage it can cause.
Signs Our Opioid Epidemic is Not Yet Under Control
If you’re tuned to the right media channels, you’ve been hearing about the American epidemic of opioid consumption for the last five or six years. Current news stories reveal that we are not yet close to resolving the national epidemic of opioid and other drug overdoses.
