President Barack Obama is one step closer to his $1 billion wish to expand access to substance abuse treatment after the House approved a bill to overhaul the FDA’s medicine approval process.
Knowing signs of opioid addiction can save a life
Families are gathering for the holidays. People are seeing each other for the first time in possibly a long time. But something just doesn’t seem quite right with one family member.
DEA issues warning to police on deadly synthetic opioid carfentanil – mlive.com
The Drug Enforcement Agency issued a warning to police agencies across the nation last week on the deadly effects of a powerful new opioid often mistaken for heroin.
Attorney General offers recommendations to combat prescription use – KARE
Jennifer Brovick has been demanding change ever since her 19-year-old son Dylan died of a heroin overdose almost two years ago. And now she believes she’s making progress.
More children being taken by state due to parent’s drug addiction – nbc-2.com
Two Southwest Florida babies have been found dead in less than a week. In both cases, at least one parent had been investigated or arrested for prior drug use.
Path to recovery. Addict shares story and helps others – therepublic
Laci Giboney, who started on a path to heroin addiction in high school, was the keynote speaker for an Indiana Youth Institute session about teen heroin use at YES Cinema.
Heroin and opioid use leave path of destruction – washtimesherald
As a staggering number of people continue to fall victim to heroin and other opioid addictions, their lives begin to crumble around them.
Brain mechanisms in drug addiction new brain pathways revealed – medicalxpress
UNSW researchers have identified new brain pathways linked to addiction and shown that by manipulating them, drug seeking behaviour and motivation for alcohol can be reduced.
Only 1 in 10 seek treatment for substance abuse – wnct.com
The U.S. Surgeon General is stepping in to address the ongoing substance abuse epidemic in the country. The statistics are shocking and people are working to lower them in the east.
Heroin Addict Reveals How She ‘Anally’ Injects the Drugs
A continuous battle. A heroin addict reveals how she anally injects the drug during Intervention’s season premiere on Tuesday, November 29, as seen in Us Weekly’s exclusive sneak peek.
Drug abuse places deadly toll on families – Reading Eagle
The concept of taking his own life never really registered with Tim Howe until Julie died. She was one of his two daughters. Twenty-eight, blue-eyed and blond-haired, she had graduated from Penn State and married a Marine.
Is drug-testing in schools worth it? – Education Dive
Research is mixed as to the benefits of random drug testing in schools, but about 27% of high schools randomly drug test some of their students, including those who participate in athletics or other extra-curricular activities.