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STATISTICS & TRENDS

Taking Back Our Cities from Opioids

How do we take our cities back from the opioid epidemic? Are we even aware of the need to do this? The American people need to know that the U.S. is currently struggling with an opioid addiction epidemic, an epidemic quite unlike anything we have experienced...

STATISTICS & TRENDS

Adolescent Drug Overdoses Back on the Rise—Addressing a Growing Problem

There’s been a significant climb in drug overdoses amongst people under the age of eighteen. This has cropped up just in the last few years.

DRUG REHABILITATION

Should Addiction Treatment be Forced?

The subject of drug and alcohol addiction is a pretty tense and all around stressful subject. Because of the various dramas and difficulties surrounding drug and alcohol addiction, it seems like a lot of people don’t really want to broach this subject....

STATISTICS & TRENDS

An Escalating Problem—How Opioid Addiction Cost the Nation Five-hundred and Four-Billion Dollars in 2017

In a recent White House report, the President’s Council of Economic Advisors tabulated information leading to an absolutely shocking discovery on the true costs of the opioid drug addiction epidemic.

DRUG INFORMATION

The Truth About Pharmaceutical Stimulants

The list of subjects that have as much false data on them as drugs and alcohol would be a short one indeed. The subject of drugs and alcohol is a subject that few people understand very well. And that is not helped by the fact that there is also a lot...

DRUG INFORMATION

Speedballing, Opioid Drug Overdoses, and the Condition of Addiction in America

No one necessarily wants to hear about the greatest struggles that our nation faces and how bad these problems are getting, but sometimes we have to confront these issues and really confront them.

STATISTICS & TRENDS

U.S. Prisons Now Heavily Medicating Inmates

In the very recent news, U.S. correctional institutions are becoming more inclined to heavily medicate inmates on anti-addiction medicines, even though there are worlds of test data and information dictating the massive risk and potential health crisis...

STATISTICS & TRENDS

New Restrictions on Painkillers Increase the Illegal Trade of the Drug

The primary reason we are in the drug and alcohol addiction epidemic that we are currently in is that of pharmaceutical drugs. There is no sense sugarcoating this, not when this is very much so the truth of the situation.

DRUG REHABILITATION

Why a Complete, Life Change is Necessary for Effective Addiction Recovery

Let’s have a very intimate, significant, heart-to-heart discussion about drug and alcohol addiction, and what it takes to get recovered off of drugs and alcohol.

DRUG INFORMATION

10 Signs of Hidden Heroin Addiction

Heroin addiction can be easy to overlook if you are not familiar with the signs. You might notice that something is wrong with your friend or family member, but you could just as easily mistake the problem for a bout of the flu or a bad mood that passes.

STATISTICS & TRENDS

Drug Abuse and Firearm Deaths—How the Two are Linked

New information indicates that drug abuse and firearm deaths may share an intrinsic relationship. In all honesty, this would not come as much of a surprise. Drug abuse and alcoholism affects many different areas of American life and is the cause of many...

DRUG INFORMATION

Drug Addicts Experimenting with Anti-Diarrhea Drugs

Just when we thought we had heard it all when it comes to drug and alcohol addiction in the 21st century, the newest information to hit the airwaves is that opioid addicts are now experimenting with anti-diarrhetic drug . No, you did not misread that.

STATISTICS & TRENDS

A Counterattack on America’s Opioid Epidemic Rumbles to Life

Across America, families are struggling and suffering from the effects of our opioid epidemic. Losses show up in the deaths of our loved ones and an astronomical financial burden. But now, we are seeing signs that our national counterefforts are starting...

DRUG INFORMATION

Redefining What Makes an Impaired Driver

For as long as there have been cars, there have been drunk drivers. But now there are not only drunk drivers, there are enough people impaired on other drugs that our law enforcement systems need to catch up with this new phenomenon.

STATISTICS & TRENDS

One Senator is Putting Pressure on Pharmaceutical Companies

While U.S. politicians have historically left pharmaceutical organizations alone and have even, in fact, flowed them power, one U.S. Senator is making waves by doing the exact opposite.

ADDICTION

How to Keep Your Kids Alive During This Summer’s Music Festivals

The summer is upon us and that means that music festivals—large, well-organized ones and smaller impromptu ones—are going to appear across the country.

DRUG INFORMATION

The Effects of Ecstasy on the Brain

The drug Ecstasy has been labeled as one of the most popular drugs for teens, young adults and adolescents, and is one of the most dangerous and damaging drugs in existence.

STATISTICS & TRENDS

Drug Abuse and Geography—Why Some Areas are Affected More Than Others Are

Why are some communities in the U.S. devastated by drug abuse, particularly opioids, while others see less impact? Explore the geographical factors and socioeconomic characteristics that contribute to the uneven spread of this national crisis.

DRUG REHABILITATION

How to Help a Friend Who Has a Drug or Alcohol Addiction

The first thing that you need to know about helping a friend who is a drug addict or alcoholic is that you should not wait. The longer that you postpone taking action to help your friend, the harder it may be for him or her to quit.

ADDICTION

Vital Information for Parents: How to Protect Your Kids from Opioid Addiction

In some ways, it’s the toughest environment ever in which to raise children. Sure, there were more deadly diseases before antibiotics and clean water. But in earlier times, there weren’t as many ways to lose your children to drugs or alcohol.