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Tuesday, January 30th, 2018

Is Vivitrol® Safe for Addiction Treatment?

Is Vivitrol® Safe Addiction Treatment? Did you know that the Center for Disease Control reports that 91 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose? Would you believe that...
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Wednesday, January 24th, 2018

The Controversy Around Using Kratom for Withdrawal

Kratom for opioid withdrawal: Does it work? In the war on drugs, there’s a war on a plant-based herbal supplement called kratom. Advocates swear by it as a pain...
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Tuesday, December 12th, 2017

Opioid Overdoses in Arizona

100 Deaths from Opioid Overdoses Each Month in Arizona Opioid overdoses in Arizona are at their highest rate in a decade. As the opioid crisis escalates across the country,...
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Monday, November 13th, 2017

Nearly Half of Americans Know Someone Addicted to Drugs

Knowing someone addicted to drugs is becoming more common. The results of a PEW Research Center survey found that 46 percent of American adults stated they knew of either...
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Tuesday, August 15th, 2017

Immigration Does Not Cause Surge in Drug Abuse or Drug Availability

In light of many heated debates regarding immigration and its impact on the United States, a research group out of University of Wisconsin-Madison conducted a study to determine what,...
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Monday, March 14th, 2016

Benzodiazepine Overdoses Also on the Rise

The main focus of lawmakers, medical professionals and educators regarding substance abuse has been on the opiate epidemic in the United States lately. For good reason too, because every...
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Thursday, January 28th, 2016

Drug Overdoses Causing Death Rates to Surge Among Caucasians

A recent article in the New York Times examined the death certificates of some 60 million Americans between 1999 and 2014, gathering the information from the Centers for Disease...
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Saturday, August 16th, 2014

Flaws in Prescription Drug Monitoring System Being Overcome

Some healthcare providers feel there are flaws in the drug monitoring systems that enable drug abusers to continue to score multiple prescriptions from multiple doctors without regulation. Imperfections in...
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Sunday, July 28th, 2013

Naloxone-Carrying First Responders Are Saving Lives

First responders in Quincy, Massachusetts have been trained to administer Narcan (a brand of naloxone) to people who have overdosed on opiate narcotics such as heroin, methadone and prescription...
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