Focusing on addiction and acquiring more resources for drug treatment has been the priority of Governor Wolf in 2016. . In 2014, 2,500 people lost their battle to addiction. That number grew to [...]
As of 2014, reports concluded that the “Garden State” surpassed the national overdose rate by 3 times, totaling a per capita rate of 8.3 fatalities per 100,000 people. In hopes to combat this [...]
Like other state governments, New York legislators realize there is a problem. New laws seek to address the issue, especially for those seeking addiction recovery. It will no longer be [...]
While the current drug epidemic seems to be ever growing, some argue that politicians could have acted more swiftly in executing the passage of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act [...]
Recently one of the largest heroin seizures in the country occurred in Queens, New York. Reports state that two men from Guatemala were found to be in possession of 48 kilograms of heroin in the [...]
With the recent hype about the current opioid crisis, it easy to forget about all of the other substances people abuse on a daily basis. Although it is very difficult and uncomfortable to detox [...]
Rehab is an important tool in the recovery process. Addiction cannot be cured. Rehab is just the beginning and sobriety is an ongoing process. There’s a reason that twelve step programs have [...]
The American Journal of Public Health recently published an article documenting the increased use of benzos among adults. Overdoses rose sharply for those whose ages fell between 44-65.
It seems as though we live in a generation where we expect a pill or injection to fix everything. If you look back over time, you will see that medication assisted treatment is not a new [...]
When we think or talk about addiction and the despair it causes, we sometimes overlook the possibility of an addict or alcoholic committing suicide. It seems as though suicide is a forgotten [...]