Opioids

Flesh Eating Krokodil Drug Resurfaces on American East Coast [caption id="attachment_22579" align="aligncenter" width="461"] (This content is being used for illustrative purposes only; any person depicted in the content is a model)[/caption] Author: Justin Mckibben Back in September of 2013 doctors in Arizona were understandably alarmed after two potentially related... Learn More

Delray Beach Suing Big Pharma Opioid Manufacturers Author: Justin Mckibben Big Pharma has been called out several times in the past couple years for pricing, aggressive marketing and misrepresenting their products. Big Pharma companies have also been called to court a few times for the contribution prescription... Learn More

Is Narcan in Schools a Good Idea for Palm Beach County? Author: Justin Mckibben Narcan, or the generic version Naloxone, is the opioid overdose antidote that we have heard so much about in recent years. The opioid epidemic has left us no choice but to talk about it. While opioid addiction... Learn More

Sheriff in Ohio Refusing to Use Narcan to Prevent Overdose Deaths Author: Justin Mckibben Ohio has been a major epicenter of the overdose outbreak. In 2014, Ohio was #2 of states with the most overdose deaths. Since then, Ohio has topped the list for heroin overdose deaths in the country, and remains in... 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

5 Year Old Saves Parents from Heroin Overdose Death [caption id="attachment_22071" align="aligncenter" width="481"] (This content is being used for illustrative purposes only; any person depicted in the content is a model)[/caption] Author: Justin Mckibben In late 2016 we talked about a story that had flooded every social media outlet... Learn More

How Do You Get Narcan? Author: Justin Mckibben With the opioid epidemic in America there have been a lot of advances in the field of addiction treatment, as well as innovations in prevention and intervention. One of the most useful elements of preserving the lives... Learn More

Is Suboxone Safe? Author: Justin Mckibben Suboxone is a medication meant to treat opiate and opioid withdrawal. It is one of two forms of the medication buprenorphine, which is an opiate agonist originally developed to treat pain problems. Suboxone works by binding to opiate receptors in... Learn More

Police Will Give Free Heroin to Addicts to Fight Crime Author: Justin Mckibben That’s right, you read the headline correctly. Law enforcement could soon be giving heroin to addicts, for free, in an attempt to fight addiction. While harm reduction is an admirable concept to preserve the lives of those... Learn More

Charging Overdose Victims with Crime for Needing Naloxone [caption id="attachment_21411" align="aligncenter" width="465"] (This content is being used for illustrative purposes only; any person depicted in the content is a model)[/caption] Author: Justin Mckibben Overdose victims are the people most obviously struggling with the opiate epidemic. So many have... Learn More

President Trump Plans to Fight Drug Problem: Will He Help Addicts? Author: Justin Mckibben Many months back, when President Trump was still on the campaign trail, he was asked about the opioid epidemic in America during a Q&A in Ohio. He said the solution was about cutting it off at the... 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

Flesh Eating Krokodil Drug Resurfaces on American East Coast

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