Synthetic drug potentially too powerful for overdose reversal
GREENVILLE, S.C. (WSPA) – A powerful drug has made its way to the Upstate, and a popular remedy could not be as effective in treating potential overdoses. The synthetic drug U-47700 or “pink” became more widely known in the Upstate after two people were arrested and indicted on federal charges for selling it out of […]
Love or Drugs? The Science Behind an Addict’s Choice
Drug addiction is increasingly becoming one of America’s most widespread epidemics. So much so, the Center for Disease Control reports that 91 Americans die every day from opioid overdoses. When you combine that with overdoses from all other substances as well, that number almost doubles. What’s more, these numbers are only rising (exponentially, in fact). Shocking, right? […]
Ohio Records 4,050 Drug Deaths – Up 33 Percent from 2015
Fatal drug overdoses keep spiraling in Ohio, with the powerful opioid fentanyl fueling a record 4,050 deaths last year — 1,000 more than in 2015. Despite increased state spending, legislation and debate on Ohio’s drug crisis, last year’s death toll was 33-percent higher, according to the annual report on unintentional drug overdose deaths released Wednesday […]
The Stigma of Addiction Is More Dangerous Than Drug Overdoses
People in recovery aren’t feeling the stigma. It comes from people who don’t understand addiction. There’s this look people get when I tell them I’m a heroin addict. It’s a blank, panicked stare. As though I’d delivered some fatal news. It’s Stage Four, I may as well say. We don’t know how long I’ve got […]
One Minnesota couple’s story of addiction and loss
By CHRISTOPHER MAGAN | [email protected] | Pioneer Press February 18, 2018 at 6:00 am Anne Emerson has been living her “worst nightmare” since losing her fiance, Ryan Anderson, to an opioid overdose in December. “My heart is numb. I’m stuck living in denial that he isn’t really gone,” Emerson wrote in an essay about their relationship and struggles with […]
Opioid Addiction Crisis Is Targeted From Multiple Angles
When someone faces addiction, it affects every member of their family. Feb. 18, 2018, at 12:02 a.m. By NICK WATSON, The Times of Gainesville GAINESVILLE, Ga. (AP) — When someone faces addiction, it affects every member of their family. The addiction is a lifelong struggle. And when the addiction ends a life, the darkness of […]
Why Are Some People More Vulnerable to Addiction than Others?
By Edward J. Khantzian 10/29/15 “I don’t use the heroin to get high; I use it to feel normal.” We still don’t get it right when it comes to understanding addiction. The most recent example of our failure to appreciate what makes addictive behavior so compelling is the burgeoning widespread addiction to the synthetic opiate oxycodone—with all […]
Report: ‘Dr. Phil’ Show Gave Drugs, Alcohol To Guests With Addictions
“Survivor” winner Todd Herzog, an alcoholic, says staffers left vodka in his dressing room and gave him Xanax. By Sara Boboltz 2/28/2017 06:56 pm ET Updated Dec 29, 2017 Guests on the “Dr. Phil” show who struggle with addiction have been supplied with drugs and alcohol before appearing on set for taping, according to a […]
