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Global Commission on Drug Policy Suggests Harm Reduction and Decriminalization Author: Justin Mckibben The Global Commission on Drug Policy (GCDP) is an international institution of global leaders and intellectuals working to help study and inform initiatives on addressing drug use all around the world. This think tank offers recommendations concerning... Learn More

Florida Governor Pushing for 3 Day Limit on Prescription Opioids While the entire country has been impacted by this ongoing issue, more options for prevention and treatment have become paramount to changing the tides. Just this week Rick Scott, the governor of the state of Florida, proposed a strategy for... Learn More

Officials Push for Safe Injection Sites in Boston at City Council Author: Justin Mckibben For some time now government officials in different states across America have been pushing for the implementation of safe injection sites in their neighborhoods to combat the perpetual rise of opioid addiction and overdose death. This time... Learn More

Explaining Prescription Drug Abuse and Addiction Author: Justin Mckibben With drug abuse being a major issue facing the nation, education is extremely important. Any hope of winning the fight against rising overdose rates and the spread of drug-related illness and death starts with making sure we... Learn More

A Powerful Story from the Face of Addiction Author: Justin Mckibben Wednesday evening, 9 Frederick County residents in Area 31 in downtown Frederick went in front of a camera. But this wasn’t any ordinary photo shoot. Not some promotion for a new shoe or the next big diet... Learn More

Palm Beach County Hosting Narcan Training 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 from all over the country of surges in overdoses and... Learn More

CDC Spending $20 Million to Fight Addiction Author: Justin Mckibben Prescription drugs such as OxyCodone and Percocet have been usual suspects involved in the opiate epidemic that has devastated the nation, while also making a crushing contribution to the overdose outbreak. It has long been established that... Learn More

Long Term Effects of Roxy Addiction Roxicodone is a prescription semi-synthetic opiate with highly addictive properties. With many street names this drug is often referred to as ‘Roxy’s’ or ‘Roxi’ and as a Schedule II narcotic is typically prescribed by doctors to immediately relieve chronic pain, from... Learn More

What Your Drug of Choice Says About You, Part One [caption id="attachment_8830" align="aligncenter" width="400"] image credit: wifflegif.com[/caption] If you’re ‘one of us’ – a recovering alcoholic/addict – then you know this fun little game: Guess the DOC. Often times, there are ‘tells’ – traits, characteristics, or signs that can be... Learn More

In the News: New Jersey Police to Carry Heroin OD Antidote People who overdose on heroin in one New Jersey County soon will have access to an OD antidote that can revive them — and it will be given to them by the police. This program, which will be available to all... Learn More

The 5 Steps of Opiate Detox in Florida What Are Opiates? Opiates refer to a class of narcotic drugs that are originally derived from the Opium plant but may be synthetic, or man-made. Opiates include Oxycodone, Methadone, Hydrocodone – basically, any of your prescription painkillers. Oh and of... Learn More

5 Signs of Prescription Pill Addiction Prescription pill addiction has become so common in the United States that it has been labeled an epidemic. Thousands of Americans rely on prescription painkillers for the relief of pain, discomfort from ailments such as headaches, menstrual cramps, surgery recovery,... Learn More

Global Commission on Drug Policy Suggests Harm Reduction and Decriminalization

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