Two PA Recovery Home Employees Die Of Overdoses
Just last week, new reports surfaced throughout major news outlets, including CBS, the Washington Post and the NY Post. Two addiction counselors died of opioid overdoses while working at a [...]
SweeTarts Containing Opiates And Benzos Found In NY
Most recently, a childhood favorite candy has become a disguise for well-known opiates and benzos. Police officials in Elmira, NY have issued a public health warning to local residents, parents, [...]
New Program Fighting Opioid Crisis In Rural PA
The state of Pennsylvania is surely no stranger to the opioid crisis in which our country finds itself currently. As we continually hear devastating stories and negative statistics, it is [...]
Synthetic Drugs: The Threat We Can’t Keep Up With
Drugs like heroin, cocaine, and crystal meth are historically lethal and fatal substances. Nevertheless, we have a new threat on our hands, synthetic drugs, especially that of synthetic opioids. [...]
Enabling Or Helping: How To Know The Difference
It’s certainly true that substance abuse is a family disease. Nevertheless, in the case of addiction, “protecting” often blurs the lines of enabling the addict in your life. Thus, we would like [...]
The Truth Behind Medication-Assisted Treatment
With a surging opioid epidemic taking place in our country and around the world, it is understandable why treatment providers, medical professionals, and governmental officers are opening their [...]
Drug Abuse And Alcoholism Increasing Among Baby Boomers
Drug abuse and alcoholism have been hot topics across our nation as of late. Nonetheless, there is an invisible epidemic on our hands. Baby boomers, as well as adults 45 and older, are using [...]
Gray Death: Deadly Synthetic Opioid Found In PA
The cause of the opioid epidemic and wave of overdoses across our country is not a black or white matter. All of these scenarios were terrifying and almost unbelievable when they first surfaced, [...]
I’m Afraid To Tell My Parents About My Drug Addiction
If you are reading this, there’s a good chance that you’re young, struggling with drugs and alcohol, and terrified to tell your parents. I struggled with drugs and alcohol until I was 21, and I [...]
The Truth Behind Opioid Overdose Deaths in the U.S.
Drug overdoses, especially those related to opioid addiction, have ravaged our country and have killed more Americans than terrorist attacks from the last 16 years. What’s more, since 2013, [...]
