opiate epidemic

Synthetic Opiate Adding New Threat in Epidemic Author: Justin Mckibben The synthetic epidemic is one that has existed parallel to the ongoing and increasingly distressing heroin and opiate epidemic, but now a new synthetic opiate threatens to make a detrimental contribution to both sides of the troubled... Learn More

Senate Republicans Block Big Money for Fighting Opiate Epidemic Author: Justin Mckibben Politics around drug policy have been pretty up in the air the last few years as the government scrambles to try and wrap their collective heads around the severity of the opiate epidemic. Over these past few... Learn More

Over 90% of People Who Overdose on Painkillers Continue Using Author: Shernide Delva It turns out a brush with death is not enough to keep addicts from continuing to use. A recent study reveals that 90% of people who overdose on painkillers continue using despite their near-death overdose experience. The... Learn More

Overdose Deaths in America Higher Than Ever Author: Justin Mckibben This is the kind of thing it is hard enough to read… and even more difficult to write. I have written several articles in the past year about the outbreak of overdose deaths in America. I’ve written... Learn More

FDA Officially Approved Narcan Nasal Spray Author: Justin Mckibben We got a piece of exciting news this week that may help send the struggle with opiate addiction in America in a different direction. The opiate outbreak fueling the overdose death epidemic in America has been driven... Learn More

Hero Doctor Pays Out of Pocket to Save Addicts with Naloxone Author: Justin Mckibben The scary reality we face today, among many other things, is that more than 44,000 people die from overdoses every year in the United States. Most of these deaths are from opioids such as pain medications and heroin, and between the... Learn More

Prescribing Naloxone with Opiate Painkillers Author: Justin Mckibben We have already taken note by now the opiate epidemic in America has been a devastating reality for a massive piece of the population, and it is partially due to the over prescription and abuse of opiate... Learn More

Should Kids Be Trained to Use Naloxone? [caption id="attachment_18130" align="aligncenter" width="437"] (This content is being used for illustrative purposes only; any person depicted in the content is a model)[/caption] Author: Justin Mckibben I remember a while back I had written about how some schools were venturing to... Learn More

Two Inmates Dead Due to Preventable Heroin Withdrawals Author: Shernide Delva Two Colorado inmates died while incarcerated and suffering through heroin withdrawal this year. Both were preventable. In the last decade, heroin deaths have quadrupled in the United States. Back in May, 25-year-old Taylor Tabor died in Adams County... 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

Big Pharma Lawsuit Shut Down Before It Started Author: Justin Mckibben Wow. That was faster than expected… Recently the story came out on a suit filed against 5 big names from Big Pharma for questionable marketing practices and their relation to overwhelming prescription drug overdose deaths, asking the question-... Learn More

OxyContin FDA Approved for Kids and Adolescence Author: Justin Mckibben In case you haven’t already heard, there is a fair amount of outrage sparking controversy about the powerful prescription opiate OxyContin having been recently approved by the FDA to treat people as young as 11 years old.... Learn More

Synthetic Opiate Adding New Threat in Epidemic

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