Overdose

‘Black Balloon Day’ Remembers Those Lost to Overdose

AND THOSE LEFT BEHIND – March 6, 2024 - “The black balloon is a symbolism of death, and today is…

8 months ago

Portugal Decreased Its Opioid Crises – America Increased Theirs

CHARITY vs. GREED – Feb. 24, 2024 - Municipal Police in Porto, Portugal regularly patrol areas used by drug consumers.…

9 months ago

Stopping Fentanyl Deaths by Knocking on Doors and Giving Out Overdose Kits

THE CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE –   Feb. 25, 2024 - On a narrow North Philadelphia street lined with row…

9 months ago

‘The Black Balloon Project’ is Stories of Those Who Died From Overdosing

VIDEO – THE SYMBOLISM OF LOSS – Feb. 26, 2024 -  Gabi Deaton’s The Black Balloon Project shares the stories…

9 months ago

Can Only Caucasians Get Opioid Addiction Drug?

Do-Re-Mi –   Feb. 28, 2024 - Americans addicted to opioids who need the anti-addiction med buprenorphine are far more…

9 months ago

Opioid Epidemic Continues to Crash Ashore, Surfing on Fentanyl and Meth

WILL IT NEVER STOP? – Feb. 21, 2024 - The United States is knee-deep in what some experts call the…

9 months ago

The Fentanyl in the Coke Killed Her Sister

VIDEO – NOT FAIR –   Feb. 21, 2024 - I’m angry at what happened to them. I’m angry at…

9 months ago

The Ripple Effects of Overdose Deaths

FAMILIES NEED LOVE – Feb. 21, 2024 - When someone overdoses and dies, surviving loved ones can feel as if…

9 months ago

Mother Arrested After Harrowing Tale of Opiate Exposure and Negligence

FAMILY DISFUNCTION –   Feb. 15, 2024 - In the quiet of an ordinary day, a distressing revelation unfolded as…

9 months ago

How One Mom Overcame Opioids to Help Others

VIDEO – FROM HELL TO HEALER – Dec. 20, 2024 - When meeting Jodi Borrelli, it’s hard to believe that…

9 months ago

Drug Deaths Have Devastating Impact on Loved Ones

COUNTRY IN CONSTANT MOURNING –   Feb. 21, 2024 - 125 million American adults know at least one person who…

9 months ago

Treatment For Teens Inacce$$ible As Opioid Deaths Rise

VIDEO – WHY? –   Feb. 9, 2023 - “People are desperate,” said Pattie Vargas, a California mother who took…

9 months ago

Kids Overdose! Can Pediatricians Help?

MALPRACTICE? –   Feb. 17, 2024 - Pediatricians responded to the survey by saying they don’t have enough patients to…

9 months ago

NJ Overdose Deaths Fell Sharply in 2023!!!

GOOD NEWS – Feb. 15, 2024 - With the encouraging decline as a backdrop, Gov. Phil Murphy on Thursday announced…

9 months ago

More OD Deaths Linked to Smoking Drugs Than Injecting Them

CONTRADICTORY? –   Feb. 15, 2024 - While the number of adults who injected drugs increased during that period, the…

9 months ago

Employee at San Francisco Sober House Fatally Overdosed on the Job

NO ONE IS IMMUNE – Feb. 25, 2024 - Supervisor Catherine Stefani, left, has been critical of the nonprofit HealthRight…

9 months ago

S.F.’s Largest Treatment Provider Investigated After Overdose Deaths

CORPORATE MISTAKES? –   Feb. 9, 2024 - California officials are investigating the recent deaths of two men who fatally…

9 months ago

Kroger Sued for Unsafe Opioid Prescriptions

ACCOMPLICES TO MURDER FOR MONEY – Feb. 13, 2024 - “For more than a decade, Kroger flooded Kentucky with an…

9 months ago

‘Just say no’ can kill kids.’

TEACH, DON’T PREACH – Feb. 3, 2024 - Melanie Ramos was only 15 years old when she died of a…

9 months ago

New Jersey Will Receive Nearly $9.5M from Opioid Settlement

AIN’T ENOUGH –   Feb. 2, 2024 - “When you visit a physician, you do not expect that the details…

9 months ago

First of-its-kind Opioid Center Coming to  Las Vegas Colorful

VIDEO – IT TAKES A VEGAS – Jan. 29, 2024 - “It will have 240 beds and an intake for…

10 months ago

As Opioid Deaths Soar, Biden Fills Up The Methadone Pitchers

RELIEF IS IN SIGHT – Feb. 2, 2024 - Now for the first time in more than 20 years, the…

10 months ago

French PR Agency to Pay $350 Million for its Role in Our Opioid Crisis

THE WHOLE WORLD WAS WATCHING – Feb. 2, 2024 - A subsidiary of the French advertising giant Publicis will pay…

10 months ago

Doctor Who Prescribed 500k Opioid Doses Gets Conviction Nullified

NOW WHAT? –   Feb. 2, 2024 - A Virginia doctor who prescribed more than 500,000 opioid doses in less…

10 months ago

Did The DEA Make Up Faux “Fentanyl Facts” Quiz?

IMAGINATION DISTORTED – Jan. 29, 2024 - The tournament part of the “One Pill Can Kill Game Over Tournament,” where…

10 months ago

Author Breaks Silence Surrounding Addiction

THIS MAN KNOWS –   Jan. 20, 2024 - Sam Quinones has been on the front line of reporting on…

10 months ago

New Synthetic Opioids Could Make Fentanyl Crisis Look Like ‘the good old days’

THE GOOD OLD DAYS WEREN’T – Jan. 23, 2024  - Chemists refer to this category of drugs as “nitazenes,” even…

10 months ago

Finding Recovery and Staying Safe from New England Journal of Medicine

VIDEO – HELPFUL INFORMATION –   Jan. 25, 2024 - In this Double Take video from the New England Journal…

10 months ago

Zombie Drug Rumored To Contain Human Bones

VIDEO – IMAGINE THAT – Jan. 17, 2024 - The drug, known as “kush,” causes users to walk around like…

10 months ago

Exhibit on Addiction At Harvard’s Sackler Museum, Yes, Those Sacklers!

AUDIO – IRONIC AND IDIOTIC –   Jan. 17, 2024 - As we left the second floor gallery, I looked…

10 months ago