Heroin addict: ‘You either going to be high, or dead’ Who Decides? – February 29th 2020 - “It depends on how potent the dope is. And around here, ain’t pretty. It ain’t potent. People who OD and stuff that like, they’re reckless.” Life for Lagenna has been toug... Read More...Addiction RecoveryHeroin AddictionMarch 10 2020
It’s time to get real about heroin addiction. It’s time to decriminalize this drug! Decriminalize Heroin! – February 19, 2020 - I CAN SAY without a shred of doubt that the most stigmatized people in our society are those who use illicit drugs. ‘Junkies’, ‘dopeheads’ and ‘crackheads’ are some of the... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 25 2020Heroin Addiction
Vending Machine in Canada Is Dispensing Dilaudid Drugstore (Cowboy) Vending Machine – February 10, 2020 - The idea of providing potentially deadly opioids to addicted people via a vending machine might sound actively counterproductive on its face. But with a heroi... Read More...Feb 18 2020fentanylHeroin AddictionOverdose
District Attorney will no longer prosecute people for possession of buprenorphine Life Saving – January 29, 2020 - “Instead of expanding access to treatment and saving lives, government inaction has led to the creation of active street markets for these medications in Philadelphia and elsewhere,”... Read More...Addiction RecoverybuprenorphineFeb 4 2020Heroin AddictionPhiladelphia
Software Co., Practice Fusion, pushed Opioids to doctors in Secret Deal with Drugmakers Murdering For Money – January 29, 2020 - Its existence was revealed this week thanks to a government investigation. Practice Fusion agreed to pay $145 million to resolve civil and criminal cases, according to d... Read More...Big PharmaFeb 4 2020Heroin AddictionopioidsOverdose
United States’ new war on drugs Nixon Lives – Jan. 26, 2020 - That means a person dealing in one of these analogues — even one that is harmless — could be subject to mandatory-minimum penalties with no opportunity to prove the analogue is benign. F... Read More...Celebrity SobrietyHeroin AddictionJan 28 2020Overdose
Appropriate Care After Nonfatal Overdose in Teens Stunningly Poor Grown-ups at fault – January 14, 2020 - In the addiction treatment field, we actually don’t abide by the old adage of people having to “hit rock bottom” before they are ready to get treatment. This is somewhat ... Read More...Heroin AddictionJan 28 2020Overdoseteenagers