Beyond all of the political infighting and raucous debates over health care, one thing can be said for certain—some Senators are still committed to fighting the opioid addiction crisis that we are experiencing in this country. Senator Claire McCaskill the top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Homeland ... Read More
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Researchers Conclude Heroin Addiction Costs Nation $51 Billion Each Year
It is no secret that heroin and other opioid-related substances have become a major problem in this country. Over the past few years, the issue has become so problematic that some have even deemed it an Opioid Epidemic, as year after year the number of opioid and heroin-related deaths continue to ... Read More
Indiana Gets $11 Million to Fight Drug Epidemic
At a drug prevention summit in Atlanta last month, Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price announced that the federal government would be awarding $485 million to be dispersed among all 50 states in order to help fight the opioid epidemic in this country. The money will be given in the form ... Read More
Senate Committee Investigating if Big Pharma Companies Fueled Opioid Epidemic
A Senate committee has been established to investigate whether the top five makers of opioids in the United States: Purdue Pharma, Johnson and Johnson, Insys, Mylan, and Depomed engaged in practices that fueled the opioid epidemic that the country is currently facing. Since the late 90’s, opioid ... Read More
Viral Video From the Sheriff of Lake County Sparks Outrage
Sheriff Peyton Grinnell of the Lake County Florida Sheriff’s Department stood at the podium flanked on each side by men with crossed arms, wearing black balaclavas and S.W.A.T gear. Behind him on the wall are green and gold stripes. An image of a sheriff’s badge is half visible and the words Lake ... Read More
$25 Million Donated to Boston Medical Center for Addiction Treatment
Boston Medical Center has received a $25 million donation in order to help fight drug addiction and the opioid epidemic that has ravaged the State. According to the Department of Public Health for Massachusetts, an estimated 1,979 people died from opioid related causes in 2016, a number that ... Read More
Trump Appoints Chris Christie to Head Commission to Fight Opioid Epidemic
Earlier this week, President Trump appointed New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to head a commission on the opioid epidemic in the US. Christie will chair a special committee that will fall under the jurisdiction of the newly formed White House Office of American Innovation, which was rolled out ... Read More
Jessie’s Law Introduced in West Virginia
Something that many people in recovery fear is having to take opioid pain medication because of a surgery or some other accident that has left them in pain. They know that introducing these substances into their body could have the potential to awaken the beast, causing them to relapse and go back ... Read More
What Will the New GOP Healthcare Plan Mean for Addiction Treatment Services?
This week is do or die for the new GOP Healthcare plan. As of this writing, Paul Ryan and Donald Trump are currently meeting with members of the Republican Party in order to drum up support for the proposed bill that will replace the Affordable Care Act. Already the GOP’s healthcare plan, called ... Read More
Ohio Using Cold Storage Trailers as Morgues
According to an article published in the Washington Post last week, the problem of opioid-related deaths has gotten so bad in one Ohio county that they have actually started to employ the usage of cold storage trailers in order to supplement the lack of space in local morgues. Stark County in Ohio ... Read More