CDC – New Guidelines Combat Opioid and Heroin Addiction
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View ArticleUFC Fighter and Drug Addict – Is Marijuana a Gate Way Drug?
“I was a drug addict, “Jones says as lunch arrives midway through the course of a day spent with USA TODAY Sports in late March, a month out from his UFC 197 bout with Ovince Saint Preux in Las Vegas....
View ArticleWorld Debates Drug Epidemic
The United Nations General Assembly met for the first time in almost 20 years this week in New York. The special session was on the “World Drug Epidemic “and how to tackle the drug abuse happening...
View ArticleAmericas Deadliest Drug
News media has recently been following reports on the heroin epidemic and opioid addiction in America. On average 29 people die from heroin overdoses every day nearing 12,000 deaths a year, and rising....
View ArticleCARA: Changing The Landscape for Recovery Services
The Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) is a bill to authorize the Attorney General to award grants to address the national epidemics of prescription opioid abuse and heroin use in America....
View ArticlePolice Departments Helping Addicts Into Drug Addiction Treatment
A new recovery assistance program in Shakopee, Minnesota is offering confiscated drug money to help addicts find drug treatment. Shakopee police are recycling money seized during drug arrests to offer...
View ArticleUS Contracts Worst Opiate Addiction Epidemic
The United States has contracted the worst case of the opiate addiction in the world. We have experienced more than a three-hundred percent increase in prescription opiate pain reliever drugs by...
View Article29 Million Addicts Worldwide – Heroin is #1
According to World Drug Report issued last Thursday, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime said there are now over 29 million people suffering from drug use disorders and drug addiction worldwide. The...
View ArticleObama Signs Bill Addressing Opioid Addiction as Health Issue
The Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 has been signed by President Obama. There are many good things to say about CARA but some fear that it fails to provide any real resources for those...
View ArticleHow The Opioid Epidemic Started in America.
Commonly prescribed opioid pain medications used to treat acute and chronic pain are a significant cause of death in America. In 2014, The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported a...
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