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Is Ohio Having a ‘Heroin Emergency’? I’m a recovering addict/alcoholic from Columbus, Ohio. It's not all corn fields and farms. I live in South Florida now, but I bleed Scarlet and Grey. I personally abused opiates in Ohio for years, and I know people who have... Learn More

In the News: Florida Pill Mill Doctors Sent to Prison WEST PALM BEACH – Two Florida pill mill doctors were sentenced Friday for their part in irresponsibly handing out thousands of prescriptions for narcotic painkillers, such as oxycodone (Percocet), hydrocodone (Vicodin), and Roxicodone (“Roxy”), while employed in the so-called “pill... Learn More

Drug Abuse By State: Maryland Maryland Drug Abuse: Marijuana Let’s start out light, shall we? A drug trend among teens in Maryland is to use electronic cigarettes and vapes in a creative new way: they are taking the tobacco out of e-cigarettes and replacing it... Learn More

In the News: Couple ODs at McDonald’s While Children Play [caption id="attachment_10628" align="aligncenter" width="300"] via http://www.examiner.com/[/caption] A month ago today, an Indiana couple were each sentenced for an incident that took place in early March at a fast food restaurant that involved their two young children and some powerful heroin.... Learn More

Dangerous New Drug: Moxduo In the news is a powerful new prescription painkiller that The Food and Drug Administration is trying to decide whether it should be approved. This new drug is called Moxduo and it’s not exactly new; it’s a combination of two... Learn More

Did Peaches Geldof Die of an Overdose? Peaches Geldof, a young British celebrity and daughter of Bob Geldof – of Pink Floyd’s The Wall fame – was found dead in her home Sunday afternoon. I first came across the story the following day when a Buzzfeed article... Learn More

The Link Between Mexican Drug Cartels and the US Heroin Epidemic Along the U.S. – Mexico border, authorities seized a record amount of heroin: 2,162 kilos last year, up from 367 kilos in 2007. This is an indication of an alarming and fast-growing trend: Mexican farmers and Mexican drug cartels are... Learn More

The 7 Drug Capitals of America America’s drug problem needs to be addressed. It’s obvious that the War on Drugs has failed us and, now the toll drugs are taking on communities is becoming apparent across the country; not just the likely suspects, either. Here are... Learn More

The True Cost of the Heroin Epidemic When we discuss the ‘true cost of the heroin epidemic,’ we’re not talking about fiscal dollars, although that is a factor in this latest chapter of American tragic history. We’ve reported on the toll heroin is taking all over the... Learn More

What We Can Learn from the AIDS Epidemic of the 80s [caption id="attachment_10548" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Via http://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/circa 1987[/caption] The commonalities between the early years of the AIDS epidemic and the current epidemic of drug addiction are impossible to ignore any further; we simply can’t afford to anymore – both literally and... Learn More

Drug Abuse by State: Colorado According to a new report, Colorado drug abuse has the 24th highest drug overdose death rate in the United States, with 12.7 per 100,000 people suffering drug overdose mortalities, Prescription Drug Abuse: Strategies to Stop the Epidemic stated. Hundreds of... Learn More

Are The 10 States with The Worst Prescription Drug Abuse Just a Crackdown Away from Heroin Epidemic? Heroin is a hot topic in the news as of late. That’s because it’s experiencing a boom in use, adulteration (and therefore altering its potency), and overdose fatalities – all mainly due to states’ crackdown on the prescription painkiller epidemic.... Learn More

Is Ohio Having a ‘Heroin Emergency’?

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