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Veterans Overdosing on Opiates at Staggering Rate
The Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) recently featured an article about the number of overdose deaths among America’s Veterans due to prescription narcotics. The Center discovered that...
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Nation Seeks Successful Treatments for Heroin Addiction, More Options for...
A recent national story about heroin addiction details the plight of families losing loved ones to addiction, and the strife of treatment professionals to provide the best rehabilitation practices...
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Maker of Narcan Nasal Spray Hikes Price of Saving Lives
Several months ago many states passed laws that would allow police to carry naloxone on them to administer in emergency situations of opiate overdose. Oftentimes law enforcement are the first on the...
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Choosing the Best Treatment Center for Opiate Addiction
Finding out that a loved one is struggling with a drug and/or alcohol problem can be one of the most devastating moments in a person’s life. Sometimes the addiction is known for years before the...
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Prescription Drug Use Still Rising in Some Areas
Although prescription drug abuse appears to have flattened off on a national level, there are still parts of the country experiencing rising use. One such example is Iowa, where painkiller addiction...
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Emergency Room Tracking of Drug Seekers Pays off for Hospitals
One of the most popular ways for people who abuse prescription narcotics to obtain their painkillers is by checking into an emergency room and complaining of some sort of pain. Most of the time the ER...
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Research Finds Overdose Rates High Among Short-Term Users
A recent study shows that people who abuse prescription opioids infrequently, or who are just starting out using the painkillers are more likely to overdose than those who have more long-term...
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Studies Show Mixed Results Regarding Painkiller Abuse
A recent examination of prescription narcotic abuse from 2004 to 2013 shows that overall use is slightly down, a message that brings a lot of hope for many people. The study was authored by Dr. Beth...
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Suboxone Being Smuggled Into Prisons
As the opiate addiction epidemic in America continues to escalate, problem areas keep popping up that indicate a lot more needs to be done. For example, despite many people touting opioid maintenance...
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Identifying Changes in User Profiles Part of Improving Treatment Programs
Although there has been significant achievements in addiction treatment research, many rehabilitation programs are often still operating on older information. One such area is that an increasing...
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