A Medical Detox Alone Will Not Treat Drug Addiction

Two common myths that surround recovery from addiction are that either detox is enough or a 28-day drug rehab stay is enough. 

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 A Medical Detox Alone Will Not Treat Drug Addiction

Opiate Withdrawal Timeline: What To Expect

Opiate withdrawal can happen after prolonged use of an opioid drug. Some people experience withdrawal because of abuse or addiction to the medication, while others may have just been on it a little longer and their body became dependent. 

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Opiate Withdrawal Timeline: What To Expect

Trump Budget Cut: Could This Stop Non-Addictive Opioid Research

The new Trump budget cut of an estimated $6 billion to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that was proposed recently could have disastrous results for Scripps Florida and their non-addictive opioid drug research project.

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Trump Budget Cut: Could This Stop Non-Addictive Opioid Research 

Opiate Withdrawal Timeline: What To Expect

Some people experience withdrawal because of abuse or addiction to the medication, while others may have just been on it a little longer and their body became dependent. While there is a fine line between dependence and addiction, the difference could be defined by people who are able to stop using after withdrawal, and those who find it difficult/impossible to not return to using. 

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Opiate Withdrawal Timeline: What To Expect

PBC Medical Examiner: 590 Opioid Overdose Deaths In 2016

If you live in Palm Beach, Florida, it’s likely that you know someone who has experienced an opioid drug abuse problem, overdose, or drug induced death. In 2016 alone, there were an estimated 590 opioid overdose deaths recorded by the Palm Beach County Medical Examiner’s Office – that’s double what was reported in 2015. This is no longer a “problem”; this has now become a public health crisis that requires attention. 

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PBC Medical Examiner: 590 Opioid Overdose Deaths In 2016

China Bans Fentanyl, Could It Help America? | Synthetic Opioids

Starting March 1, China claims it will be banning the manufacturing and sales of the the addictive and potentially deadly synthetic opioids carfentanil, furanyl fentanyl, acrylfentanyl and valeryl fentanyl, according to a new report via CNN. 

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China Bans Fentanyl, Could It Help America? | Synthetic Opioids

Number of Children Poisoned by Opioids Doubles

Kids in homes where drugs are present are more at-risk than ever, with a growing number of children and teens ending up in the E.R. due to prescription opioid poisoning, according to anew study in JAMA Pediatrics. 

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Number of Children Poisoned by Opioids Doubles

MTV | Prescription For Change: Obama and Macklemore Talk Opioids

You won’t want to miss this! Airing tonight is a brand new MTV documentary titled, Prescription For Change: Ending America’s Opioid Crisis, where President Barack Obama is joined by rapper Macklemore at the White House to talk about the opioid crisis.


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MTV | Prescription For Change: Obama and Macklemore Talk Opioids

Prescription Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Week: Facebook Live Inmate Video

President Obama recently signed a proclamation designating the week of September 18 through September 24, 2016 as the first-ever Prescription Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Week.

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 Prescription Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Week: Facebook Live Inmate Video

Prince’s Overdose Death: What Really Happened?

In early June, the bad news was confirmed: Toxicology reports showed that the legendary musician had indeed died of a self-administered opioid overdose.


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Prince’s Overdose Death: What Really Happened?

Opioid Epidemic: Are There Two Kinds?

In early May, The Boston Globe published a story about the opioid epidemic that is plaguing the country. In it, they say that there’s an issue with the widespread reporting of the issue: It’s not one problem, it’s actually two.

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 Opioid Epidemic: Are There Two Kinds?

Opioid Epidemic: State Laws Designed To Curb RX Pain Meds

In a new effort to combat prescription drug abuse and addiction, some states are making legislative changes that aim to restrict the number of pills doctors can prescribe at one time.

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Opioid Epidemic: State Laws Designed To Curb RX Pain Meds

HBO’s Heroin: Cape Cod Shows The Shady Side Of The Beach (Video)

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A new HBO documentary called Heroin: Cape Cod could be ground breaking in the effort to bring attention to the heroin epidemic that is consuming small communities throughout the nation. 

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 HBO’s Heroin: Cape Cod Shows The Shady Side Of The Beach (Video)

How To Make Drugs: Recipe for Homebrewed Opiates

Scientist Dr. John Dueber and his research team from the University of California, Berkeley discovered a recipe for homebrewed opiates, involving a simple product like yeast! 

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 How To Make Drugs: Recipe for Homebrewed Opiates

The New Face of Heroin Addiction: Part 2

What exactly are the effects of heroin addiction? Heroin is considered a downer, meaning that it alters the brain to make the person feel drowsy, relaxed, and in a state of euphoria.

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 The New Face of Heroin Addiction: Part 2

North Carolina Sees Surge In Addicted Newborns

 One North Carolina county is seeing a surge of newborn addicts in their Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Sadly, the heartbreaking trend falls right in step with the epidemic of opioid addiction sweeping the nation.

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 North Carolina Sees Surge In Addicted Newborns

Afghanistan’s Mounting Drug Addiction Problem

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Despite these failures, the country is not doomed.

 

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 Afghanistan’s Mounting Drug Addiction Problem

 

Is An Addiction Cure Possible? Professionals Remain Confident In Research

Can you imagine if there was an addiction cure?


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Is An Addiction Cure Possible? Professionals Remain Confident In Research

Pharmacy News: Fentanyl Patch Abuse Rising

A fentanyl patch is a medication used as treatment for rigorous physical pain.

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Pharmacy News: Fentanyl Patch Abuse Rising