Author: Justin Mckibben According to some statistics, opioids killed nearly 30,000 Americans in 2014. This includes illicit narcotics and prescription painkillers. In the last two years there have been reports…
Author: Shernide Delva Growing up in school, they teach us about our five senses: hearing, seeing, touching, smelling, and tasting. In reality, most of us use our sense of…
Author: Shernide Delva There is syndrome known as PAWS common during the recovery process and trust me; it does not have anything to do with animals. PAWS stands for protracted…
Author: Shernide Delva A discovery may help keep patients off addictive opioids while still providing the pain relief they desperately need. Just recently, Nashville Public Radio reports that the…
Author: Justin Mckibben Imagine if you went out for a night at the movies, and next thing you know you’re watching a testimonial from someone who lost their loved one…
Author: Justin Mckibben Back in February of this year the mayor of Ithaca, New York began pursuing a plan that would establish safe heroin injection sites in Ithaca in an…
Author: Shernide Delva Recently, we wrote about how the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) made the controversial decision to ban kratom by making it a Schedule I drug. While the ban…
Author: Shernide Delva The overdose epidemic is affecting regions across the United States. In Miami Florida, deaths so far in 2016 are expected to surpass last year’s numbers, if they…
Author: Shernide Delva If you smoke cigarettes, I know you probably do not want to read another article about how much cigarettes are bad for you. You already know that….
Author: Shernide Delva I am not a morning person. (yawns) It is good to admit your weaknesses, right? Still, despite my grogginess, I have been attempting to put together some…
Author: Justin Mckibben This September brings us another opportunity to talk about raising awareness for substance abuse, addiction and recovery with National Recovery Month 2016. The Substance Abuse and Mental…
Author: Shernide Delva As more and more states legalize marijuana, there has been a concern on how to monitor impaired driving. Now, police are testing a marijuana breathalyzer on drivers for…