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.
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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.
TV star tells story of drug abuse to ‘full house’ at SSU – The Collegian
TV star Jodie Sweetin talked to a full house in the Satellite Student Union Thursday night to discuss her life in front of the camera and her life of substance abuse.
The Plague of Substance Abuse on our youth and nation continues
The use and abuse of licit and illicit drugs continue to run rampant in our Nation. Alcohol and tobacco products, continue to be a focus of attention, yet they are not the only chemical substances that we should be concerned about.
Employer Fights Against Prescription-Drug Abuse – wsj.com
Prescription opioid-related dependence and abuse cost the country an estimated $78.5 billion, new study shows. A handful of companies are trying strong medicine to limit employees’ use of prescription painkillers like OxyContin.