Some people should just not have children, and that’s a fact. It doesn’t matter how wealthy someone is or their age or experience, if they are willing to love their child and do right by them, then it doesn’t matter. Being on food stamps or not having a g ...
Using Pets To Get Drugs
Believe it or not, there is a new way for people to get their hands on opioid drugs. It isn’t in a way that you would expect. No, they’re not stealing them out of friends cabinets. Nor are they snatching them on the streets for money. Instead, they are ...
The Drug Crisis In Ohio Is Changing
In Ohio recently it was learned that the drug crisis is ever evolving. There was recent data that showed this. Overdose deaths that were the cause of meth and other stimulates went up at a shocking rate from 2010 to 2017. More often than not what is ta ...
State Known For Drug Overdoses Giving Out Free Naloxone
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have stated that 5,400 Pennsylvanians died of drug overdoses in 2017. This makes it the state with the highest number of fatal overdoses. That is not a trophy anyone wants to bring home. In the U.S. ...
OxyContin and Hepatitis C Rates
A decade ago the prescription painkiller OxyContin had a reformulation done. That means its formula was altered. Research seems to the point that it is related to the rising tide of Hepatitis C in the following years. There was a study published in the ...
Not Enough Opioid Follow Up Care
In West Virginia, it has been found that not everyone is treated the same. Those who have survived opioid overdoses don’t seem to get appropriate aftercare. Over ninety percent of people did not receive the recommended treatment. This seems to fall in ...
Guilty? Fatal Fentanyl Overdose
32-year-old Dontrell Wise of Buffalo New York was recently convicted. He was convicted of several charges. These charges included possession with intent to sell fentanyl and distribution of fentanyl causing death. He was found guilty in the death of a ...
Death Rates Rising When Opioids Pushed On Doctors
There are some things that shouldn’t have advertisements. Some products shouldn’t be marketed to be sold. These include products that are necessary or could have health risks. That’s why it is crazy that the United States allows there to be advertiseme ...
There’s An App For Opioid Overdose Risks
It seems like there’s an app these days for everything. From diaper changing to water intake, from stocks to tracking your risk for an opioid overdose. There is a market for anything if you look under the right corner. Those who might suffer from an op ...