Summer House Detox Center on the Soaring Costs of Naloxone
“Increased Costs Could Equate to Lives Lost as Addiction Rates Also Rise.” PRESS RELEASE UPDATED: OCT 19, 2017 MIAMI, October 19, 2017 (Newswire.com) – The…
Orphans of Addiction
By: Sonia Nazario | Times Urban Affairs Writer Ashley Bryan lies down on the dirty carpet of her dad’s bedroom where she usually sleeps. The…
America’s Addiction to Pain Pills
By John Rosengren, AARP Bulletin, June 2017 AMERICANS OVER 50 are using narcotic pain pills in surprisingly high numbers, and many are becoming addicted. While…
Nurse Practitioners Blocked from Prescribing Buprenorphine by State Scope of Practice Laws
Although two federal agencies gave several hundred nurse practitioners and physician assistants the right to prescribe a life-saving medication to help treat opioid withdrawal, dependence,…
Drug Use and Viral Infections (HIV, Hepatitis)
What’s the relationship between drug use and viral infections? Drug use increases risk for getting or passing on viral infections because certain viruses can spread…
Carfentanil: The Elephant Sedative Killing People
By: Jefferey Fiorentino If there was ever a drug designed to wreak havoc – this is it! 5 milligrams (about 1/16th the size of a…
