ADDICTED TO OPIATES

Sue Birkenshaw in Drug Rehab
June 28, 2016

Buprenorphine: Miracle or Myth?

Buprenorphine is the latest drug developed to treat opiate addiction. The question has arisen as to whether substitute medications are the right option or if medication-assisted treatment is simply just another addition.

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Sue Birkenshaw in Addiction
November 9, 2015

Professionals Getting Caught in the Addiction Trap

For many people, the phrase “drug addict” conjures up the image of someone in a dirty room shooting heroin or someone smoking crack in a back alley. In recent years, drug addiction has become a widespread epidemic that bears no resemblance to these old images.

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